Labour Struggles in the New Age of Austerity
The first months of 2012 hardly represented a new beginning for the working class in Canada and internationally. From the riots and general strike in Greece to the lockout of…
May 2012
Using police to suppress political opponents
RCMP conducted five-month national security probe into leaked F-35 story, Murray Brewster and Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press, May 16, 2012 “The Harper government called in the RCMP to investigate…
Pirating helps music sales? Uh huh
A new study says BitTorrent piracy found by study to boost music sales. Right. BGR even points out the obvious way this study seems suspicious. Look, everyone “pirates” stuff to…
Household Division Band Rehearsal
This one is for all the musicians…band musicians, that is. The bands of the guards regiments of the Household Division are among the best bands of their type, made up…
Morton’s Musings 2012-05-17 13:22:00
Panicked Greeks withdraw nearly $900 million from banks in one day People withdraw money from a branch of National bank of Greece in central Athens on May 17, 2012. ANGELOS…
Bald assertion of facts not evidence
Mosher Engineering Limited v. Ootoova Estate, 2011 NUCA 6 is yet another case making it clear that, to resist summary judgment, there needs to be an evidentiary record created that…
4689…I Love To Love You Baby
It is all over the news. American disco diva, five time Grammy winner and culture shifter Donna Summer, 63, who broke out of Germany with her epic track Love To…
Death of the Confidence Fairy Bis: NDP Hearing on the Budget
If it wasn’t enough that Europeans are registering their disatisfaction with the idea of cutting budgets as a way to economic recovery by voting out parties preach austerity, a headline…
Rob Ford edges into the new Century
Photo taken by the top-notch Star man, David Rider: Rob Ford – yes, him – at a rally against homophobia. Wow.
How Many Canadian Soldiers Have Been "Pulped"?
Among soldiers there’s a slang word for it, “pulped.” It’s used to describe the brain injury sustained from exposure to improvised explosive device blasts. Now there’s a medical acronym for…
4688…Step Away From The Buffet
TMJ4, The Milwaukee Journal’s TV station, calls this a First World Problem.“Bill Wisth, of Mequon, says he was getting ready to move on to his thirteenth piece of fish when…
Felix the Crap #nlpoli
Justice minister Felix Collins offered a spectacular example on Wednesday of how serious is the current administration’s political problem. Collins makes a complete arse of himself trying to explain why…
Fixing long term care not one of health minister’s choices either
It only took a day to dash hopes that Ontario was finally going to take significant measures to improve long-term care. The Long Term Care Task Force on Resident Care…
Is David Frum Making Sense?
I don’t often agree with David Frum’s take on the world but he has his moments. Lately Frum has been taking a critical look at America’s ruling class. While he…
Sixth Estate Patronage List Update Marks Yet Another Harper Minister-Turned-Ambassador
In Harper’s Canada, losing your seat in a general election is just the first step towards a happy and lucrative career in public service, usually as an ambassador. The most…
Reducing Poverty by Guaranteed Annual Income
Even some conservatives support this idea, but we need to expand on it. The idea is that everyone in Canada should be provided a minimum level of income that is…
In My Day
Okay, I hope I can put off full-blown geezerdom for another decade, maybe even two, but I’m becoming resigned to one day sharing a park bench with the equally decrepit…
The Transparent Hypocrisy of Ethical Oil – who is really laudering money
The other week the Canadian Minister of the Environment, Peter Kent accused Canadian Charities of “laundering money” because they accept some funds from outside the country. This is all been…