Conservatives Say You Can Never Get Rid Of Poverty So Why Bother?
You can’t get rid of disease but people still try. You can’t get rid of prostitution but people still try. You can’t get rid of aging but people still try.…
May 2012
Gutting Canada’s Environmental Laws Is Simply Part of Stephen’s Gubernaculum
To the one who wears the Crown goes the right to do what one wants when one sees fit. In the case when the Crown resides in Parliament, this right…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, May 17, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, May 17, 2012: Closing arguments set in Edwards trial NY Times Details Missteps In Trayvon Martin Shooting…
G20: the real culprit
The G20 was the biggest abridgment of civil liberties in Canada. It was a disgrace. It was an outrage. This report, like all of the other reports, misses the real…
Tighter curbs on criminally insane mulled
This story is another example of unneeded new legislation. Public safety is already a driving consideration in dealing with persons found not criminally responsible for committing a crime. As set…
Arctic drilling on the horizon
About this: “Ottawa to auction exploration rights in massive area in the North.” Looks like it’s go time in the Arctic: “…the sheer magnitude of what is on the block…
The People They Don’t See
When Stephen Harper appears on an international stage these days, he likes to toot his own horn. Canada, he says, is the best of the best. But, yesterday, Olivier de…
Accentuating The Positive
Perhaps he is a student of Norman Vincent Peale. Perhaps he believes that when you are handed lemons, you make lemonade. Perhaps he prefers to see the glass as half-full,…
Hudud
Taken at his big Guelph “townhall,” a few minutes ago. Ouch.
Baboon-Washing Club Rules
You do not talk about baboon-washing club. You do not talk about baboon-washing club. If someone says “stop,” goes limp, or gets infected by a new virulent strain of baboon-born…
Donating to Charity – Sometimes Politics is All About the Love
What politicians look like when they do something for charity, and are not self serving losers. Wait… So, yesterday’s post was well read and clearly got some people riled up.…
Just Another Day In Harper’s Ottawa…
Really quite a disturbing story, only lacking impact because we’ve become accustomed to this “style” from the Harper government, one that more resembles a military junta in spirit, than Parliamentary…
On Strike from Life as we Know it
The Quebec Government just announced a “special law” intended to bring an end to the 14-week student strike in that province. The law would postpone the rest of this semester…
IMFAR 2012 Preconference Highlights: Oxytocin, IPADs and the Autism Speaks Autism Treatment Network
Yesterday was a busy day at the IMFAR 2012 Preconference sessions. Although described as a Preconference the days events were packed with information and persons in attendance had to use…
Senator Larry Smith Has Found A Bad Job
“You have to understand that I’ve worked very hard over my career and to do what I’m doing now I’m making a major, major concession in my lifestyle to even…
The #G20 Office of the Independent Police Review Director report
The National’s report above is a good overview of yesterday’s release of the G20 report by Ontario’s Office of the Independent Police Review. You can read it here and while…
ConCalls: Two Month Link Backlog
There’ve been so many robocall stories in a wide range of newspapers, blogs, and online magazines. It’s really hard to keep track, and I’d not so humbly claim I’m in…
Here we go again #nlpoli
Few people who pay attention to public life in this province will forget the abuse the provincial government – particularly former Premier Danny Williams – heaped upon Max Ruelokke for…
Trashy in China 4.0
Day 2 – sleep, or a lack thereof… The amazing thing about sleep pattern shifting is that you can achieve an almost altered state of reality without having to resort…