Is the Conservative Party divided on online spying?
Quickly after anonymous government sources told The Globe and Mail that online spying bill C-30 had quietly died, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews scurried to get in front of reporters…
May 2012
Canadian government will be up to old tricks at Rio+20 Earth Summit
In case you were wondering how the Canadian government is preparing itself for the upcoming Rio +20 Earth Summit, a small excerpt from an otherwise unrelated article in Grist provides…
Canada Live, May 16: Mulcair is dumb, Oreos aren’t, and Ont. PC sexism
I try and get Rageaholic Tom to calm down. Doesn’t work.
Sikhs’ ceremonial daggers now allowed in Toronto courthouses
http://www.thestar.com/mobile/NEWS/article/1179301 Toronto has become the first city in Canada to develop a formal policy allowing Sikhs to bring their ceremonial daggers into its courthouses. The kirpan, which is a…
99 musicians for the 99 percent – Occupy This Album features music by Yoko Ono, Tom Morello, Yo La Tango and others whose names have fewer o’s
If you support the Occupy movement, relish discovering new music, and are gainfully employed, then you seriously need to plunk down ten bucks and purchase Occupy This Album. An autonomous…
Criminal jury decisions not mere majority rule
R. v. Vivian, 2012 ONCA 324 is a good source for the principle that a judge must be scrupulous not to suggest a juror should be swayed by mere numbers to change her…
And now the student protesters lose all sympathy
… because a few pricks decided to quite literally physically assault students at UQÀM, who wishes to continue on with the classes they paid for. Honestly, when you feel the…
Best and Worst Celebrity I’m Following on Facebook
Everyone follows some sort of celebrity on Facebook or Twitter. If you say you don’t, you’re a bloody stinking liar. I have decided to write about two celebrities in particular…
No Earthgauge Radio show this week
For listeners of Earthgauge Radio (those kind Ottawa folks who set their alarms extra early Thursday mornings to listen to the show at 7:00-8:00 AM on CKCU 93.1 FM), there…
Just Take Any Job . . . (How about Revolutionary Leader?)
In a way I am happy that Jim Flaherty, that sad, pathetic, incompetent, shell of a man, has told Canadians that they just need to stop complaining and take any…
A Dear John Letter From The Heartland Institute’s Joe Bast
…in which he says goodbye to all those scholars who “are feeling trepidation” at being seen on the HI website. Joe still loves you. Its all a big misunderstanding. Please…
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Obscure US Corporation May Be Behind BC Hydro’s Exaggerated Power Demand, Ruinous IPP Contracts
What has been taking place is the rearrangement of control of bulk electricity production in North America by a private US entity. NERC has the power to enforce its will…
U.N. Observer: Canada needs to drop its "self-righteous" attitude about how great a country it is
I couldn’t agree more. ‘UN food envoy decries ‘shocking’ conditions in Canada’ There it is, our self-righteous attitude, and we’re so self-righteous we can’t even see that is the case.…
The Stock Market and Canadian Economic Performance
Glancing idly at the numbers, I find to my slight surprise that the Canadian stock market (S&P/TSX) is now down about 25% from the May, 2008 peak, whereas the US…
Egyptians still want democracy … and sharia
Since the Arab Spring of a year ago, support for democracy in Egypt has remained strong according to a recent Pew Research Center survey. Most Egyptians remain optimistic about the…
ConCalls: #RoboCon RoboContinues
Thx! RT @kady: Meanwhile, if you've lost the thread of the #robocalls plot, the intrepid @laura_payton has you covered: is.gd/Xzrnby— Laura Payton (@laura_payton) May 16, 2012 There’ve been a few…
From The People Who Brought You The Walkerton Tragedy: "We Don’t Give A Damn About Our Reputation"
If you’re wondering why recent antics by Harper’s Ministers of Fear are giving you a sick feeling of Déjà vu, there’s good reason. Everything old is new again apparently. These…
That will teach them
Masked thugs run amok at G20 summit in Toronto So another report has blasted the Toronto Police and OPP for their misdeeds during the G20.I’m sure the harsh punishment meted…