Askov Apocalypse
R. v. McBride 2012 ONCJ 121: "The problem of adding continuing trials to already full lists is reaching crisis proportions in this jurisdiction. To put it bluntly, we are about…
May 2012
TPP: The secretive agreement that could criminalize your Internet use
You may already know that Big Media lobbyists are trying to lock down the Internet in Canada through Copyright Bill C-11 and other activities. The Bill includes provisions that would…
4638…This Is Straight Out Of The Simpsons
CNN reports that 38 per cent of 911 calls to the NYPD are butt calls. That is calls made with your derriere. Like you I have had a number of…
BC NDP hit 50% Support
In a very clear sign that Adrian Dix and the BC New Democrats have major momentum, Angus Reid has put out a poll showing the NDP sitting at 50% support…
On the way…
To China… Bye all. Watch the shop while I’m gone. Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Oil and Gas Industry Moves to Silence Critics
shutterstock_49157602.jpg At an industry public relations conference last year, Michael Kehs of Chesapeake Energy described a Wall Street Journal op-ed to gathered oil and gas officials, saying it pointed out…
The Zen of Political Disasters: Becoming A Hole #nlpoli
As SRBP noted in an earlier post, the first step in getting yourself out of a hard political spot is to recognise that you are in a hole. What often…
It’s Gardening Time
It’s a gorgeous sunny May day, and I’m busy building my “hugelkultur” raised garden bed at the edge of the conifer forest which covers some of our one and a…
Engadget: Europe takes measures to curb cell phone bill shock
The European community is taking a stand against cell phone bill shock, and putting a cap on data roaming charges. But here in Canada, we still have the industrialized world’s…
Get High from Running
You may hear from people who run that they feel great afterwards and get “addicted” to running, well it turns out our bodies may be born to run, which is…
4637…Happy Birthday
Vaseline. Patented on this day in 1878 by Robert A. Cheesebrough. Before Stonewall. WFDS
Going To The ‘Wall’ For Thomas Mulcair – Erin Weir
Royalty hike cure for Dutch disease Premier Brad Wall calls federal NDP Leader Tom Mulcair “very, very divisive” for expressing concern that Canada’s overvalued petro-dollar is eliminating manufacturing jobs. In…
Corbett applications not to mislead by omission
R. v. Charbonneau, 2012 ONCA 314 is an interesting decision because it makes clear that where a Corbett application is granted it is not to mislead the jury as to…
Mobile app shows dirty side of making cellphones – Phone Story by Molleindustria banned by iTunes
Video games have permeated so deep into mainstream culture that they are now places of social activism and protest. Phone Story, a game designed by the Molleindustria collective in Italy,…
"Mulcair And Energy McCarthyism" – Jim Stanford
“The high-and-mighty vitriol which greeted Tom Mulcair’s comments last week about the downside of oil-powered currency appreciation is lamentable (repeating the over-the-top reaction to Dalton McGuinty’s similar comments a few…
May 14: just voted…..
It was 10 a.m. The voting was steady, mostly of the elderly. I wonder how much the voters knew about the issues and the candidates….. I confess I had no…
What if Thomas Mulcair was Jewish?
#cpc #ndp #tm4pm #cdnpoli Now that I have your attention.. The last two leaders of the Liberal Party of Canada were eviscerated by the Conservative Party attack machine as a…
Hypocrisy 101: Black Churches vs The Decision on Same-Sex Marriage
By now you have heard that US President, Barak Obama, has now publicly supported same-sex marriage. Many cheered this revelation. Finally a leader of one of the most-powerful countries in…