At least it isn’t a Geography Degree or Why Graduating in a Recession Sucks!
Alright, just to be clear, if you are in fact a graduate of a geography(Does this need a Caps on it?) degree of any sort, my title was not meant…
May 2012
Explaining COALM and blogging hiatuses
So, I haven’t posted in a few months, almost 6 to be exact. I don’t believe that this is the end of my blogging adventure. I take hiatuses for various…
Too many secrets
When I read this story about how Paul Martin’s Liberals supposedly had “more” secret meetings than the Harper Cons I thought, “this is probably bullsh*t” but I didn’t know how…
Two Chretien guys sandwich a Clinton guy
Chretien legend Randy McCauley, Clinton legend Paul Begala, and legendary failure Whatsisname.
Contractual interpretation in context
Hundley v. Garnier, 2012 BCCA 199 is a useful decision dealing with use for context in interpretation of instruments: The importance of considering surrounding circumstances is…
Taxpayers carry financial risks for IPPs
In Kleptocracy: rule by thieves, I repeated news that BC Hydro spent $676 million with private power producers. Through idiocy or corruption, the public utility has been forced to buy…
Postmedia’s Ham-Handed Assault on Mulcair
Postmedia has posted Michael Den Tandt’s latest column, which will presumably appear in print tomorrow. He presents recent comments about Dutch disease as a departure from Tom Mulcair’s previous position:…
4635…Toughest Job In The World
Delivering pizzas in Kabul. Reuters reports that in the capital of Afghanistan, a village of about four million, the streets have no names. Or numbers. Local delivery only I guess.…
Chronicles of a Hasidim
As it turns out, I'm not the only one who feels his community is misunderstood by observers. I recently stumbled on this blog held by a group of young Hasidim…
Chronicles of a Hasidim
As it turns out, I’m not the only one who feels his community is misunderstood by observers. I recently stumbled on this blog held by a group of young Hasidim…
Chronicles of a Hasidim
As it turns out, I'm not the only one who feels his community is misunderstood by observers. I recently stumbled on this blog held by a group of young Hasidim…
Chronicles of a Hasidim
As it turns out, I’m not the only one who feels his community is misunderstood by observers. I recently stumbled on this blog held by a group of young Hasidim…
Fight The Right!
Here it is – the official cover to the new book, out in September! Plan to share it with some DNC and former Chretien folks at a dinner tonight, here…
Parliament in Review – April 4, 2012
After the Cons refused to listen to the opposition parties’ proposed amendments, Wednesday, April 4 saw a day of debate on the main budget motion in the second-last day before…
A Message From Mother
Found on Facebook today: * Get your MOM the BEST present ever for mother’s day… steward your soil, nurture nature, compost your waste, remediate local contamination, share with the innocent…
Chris Landsea Dumps Heartland
As readers might know, I have been contacting scientists/academics on the Heartland Institute Expert list and asking if, in light of the Institute’s billboard fiasco, they intend to remain on…
Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day was mostly just another day. My mother never let me attempt breakfast in bed. Chances are, she cooked breakfast for me. Mom’s right arm was never the same…
Rafferty Appeal Likely
An appeal is very likely — why not? The situation for the accused will not get any worse and generally speaking there will be legal aid available for an appeal…
The Star’s Reader Reaction to Bill C-309
As promised in my previous post, I am reproducing letters from yesterday’s Star in which readers offer their own trenchant insights on the implications of the abhorrent Bill C-309: Re:…