Boom!!!
Another pipeline ruptures in B.C! They’re blowing up like pop-corn in a microwave!
June 2012
in defense of drugs: anti-depressant medication saves and improves lives
Friends, if this post sounds like a conversation we’ve had, please don’t take it personally. I’ve had the same or similar conversations with many people. This is a subject that…
Video: Zimmerman Prosecutor Stands His Ground
Bearing an uncanny resemblance to Dr. Phil, Florida State prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda argues against bail for accused killer, George Zimmerman: – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
Adults with Autism Disorders Not on the Political Agenda In Nova Scotia or New Brunswick
Conor at Black Rock on the Minas Basin, the eastern extremity of the Bay of Fundy, shared by New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, and home of the highest tides in…
Enjoy Nail Yakupov’s tweets while you can, fans.
Hey, Nail Yakupov! Can I hang with you the next time you go to a bar in Edmonton? Preferably someplace on Whyte or Jasper Avenues. Seriously, dude. I’d just hang…
Track of the Day: Turisas “Broadsword”
Why? Because Turisas is a Finnish folk-metal band that dresses like a bunch of post-apocalytpic Braveheart clones: And they are covering a tune originally by Jethro Tull, who dressed like…
Interlocutory dressed up as final
R. v. Kulasegaram, 2012 ONCA 455 is a good source to show an interlocutory order cannot be dressed up as a final order to get a hearing without leave. The Court rules: " …
Random Links
Here are some links sitting in the drafts that I never got around to writing background for. Enjoy them, out of context. Fantino dox get no comment from UBS. Speaking…
Julian Assange talks with Tariq Ali and Noam Chomsky
The RT network offers content you won’t find elsewhere online. It has been accused of a pro-Kremlin bias and while there is some truth to that, it can also be…
No more pecker snipping in Germany
With a ruling that circumcising boys constitutes grievous bodily harm, a German court has effectively outlawed the practice in that country. The case was brought against a doctor in Cologne…
Good week for Apple and Google, but wow RIM
I say it’s a good week for Apple and Google just because Google upgraded/added a bunch of apps that are awesome for me. They upgraded the Gmail iOS app to…
SFH ‘Double Bubble Trouble’ video world premiere! Show tonight!
Tonight at the Bovine Sex Club! 542 Queen Street West! Come and get arrested with us!
Sand Land: Frac Sand Mining in Western Wisconsin – Video Report by DeSmogBlog
Sand mine.jpg The rush to drill for unconventional gas, enabled by a process popularly known as "fracking," or hydraulic fracturing, has brought with it much collateral damage. Close observers know…
New Documentary "Rational Middle": Oil and Gas Advertising in Disguise
Rational Middle Logo.jpeg The "Rational Middle Energy Series," directed and produced by Gregory Kallenberg, is hot off the film rolls and has already been screened at an influential venue: the…
M-312 Doublespeak Decoder: the “toe in the birth canal” argument.
The Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform has been sending its New Abortion Caravan from the B.C. coast to Ottawa — arriving in Toronto on Wednesday, where protesters attempted to deface…
Juxtaposition
Ah, the memories of Stephen Harper and his bestest international buddy deciding what to do about the economic pain they’ve inflicted on the world: Mr. Cameron, hailing Canada as a…
We have a special guest
Members of the congregation, your attention please! We have our first ever guest post from none other than our spiritual leader of the moment aka Our Man in Abiko: Dearly…
June 29: You are a reporter, and….
….a world-famous heart surgeon visits your city. You ask him, “Tell me, Mr. world-famous heart surgeon, what is the best way to drive a car?” With this, you write your…
Oops, We Didn’t Mean It
The reversal of the Rosseau Muskoka’s decision to extort take 50% of its masseuses’ tips, owing to the backlash sparked by The Star’s earlier report, is but one of many…
CRTC Closes Gamers File
The Canadian Gamers Organization (CGO) has received word through a public, highly self congratulatory and seemingly politically motivated release from the CRTC championing that a CRTC investigation has stopped Rogers…