Interest on old judgments
Crosbie v. Crosbie, 2012 ONCA 516 is an interesting decision regarding discretion and old interest rates on old judgments: We are concerned however about the application judge’s failure to exercise…
July 2012
Just you wait
The Telegraph says Mitt Romney is perhaps the only politician who could start a trip that was supposed to be a charm offensive by being utterly devoid of charm and…
The Northern Gateway Liability Trap
A major part of Harper’s perfidy lies in the way the Northern Gateway is structured with liability cut-outs to let the major players escape liability. IslandTides.com has an eye-opening feature…
Stephen Hawking on Aliens
Stephen Hawking says there are aliens and they are very dangerous. They can destroy the human life on this planet. I agree with him. I have seen some of them…
Affidavits in Michael Mann Libel Suit Reveal Astonishing Facts About Tim Ball Associate John O’Sullivan
John O'Sullivan.jpeg Affidavits filed in the British Columbia Supreme Court libel litigation brought by climate scientist Michael Mann against climate science denier Timothy Ball reveal that Ball's collaborator and self-styled…
How Much Is The Lowest Price Guarantee Worth?
Despite years of repeated denials, I think there are few who doubt that Walmart is anti-union. Stories abound of the pressure the giant corporation applies anytime someone within the employee…
What’s Up? Flash Floods, That’s What.
From Britain to Africa, America to China and Russia, India to Canada, no corner of the world seems immune to flash flooding. Is global warming the culprit? In most cases,…
July 26: The editorial gets it right…..almost
It’s nice to see the editorialist reads his own paper. He or she (though I note the editorial jobs are light on shes) followed up yesterday’s report of the dismal…
Looking for a jobs in Québec – Use every tool available and stay positive
One of the great things about publishing a blog is that you get to share personal experience about some of life’s stressing moments, and perhaps give some perspective to those…
4941…Mick Jagger Turns His Fave Number Today
69. He doesn’t look a day over 80. Happy birthday. WFDS
Are You Part of the Problem?
Chris Hedges’ latest column for TruthDig explores how western society has degenerated into myopic careerism in which facts and reality are impertinences. David Lloyd George, who was the British prime…
Oh Those Wacky Conservatives
From McClatchey Newspapers
Support the World Cerebral Palsy Challenge
One of the projects that I’m working on right now is to raise awareness and recruit teams for the upcoming World Cerebral Palsy Challenge in support of the Cerebral Palsy…
Harper Ditches the Snitches
Why has Stevie Boy Harper gutted fisheries and marine protection services and staff, leaving the British Columbia coast seriously unprotected, just as he’s pushing through the greatest environmental threat our…
4940…End Of The World As We Know It
As I write this Twitter is down. OMG.If it happened a day or two ago Paraskevi Papachristou, the Greek triple jumper, would be on her way to London.WFDS
Twitter is down
Here. In other news, up in Ottawa, certain members of the press gallery don’t know what to do with themselves.
4939…First Olympic Faux Pas
You may be aware of the fact that things are touchy between the North and South environs of Korea. It was in all the papers as is the story about…
There’s no greater yada than a yada yada #nlpoli
The Nunatukavut are a group of aboriginal people living in Labrador. They used to be known as the Labrador Metis. In October 2003, Danny Williams told them – in writing…
4938…Rob Ford Is A Sit Com
More like a cartoon character than a mayor, Hizzoner Rob Ford of Toronto has some pretty unusual friends. SUN TV’s Warren Kinsella blogs this morning about Mr. Ford’s photo op…