Why Are Taxpayers Subsidizing A Business Model That Is Destroying the Planet?
* In case you missed the news of the huge Greenland melt this week, you can read Climate Progress’s post on it, ABC News On Greenland Ice Melt: Scientists Say…
July 2012
Warning — Old Fraud On-Line Coming Back
There’s an old fraud on lawyers that is coming back with emails. A “client” contacts you and retains you to collect a debt. Oddly you collect it easily and get…
Nazanin Afshin-Jam MacKay Said Canada Should Bring Omar Khadr Home
Surely this has got to be the ultimate Tale of Two Nazanins. Better still, Of Denial And The Tale of Two Nazanin Afshin-Jam MacKays. The brand new wife of Conservative…
Odd colours
The odd colours on the blog seem to be a technical issue from the hosting service. They are not permanent.
Party liability for continuing offences
R. v. Vu, 2012 SCC 40 was just released. The case stands for several principles. First, kidnapping is a continuing offence that includes the victim’s ensuing confinement. So long as…
The nuclear approach to climate risk
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is holding a round table on Nuclear Power and climate change with a focus on developing countries.
Homeowners Can Earn Cash From Solar Roofs
Energy is still delivered via large power stations which can fail and leave entire regions without electricity. The future requires a more distributed energy grid that is a combination of…
4937…Ottawa Rock Star Appears In Court Y’day
580 CFRA reports that Father Joe LeClair, ex of The Glebe’s Blessed Sacrament Church, appeared in court.“LeClair was charged earlier this month with fraud, theft, money laundering, and breach of…
Whatever Happened to Jon Latvis?
You know, the lead guitar player for the White supremacist band RaHoWa who later went on to who went on to what we might generously call a solo career: Hanging…
RuPaul on Girl on Guy
If you are going through a Drag Race withdrawl and jonesing for a weekly fix of the fabulous RuPaul, give a listen to this sincere interview Mr. Charles gave on…
Bleeding Green
Mitch Alexander writes: What kind of council does the city of Regina have. You best believe that I won’t be going to that stadium. I think everyone should just boycott…
Lawn Not Doing Well: Could Be Hairy Cinch Bugs, and Another Reason to Plant Something Else
Got yellow spots on your grass? Could be your neighbors dogs, could be the drought, but they also could be due to bugs living in your lawn, Le Devoir reports…
Calico back
Filed under: art, digital, drawing Tagged: 100 cats
Justice of the Peace was right in St. Catharines trucker case
In today’s Sun (Story) Michele Mandel says a “justice of the peace had inexplicably approved a ban” on publishing the name of a trucker accused of “of leaving the scene…
Your Daily Nazi: Mayor Rob Ford
…with Nazi. On an unrelated note, WK is totally fucked up in the head re Christy Clark and Northern Gateway. B.C. for B.C.ers! Down with the blue eyed sheikhs! Through…
Managing Electricity Demand #nlpoli
Nalcor’s forecast for electricity demand on the island of Newfoundland doesn’t really show a massive increase over the next couple of decades. Earlier this year, Memorial University economist Jim Feehan…
The Toronto mayor’s far-right friend
This a picture of Toronto’s mayor, Rob Ford, with John Latvis. The last time John and I ran into each other, he was a member of the neo-Nazi band, RAHOWA…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, July 26, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, July 26, 2012: Husband of Justice Lori Douglas calls her ‘victim’ in sex scandal Justice Scalia Disputes…