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From msccust@gmail.com: What kind of a moron are you? You typical stupid ignorant liberal asshole, wo someone is breaking into your house and raping and you want to wait for…
July 2012
Gun Violence: Reality vs. Perceptions
You would have to be living under a rock to not hear about the tragedy that occurred in Colorado last week when a gunman murdered 12 men and woman (and…
How Brad Wall And The Sask Party Gov’t Recruited And Later Stiffed Irish Workers
It’s pretty well know in progressive circles, that the Sask Party administration of Premier Brad Wall is by and large influenced and controlled by the privatized potash industry. Case in…
mayor of boston puts equality before commerce, tells bigoted company to stay out of city
Menino: “Chick-fil-A would be an insult to the city’s long history of expanding freedom.” Rob Ford, please take note.
Is A. Raoul Nembhard The New Patrick Brazeau?
Jason Kenney appoints him to the Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF). The day of the CRRF’s first meeting, he phones it in after dancing it up in Spain. Boogey down…
Holographic Wills
In Ontario, section 6 of the Succession Law Reform Act states that "A testator may make a valid will wholly by his or her own handwriting and signature, without formality,…
The “Life of Pi” Movie Will Probably Rock Your World
Canadian novelist Yann Martel’s “Life of Pi” is one of the few novels I’ve started with enthusiasm and but couldn’t finish. I simply failed to connect with this award-winning wrenching…
Summertime in Québec City – Encroyable!!!
Bonjour everybody. I am having an absolutely magnificent summer residing in Québec’s capital city. No I haven’t taken a position with the local tourist board here, however it will probably…
4935…The End Of The World As We Know It
Hard to believe but back in the day, a quarter century ago, it was obligatory to smoke on buses, planes, in pubs, elevators, schools, restaurants.Now this.In this day’s Ottawa Sun…
A World Without Coral Reefs – NYTimes.com
Just to brighten your day a little more, check out this astonishing article from the NY Times on the state of the world’s coral reefs. It ain’t pretty. The article…
Rape shield laws Canada
R. v. M.T., 2012 ONCA 511 has a helpful summary of the rules regarding the exclusion of evidence of sexual conduct in sexual offenses: Section 276 of the Criminal Code…
Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math | Politics News — www.rollingstone.com — Readability
Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math | Politics News — www.rollingstone.com — Readability “…the planet does indeed have an enemy – one far more committed to action than governments or individuals.…
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Kenney’s recent appointment to the CRRF
Missed his first meeting as a board member of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation on Friday ‘cuz he was clubbing in Ibiza: First meeting as a member of the CRRF…
4934…Elections Canada No Immunity4Del Mastro
Or any of the peeps involved in the tangled web our beloved Prime Minister’s Parliamentary Secretary is weaving. Twas in The Ottawa Citizen and all the other Postmedia papers plus…
The invitation must have been lost in the mail
The North Korean Dear Leader got hitched! I wonder if they had to get married? Ew. (7) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Very, very sad passing of Tracey Tyler of the Toronto Star.
This is very sad. Tracey was a real person and her loss is enormous. I will miss her: I At Tracey Tyler’s neatly arranged desk, there is a red light…
Bitumen’s Oh So Dirty Little Secrets
There are some things that never come up when discussing the Athabasca Tar Sands or shipping bitumen to China. The difference between bitumen and conventional oil never comes up. Bitumen…
4933…Meeting Of Minds: Harper Et Ford
Oh to be a fly on the wall. Seriously, all they seem to understand, from the various reports I have read/heard/viewed is punishment. Punishment works with people who have something…