Water lily #6 for the season
I think the secret is no raccoons.
July 2012
A Radical Monday Morning
Today is the first cool and rainy day in quite a while, so I’ll be spending the morning the way other “radicals” the world over are, in the kitchen and…
Even Conservatives Wonder If ‘Bully Boy’ Tactics Are Working For Them Any More …
“Mr. Del Mastro, Parliamentary secretary to Prime Minister Stephen Harper (Calgary Southwest, Alta.), is under investigation by Elections Canada for allegedly breaching the Elections Act for exceeding his 2008 election…
on the tahrir: "our course is the conscience of humanity. our final destination is the betterment of mankind."
This post is based on my notes on a talk by David Heap, supplemented by graphics from David’s presentation, about his experience as part of the Canadian Boat to Gaza.…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Lana Payne sees reason for hope in the sheer breadth of citizens who are protesting against the Harper Cons: Scientists. Doctors. Nuclear engineers.…
On ballpark figures
John Klein and Marian Donnelly have already raised some important questions about this weekend’s stadium funding announcement. But while the biggest problem with the announcement may well be just how…
Sleeping cat 7
Filed under: art, digital, drawing, painting Tagged: 100 cats
After All That, The Himalayan Glaciers are Indeed Shrinking
800px-Everest_North_Face_toward_Base_Camp_Tibet_Luca_Galuzzi_2006_edit_1.jpg Remember the Himalayan glaciers? They were at the root of the most deserved black-eye to the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change during the intensely politicized period of 2009-2010.…
What I learned at my high school reunion…
… or how to teleport 31 years back in time without the aid of some serious hallucinogens. Most women age more gracefully than most men. This is a truism. And…
Democracy’s Last Conquest: The Anglo-American Empire
Slowly but surely democracy is spreading and finding roots around the world. The latest countries to begin their path towards democratic governance are Tunisia and Libya. In both countries, democratic…
gaza’s ark: trade, not aid, to challenge the blockade
As I mentioned, I recently had the opportunity to hear my friend and comrade David Heap speak about his experience attempting to bring supplies to the people of Gaza, as…
Ontario hospitals: Only Mexico to pass to reach the fewest beds per capita
Here’s a given – as Ontario hospitals start to shed services and staff in the next three years, the government is inevitably going to proclaim the benefits of serving patients…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, July 16, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, July 16, 2012: Law Commission of Ontario releases Final Report and Framework for the Law as it…
Ars Technica: Censorship has no borders
Why is the open Internet so important worldwide? Researchers from the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab have shown that censorship has no borders—if one country blocks content, then that block…
Embarrassing The Harper Government
The rhetoric about overpaid doctors notwithstanding, I suspect the public loves it as much as I do when the medical profession defends its principles and embarrasses Tory lap dogs in…
Taking Sides
The Globe and Mail reports this morning that Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s proposal to overhaul Canada’s banking dispute settlement system “looks suspiciously like a gift to the country’s big banks.”…
rotd
Revolutionary thought of the day: Pick up Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front or James Jones’s From Here to Eternity. Read Henry IV. Turn to the Iliad.…
teen arrested for asking kenney about refugee health care cuts
Cheers for Bashir Mohamed! He interrupted a speech by Jason Kenney, trying to ask questions about refugee health care, was removed and arrested, and now he’s challenging the illustrious Minister…
Substituting, dispensing or validating service in a Contracting State, so as to avoid R. 17.05, not proper
Khan Resources Inc. v. Atomredmetzoloto JSC, 2012 ONSC 1522 deals with the interesting legal issue of whether, when dealing with a Contracting State under the Convention on the Service Abroad…