CETA – Trust No One – Part Two
As reported in today’s Star, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, after meeting with Stephen Harper, has promised to push for early completion of the gruelling negotiations for a Canada-European Union free…
August 2012
140Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, August 17, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines for Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, August 17, 2012: LexisNexis Named Official Online Research Provider for 2012 GOP Convention – US Politics Today…
5042…Can You Say Premier Marois?
Pauline Marois, I know, OMG, OMFG, is, unless she pulls a Danielle Smith, going to be the next Premier of La Belle. The two most recent polls, which I spotted…
5043…Pride Starts Today In Your Capital
God bless them; if it wasn’t for gay activists cheap bastards like me would have to pay for condoms. So I am pro pro pro Pride. I figure the free…
Announcing the Worst Customer Service Contest
Let’s have a Worst Customer Service contest! I’m going to nominate Fabricland on Merivale Road for their absence of customer service. I bought thread there yesterday. In fact, I’m a…
democracy 24/7: citizens vs cons gets a court date
In case you haven’t heard, a date has been set in Federal Court for hearings on the Conservative Party’s vote suppression during the 2011 federal election. The hearing will begin…
rest in peace: jack layton after passage of historic 2008 motion on iraq war resisters
In a few days, on August 22, it will be the one-year anniversary of Jack Layton’s untimely death. I want to share one my most enduring memories of Jack. It…
Colby Cosh is an idiot
A Canadian blogger is a “catspaw of Putin” for pointing out a member of Pussy Riot is a Canadian permanent resident? What a frigging idiot.
From my source, who is at Moscow court (updated)
Still reading sentence in court… Guilty, but what’s punishment? Crowd tense. Okay, my source just outed himself on Twitter, so I can too. It’s Darrell Bricker.
Friday miscellany…
…Free Pussy Riot edition! Just learned that Pussy Riot, the chick punkers who have been in detention in Russia for performing an anti-Putin song in a church, have been declared…
Guilty
@euronews: Russian Judge says three women from punk band #PussyRiot guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred (Reuters)
Live from Moscow
My source: Opinion here very divided. Lots upset with what PR did. Immature, disrespectful. Don’t appreciate foreign busy bodies showing off. While PR act condemned, think govt over-reacting. Sympathy for…
Ask General Kang: Would you ever consider running for public office?
Your politicians disgust me. They pander to the lowest common denominator. They lie. They’re corrupt. They are vile, low creatures, worse than a Tregladian Bladder Beast, or even that fuzzy…
Free Pussy Riot – today (updated)
SFH’s drummer, Davey, is about to go on CBC to discuss this morning’s verdict. Another friend is going to be at the courthouse in Russia for the verdict. He/she will…
David Black Media Tycoon Is Promoting A Bitumen Refinery in Kitimat
Richard Hughes Political Blogger Controversy surrounding the proposed Enbridge Northern Pipeline just got a goosing from Victoria based media tycoon David Black. The history of transporting bitumen has a very…
Navigator Online #nlpoli
Turn your browser to a new blog from The Navigator. For those who don’t know it, The Navigator is a monthly magazine about the fishery for people in the industry…
Jimbo Flaherty and the Con Country Snatchers
Oh goody. Another episode of The Invasion of the Con Country Snatchers. And tonight it's one of the scariest ones ever !!!! For as Jim Flaherty prepares to meet with…