August 2012
The Fluidity Of Our Charter Rights
Judging by both past events and current practices, I think it is safe to say that neither Premier Dalton McGuinty nor Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair, along with his underlings,…
We Missed Something in Manitoba…
A by-election call and a new Opposition leader! Well, I missed it anyways. I knew that former PC Leader Hugh McFadyen had stepped down as leader and also as MLA…
montreal and massachusetts, polar opposites on animal welfare: please take action
This post is a classic case of “Which do you want first, the bad news or the good news?” But unfortunately for dogs and the people who love them, this…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, August 7, 2012
It’s “welcome back Tuesday” as we leave Ontario’s August Civic Holiday behind. To start this short week off, here are the weekend’s leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter…
From Harlequin Romances to Charles Bukowski
I have to watch what I read, for two reasons. The first is that I tend to adopt the writing style of whomever I’m reading. It’s just like “You are…
Ask General Kang: Do you have a profile on Facebook?
Absolutely! You can’t take over a planet without a few friends. I like the way that Facebook allows me to be connected the minutia of my friends’ lives. This is…
Not in today’s Sun: this column on politics and religion
“Where knowledge ends,” British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli once opined, “religion begins.” So what do we know about the religions of Prime Ministers? Pierre Trudeau was a devout Roman Catholic,…
Charest Strategy: Family!
Jean Charest new proposal to give parents who send their kids to public primary school will get 100 dollars every year helps many people, because Many parents today are having…
Charest Strategy: Family!
Jean Charest new proposal to give parents who send their kids to public primary school will get 100 dollars every year helps many people, because Many parents today are having…
Charest Strategy: Family!
Jean Charest new proposal to give parents who send their kids to public primary school will get 100 dollars every year helps many people, because Many parents today are having…
Charest Strategy: Family!
Jean Charest new proposal to give parents who send their kids to public primary school will get 100 dollars every year helps many people, because Many parents today are having…
Hard to talk politics with the Olympics on? I know the feeling
I’ve been kind of lax with political stuff on here of late, but when it’s summer recess for Parliament, and the Olympics are on, I find it extremely hard to…
The Multiple Muskrat Falsehoods #nlpoli
Zack: Check it out, all about planets this month. Leonard: That’s an atom. Zack: Agree to disagree. That’s what I love about science, there’s no one right answer. Ya gotta…
The Bigot, the Blowtorch, and the Flaming Cheerios
It must have seemed like a great idea eh? To a bigot as dumb as this one. Show how much you hate General Mills for supporting gay marriage. "We do…
Comparing Olympic athletes
The New York Times has a fascinating interactive graphic which compares today’s athletes to Olympians back to 1896, in the sprint, the freestyle and the long jump. The difference between…
University of California Prof and author calls Sikh temple bombing ‘Christian Terrorism’…and I agree
A funny thing happens when people get old, many lose their sense of fairness. Something you hear from children almost every day is: “That’s not fair”, and oftentimes they’re one…
Old Toronto – Familiar and yet not
The past is a foreign country. This footage is oddly disturbing — a familiar and yet wildly unfamiliar place: Footage here 1913 Today
Dirty Harry, the honey badger
h/t Balloon JuiceAnd I was telling my husband about TBogg’s hilarious post and his description of Harry Reid as the honey badger, because he doesn’t give a shit, and I…
canada needs national leadership on energy and natural resource development.
TweetIf there ever was a time for Canada to show national leadership on the energy file, now is it. Why Nexen sale can’t be allowed Diane Francis, Financial Post ·…