DSM5 Autism Do-Over Raises Concerns Down Under, Yeah?
Concerns have been raised in Australia over the DSM-5 Autism Do-Over, the new Autism Spectrum Disorder. The fears echo those held by many in North America where studies have suggested…
September 2012
Happy Labour Day! Push-polls prove it… Canadians hate unions … really, really they do!
Some of the participants in a recent Edmonton Labour Day picnic. If the union haters had their way, unions giving food to these guys would be illegal. Below, Merit Contractors…
Deja vu
Bill Maher – New Rules 31.08.2012 – YouTube:“
B.C. politician compares himself to Christ
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. John Cummins is a veteran politician, so you think he would be wiser than this. The name might be familiar to…
Cowichan Valley Labour Day Picnic-Ladysmith Beach 11 AM – 3PM
Canada’s Labour Day came about after following years of organizing, strikes, parades and protests. Labour Day was declared as an Official Holiday in 1894 by Liberal-Conservative Prime Minister Robert David…
Ontario Liberals Doing Harper-Like Campaign Tactics? Good on them.
Two Liberal bloggers – Scott Tribe and local Kitchener-Waterloo blogger Darcy Casselman, who I’ve read once or twice but don’t have the greatest familiarity with – have come out saying…
Tanker Delivers Hooligan Oil to Coast Salish People
Kitimat – A large tanker carrying hooligan oil set forth from Kitimat to the Burrard Inlet in the Salish Sea. The hooligan run was a bumper crop so it was…
Obert Madondo: Canada, My Paradise Lost
My Paradise Canada Lost Lost to be recovered.
archbishop tutu calls for bush and blair to stand trial at the hague
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a hero for peace. The Iraq war “has destabilized and polarized the world to a greater extent than any other conflict in history,” wrote Tutu, who was…
Ontario Provincial Byelection stuff – Kitchener Waterloo Liberal stuff I dislike
For the record: I’m a card carrying federal Liberal (and remain so, despite the trouble the party is facing right now). I have BEEN an Ontario provincial card-carrying Liberal until…
5121…Ou’est Thomas Mulcair
You may have heard of him. He is the Member of Parliament for Outremont, a fancy and schmancy neighbourhood in Montreal. An area that now that I think of it…
R v Chapple 2012 ABPC 229 on the Reid Technique
Although there is no law prohibiting the use of The Reid Technique, I find that it has the ability to extinguish the individual’s sacred legal rights to be presumed innocent…
Justin Trudeau and the expected reverse voter migrations
The Cat believes that it is almost certain that Justin Trudeau will run for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada. If he does not, his credibility would be…
Screenplay for ‘THE GOLDEN PIN’ by Matt Guerin & Cuong Ngo
This was the shooting script for the 2009 short film, ‘The Golden Pin’, which I co-wrote with director Cuong Ngo. I also worked as Associate Producer on this production. The…
Run from Hit & Run
If you have an option to not see “Hit & Run” , take it. If I’d written this review last night, I might have given it a 5 and said…
Who’s Running Against Nenshi?
On October 21st, 2013, Calgarians will elect a new City Council. That’s 414 days from now. There will, no doubt, be some new faces on council. Some new titles, too:…
Imam denies tampering with evidence in Pakistan blasphemy case
This is terribly convenient. If the charge is bogus then all the pressure on Pakistan goes and the dreadful law stays. Somehow I doubt the Imam desecrated the Quran simply…
Pro-development B.C. community says no to Northern Gateway
In Public Opinion Research conducted by the District of Fort St. James 198 respondents indicated a significant majority (86%) opposed the Northern Gateway pipeline proposal. The following letter was put…
Will Québec plunge Canada into more constitutional wrangling?
We’ll know the answer Tuesday night, will Quebecers choose the separatist PQ, take a flyer on the populist CAQ or will they instead opt for the devil they know in…