October 2012
The saga of Epsilon and Zeta
Check out XKCD for the whole story.
Welcome to Alberta’s Wild West, where the market sets the value of your vote
Drug store billionaire Daryl Katz, right, discusses his plans for a new Edmonton hockey arena with a representative of the Alberta government. Since Wild West hockey barons may not appear…
As If You Need Another Reason to Despise the Harper Government
One of the most odious and blatantly theocratic affronts perpetrated by the Harper regime is its fierce opposition to physician-assisted suicide for the terminally ill. Team Harper is now before…
Campaign Capers: The court has spoken
The post I put up yesterday to report on the Supreme Court’s ruling regarding Etobicoke Centre has been updated a couple of times with links to media coverage. There’s lots…
Update: Controversial CETA Negotiations Hurtling Towards Conclusion
We’ve been keeping you updated on the developing concerns over the Canada- EU Trade Agreement (CETA), and today is the last day of what may well be its final round…
Silliness Because the US Election Is So Close and So Scary: Wintergreen for President
The first time I heard this was in 1960 when George and Ira Gershwin’s Of Thee I Sing was performed at UC Berkeley with the Kennedy-Nixon presidential campaign in the…
Israelis endorse apartheid
For those supporters of Israel who gamely continue to insist that Israel is not an apartheid state, a recent poll published in the Haaretz newspaper should offer second thoughts. The…
Third party suspect defence
R. v. Tehrankari, 2012 ONCA 718 deals with when a third party suspect defence will be allowed: An accused charged with a crime is entitled by way of defence to…
OLP Leadership Update
While Federal Liberal leadership aspirants are free to subject their candidacy to a year-long striptease before declaring, Ontario Liberals do not have the luxury of time. With the membership cut-off…
Mr. Kenny’s arbitrary guidelines
As part of a new bill enhancing the powers of the immigration minister, Jason Kenney has revealed new guidelines he would apply to deny entry to foreign nationals. Currently, visitors…
5267…Meatloaf Endorses His Prez Candidate
The classic rocker, if you have no idea who he is it is all good, his biggest album came out during the Jimmy Carter, pre Joe Clark, era, has picked…
A case for finance reform: Reclusive billionaire allegedly donated $430,000 to PC Party.
Tweet“Mr. Katz declined requests for comment” was probably the least surprising sentence printed in the Globe & Mail this week as the national newspaper published reports that reclusive billionaire Daryl…
One Cowichan
Tonight I attended an event at the Quw'utsun' Cultural Centre in Duncan BC to address the flow "management" of the historic Cowichan River. The intent was to bring together all…
One Cowichan
Tonight I attended an event at the Quw’utsun’ Cultural Centre in Duncan BC to address the flow “management” of the historic Cowichan River. The intent was to bring together all…
One Cowichan
Tonight I attended an event at the Quw'utsun' Cultural Centre in Duncan BC to address the flow "management" of the historic Cowichan River. The intent was to bring together all…
5266…Oh, Yeah, And He Is Going To Jail
Silvio Berlusconi would be the he and The Associated Press, reported in The Toronto Star, says that he just got sentenced to jail for not paying those pesky taxes, taxes…
One Cowichan
Tonight I attended an event at the Quw’utsun’ Cultural Centre in Duncan BC to address the flow “management” of the historic Cowichan River. The intent was to bring together all…
There’s a new oil bonanza, but it comes at a price
Earlier in the week the U.S.’s bursting shale Oil industry made headlines worldwide announcing that the U.S. is set to become the world’s top producer of oil and now on…
NDP Government would return age of eligibility for Old Age Security to 65
Today, in a speech before the Annual General Meeting of the seniors’ organization CARP, NDP Leader Tom Mulcair announced that a New Democratic government would restore the age of eligibility…