Hispanic Isn’t Spanish For Stupid
Tim Harper reminds his readers this morning that, south of the border, the Hispanic population has exploded. The community: has grown 43 per cent over the past decade, and will…
October 2012
140Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, October 17, 2012: Lawyer Reprimanded for Continued Use of Westlaw After Leaving Prosecutor Job Outsourcing company pays…
Canadians invited to tell their cell phone horror stories, as CRTC considers new protections
HorrorStory_100x100-2_121016.jpg Public interest group asks citizens to show the human side of a broken cell phone market October 17, 2012 – In response to the CRTC’s recent call for citizen…
The book of transformation
He had no idea how long he’d been there. It seemed like an age. All around him was the sound of the other body parts. Two pages over the heart…
Clean Coal?
Romney said during the first debate there is an “Economy Tax”, and the US “can continue to burn clean coal”. Neither exists. The former was his attempt to coin a…
A new, improved Barack Obama shows up for the second debate but fails to halt Mitt Romney’s momentum
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An All-Sports Radio Station in Canada! The time has come. Or gone. Or was here but went. Or is never going to happen. Pity.
Still, it would be a nice idea, sometime. Precis/Abstract: Sports radio in Canada had a unique, unfulfilled opportunity to cover the spectrum of sports. With media concentration, the unfulfilled opportunity…
The Power of Delusion #nlpoli
Kathy Dunderdale gave a speech to the hundreds of Conservatives who gathered in Gander last weekend for their annual convention. The Telegram’s James McLeod transcribed most of it and posted…
The Day the Cons Turned Parliament into a Farce
If anyone still thinks we have a Parliament, rather than a Con circus, what happened today in Question Period should disabuse them of that lunatic notion.For you had to see…
Globe & Mail Claims it is Worth More Than the New York Times — And Will Charge Accordingly
It’s been a bad month for the Globe & Mail, Canada’s supposed paper of record. First it tried to suppress the Margaret Wente plagiarism scandal. Then it let one of…
Trivial pursuits: Still no NHL? The Asia Ice Hockey League awaits!
Your blogger drops the puck at centre ice of Maple Leaf Gardens. Really! Below: The lost and lamented Seibu Prince Rabbits’ rabbit, before the team rabbitted in 2009. Below: The…
The oil in those pipelines…
Note to Mr. Romney on this paraphrase about the price of gas:“It was $1.80 per gallon when Obama came in and now it’s over $4 per gallon….something something…pumping oil in…
The oil in those pipelines…
Note to Mr. Romney on this paraphrase about the price of gas:“It was $1.80 per gallon when Obama came in and now it’s over $4 per gallon….something something…pumping oil in…
New Gas Industry Astroturf: Landowner Advocates of NY Buses Activists to Albany Pro-Fracking Rally
A pro-fracking rally held on Oct. 15 in Albany, NY was described by about a dozen local media outlets as a gathering of roughly 1,000 grassroots activists from all walks…
The Nobel Peace Prize is slipping into irrelevance
by Brian Lee Crowley | Troy Media | Macdonald Laurier Institute My mother could have told you why giving the Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union would produce such…
Canadian Sovereignty For Sale to Fuel Power and Money Addiction
Am I seeing this correctly? Could this possibly be happening to my country, Canada? Are we giving away our right to act as a sovereign nation to satisfy the greed…
Canadian Sovereignty For Sale to Fuel Power and Money Addiction
Am I seeing this correctly? Could this possibly be happening to my country, Canada? Are we giving away our right to act as a sovereign nation to satisfy the greed…
Canadian Sovereignty For Sale to Fuel Power and Money Addiction
Am I seeing this correctly? Could this possibly be happening to my country, Canada? Are we giving away our right to act as a sovereign nation to satisfy the greed…
Canadian Sovereignty For Sale to Fuel Power and Money Addiction
Am I seeing this correctly? Could this possibly be happening to my country, Canada? Are we giving away our right to act as a sovereign nation to satisfy the greed…