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November 2012
Rick Salutin on Universities
Back from a two-week vacation and almost another week recovering from what I suspect was a food-borne illness acquired from a chicken sandwich I bought in the Rome airport, today’s…
A moment of gritty reflection
Delores always liked to take a few moments between shows and get a little alone time. Of late the circus had been touring in the Southwest and they’d seen lots…
Windy #nlpoli
Anyone with half a clue knows that you cannot develop a reliable, efficient electricity system built on type of generation only. You need a mix so that the advantages of…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, November 2, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, November 2, 2012: 4 things to know if you’re harassed by debt collectors OHRT on family status…
Toronto needs a mayor
…because we sure as Hell don’t have one now. Enough is enough with this bloody fool. Here’s the guy I want to be Mayor, and he’d win, too.
Welcome to the Wageless Recovery
The Harper government likes to remind Canadians that we’ve done better than most developed nations in bouncing back from the global economic crisis. But digging into the data shows why…
Huge Wildrose and Parti Quebecois majorities, and…
…their latest. Media polls: you get what you pay for them. That is to say, nothing.
"Everyone cares about Manhattan": A recurring theme?
So admist all the praise of a fast response, I’ve noticed a recurring theme. First I saw a report about the horrid conditions on Staten Island and just now I…
Are Canadians Conservatives?
Stephen Harper likes to say that Conservative values are Canadian values. Lawrence Martin, however, calls that assertion into question. Recent polls which indicate that we would overwhelmingly vote for Barack…
$12 bil CETA GDP Claim from SimCity, not Real World
This week’s edition of Embassy newspaper contained a very interesting briefing insert on the Canada-EU CETA talks. Below is a commentary from me critiquing the ubiquitous but unbelievable claim that…
Who Has Sponsored The Shaidle’s Latest Israel Trip Redux
It’s Meir Weinstein and JDL Canada–background here. That is all.
Oilsands development at risk as costs soar, memo warns
Oilsands development at risk as costs soar, memo warns A confidential government memorandum obtained by CBC News warns that soaring costs of developing the Alberta oilsands could put the brakes…
Labrador Mines and Muskrat Falls #nlpoli
One of the things everyone is learning this week is that a consultant who accepts all the assumptions Nalcor used to arrive at its conclusion in the first place will…
Designed to fail – REPLAY
From March 2011, in my humble opinion, this article is worth repeating: Overcrowding at Royal Columbian hospital led to shutting down microwaves in the on-site Tim Hortons doughnut shop. Emergency…
ICBC desperately needs real management
Ten months ago, I published Talking tough, empty words and empty head, a piece mocking Attorney General Shirley Bond in her role as lead ICBC overseer. Shortly after, Finance Minister…
The Con Mob and the Big Sellout
I'd much rather write about politics than crime. But with Stephen Harper and his gang in power I have no choice but to write about both. At the same time.So…
Bloomberg Businessweek Gets It Right: Sandy Wasn’t "Caused" By Climate Change – It IS Global Warming
Those crazy, radical hippies at Bloomberg Businessweek have gone and done it. With the blunt, no-nonsense cover that likely already appeared on your Facebook feed or Twitter stream or Tumblr…
Mens sana in corpore sano: a sound mind in a healthy body
Mens sana in corpore sano: a sound mind in a healthy body – a very good motto that is. The saying comes from the Roman Juvenal, and it applies as…
Anonymous comments? Dean Del Mastro’s right: there oughtta be a law!
A young member of the Tory Online Rage Machine (TORM) composes a mean Tweet using talking points from Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s office. TORM operatives may not appear exactly as…