Watch Roy Eappen Grovel
On November 10, 2012 I wrote a blog entry about a comment on Xtra.ca's website purporting to be written by Richard Warman. Mr. Warman has since advised me that comment…
November 2012
Grover Norquist: The Bathtub Drowner meets his comeuppance in 2012
The 2012 presidential election has been a time of momentous and historic changes in American politics. For the first time the Republican voter suppression tactics boomeranged, with millions of those…
Inadequate reasons at trial and appeal
R. v. Goldmintz, 2012 ONCA 775 deals with a curious case where the trial and first appeal decisions were both inadequate to allow meaningful review: While we appreciate that t...
Liberal leadership is on
Mailboxes are all aflutter with press releases and there's this nifty new video. This is going to be big, people. The officialdom of it all is starting to set in.…
Geist on Copyright vs. Internet
An interesting, long lecture from Canadian copyright expert Michael Geist, given at the U of Sask. recently. ADDED: Here’s a little on open government, as presented at the U of…
Cyprus, the European Union’s Dilemma
Cyprus, it seems, is the Cayman Islands of the Mediterranean. Russian oligarchs are said to use it to launder their money. And, for the European Union, the Cypriot-Russian connection complicates…
When I Realized David Petraeus Was a Wanker
The former wunderkind of the U.S. Army first came to my notice when he unveiled the American military's new counterinsurgency field manual, FM3-24. Petraeus had commanded a team of the…
Is government borrowing really that bad?
I’m not an economist, and I don’t play one on TV. With that in mind, perhaps somebody out there can tell me why it’s such a crime to borrow money…
death by anti-choice: irish woman, denied termination during spontaneous miscarriage, dies
This is what no access to safe and legal abortion looks like.Two investigations are under way into the death of a woman who was 17 weeks pregnant, at University Hospital…
I once cut my leg up with a chainsaw…
… so we must ban chainsaws! Look, as a Dad with a daughter who is allergic to fish and a son allergic to tree nuts, I totally “get” why parents…
Video: [Stereotypical] Gay Men Will Marry Your [Stereotypical] Girlfriends
I find it sad that the above video relies on ridiculous stereotypes to promote gay rights and marriage equality in the United States (where same-sex nuptials are now a legal…
Video: [Stereotypical] Gay Men Will Marry Your [Stereotypical] Girlfriends
I find it sad that the above video relies on ridiculous stereotypes to promote gay rights and marriage equality in the United States (where same-sex nuptials are now a legal…
Video: [Stereotypical] Gay Men Will Marry Your [Stereotypical] Girlfriends
I find it sad that the above video relies on ridiculous stereotypes to promote gay rights and marriage equality in the United States (where same-sex nuptials are now a legal…
Video: [Stereotypical] Gay Men Will Marry Your [Stereotypical] Girlfriends
I find it sad that the above video relies on ridiculous stereotypes to promote gay rights and marriage equality in the United States (where same-sex nuptials are now a legal…
Jason Kenney spent $750,000 spying on Canada’s ethnic minorities
Over the past three years, Conservative minister Jason Kenney’s Department of Citizenship and Immigration blew almost $750,000 in Canadian taxpayers money “monitoring ethnic media”, according to The Canadian Press. The…
Confused About the Petraeus Scandal? Here’s All You Need to Know.
The NYT's Maureen Dowd sums up the David Petraeus furball scandal in just one paragraph.His fall started as Sophocles and turned sophomoric, a mind-boggling mélange of “From Here to Eternity,”…
On abdications of duty
Shorter Gerry Ritz:If unscrupulous businesses want to fleece Canadian suckers consumers, far be it from we Conservatives to stand in their way.
Nov. 14: The worst..the very worst…ever……
I don't think I can find a kind word to say about today's Moncton Times and Transcript. It is so bad that the best part of it is the editorial…
Please, No More Orca in Toronto
It's bad enough keeping dolphins and belugas in captivity but it's an outrage to incarcerate orca for no other reason than to flog tickets to gawkers.Yet, according to TorStar, Marineland…