Queen’s Makes “Outlines” Before Final Exams
The law students at Queen’s University recently celebrated their annual talent show “Lawlapalooza”, and kicked things off with this parody of Drake’s “Headlines”. To all those law students preparing for…
2012
Press Gallery-A-Go-Go…Which Club Is Which?
AllTheGumChewin’ThatFits Presser?WhatPresser?Ville Remember when Harperland Glimmer Twin #2 had a meltdown with members of the Vancouver Media last week as she repeatedly told said assembled reporters that the (not)Premier would…
Biofuel from Whiskey
Celtic Renewables has found a way to turn a byproduct from the creation of whiskey into something even more flammable: fuel. This will greatly lower the wast from whiskey distillation…
Joe Gardhouse’s famous quotes
Collingwood Councillor Joe Gardhouse has provided us with some, uh, colourful commentary over the years at the council table. Last night’s “who the heck wants to go to Uxbridge?” joins:…
Rae ad a well-aimed Conservative grenade into the Liberal tent
Proving that you don’t need to ignore or even bend electionlaw to execute a savvy political strategy and tie your opponents in knots, theattack ad launched Sunday night by the…
"The Department will not speculate…" But it will leak.
A reporter at Bloomberg tried to get confirmation from Canada’s finance department about the contents of the upcoming federal budget and got the stock reply. “The Department will not speculate…
Michael Ignatieff on Syria
The former Liberal leader and professor has a thoughtful article analyzing the situation in Syria with an interesting solution to the problem of Bashar al-Assad’s demonic destruction of his people.…
Another one rides the bus #nlpoli
Albertans will be going to the polls shortly. All the parties are gearing up. Here’s the Wildrose Alliance’s campaign bus, featuring a picture of their leader, Danielle Smith. Yeah, they…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter on the foggiest day of the year so far, Tuesday, March 20, 2012: GTA law firms lag on diversity:…
Leadership 2012 Roundup
A quick look at the latest news as the NDP’s leadership convention approaches. – Alice’s latest Power Play appearance saw her discuss Nathan Cullen’s campaign: Meanwhile, Cullen received an endorsement…
"Stand Your Ground": the insanity of a country with a lust for guns
The Trayvon Martin murder is not an isolated case. It’s the reality of a country obsessed with firearms and violence. It’s a place where people hide in their bedrooms away…
TorDan – What Does It All Mean!!?
So the final results of last night’s by-election in Toronto-Danforth shouldn’t surprise many, as Craig Scott of the NDP easily hung on, ending the night with a nearly 10,000-vote lead…
Big Bang Big Boom: Animated graffiti – An endlessly fascinating warning against the temptation of war
BIG BANG BIG BOOM – the new wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo. For those who haven’t seen it, Big Bang Big Boom (2010) is yet another fabulous…
ConCalls: There’s More?
As we near a month since the RoboCon/Robocalls scandal burst onto the blogosphere and main stream media in a big way, there are no signs of it fading. When the…
Doonesbury “Shaming Room” too much for sensitive newspapers
Last week several newspapers censored the first of a series of Doonesbury comics addressing the current climate and discussion about women’s reproductive rights (specifically, in this case, abortion). The Center…
Bill C-10 Hunger Strike: Protestor Addresses Canadian MPs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa, March 19, 2012 – At 12:01am on Wednesday, March 14, Ottawa-based activist and progressive blogger, Obert Madondo, started an indefinite hunger strike whose key demand is…
Citizen Surveillance and the Coming Challenge for Public Institutions
The other day I stumbled over this intriguing article which describes how a group of residents in Vancouver have started to surveille the police as they do their work in…
2012-03-20 08:26:03
Full story on #cwood trail branding, including ‘#Uxbridge’ comments by Gardhouse #recallgardhouse http://goo.gl/AMo3E
The Party Of Illusions
Whatever else the Harper Conservatives are, they are good magicians. They are in the business of selling illusions. They claim to be the party of prosperity, when they are, in…