Mandatory minimum for possession of loaded forearm struck down
The mandatory minimum sentence for a first offence of possession of a loaded firearm was struck down by Justice Molloy today in R v Smickle 2012 ONSC 602. I have…
2012
Waging or Resisting Unwinnable Wars: A Response to Donald Gutstein
Across Canada and every other place where austerity has become a household term, the idea of generational conflict has come out of retirement (pun intended). In Canada, intergenerational issues and…
Occupy Ottawa Activist Communique: 2nd Annual Day of Justice for murdered and missing Indigenous women
Hundreds of Ottawans are expected on Parliament Hill tomorrow to demand justice for 600 missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada. The event is part of the nationwide February 14th…
Parliament in Review: December 7, 2011
Wednesday, December 7 packed plenty of contentious debate into an extremely short day, with a time allocation motion and debate on two bills fit within an afternoon sitting. The Big…
Disgraceful
A Conservative minister stated this in the House of Commons: But when Liberal MP Francis Scarpaleggia attacked the Conservatives for “preparing to read Canadians’ emails and track their movements through…
This is Getting Better and Better….
Apparently 2008’s and 2011’s Liberal candidate in Toronto-Danforth, Andrew Lang, was asked to step aside in favour of a “star candidate,” but instead stepped aside for a “no-name” candidate, named…
Who Wants “Closer” Ties With China?
The Prime Minister’s trip to China last week sparked a flurry of media coverage regarding prospects for “closer” economic ties between Canada and China. Some even speculated that another free…
A Curious Tale of Monckton, Rinehart and Blaming God For Bushfire Deaths
getup_ad_mining_media.jpg IT was an extraordinary response, but then it was an extraordinary video revealing some extraordinary alliances. Two weeks ago I posted a story on my blog about a YouTube…
This day in history brought to you by the Harper Government™
Our obsessive Harper government would like to bring you this heritage moment: “Statement by the Honourable Joe Oliver, P.C., M.P., Commemorating the Historic Discovery of Crude Oil at Leduc #1.”…
Ode To A Grecian Burn
Oh, Greece! What have you done? You’ve given up before the war was won. You laid down before the greedy banks And told your people they should give thanks For…
Another Good award
I think Alex Tsakumis’s open message to CKNW’s Bill Good deserves repeating. So, I repeat it: “HUGE JEERS to Bill Good, the complete idiot that he is, who last night…
If Libs are Nazis, What Does That Make the Conservatives?
Conservative MP Larry Miller hauled out the ‘H’ word last week in the House of Commons, suggesting that the Liberals, in their support of the gun registry, are big fans…
Mad about the girl
I discovered Adele in 2011, way behind most of the world. If you watched last night’s Emmy Awards, you’ll know her too. Sylvia Patterson, writing in The Observer in 2008,…
Shit Ol’ Vic ‘Lock ‘em up’ Toews Said
Yes, boys ‘n’ girls, shit keeps coming outta that mouth of his. He, who recently said that it is perfectly ok to use information derived from torture, has done it…
Is the Mormon faith racist?
Ron Paul has come under some fire for newsletters bearing his name that contained racist remarks some 20 odd years ago. The Texas congressman and Presidential hopeful has said he…
Vic Toews Poll
In light of Vic Toews comments today, I thought a poll might be in order to solicite some opinion: Vic Toews is…
Winning By Stealth
Rachel Maddow (with the help of Doug Wead, a senior advisor to the Ron Paul campaign) describes how the wily old coot is attempting to exploit flaws in the present…
A Star In Peru…
Dennis Gruending has the back-story on some of those migrant workers killed in that horrific accident outside of Hampstead, Ontario last week, the most significant bit being (for me at…
Can this be true?
Premier Photo-Op says, “I am not interested in raising taxes. We are committed to find ways of getting agreements but we are not going to ask taxpayers to pay more…