Two authors pursued by a character
In the end, good triumphed over banality: Carmen Aguirre, the “bloody terrorist” who should never have been allowed into the country according to one of the judges, won the Canada…
2012
Madonna saves the world. Fans beg Netanyahu to delay WWIII until after Madonna concert.
Suddenly I have reason to like the pop queen. Or at least her Israeli fans. In a newly launched Facebook page, Israeli fans of U.S. pop megastar Madonna are pleading…
Does It Run In Their Genes?
I guess the ideological apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. While contempt for democracy is egregiously evident in the behaviour and pronouncements of Stephen Harper and his minions, it…
Ontario shows greatest population growth
Per cents are not people. Per cents don’t hold jobs, buy products or pay taxes. People do. Yet it seems that most of the conversation about the 2011 census report…
I love public outrage
Sometimes I feel bad about how hard it is to change the world. It seems that change for the worse happens so much more quickly and easily than change for…
Rob Ford and the Twin Towers of Idiocy
Lordy. Fan me with a feather. It look as if Rob Ford has really done it this time. Not only has he been totally humiliated. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has…
Time + Money ≠ Happiness
Trying to make a decision about your life and how to spend the time you have? Well don’t thinking about spending time, in fact don’t let the idea of money-…
What Were We Thinking? Libya Dissolves.
Steve Harper likes to boast how Canada and our NATO allies saved Libya by bombing the hell out of Gaddafi’s forces. It sounds nice but it’s hogwash. As the United…
How Screwed Up Is Afghanistan? Look at Their Schoolbooks.
The Afghans have figured out a way to produce a history textbook that everyone can accept. Make sure it stops at 1973. Afghanistan’s newly approved history textbook is free of…
Friday miscellany…
…Holy crap edition! *********************************************************************************************************** Holy crap! What a great cause! Bullying hurts. Bullying wrecks lives and families. Stand up to it! There are many anti-bullying groups out there. Ottawa’s own…
Are the Petro-Pols Setting Canada Up For a Crash?
Michael Ignatieff referred to it as the “beating heart of the Canadian economy in the 21st century.” Prime ministers, Liberal and Conservative alike, have dared to dream of Canada as…
Tribunal review
Saikaley (Re), 2012 ONCA 92 deals, among other things, with the standard of review of a tribunal or administrative tribunal. The Court holds: Deference will generally be accorded to a…
Empire and Trade
Empires vary: of conquest, of settlement, of trade; contiguous and maritime. Empires abound: a long list, longer even than many books on empire admit to. Wikipedia lists over 200 empires…
Observations and Assessments
Notions to small for a blog post, all in one place, a.k.a. the periodic link dump. Giving all aid short of actual help. First, some words from the American Nurses…
Caterpillar and the Investment Canada Act
There’s been some good public debate about the need for changes to the Investment Canada process in light of Caterpillar’s incredible actions in London. They showed up uninvited in 2010,…
Foreign Investment Absurdities
Amidst all the palaver over the past few weeks about US foundations investing in environmental advocacy groups which have lambasted Canada’s oil sands, I find myself decrying both the overwrought…
The Anti-Choicer Loses Liberal Nomination For Toronto-Danforth And The Riding is the NDP’s To Lose
Well, I’m sure many Liberals can rest easy, for now–the fetus fetishist, Trifon Haitas, lost the nomination to advertising exec, Grant Gordon last night. There was concern that the Liberals…
All The World’s A Stage: Harper Hypocrisy in China
Harper blasts foreign money in oil sands debate while welcoming China Prime Minister Stephen Harper blasted “foreign money and influence” behind critics of Canada’s oil sands even as he welcomed…
Nothing new under the Sun?
News of a Colombian FARCe: The chief prosecutor’s office obtained an arrest warrant Thursday for ex-President Alvaro Uribe’s longtime peace commissioner for allegedly choreographing the bogus surrender of a column…
Canadians Rally For Day Of Action Against Bill C-11 (Internet Lockdown)
LD_ComputerChains_120203.jpg Public Outcry Heats Up Against Legislation That Threatens Internet Freedom February 10, 2012 – Today, public outcry will grow to new proportions for what many are calling “the Internet…