Excited Delirium Chapter 67: Aftershocks: China Scene of Devastation
Excited Delirium Chapter 67, where China experiences a massive quake created by our villians.
2012
Data mining and politics
An interesting read about US Political Parties and data mining — despite some legal issues here (PIPEDA for one) I am sure we'll see this here too: The Co-op and…
In Which Climate “Skeptics” Drop the Lysenko Bomb. No, I’m Not Kidding….
Lysenko_in_field_with_wheat.jpg There has been a much justified uproar over last week’s Wall Street Journal op-ed, in which a group of scientific “skeptics” reiterate the old line that we don’t have…
What the Amanda Trujillo Case Tells Me About Nurses Behaving Badly
Amanda Trujillo can take cold comfort that her situation is not unique. In the two years and odd months I have posted on this blog, I have written about six…
4164…Thanks For The Memories
“This ain’t fantasy football.” That is what the owner of the Indianapolis Colts, the worst team in the NFL this season, tells Hannah Storm tomorrow on ESPN. Jim Irsay is…
4165…1800 Dollars For A Parking Spot
That is the high number for a spot a Super Bowl XLVI in Indy according to parkhub.com. Of course it is for three days and includes in and out privileges…
Remind me Again Why we Spent $800,000 to Celebrate the Libyan Victory?
“Gadhafi’s days are over. Never again will he be in a position to support terrorism or to turn guns on his own people. The Libyan people can finally turn the…
Monday Sun
The sky is shining this morning and I have a bit of time to post a few pictures from a walk I took earlier in the month. (If only the…
Justice Lampooned — Media Covers the Shafia Sentencing — America Shames Canada and Britain
Justice Lampooned — Media Covers the Shafia Sentencing — America Shames Canada and Britain First up, the always bemused and inarticulate Andrew whatshishead on CBCNN, utterly out of his depth…
4163…It Is 2012
Someone tell the NDP that please. I thought I was the only one who wasn’t jazzed up about the Dipper’s leadership thingy but, alas, I am not. Mia Rabson’s story…
4162…Happy Birthday Mr. Scary
Dick Cheney, the man who ran the world for eight years, turns 71 today. WFDS
The art of the WHAT?
As I prepare to get cracking on my first-ever book-length Spanish-to-English translation (yes, congratulate me, kiddies, your auntie is going pro!), I found some videos while looking up an idiomatic…
New airport screening regs raise questions for trans Canadians
Marathon runner Jennifer McCreath has pointed out a recent regulatory change that the Harper Conservatives have made to the Aeronautics Act (i.e. passed by ministerial fiat, rather than shepherded through…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, January 30, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines for Monday, January 30, 2012 from Wise Law on Twitter: Have Attorneys Read the iCloud Terms and Conditions? Is iCloud use by lawyers a…
Useful passage on the importance of process in litigation
Shebib v. Victoria (City), 2012 BCCA 42 is a very recent decision dealing with a self-represented litigant who failed to follow the Rules of the British Columbia Court of Appeal.…
Nalcor will have problems supplying MF power to Nova Scotia? #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Energy analyst Tom Adams has an interesting observation on why Nalcor and Emera are having a hard time finishing their agreement. Adams believes that a detailed analysis of Muskrat Falls…
Canada’s Newt Gingrich
Susan Delacourt writes this morning that when the Liberals made budget cuts in 1995, they sold their program by using fear — fear that we were about to hit a…
Ontario Human Rights Tribunal Digest – January 1, 2012-January 29, 2012
Each month, Wise Law Blog reviews important decisions from the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal. RULINGS ON DISCRIMINATION Charlotte Vallee v. Fairweather Inc. The Applicant, a 57-year old woman, filed an…