#skndpldr Roundup
Not surprisingly, the last week has been fairly quiet on the Saskatchewan NDP leadership front. But I’ll offer comments on a couple of developments I hadn’t yet discussed. To start…
2012
@EzraLevant, ‘Veteran Journalist’
So, here is the guy that is ‘Hailed as “Canada’s no.1 defender of free speech,” best-selling author, lawyer, blogger and general trouble-maker, Calgary’s Ezra Levant is one of Canada’s best-known…
Breathe breath
1) If you need a tattoo to remind you to breathe, you probably ought to have some kind of permanently in-place guardian. Because usually, you know, breathing is part of…
The Municipal Machiavelli is online
I’ve spent much of the past few days putting online my book in which I assess and rewrite Niccolo Machiavelli’s famous (or infamous) work, The Prince, in a WordPress format.…
A Bit Of Childhood Lost
A lot of good folk have passed this Xmas. I didn’t even know this guy’s name before today, though I owned, when I was very young, a two pound metal…
Only in Britain?
Only in Britain, you say. Pity: I only ask because a few days ago the government released a transparently self-serving “response” to a request from its own MPs, showing that…
5466…Russia Bans Yankee’s From Adopting Kids
Reuters breaks with this: “Russia’s upper parliament house unanimously approved a bill on Wednesday that would ban Americans from adopting Russian children, in retaliation for a U.S. law that punishes…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Wednesday reading. – Pat Atkinson highlights what should probably be the story of the year for 2012: the continued degradation of Canadian democracy under a…
#IdleNoMore: A Longer View
“Each generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it.” —Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth Apparently decolonization happens when you are busy taking…
With Friends Like These!
This was sent to me as a comment on my blog along with this cryptic message, With Friends Like These…Maybe we should be looking into this further, it is dated…
5465…Snow Fun
Why didn’t I think of this? From Madison, Wisconsin, the capital of and home of the biggest uni in the state. Go Badgers! WFDS
5464…Justin Trudeau In Control
That’s what it said about JT in the National Post earlier in the week. The Liberal leadership, provided he doesn’t get caught in bed with a dead girl or a…
BC bound
Fireplace off, feet up waiting for lift. Unless I die in a fiery crash, see you on the Left Coast!
Ask General Kang: How do I keep my New Year’s resolutions?
We had a similar custom on my homeworld, Neecknaw, but there we called them Slorg Wishes. Slorg was once the Overlord of our planet, back in the Taupe Ages —…
Holding baby in lap on flight dangerous?
The trouble is then you have to pay for an extra seat. Not a huge deal in the south for middle class people flying from, say, Calgary to Montreal. But…
Curious decision inconsistent with W(D)?
R. v. Bearfoot, 2012 ONCA 917 was released Christmas Eve. It has a potentially concerning passage: The trial judge did not reverse the burden of proof. It was appropriate in…
Dec. 26: Well, I got what I wanted…
…the latest copy of Globe, fresh from the checkout counter with the latest news I need to know about how Kate hates Camilla, and how there were ten things I…
BBC Faces U.K. Government Probe of Severance Packages by Georg Szalai
Britain’s public spending watchdog will look at rising payouts for top executives after politicians criticized the $725,000 severance for short-lived BBC boss George Entwistle.
BBC Faces U.K. Government Probe of Severance Packages by Georg Szalai
Britain’s public spending watchdog will look at rising payouts for top executives after politicians criticized the $725,000 severance for short-lived BBC boss George Entwistle.