Hot Or Not: January 18th NDP Leadership Debate Edition
Hot: Beards: The hottest accessory at the Tom Mulcair after-party was a beard. If you are showing solidarity with your leadership or simply waiting in the forest for the revolution…
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Revisiting Staggered Primaries
After looking at how the supporter system was conceived yesterday, today I gaze ahead at what its future might hold. Specifically, the musings of some that the LPC could still…
#Swingrich.
Newt Gingrich’s (currently a frontrunner for the GOP on the faith and values magical mystery tour) ex wife has done an interview with ABC news. This is ex wife the…
Let’s do this – Book review of Making is Connecting
The optimism in David Gauntlett’s Making is Connecting (published by the fantastic polity) is difficult to escape. Much like the plethora of networks, groups, clubs and civil society manifestations he…
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Jan.19: A use for editorials….
Editorials were never a good idea to start with. Fault one is that the editorial pretends to speak for the whole newspaper. It can’t, of course. In the first place,…
Greg Weston does it again
After exposing the gazebo in the middle of nowhere G20 spending debacle, Greg Weston was fired-or-he-quit from Sun media AKA Fox News North.But he keeps on finding out embarassing stuff…
Marianne Gingrich lays an egg. Drudge fails again. Gingrich’s career does not ‘end in a single interview’.
It hasn’t been broadcast yet but from what was revealed from interviewer ABCNews’ Brian Ross talking on The View this morning, Newt Gingrich’s second wife reveals little that isn’t already…
Another Politician’s Attempt To Suppress Democratic Participation
My previous blog entry dealt with attempts by Giorgio Mammoliti to discourage people from partaking in the democratic process in Toronto. Essentially concurrent with that outrageous behaviour is something equally…
Colbert v. Citizens United
More fun with SuperPacs from the team of Stephen Colbert and his friend/business partner Jon Stewart (with whom he’s definitely not co-ordinating!). Because he’s not on the ballot in South…
Claim for solicitors’ negligence limited to client
Laidar Holdings Ltd. v. Lindt & Sprungli (Canada) Inc., 2012 BCCA 22 deals with a claim against solicitors. The British Columbia Court of Appeal holds the claim untenable because the…
Locke admits assessment was “probably not” fair #nlpoli #cdnpoli
In an interview with the Telegram that appeared in Thursday’s edition, Memorial University economist Wade Locke admitted that his assessment of Muskrat Falls probably offered an unfair comparison with alternatives.…
Who’s Afraid of Kerry Emanuel? Why Republicans Are Attacking a Republican Climate Scientist
kerry emanuel.jpg Last week, MIT climate scientist and hurricane specialist Kerry Emanuel received email threats for his view on climate change. These were quickly and appropriately condemned by the progressive…
Johnny Otis, 1921-2012
I’m not big on celebrity farewells, but Johnny Otis was one of the coolest guys in the world. He’s best knows for his Big Hit, “Willie and the Hand Jive”,…
Did Bishop Mitt Coerce a Woman into a High-Risk Childbirth?
A lot of people have been predicting that Mitt Romney’s Mormon mishaps could undermine his presidential aspirations. Perhaps they’re right. “…the Republican presidential front-runner, has been accused in a new…
Yup, for Hab fans…
… it has been that type of year… LMAO!!! Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Don’t Get Caught Holding the Bag on Fossil Fuels
The expected global drive to curb carbon emissions could create a fossil fuel bubble collapse. A coalition of prominent UK investors, politicians and scientists has warned the Bank of England…
The Myth of Keystone Jobs Must Give Way To Real Job Opportunities For Canadians & Americans
Press Release from Citizens Climate Lobby Canada in response to President Obama’s decision yesterday on the Keystone XL Pipeline: President Obama made the right decision in rejecting approval for the…
Gossip
I’ve just learned how to gossip. I mean, not *just* now; in the last few months. I was never much for gossip when I was pupating, because I didn’t really…
Tax Shifting
Earlier this week, the Globe and Mail’s Economy Lab published a piece by Stephen Gordon arguing that high income and corporate taxes won’t generate much revenue. Gordon used used the…