Col Mustard, with the Camera, In Camera
Today Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was testifying in a libel case against him. I just tuned in for a few minutes and her this gem: “…in camera” is a bit…
2012
Globe and Mail: New Bell-Astral Takeover Pact
One month after Canadians' voices were heard by decision-makers at the CRTC in shutting down Bell's takeover, the telecom giant is said to now be making a second attempt at…
Why Merge?
Because graphs don’t lie:
Tories way down and Liberals way up, yet some in the MSM say this is good for Stephen Harper?
This article is one of a couple currently using a new Ipsos Reid poll to argue that Justin Trudeau is Stephen Harper’s newest friend. The last Ipsos poll earlier this…
David Petraeus’s Sex Scandal and Picture Montage
(Pictured above: Mr. Burns, David Letterman, Anthony Weiner, Donald Trump, David Petraeus, Courtney Stodden, Anna Wintour, Herman Cain, The Situation.)Source: The Huffington Post.
Yes/no?
On a lot of specific things, opinions are a pretty binary yes/no or on/off kind of thing, especially when they come to identifying with labels. Are you a Liberal? How…
ConCalls: Giving In
At what point can Canadians no longer claim to be a democratic people? We widely recognize when other countries were running sham elections, but our closeness to our own has…
Get Out. Now.
"We cannot pretend there is any more to do in Afghanistan."That brief observation underlies the argument of former British Liberal Dem leader, Lord Ashdown, that it's time to pull his…
What is Hamas doing? Watch the circus, not the sideshow
How does Hamas firing rockets at Jerusalem help Hamas? Not much. Yes a rocket barrage to express rage at the assassination of Ahmed Jabari makes some sense. It is a…
Res Ipsa Loquitor
Actual screen capture. To say anything further would be superfluous.TweetThe Rev. Paperboy Feed
Gas Industry Attacks Scientists After Research Finds Triple The Normal Levels Of Methane At Australian Gas Fields
LEVELS of the potent greenhouse gas methane have been recorded at more than three times their normal background levels at coal seam gas fields in Australia, raising questions about the…
Sexual harassment constitutes sexual discrimination
Friedmann v. MacGarvie, 2012 BCCA 445 is a source for the proposition that sexual harassment constitutes sexual discrimination: One way to demonstrate in a discrimination case that ...
Adventures of Baylard Bear and the portrayal of adoption.
I was sent a copy of The Adventures of Baylard Bear by Lucinda Sue Crosby and while the story has its cute moments it has some huge problems. Since I…
Gunn and Lewis receive awards in Port Hope
Two OPSEU advocates from Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences received recognition last night in Port Hope for their health and safety work. Norma Gunn received a standing ovation…
Part of the Story Behind the Montreal Super-Hospital Projects: Residential Developoment of the Mountain?
For some I've wondered about the reasons why many parts of the Montreal community were so gung-ho for building two new super-hospitals. The story goes back nearly two decades, with…
Nov. 16:…(sigh)….
Beaujolais Nouveau is a wildly overpriced wine that has a wildly over-hyped debut for each year's edition. What makes it different from most other wines is its very, very short…
Idle Thoughts . . . .
Just Wondering . . . .- The Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party consists of seven men. There are more than a billion people, don't you think they could have…
Sad about the singularity?
Is this robot really sad? Or is it just celebrating the technological singularity it its own quiet way? I don’t want to project onto this robot. Maybe he’s programmed to…
Building on a Swamp Doesn’t Make It Not a Swamp, Or My Mother on Rising Sea Levels
The New York Times has an opinion piece today arguing that rebuilding along the New York and New Jersey shoreline in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy is not a good…
Leadership 2013 Debate Preview
I'll put together another #skndpldr roundup later today. But for now, I'll point out that the campaign's debate schedule starts tomorrow night in Regina (live-streamed here) - and discuss briefly…