2012
‘Faith’ Based Belief Rather Than ‘Fact’ Based Reality Is What Left The Republicans Stunned That They Had Lost The Presidency
The enduring image I will retain of the 2012 Presidential election is the clip of Karl Rove in an angry outburst of complete denial when FOX News joined the other…
Fight The Right a bestseller?
So says the Calgary Herald. Just spotted. Jumped to number two, which is rather nice of my home town: This week NON-FICTION Last week 1 Emotional Enlightenment . Jane Birdsell.…
talk me out of buying a new blackberry (if you can)
I need a new phone. My Blackberry Curve is dying. I had to replace my original Blackberry Curve when the cursor starting jumping around (a known issue), while it was…
Mulcair on the Economy
Leader of the Opposition Tom Mulcair gave a fine speech on the Budget Bill on October 24 which can be found in its entirety in Hansard. I have posted some…
Bill C-377: and here I was thinking the Tories hated red tape
Imagine a law that said every corporation that got a tax subsidy, a grant, a low interest loan or some other fiscal incentive had to publicly disclose every expenditure of…
DSM5 Autism Exclusion of ID? Study Finds Single Gene Mutation Known To Cause Intellectual Disability Increases Risk of Autism Disorders
If you believe the DSM5 Neurodevelopmental committee responsible for expressly removing those with Intellectual Disability from the new, oversimplified Autism Spectrum Disorder when they claim that exclusion is based on…
Bob Erb Pot Activist Wins 25 Million Dollars
Former Marijuana Party Candidate for Mayor of Terrace wins pot, a potful of cash, 25 million and change. Bob Erb intends to spread it around. The seasonal construction workers palns…
The ‘nother “Carbon Tax! On Everything” cartoon
Filed under: cartoons, digital Tagged: carbon tax, CPC sock puppets, politics
140Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, November 12, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, November 12, 2012: How a $20 tablet from India could blindside PC makers, educate billions and transform…
Team Trudeau trifecta
Gave a speech last week – and the week before that in Vancouver and Calgary – saying the same thing: the progressive coalition is women, young people and newcomers. Without…
The Failures of Our Political Representatives
The other day over at Trapped in a Whirlpool, blogger Kev wrote a post entitled Irrelevant by Choice. In it, he lamented the failure ofParliamentary-backbenchers to do the job they…
OLP: 140 tweet-able characters to describe the next Premier
We need a winner, who wins outside Toronto. Who’s all about jobs, not controversy. A uniter, not a divider. Honest, frugal, tough, smart. There’s only one person who meets that…
Aboriginal title
In Canadian law all lands are subject to the Crown, and this has been true since Britain acquired much of Eastern Canada from France by the Treaty of Paris (1763).…
Pay Now Or Pay Later
The devastation which Hurricane Sandy visited on the American east coast has generated a lot of attention. So did Hurricane Katrina. But neither storm appears to have spurred legislators into…
Interesting – clearly seeking consensus
http://m.voanews.com/1543849.htmlOn Sunday, Syrian opposition groups elected moderate cleric Maath al-Khatib to lead the new body. They also chose businessman Riad Seif and well-known female activist Suhair al-Attasi as vice presidents.
Star candidate
Sigh. Here we go again. Here’s one from the archives: “Just study the case heretofore be known as the Toronto Star, et al. vs. Rob Ford. The Star threw everything…
Forty-seven signs of the apocalypse (#31)
From the Book of the Blessed Pie It shall come to pass that the Pharisees of the Hut will take the Blessed Pie and unto it they shall do wicked…