5272…Dean Del Mastro My Name Is The WFDS
El Roundo was all over the news yesterday, specifically The National Post, byatching that people that are asking questions about his alleged financial malfeasance were using the cloak of anonymity.…
2012
Saturday Photo: Woodside Cottage on a Busy Street
I must have walked by this house on Chemin de la Côte Ste-Catherine thousands of times, literally, but always on the other side of the street. This week I took…
The Chilling Face of Greek Fascism
Greek police officers are warning that the brutal, fascist Golden Dawn movement has infiltrated their ranks. The Guardian has prepared this disturbing look into Greece’s spreading fascism.
Leadership 2013 Roundup
Yesterday saw two significant new developments in Saskatchewan’s NDP leadership race, as the two candidates outside the Legislature took the initiative to earn coverage as the fall legislative session opened.…
Mr. Bentley strikes Norse letter writer as not unlike last month’s lutefisk
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by permission I found something of interest in a Norwegian paper, thanks to the Google Translate verion of a letter in a newspaper…
How to Kill Democracy, the Ultimate How-To Guide
Remember when voter intimidation was considered an outrage, a threat to democracy? That was then, this is now. The oligarchs are moving very powerfully and relentlessly to dismantle democracy and…
Oct. 27: Okay. I’ll be good….
…. Tomorrow, I’ll be positive. I’ll suggest a few things that might make the The Moncton Times and Transcript a better newspaper. Of course, nothing on heaven above or earth…
Conrad Black on BBC – ‘Have I Got News for You’
It is a fun video:
Oral reasons need be sufficient
Lizotte v. Arseneault, Bird, LeBlanc et al, 2012 NBCA 89 is a good source for the proposition that oral reasons have to provide sufficient basis for appellant review. Oral reasons…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Stephen Maher follows up on this week’s Supreme Court ruling on Etobicoke Centre by pointing out where we should be most worried about…
New hearing date for paralegal decision to be set Nov. 19
Story An application to overturn a Justice of the Peace’s decision banning paralegals from sitting past the bar was adjourned to Nov. 19 to set a new date for the…
A Linux adventure in Mexico
I had been using WiFi connections all over the US and northern Mexico for the previous six weeks, and was looking forward to getting an almost-permanent residence so I would…
But how do you get the cats to sing on key?
Alltop uses bagpipes whenever its torturing other humor aggregators.
Out With Unions, In With Coercive Voting
Way back in the bad old days there was a system of economic organization, particularly amongst rural, isolated resource workers, known as paternalism. The idea was that it was a…
Congrats Bernie
The president of Gemini Power Corporation, Dr. Michael Dan is pleased to announce the appointment of Bernie M. Farber as Senior Vice President for Government and External Relations. Mr Farber…
Moebius’ Skipjack
Here are some views of Moebius’ 1/72 scale USS Skipjack held together with green painter’s tape. Skipjack was the first nuclear-powered hunter killer submarine using the teardrop hull design that…
What Happened To The "Reform" Party?
The day after the Harper government announced it was limiting debate on its second omnibus budget bill, Michael Den Tandt wrote in The National Post: Conservative MPs would like to…