Saturday At The Movies
2012
Harper Regime’s Senate Doublespeak Continues; So Does Sixth Estate Patronage List
The Conservative regime’s continued hypocrisy on the matter of Senate reform continued today when Stephen Harper, an avowed advocate of elections for Senators and a former critic of governments appointing…
books are stored wisdom, read some!
Think of them as analog Kindles, Nooks, or Kobos, or like really long blogs posts that you have printed off to read later. Tweet The Rev. Paperboy Feed
Hello, Gorgeous!
MT @MarsCuriosity Snapped this self portrait while using my MAHLI camera & checking its dust cover
Newest Alberta poll shows overwhelming support for Premier Alison Redford
Premier Alison Redford with her winning PC machine. Below: Opposition Leader Danielle Smith with her less successful Wildrose machine. Below Ms. Smith: Alberta Scan publisher Paul McLoughlin and pollster Janet…
Banjo Bowl
The Banjo Bowl in Winnipeg follows the Labour Day Classic in Regina — which (ahem!) the Riders won this year by 52 to zero, thank you jeebuz. How the Banjo…
Musical interlude
54-40 – Ocean Pearl
Pierre Poilievre – Silencing Dissent through Intimidation
In 1946, Justice Rand determined that even though employees working in a unionized work environment were not required to join the union they were required to pay union dues because…
Pierre Poilievre – Silencing Dissent through Intimidation
In 1946, Justice Rand determined that even though employees working in a unionized work environment were not required to join the union they were required to pay union dues because…
Pierre Poilievre – Silencing Dissent through Intimidation
In 1946, Justice Rand determined that even though employees working in a unionized work environment were not required to join the union they were required to pay union dues because…
Pierre Poilievre – Silencing Dissent through Intimidation
In 1946, Justice Rand determined that even though employees working in a unionized work environment were not required to join the union they were required to pay union dues because…
Responding to “Why Are Men and Women So Different?”
I have, lately, been doing a series of posts on my personal blog responding to pieces on the site The Good Men Project. For various reasons, I’m doing these posts…
Call to Quebeckers
I know some things about Quebec’s political parties, and some more things about the Quebec Liberals… but I’m not that attuned to it. And I’m very interested in watching the…
Opposition mounts as first tar sands mine in US gets a green light
Tar sands extraction, which has caused tremendous pollution and environmental degradation in Canada, has crossed the border to U.S. soil taken root in Utah.
On preordained outcomes
Joe Oliver is trying to pretend that the National Energy Board actually gets to determine whether the Northern Gateway pipeline gets approved: Oliver avoided directly answering a question as to…
Friday night
Here’s an interesting combination of performers. Someone will have to let me know if it works. To begin, Doc Watson will explain the origins of this first song, which is…
Harvest Festival postponed
Hintonburg’s annual Harvest Festival, which is supposed to be tomorrow afternoon, has been postponed to Sunday, September 9. It’s a great event – BBQ, games for the kids, bouncy slide…
Calling evidence a third party is liable for crime and nexus required
R. v. Murphy, 2012 ONCA 573 deals with calling evidence in a criminal defence that someone other than the accused is the guilty party. In order for such evidence to…
Here is a Weather Report That You Can Believe In!
TV Weather reports are absoltely boring, well usually. Check this out
Gregg: Too Long; Didn’t Read
TL;DR is a common refrain found on the Web now. It means that something was too long for for the comfort of the reader, so they didn’t bother. Reader’s Digest…