5105…USA, USA
Which Harper’s reports is what the Ron Paul delegates chanted when a speaker from Puerto Rico, part of the USA, USA, spoke at the GOP convention. Brilliant. As in not…
2012
Bullshit in absolutes: or how ‘liberal’* economists argue with themselves
We can perhaps amend an old Ethiopian saying to read “absolutes are for infants and kings”. It is catechism worth remembering when arguing with liberal economists. For theirs is not…
5104…It Is A Thrilling Birthday
For Michael Jackson. May he rest in peace. Or move to Tweed and be with Elvis. WFDS
Ward, I’m Worried About The Beaver
In this complicated world filled with dire threats ranging from rapidly-escalating climatic disasters to unprecedented rates of marital discord to street (and theatre) violence that leaves everyone feeling more vulnerable…
Vaughan candidate selling advertising space on campaign lit
I have never seen anything like this. Vaughan candidate, Tony Genco, is handing out campaign literature hawking advertising opportunities. It raises many questions, not the least of which being whether…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Kady points out that despite the Cons’ best efforts to stonewall, the Robocon investigation in Guelph looks to have locked in on the…
Putting Out Fires Because Music Can Be Too Hot: A Tale of Free Pianos and Carelessness with Fire
Much to-do this morning about two decorated pianos installed on Montreal corners for the month of September to provide a place for impromptu music. Great idea, even if not totally…
After Sleepy Summer, Liberal Leadership Race Should Heat Up
Bob Rae’s fateful decision to sit out the Liberal Leadership Race was expected to sound the starting pistol for a busy summer of campaigning from a crowded field of candidates.…
Is Shale Gas The Future?
The dominant narrative re The Shale Gas Revolution is that natural gas can power Western Civilization for the next century if hippies and socialists don’t get in the way. However,…
From my weekend column
…this segment, provided early, because this issue continues to follow a woman who is undeserving of the treatment she has received:
Skydiving, triglycerides, pajamas and inboxes
My friend Siobhan went skydiving a couple of days ago. She’s in a wheelchair because she has ALS. She was diagnosed last year, when her youngest child was just five…
James McLeod’s Three Questions #nlpoli
On his Telegram blog post on Monday, James McLeod posed three questions about the Muskrat Falls debate. Let’s answer them. Do you sincerely expect anything that gets said in the…
Stephen Harper is “the best Prime Minister ever!”: 4th grader
Is it possible that Stephen Harper’s uncompromising critics (myself included) are missing something about the prime minister? This 4th grader seems to suggests so. She believes Harper is the best…
Vaughan candidate selling advertising space on campaign lit
I have never seen anything like this. Vaughan candidate, Tony Genco, is handing out campaign literature hawking advertising opportunities. It raises many questions, not the least of which being whether…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, August 29, 2012: 12-foot flood as Isaac’s surge overtops miles of levee Reaching a verdict on the…
McGuinty And The Teachers
Governments these days aren’t into labour relations. And so, Dalton McGuinty has torn a page out of Stephen Harper’s playbook, ordering Ontario teachers back to work before they took strike…
Although I am pretty much as anti-gun as you can be…
… I think that concerns about a store that sells weapons a couple of doors down from a daycare is a little over the top. Parents of children who attend…
Relief not sought by parties ought not to be imposed by the Court
Sobeski v. Mamo, 2012 ONCA 560 deals with a rather esoteric application of the deemed undertaking rule. In resolving the issue the Court made an important comment regarding relief not…