Arctic Sends Clear Message: Act Now To Reduce Carbon Dioxide Pollution
There’s not much good news to write about today, as a bubble of cold air from the Arctic moves into central North America. Brace yourself for some record-breaking cold if…
2012
The politics of gas price fixing #nlpoli
Gas prices used to be a hot political topic in Newfoundland and Labrador. A lot of people thought that the provincial government could do a lot about them and, in…
Radio Free Nalcor #nlpoli
Talk about putting on the full court press to try and squeeze out every favourable bit of commentary for a project that remains mired in controversy and doubt. Nalcor is…
Stockman’s Broadside
Pundits were buzzing this week, after David Stockman released an op-ed in The New York Times. Ronald Reagan’s former budget director had little good to say about the party he…
CETA – Trust No One – Part Two
As reported in today’s Star, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, after meeting with Stephen Harper, has promised to push for early completion of the gruelling negotiations for a Canada-European Union free…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, August 17, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines for Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, August 17, 2012: LexisNexis Named Official Online Research Provider for 2012 GOP Convention – US Politics Today…
5042…Can You Say Premier Marois?
Pauline Marois, I know, OMG, OMFG, is, unless she pulls a Danielle Smith, going to be the next Premier of La Belle. The two most recent polls, which I spotted…
5043…Pride Starts Today In Your Capital
God bless them; if it wasn’t for gay activists cheap bastards like me would have to pay for condoms. So I am pro pro pro Pride. I figure the free…
Announcing the Worst Customer Service Contest
Let’s have a Worst Customer Service contest! I’m going to nominate Fabricland on Merivale Road for their absence of customer service. I bought thread there yesterday. In fact, I’m a…
democracy 24/7: citizens vs cons gets a court date
In case you haven’t heard, a date has been set in Federal Court for hearings on the Conservative Party’s vote suppression during the 2011 federal election. The hearing will begin…
rest in peace: jack layton after passage of historic 2008 motion on iraq war resisters
In a few days, on August 22, it will be the one-year anniversary of Jack Layton’s untimely death. I want to share one my most enduring memories of Jack. It…
Colby Cosh is an idiot
A Canadian blogger is a “catspaw of Putin” for pointing out a member of Pussy Riot is a Canadian permanent resident? What a frigging idiot.
From my source, who is at Moscow court (updated)
Still reading sentence in court… Guilty, but what’s punishment? Crowd tense. Okay, my source just outed himself on Twitter, so I can too. It’s Darrell Bricker.
Friday miscellany…
…Free Pussy Riot edition! Just learned that Pussy Riot, the chick punkers who have been in detention in Russia for performing an anti-Putin song in a church, have been declared…
Guilty
@euronews: Russian Judge says three women from punk band #PussyRiot guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred (Reuters)
Live from Moscow
My source: Opinion here very divided. Lots upset with what PR did. Immature, disrespectful. Don’t appreciate foreign busy bodies showing off. While PR act condemned, think govt over-reacting. Sympathy for…
Ask General Kang: Would you ever consider running for public office?
Your politicians disgust me. They pander to the lowest common denominator. They lie. They’re corrupt. They are vile, low creatures, worse than a Tregladian Bladder Beast, or even that fuzzy…