Today in monument naming
The Harper guys are doing important bidness this summer. In addition to all the expensive and very relevant 1812 war pageantry that ministers far and wide are glorifying in this…
2012
Dance Dance (Office) Revolution
If you're an office gopher looking to escape the doldrums of your standard lunch hour, shimmy on down to Sparks St tomorrow, Thursday Aug 16. Natalie Fraser and Menna Rajulu…
Replacing Enbridge with Rail, Other Routes Misses the Point
The tide seems to be turning against the Enbridge Pipeline but we must take great care not to lose by winning. Industry seems to be talking alternative routes by using…
Replacing Enbridge with Rail, Other Routes Misses the Point
The tide seems to be turning against the Enbridge Pipeline but we must take great care not to lose by winning. Industry seems to be talking alternative routes by using…
Media Fails Again On Climate Change Coverage During Massive Heat Waves
corporate media ball chain.jpg North America just witnessed the hottest month in the history of record keeping (about 117 years). The month of July shattered every previous record, but was…
Canadian Boy, 10, Crowns Dethroned Men’s 4×100 Olympics Relay Team
Elijah Porter of Newfoundland saw Canadian heroism even after the team lost its silver medal, and so he gave the athletes his own Timbits soccer medal.
"Consent" of underaged indivvidual not a mitigating factor for sexual offences
R. v. Bjornson, 2012 ABCA 230, a recent Alberta Court of Appeal decision, holds that the fact an underage complainant was a "willing participation", is not a mitigating factor in…
So the Cons are pushing the Con brand…
… by renaming the Ottawa River Parkway to the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway. Whoop-dee-doo. Seriously, is this really worth the trouble? Are there not already enough buildings and structures…
August 15: lies, damn lies, and boring lies.
Today’s report on Syria is a gem of an example of bad reporting. You know, if you read every report on Syria that ever appeared in the Irving Press, you…
Part of the Precipitate
It’s not “a savings”. There’s no such thing as “a savings”. “Savings” means more than one. Know why? Because it’s fucking plural. Fucking plural means “more than one”. In fact,…
Phony Tony: little lost PC candidate
So, Tony Genco: was a federal Liberal, lost. Became a provincial Conservative, lost. Now he’s running again, although not for the NDP. He’s still a Conservative, although he’s a bit…
Toronto Mayor Reads While Driving
Rob Ford, Toronto’s mayor was caught reading a newspaper while driving on the Gardener Expressway: “On behalf of all the citizens of Toronto that value road safety, Mr. Mayor ……
‘Conservative Patronage’ … So Much Better Than ‘Liberal Patronage’ … Stephen Harper
“Blogger The Sixth Estate has the name, rank and serial number for the 1,135 Conservative donors and sympathizers who have received patronage appointments since 2006. (Versus the 78 Liberals, 4…
Everybody Loves Marineland!
I don’t have many grievances with Ontario but Marineland is a huge exception. For some reason the ads run all summer out here on the coast. They highlight two things…
CAW needs to be ‘more flexible,’ expert warns
Inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/08/14/caw-auto-industry-contract-talks.html
5036…And You Thought You Had A Bad Week
Len Berman’s That’s Sports reports that “First Chad Johnson was arrested for head-butting his wife, then the Miami Dolphins released him, then their reality show was canceled by VH1 and…
Julila Child at 100: Let’s Not Forget Elizabeth David and MFK Fischer Either
Even Google got in the act this morning with a cartoon of our Julia, cooking away. It would be Julia Child’s 100 birthday today, and the cooking and eating world…
5035…More Ethnic Cleansing In Store For Quebec
580CFRA, the anglo news station in La Belle’s third largest market of Gatineau, tells all that “The Parti Québecois is promising Quebec voters it will forbid public employees from wearing…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Tobi Cohen picks up on the possibility of a provincial NDP in Quebec, and notes that the federal party is considering what can…
Climate Change Denialism Hits 2% Among Canadians
Only two per cent of Canadians believe climate change is not happening. Two per cent, just one-in-fifty. The findings are in a survey conducted by Insightrix Research, Inc. for IPAC-CO2…