If Prem Watsa thinks RIM is good; it is
Prem Watsa is doubling down on Research in Motion. The billionaire investor’s Fairfax Financial has almost doubled its stake in the BlackBerry maker, according to a regulatory filing released today.…
2012
Crusty’s Last Stand….
B.C. seeks ‘fair share’ in new Gateway pipeline deal Province lays out five criteria for all new crude oil pipelines After all the BS, Christy Clark has, once again, shown…
4924…Aurora, Eaton Centre, Danzig Shootings
The reaction from the powers that be in each horrific case is similar. The question Slate poses is direct. “‘Soothing words are nice,’ but time for Obama, Romney to ‘tell…
What’s with Plan B and the neo-Nazi ‘Skrewdriver’ shirt?
Shortlist recently ran an interview with rapper Benjamin Paul Ballance-Drew (Plan B) who for some reason showed up on the cover wearing a t’shirt bearing imagery associated with the white…
Banksy the Olympian
Bansky posted a couple new pieces to his site that comment on the Olympics. It also gives me a great excuse to share my favourite quote of his with you:…
Electric vehicles are not cheap yet
I was perusing the options for electric vehicles the other day, such as the Volt, Leaf, Focus, etc. Whenever we do need to buy a new car, I would be…
Living in the Future: My Car isn’t Flying, but it is Cheap and Gamified
I remember in the early 80’s when I was about 8 years old I walked up to my dad and said “you know the year 2000 really isn’t that far…
How Drought 2012 Swept America
Here’s an interesting animated graphic from N.O.A.A. that shows how drought swept through the United States this year.
Talking to Ottawa a Waste of Breath
Canadian environmental leaders are shifting their focus away from Ottawa and the Petro-Parliament and instead toward provincial premiers. Greenpeace is also placing its hopes in the premiers, saying Ottawa is…
"We Need Justice"
So says a young Hispanic boy in the following video, a followup of the police brutality in Anaheim I posted about yesterday: Recommend this Post
The Impoverished States of America
Poverty in the United States is set to reach levels not seen since the 1960s. Poverty is spreading at record levels across many groups, from underemployed workers and suburban families…
The Mind of Steve
There was a time when conservatives considered themselves hard-headed realists and mocked liberals as dreamers and philosophers with fancy notions. Old conservatives wanted facts, they wanted science, they demanded to…
Another Hot Day: Parks in the Early Morning, and Paul Krugman
Another hot one, and this is what it looks like about 7:30 in Parc Outremont. Nice, eh? But these hot summer days are worrying. Where are we going with climate…
This is logic – and THIS is…
…the logic of religion! LOL! (5) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
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Court must weigh prejudicial effect in considering potentially bad character evidence
R. v. VanEindhoven, 2012 NUCA 5 deals with the requirement that prejudicial effect be considered where potential bad character evidence is considered: We agree with the appellant’s submission that the…
Ars Technica on the Wall Street Journal
From the article: WSJ mangles history to argue government didn’t launch the Internet The Wall Street Journal has earned a reputation for producing in-depth and meticulously fact-checked news coverage. Unfortunately,…
July 23: Why?
There is little to comment on in today’s Moncton Times and Transcript. There is a letter from a supporter of Crandall University and its anti-gay policy (for which it receives…