And This is Surprising, How?
Disability claims are flooding in from surviving veterans of America’s failed wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Associated Press reports that about 45% of these vets have filed claims. The…
2012
Crisis? What Crisis?
What a Greek euro exit could mean for Canada CBC News Posted: May 25, 2012 1:44 PM ET This doesn’t sound like much of a Canadian crisis to me, and…
The Premier and Open Line #nlpoli
Once upon a time, premiers would spend time on radio talk shows every now and then taking calls from the punters. Not so since 2003 and the New Approach. Well,…
A "Gaffe", Eh? Part WOW!
We should all make gaffes like this. But what does it really tell us, other than that the flailing hacks of the Canadian pundisphere couldn’t move public opinion with dynamite…
Monday Potpourri #nlpoli
A new poll by CROP (via Paul Wells) shows that Quebeckers support having students at Quebec’s post-secondary colleges and universities pay more for their education. What’s more, they think that…
Shifting left?
As they always say, the only poll that counts is election day, but polls are a useful barometer of how the public is feeling in a snapshot in time, and…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, May 28, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, May 28, 2012: Facebook defamation case heard by the Supreme Court of Canada Spain: Doctor ordered to…
Patterns
Something that occurs just once is mere happenstance; twice is a coincidence, and three or more times is part of a pattern. – Anonymous Being able to detect patterns, whether…
Welcome to OLO
Your first task: explain why your boss, an erstwhile environmentalist, has a four car garage!
Wagg Orders
When criminal disclosure is sought to be used in a civil proceeding a Wagg order to allow for same is necessary. Such order must be obtained regardless of the status…
The Paulitics of Food – Movie Monday
So, today’s Movie Monday blends two of my favourite things: good food and politics! This week’s video is meant to stir up some conversation about things like organic foods, the…
The Trustworthiness of Beards
Finally, a new advance in the Beard Sciences! Here at the Institute of the Hirsute, we applaud this initiative. This exhaustive study of trustworthiness, vis-a-vis a gentlemen’s hair foliage, will…
Canada’s Selective Immigration Strategy: an Evolution (Part 4/6)
1911 – BLATANT BARRING OF BLACKS As Canadians, we too often adopt morally superior attitudes toward our American neighbours. While Black slaves who escaped to Canada in the 1800s enjoyed…
Great Glebe Garage Sale 2012
Lamaze Peekaboo Flower We had a lot of fun and this is what we got: Skates for GC A stuffed snake for Rosie, who loves stuffed snakes and has amassed…
Ontario Catholic Schools To Get GSAs
I admit it. I jumped the gun with my Congratulalien last year. When the Ontario government announced that all schools—including Catholic schools—must allow the formation of student-run GLBT support groups,…
The Other Damn-Fool Fisheries Policy #nlpoli #cdnpoli
About 30 years ago, Kathy Dunderdale started out her political career fighting against fisheries reform. Last December, she scolded fish plant workers in Marystown for turning out 18 weeks work…
Bjørn Lomborg Disses Deniers?
Although neither the folks at the Heartland Institute nor Mr. Lomborg have confirmed Mr. Lomborg’s withdrawal from the institute’s Expert List, sometime over the course of the last three or…
When Law Meets Scientific Illiteracy
As I said last week, BC’s new Animal Health Act is crystal clear — unusually clear, which is nice for laypeople like Cabinet ministers and bloggers. Section 1 defines animals…