Saskatoon needs an exorcist!
There is a devil in Saskatoon. “Church leaders in Saskatoon have been considering whether Saskatoon needs a trained exorcist.” Any candidates out there? CBC story.
2012
Somei-Yoshino Sakura Blossom Festival at Toronto’s High Park
Last year I went in the evening. Today I went at dawn. I learned the other day that the cherry trees in High Park—2,000 Somei-Yoshino Sakuras, a gift from Tokyo…
Windows Media Center with HDMI Audio/Video in Canada
The following is going to be a technical and geeky post, written mainly to remind me of how to solve these problems should I ever re-install Windows and for others…
YO! MSM Morons
The Sun Media and Global National Stories about David Suzuki stepping down from the Board of the David Suzuki foundation are reporting news that is GETTING ON A YEAR OLD…
All He Needs Now is a Loincloth and a Bone Through His Nose
What a curious ruler we have in Steve Harper. The guy readily embraces religious superstition but recoils from knowledge, preferring at every turn to run with his gut instincts. The…
My Favourite Football Team
Members of the Lingerie Football League team called the Los Angeles Temptation train at the historic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on January 28, 2010. The Temptations will play the San…
Emergency wiretap provision, s. 184.4 of the Criminal Code, held unconstitutional
R. v. Tse, 2012 SCC 16, released a few moments ago, holds s 184.4 of the Criminal Code unconstitutional, primarily because of a lack of accountability provisions. The Court notes…
April 13, 2012: Why, tell me why….
Three days ago, Russia began massing troops on its border with Iran. They’re expecting a western/Israeli attack on Iran this summer. Hint – they aren’t there to help our side.…
The Party of the Constitution
Her Majesty makes it official. I was there, that cold April day – with my roommates Harold, Chris and Ryan. Afterwards, we went to Grad’s on Somerset to have what…
First impressions and lasting involvement
Others have already commented on the NDP’s first set of ads with Thomas Mulcair as party leader. But I’ll take a few minutes to highlight both the job the ads…
April 19 in Montreal: Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners
Thursday April 19, 20126:30pm at Concordia UniversityHall Building, Room H-1101455 de Maisonneuve WestMetro Guy-ConcordiaMontreal, Quebec Since 1967, it is estimated that approximately 650,000 Palestinians have been detained by Israel as…
Alberta Votes Day 19: The Morning After
The hype machines were in overdrive for yesterday’s Alberta Leaders Debate, but the outcome was similar to most debates: steady but unspectacular performances from all the candidates, with the end…
A little Friday morning Robocon blogging
This will be a short post for the simple reason that there hasn’t been a lot of movement on this story in the last week. The most dramatic development was…
War on drugs. NDP vs. Liberals.
I’ve been increasingly hard on the Liberals since the first days post-Chretien. So much so, I’ve gravitated towards the NDP. A prime indicator for me of my feelings towards the…
Observations and Assessments
NOTIONS TO SMALL FOR A BLOG POST, ALL IN ONE PLACE, A.K.A. THE PERIODIC LINK DUMP. Nursing Related: New (to me) Blog Shoutouts — “This blog hopes to present a…
Windfarms apparently don’t hard bird populations
Windfarms do not cause long-term damage to bird populations, study finds. Maybe this will put that part of the debate to rest, although climate-change deniers don’t tend to listen to…
American Exceptionalism!
Murders, murders and more murders. Following were the headlines on MSNBC site. NRA gathers amid growing storm over self-defense laws NYT: National Rifle Association begins annual meeting as critics attack…
OK Go – Needing/Getting
A little something to cleanse your brain of all this political stuff. – srbp –
140Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, April 13, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, April 13, 2012: Edwards Case Puts Definition of ‘Contribution’ on Trial A Judge’s Crusade against Saggy Pants…