Proud father update
Daughter has now been accepted to King’s College, Trent, Brock and Lakehead. With potentially more to come. Mixed in with the paternal pride, of course, is the realization that your…
March 2013
Saturday Photo Reprise: Flowers of Winter, Reflected Snow
Took this picture a couple of years ago after a heavy snow fall. The flowers were blooming in a restaurant window on the Plateau. The snow-bound cars reflected in glass…
A Message from Noam Chomsky
As usual, Noam Chomsky addresses issues whose existence others refuse to acknowledge. Recommend this Post
Canada Border Services Agency broke law with reality TV raid: BCCLA
Rights watchdog files federal privacy complaint as diverse social justice, labour and migrant groups come together to oppose exploitation of vulnerable people for entertainment. By: B.C. Civil Liberties Association |…
"One Nation Under The Gun": Gun Deaths Since Sandy Hook
This article clearly highlights why real gun control legislation is needed in the United States, the number of gun deaths is staggering, “In the 98 days since (Sandy Hook), guns…
Lighthouses In Peril…Again!
Looks like the feds are moving to get rid of some of Canada’s old lighthouses. Whenever they try that I wheel out this old post, and the lighthouses are safe…
Joyce Murray for Liberal Leader
While I see some positives in Justin Trudeau, I will be voting for Joyce Murray. Trudeau has taken the “safe” route for frontrunners in avoiding releasing very much policy and…
Why The War In Iraq Was Fought And Won For ‘Big Oil’
Yes, the Iraq War was a war for oil, and it was a war with winners: ….. Big Oil. It has been 10 years since Operation Iraqi Freedom’s bombs first…
Forum Toronto Mayor Polls – Chow vs. Ford vs. Everyone Else
Forum Research has put out a new series of “trial heats” for the Toronto mayoralty (last one covered here) apparently showing that only Olivia Chow has a good shot at…
BC Liberals Put The Shawnigan Lake Watershed Under Threat!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger The threat to the Shawnigan Watershed, Creek, Lake and Drinking Water has been before the South Cowichan Community for over a year. Local government efforts…
political protest and the police
A province wide campaign has been launched to raise Ontario’s minimum wage to $14 an hour. To initiate the campaign blocks of ice containing $10.25, the current minimum wage, were…
political protest and the police
A province wide campaign has been launched to raise Ontario’s minimum wage to $14 an hour. To initiate the campaign blocks of ice containing $10.25, the current minimum wage, were…
La fin de l’ACDI, prévue et prévisible by Pierre Beaudet
Professor Beaudet argues that CIDA, like the CBC, has been a symbol from the past that the Conservatives have wanted to kill since they came to power in 2006.
Christopher Monckton Knows Nothing About Economics Too
Christopher Monkcton has taken time out of his busy schedule of being completely wrong about climate change to be completely wrong about economics too, in the pages of the Obama-birther…
March 23: missing news – and half wit headlines…
For weeks, while most of Canada has been ignoring it, the Quebec government has been brewing a massive list of amendments to its language legislation – amendments which virtually make…
Trudeau builds war chest to take on Tories by Jane Taber & Daniel Leblanc
Columnist says that unlike the Conservatives, who press hot-button issues such as gun control and public funding of the CBC to garner donations, Justin Trudeau is successful without even needing…
Socialism for Small Business?
John Kenneth Galbraith is remembered for declaring that the only form of socialism that would be acceptable in America was socialism for the rich. Now Britain’s Labour Party, looking for…
A conviction based on a not overwhelming case may not be unreasonable
R. v. Bryan, 2013 ONCA 97 holds: We conclude that on the whole of the circumstantial evidence in this case, the verdicts are ones that a properly instructed jury, acting…
Review: The No-Nonsense Guide to Global Surveillance
This will be a little review of a little book. It is a useful resource — part of a series of small, focused No-Nonsense Guides put out by Toronto publisher…
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