Trio of Shame III: If I Don’t Know about It, It Doesn’t Exist
I kept the way the Harper government is systematically undercutting any independent effort to find out what is happening in the environement to the last item of this trio. Last…
April 2013
Who is Funding the Canadian Taxpayer’s Federation?
I think it’s time to ask who is funding the self-styled Canadian Taxpayer’s Federation, and what they are funding them to do. A little transparency here would go a long…
The Scourge of Wealth
I often think of the famous line from the New Testament in which Jesus says “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than…
ANALYSIS: The Slow Decline of The Liberal Party of Canada
By Joe Fantauzzi @jjfantauzzi The electoral fortunes of the Liberal Party of Canada, once routinely referred to as Canada’s “Natural Governing Party” have been in precipitous decline for nearly a…
Kremlinology 43: We Love the Leader! #nlpoli
Twice last week, provincial Conservative politicians offered unprompted endorsements of Kathy Dunderdale’s leadership. Natural resources minister Tom Marshall praised her as a compassionate Iron Lady who had his full support. …
Today’s Job Numbers: The Bad and The Ugly
The headline numbers are bad enough: “employment declined by 55,000 in March, all in full time. The unemployment rate rose 0.2 percentage points to 7.2%.” The underlying numbers are ugly.…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, April 5, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, April 5, 2013: North Carolina – Law firm fell victim to phishing scam, made $336K Russia wire…
Social Justice Activism and the pursuit of low-hanging fruit
An older picture of one of my sons at a political protest. One of the questions that keeps popping up in my life is whether or not we should take…
Social Justice Activism and the pursuit of low-hanging fruit
An older picture of one of my sons at a political protest. One of the questions that keeps popping up in my life is whether or not we should take…
Should an Instagram Posting lead to charges?
Quebec woman faces charges after posting anti-police graffiti to Instagram Vote in the Poll A woman who circulated photographs of violent anti-police graffiti online is being accused of harassing one…
Ancient Egyptian Pepperpot Ladies
Mrs. Knouphis: “‘Allo Mrs. Beset.” Mrs. Beset: “‘Allo Mrs. Knouphis.” K: “‘Av you ‘eard about that Mrs. … Continue reading →
Irie, SFH!
Ras Ritalin Boy (guitar), Jah Davey Snot (skins) and Sly Winkie (disembodied left hand, and frightening full frontal at the 2:30 mark) try to sound less white. Punk rock, begone!…
roger ebert, 1942-2013
Who would have thought a movie critic could be so loved, and so missed? Of course, Roger Ebert was so much more than a critic. He was a model for…
Whistleblower Claims Austalian Govt Censored Environment Concerns Prior To Approving Mega Gas Projects
A WHISTLEBLOWER has claimed approvals for two multi-billion dollar gas export projects in Australia were waved through government despite warnings that key information on a range of environmental impacts were…
Isabelle Lapointe Dumped Conservative Sen. Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu Already?
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: Apparently, Isabelle Lapointe no longer works for her lover, Harper-appointed Conservative Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu. Man, that was lightning fast. Brutal too, I suppose.…
Ivison on Libs
Fun read. Best line: the last one. Also, I intend to mock Butts with the “svengali” appellation for the next decade or so.
FAA imposed no-fly zone over Exxon’s Pegasus tar sands oil spill site
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Monday imposed a no-fly zone over the site of the ExxonMobil Pegasus pipeline disaster in Mayflower,…
Liberal Showcase: not many tickets have been sold
Surprise, surprise. Breaking this thing up over two different weekends, in two different cities, was always a dumb, dumb idea.
Advice to OcTEL
Context: email to David Jennings, on the occasion of the start of the OcTEL MOOC, in which participants have been flooded with introductory emails from the course mailing list. Hi…