The glory that Rob Ford brings to Toronto and Canada
If you’re a conservative, and you still support this human shrapnel machine, you’re an idiot.
May 2013
Exxon Knew of Dangerous Contamination from Arkansas Spill, Yet Claimed Area “Oil Free”
This is a guest blog by Jesse Coleman, cross-posted from Greenpeace blog The Witness On March 29 ExxonMobil, the most profitable company in the world, spilled at least 210,000 gallons…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, May 22, 2013: Suspended and facing ethics case, Alabama judge blames president jurist, claims she rebuffed advances…
Grass carp found in Grand River sterile
It could have been worse. When the Department of Fisheries and Oceans announced on May 3 that a Grass carp caught in the Grand River near Lake Erie was sterile,…
Musing on Melville’s Poetry
I came across a poem last night that I had not read in the past (always a pleasant thing to discover something new in one of your books)*. It is…
PM Puts Up Hand “Cheque Please!”
Harper hurried out of the country, and who could blame him? He had angry professional journalists on his tail, asking him questions that have no other true answer than to…
BC’s Election Stunner: Five Lessons for the Left
The NDP’s stunning loss in B.C. is being deconstructed, dissected, analyzed and mourned over not only here but across the country. Every pundit and political junkie, including me, thought the…
Government: "collective bargaining is achieving results & protecting services"
Yesterday I noted that the Liberal Budget plainly states that they are planning many more years of austerity. So how does it see collective bargaining with public employees? And, moreover,…
Their Howard Beale Moment
Yesterday Stephen Harper held a pep rally and beat it out of town. He gave no answers. He thinks it will go away. But, as Lawrence Martin wrote yesterday in…
At Issue Panel Opines On Harper and the Scandal
I have a bit of a busy morning, so I only have time for a couple of short posts. For reasons I have indicated elsewhere, I rarely watch CBC’s The…
FOIA Facts 3 – More Plagiarism – Get Grants Or Claim Credit
As a byproduct of FOIA Facts 1 and FOIA Facts 2, Ed Wegman or Yasmin Said are now alleged to have included plagiarism or falsification in 9 papers or talks…
That’s amazing
Over 138,000 of you worldwide have spoken out against the TPP’s global threat to Internet freedom. That’s amazing and our voice is getting stronger – but as we gain momentum…
This Is What Happens To Canada When Our Politicians Betray Us
We become a nation to be sported with: On a slightly more serious note, Heather Mallick offers her thoughts: Rob Ford: Quandary incarnate. A desperate futile we’re-done-here. A Mt. Edith…
Harper’s "Accountability" Contradiction
The Harper Conservatives have always had a strange notion of what constitutes "accountability". Perhaps more bizarre, despite being the most restrictive, message controlling government we've seen, Conservatives still proudly tout…
Harper’s "Accountability" Contradiction
The Harper Conservatives have always had a strange notion of what constitutes “accountability”. Perhaps more bizarre, despite being the most restrictive, message controlling government we’ve seen, Conservatives still proudly tout…
Harper’s "Accountability" Contradiction
The Harper Conservatives have always had a strange notion of what constitutes "accountability". Perhaps more bizarre, despite being the most restrictive, message controlling government we've seen, Conservatives still proudly tout…
Harper’s "Accountability" Contradiction
The Harper Conservatives have always had a strange notion of what constitutes “accountability”. Perhaps more bizarre, despite being the most restrictive, message controlling government we’ve seen, Conservatives still proudly tout…
Taking a moment to enjoy a thrill
Sorry to distract you from the usual nonsense around here, but I thought I’d share this screenshot from Amazon last night. As you can see, The Fridgularity is nestled between…
Impress
Impress is a new, free drawing app. I think the developer decided to take some very few elements from Paper and write the code. Sometimes things show up like they…