Pining for the fjords
My blog isn't dead, it's not an ex-blog, it's just pining!Things have been rather hectic for me in my professional life over the past few months, which is my lame…
May 2013
Pining for the fjords
My blog isn’t dead, it’s not an ex-blog, it’s just pining! Things have been rather hectic for me in my professional life over the past few months, which is my…
Not Related
The following stories are ^not related. Canadians increasingly cynical about state of democracy: Hepburn Voters are losing trust in the way Canada’s democracy works. Nuh-uh! Living in the Age of…
Crackhead Mayor: how the world sees us
…or Taiwanese TV, in any event. Watching this, I am reminded (among other things) of how we have the world’s best media. But the shot at Toronto voters at the…
Do You Trust the RCMP to Investigate the Duffy Scandal?
So we’re going to let the RCMP get to the bottom of this senate expense scandal that now extends straight to the top of the Prime Minister’s Office. I wish…
6009…Roger Ebert Was A Funny Man
Check this from buzzfeed.com. 10. Roger Ebert’s response to a loyal reader’s question about “Disaster Movie.” True dat. WFDS
6008…Earthquake In Ottawa: 5.0
That is the highest number I have seen. I think it was/is what CBC is running with. Personally I thought that it was two garbage trucks, it is garbage day…
Black cat 2
Filed under: art Tagged: art, black, Cat
It is presumed that Parliament intends crimes to have a subjective fault element
R. v. A.D.H., 2013 SCC 28, just released, holds child abandonment requires a subjective fault to be proven. In so doing the Court notes a presumption that crimes require a…
6007…Toronto Hits The Big Time
I know, I know, fifth or fourth or sixth biggest sitting in North America and most cosmopolitan too and you have a great subway and The New York Times says…
Another earthquake in Ottawa?
Update- looks like there were two quakes at 9:43 (4.8) and 9:53 am (4.3) outside of Arnprior, Ontario. —————————————- Did anyone else feel that? (8) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Paul Krugman draws a much-needed connection between austerity politics and Naomi Klein’s Shock Doctrine: What Smith didn’t note, somewhat surprisingly, is that his…
Band of the Month: Bury the Hatchet
Happy Friday……We’ve made it! Today’s band is Bury the Hatchet. This Toronto ensemble translates tales through warm and wordy, infectiously honest melodies spoken by a wide array of instruments such…
Health care activists set to converge on Niagara-on-the-Lake July 24-25
July 24-26 the provincial Premiers will be meeting in Niagara-on-the-Lake for the last Council of the Federation meeting before the 10-year federal-provincial health accord expires. What comes next is largely…
Beleaguered Harper-appointed Sen. Mike Duffy Quits Conservative Caucus
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: Scandal-plagued Sen. Mike Duffy quit the Conservative caucus Thursday after his fraudulent Senate expense claims threatened to engulf the Harper government. Duffy, appointed…
A Larger Problem
In his column this morning, Thomas Walkom suggests that Mike Duffy’s current scandal-plagued problems are representative of much deeper ones in the Senate, namely that our much-cossetted members of that…
Inflation Collapse Confounds Monetary Hawks
Statistics Canada reported today that inflation collapsed to just 0.4% in April. The Bank of Canada’s core inflation rate, which excludes volatile items, fell to 1.1%. Continued low inflation does…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, May 17, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, May 17, 2013: Supreme Court to rule on case of mom charged with abandonment who left newborn…
The Henchman’s Curse
Two of Stephen Harper’s senate appointments have been shoved out of the Conservative caucus. The Senate was their reward for doing the Prime Minister’s dirty work. But one of life’s…