Turkey Arrests CBC Journalist Sasa Petricic
Saša Petricic has been arrested in the midst of covering the Occupy Gezi protest in Istanbul. This is an outrage which the Turkish government will not be able to defend…
June 2013
Appeals Court Binds Monsanto To Promise Not To Sue Organic Farmers
By: Food Democracy Now | Press Release WASHINGTON, June 10, 2013 – A three-judge panel at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled today that a group of…
6133…Only In Manitoba You Say
It is the T-Rex Burger. K-Rock, the Kingston radio station, posted this on Facebook. So apparently Wendy’s Restaurant made a “joke” in Sports Illustrated about a 9 Patty “T-Rex Burger”…
How We Once Distinguished Democracy from Totalitarianism
One of the great themes of the Cold War was individual freedom from state prying and oppression. Unlike the Communist world, democracy ensured we were free to go about our…
Passing of a legend
JUDGE MAURICE ALEXANDER CHARLES August 6, 1920 – June 8, 2013 The family of Judge Maurice Alexander Charles wishes to notify his friends and members of the legal fraternity of…
Whistleblowin’ in the wind: The ballad of Snowden, Manning and Assange
Sorry. There’s no witty ballad here after all. Just a shrug and knowledge that we know nothing of these three. For sure, they are victims who will never, ever get…
Of babies and bathwater: how Harper might be undermining the monarchy
The Constitution? Unborn Queens? Fascinating stuff (do not insert a “said no one, ever” after that please). The scene unfolds thusly: Parliament recently approved a gender equity bill as regards…
Poverty, isolation, hopelessness and Gladue
R. v. Attutuvaa, 2013 NUCJ 10 shows that poverty has a significant Gladue implication: The Supreme Court of Canada requires the sentencing judge to take judicial notice of systemic factors…
Telus abandons deal to acquire Mobilicity
Telus is abandoning its acquisition agreement with Mobilicity less than a week after Industry Minister Paradis blocked the company’s attempt to acquire Mobilicity’s spectrum – a highly valuable public asset…
USA Raises ‘Carbon Price’
Climate change is happening and it’s costing a lot of money to deal with. More floods, tornados, hurricanes, and other natural events are happening with greater frequency thanks to planetary…
Bayer’s Birth Control Pills Suspected In Deaths Of 23 Canadian Women
At least 23 Canadian women who were taking two of the most commonly prescribed birth control pills in the world have died CBC News has learned. An advocacy group CBG…
The Great Undoer
Canada’s next great leader will not be a doer. Our next great leader, if we are lucky enough to have one, will be an undoer – a leader who will…
Canadian News Reporter Saša Petricic Arrested In Turkey …
No details are yet available other than Mr. Petricic’s tweet above that turned up about an hour ago …. stay tuned for more info when available …
The non-operative word is not “sorry.”
I’m going to be writing about transition regrets and/or reversal of transition (sometimes from folks who remain trans-identified). Before I do, though, it seemed necessary to finish and put this…
Mass Arrests Follow Protestors Being Driven Out Of Taksim Square-Turkey
Turkey’s Prime Minister Erdogan and the protesters are plotting their next steps after police overran the Taksim Square demonstration. Christian Science Monitor Correspondent Tom A. Peter reports that Prime Minister…
Open Mic With Stephen Harper
A two year old video showing Stephen Harper doing fairly solid Diefenbaker, Clark, Mulroney, and Manning impressions surfaces. Not a bad time for a distraction, eh?
Will Quebec Fire a Rocket Up Harper’s Fundamentalist Ass?
All eyes should be on Quebec’s National Assembly where the government is expected to table its bill on medically-assisted death. The debate, said to be fierce, shows how emotionally-charged and…
Edward Snowden Risks Career and Freedom Exposing NSA Snooping
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger Edward Snowden the 29 year old National Security Agencies Whistleblower has embarrassed the NSA by shining a light on their ever so secret activities. The…
AM640 On-Air Personality on ONDP Leader: “I think whore is the operative syllable there” (UPDATED)
Via Lucile Barker of the Canuckistan Pink(o) Fringe: Schizas: Just to get back to our previous quick quotes on Andrea Horwath. I think whore is the operative syllable there. Oakley:…
AM640 Personality on ONDP Leader: “I think whore is the operative syllable there”
Via Lucile Barker of the Canuckistan Pink(o) Fringe: Schizas: Just to get back to our previous quick quotes on Andrea Horwath. I think whore is the operative syllable there. Oakley:…