What’s Round, Three Storeys High and Stuffed With Cash?
Why it’s the Cavendish Cottager, the senator from Kanata, Prince Edward Island, Mike Duffy.
July 2013
Dumpster diving yields PMO secrets
In the course of his daily research, a CTV News reporter discovered this extraordinary document from the Prime Minister’s Office. The document, with marginal notes in Stephen Harper’s controlled hand,…
Documentary Evidence in Civil Matters
Documentary evidence poses a major challenge for the Courts. This is especially so for civil cases – often trials for these matters are conducted with a focus on the substantive…
Ode to Sustainable Development of the Environment…
Remember sustainable development? Me, too. Under the Harper government™, sustainable development of the environment has all but gone the way of the dodo… And now, the Harper government™ has removed…
Revealed: Gen. David Petraeus’ Course Syllabus Features "Frackademia" Readings
Records obtained by DeSmogBlog pertaining to City University of New York (CUNY) Macaulay Honors College’s hiring of former head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) David Petraeus to teach a…
Are hospitals primarily providers of acute care?
Hospitals are often stereotyped as providers of acute care services. In fact, acute care accounts for a relatively small portion of total hospital services. As noted a few days ago,…
Water lily today
Even the water lilies are looking for some shade. Filed under: art Tagged: cool, hot, water lily
Dumpster diving yields PMO secrets
In the course of his daily research, a CTV News reporter discovered this extraordinary document from the Prime Minister’s Office. The document, with marginal notes in Stephen Harper’s controlled hand,…
Hungry Aboriginal kids used in nutritional experiments: AFN reacts
The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) says the revelation that Canadian officials used malnourished Aboriginal populations in nutritional experiments has “sent a shockwave through First Nations in Canada and should…
You’re getting a clam!
Yesterday I hit up the Henry Ford, a museum in Detroit which is one of the coolest all-American museums in the US. I about burst into tears when I discovered…
Water lily today
Even the water lilies are looking for some shade.
Aboriginal children used for nutritional experiments – during and after World War II
These kinds of stories are troubling. It gives one a bad feeling about our history and damages the pride of being Canadian. Such experiments were done after World War II.
Wave At Saturn Friday #saturnpic
Are you shy about having your photo taken? What if you’ll be an indistinguishable smudge on a pale blue dot, then are you still shy? If so, don’t go outside…
The NDP – Just Another Political Machine
Although I will likely vote NDP federally in the next election, I am under no illusion that the party is much different from its two major competitors. Indeed, I see…
Administering Colonial Science: Nutrition Research And Human Biomedical Experimentation In Aboriginal Communities And Residential Schools, 1942–1952
The full-text of the paper that everyone is talking about can be found here. The researchers do not come off as being quite as reprehensible as they seem in media…
New column day
Here, on what the Cons’ response to the Lac-Mégantic rail explosion says about their wider concern (or lack thereof) for the safety of Canadians. For further reading…– My earlier posts…
6253…Violin Appreciation Day
It was on this day in the year 64 that Nero fiddled while Rome burned. You could look it up. WFDS
July 18: Why hasn’t Jim Irving visited Lac Megantic?
Mr. Burkhardt, president of the railway that destroyed Lac Megantic and killed some fifty people, took five days to get up, brush his teeth, have a leisurely breakfast, and drop…