Ridiculous: BC municipalities seeking to license motorized wheelchairs
Having lived for six years in the heart of downtown Vancouver, I’m well aware of motorized wheelchairs or ‘scooters’ as they are sometimes called. They are a terror for the…
August 2013
Syria: Desperate Measures
The U.S. and western nations are desperate to get “boots on the ground” in Syria and the latest conveniently timed chemical attack is suspicious to say the least. News here…
A politician at work – Wiesbaden, western Germany
Volker Bouffier, state premier of the western federal state of Hesse and top candidate of the Christian Democratic Union for regional elections, fixes an election poster with his own image…
Latest Nanos Poll, Federal
…from this document Not much reported upon, and offered here without comment. (PS. Looks better if you click on image, but if you’re LPC the news is pretty good).
Greenpeace: A very interesting picture – Warsaw Poland
A Greenpeace activist dressed as an oil company worker pours oil on other activists during a protest in Warsaw, Poland, against oil search drilling in the Arctic Sea. The picture…
Australia censorship chronicles: Student newspaper cover of 18 vaginas censored.
The human body is a wonderful thing. But seeing too much of it takes away the thrill. That was the point of the University of Sydney student paper’s cover, featuring…
Another Guest Commentary From The Salamander
In response to a post I wrote yesterday, The Salamander left one of his trenchant and masterful commentaries on the myriad deficiencies of the Harper regime. So that it has…
help fund "let them stay", the book
Some of you may remember when wmtc was obsessed with the War Resisters Support Campaign, a fact that was noticed in some very interesting places. (Hi CIC! Are you still…
Drug “paraphernalia,” a lost study revived, and temporary inspectors — short takes on recent events
Kudos to Camille Quenneville, CEO of the Canadian Mental Health Association, for pointing out governments looking to contain costs and provide better service should address mental health issues within their…
Justin’s Splif Slip
Time will tell but it was probably a bone-headed thing to do. Why did Justin Trudeau volunteer that he had smoked pot recently? Did he think it would make him…
how you can support chelsea manning
Here are two important things you can do to help support Chelsea Manning. 1. Do whatever you can to work for her pardon. You can sign the petition to President…
Alleged chemical weapons attack outside Damascus – new details: Assad regime denies responsibility
Beneath: image of claimed chemical weapons attack in Ghouta, eastern outskirts of Damascus / munition allegedly used Recently released videos from Syria show victims of an alleged chemical weapons attack…
The Fraser Institute On Raising A Child, Cheap
The short version here:More here.
Justice and Justices of the Peace
From the current edition of the Law Times, an Ontario newspaper for the legal profession: Judges and justices of the peace have their remuneration determined in a peculiar way. Contract…
Politics Done Well
Blogs and pundits love it when politicians fall flat on their face, but as a fan of politics I can also respect a flawlessly executed political manoeuvre. Think of Stephen…
It’s Only a Matter of Time
When reports come out about computer hacking they tend to be either espionage or a “denial of service” campaign by activists/radicals to take down some corporate miscreant. So far no…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Polly Toynbee discusses how the UK’s attacks on social programs are based on gross ignorance about what social spending does (and who it…
Ice cream in Paris
“Hell is riding, endlessly, a bus through different parts of the city, looking all the same, indistinguishable one from another, for the best ice cream, near the house of Victor…