Temporary ForeigAnt Worker Program changes now in effect
Inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/08/07/pol-temporary-foreign-workers-changes-in-effect-july-31.html
August 2013
‘Unfettered Free Market’ Capitalists UPSET When Price Fixing Cartels Face Some Actual ‘Competition’
The phoniest people who walk planet Earth are the so-called ‘unfettered free market’ capitalists who repeat ad nauseum that they embrace competition in the world of business. HUMBUG! I’m not…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Matthew Yglesias sums up the effects of four decades of U.S. union-busting, and points out how the supposed benefit from pointing a fire…
A More Detailed Analysis Of The Harper Government Factum
I spent some time today reviewing in detail the Harper Government’s factum arguments that they are putting to the Supreme Court of Canada with respect to the subject of Senate…
While You Weren’t Looking
Backwoods, western Alberta. Here’s a montage of images taken from one of those motion-sensing game cameras hunters sometimes use to scout game. It’s pretty funny.
August 7: Dumb……
….dumb, dumber…I called a meeting of the current events club for the same night Maude Barlow was speaking at the Capitol Theatre. Moving is so confusing. And I still haven’t…
TO-bound
Heading back to Tee Dot shortly. Can’t load the Palma Violets/Hot Nasties video. Until I figure out how to do so, this snapshot will have to suffice. Who’s the old…
How Do You Like Your Frog Legs? Boiled?
Proof that the Boiling Frog Syndrome is as powerful as ever was plentiful from the release, yesterday, of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s report on the state of climate…
Is Supreme Court obiter binding?
R. v. Puddicombe, 2013 ONCA 506 deals with obiter from the Supreme Court of Canada: R. v. Henry instructs that some obiter from the Supreme Court of Canada must be…
6311…50 Shades Of Grey Costing U $$$
Yet it is not an election issue. The Ottawa Citizen had a story today about how since that nefarious book became more nefarious they have been summoned to many handcuffed…
Runaway train fuels runaway narrative
Read Kevin Logan’s analysis of the Lac-Mégantic train disaster. Logan provides a comprehensive breakdown of the facts, and where the mainstream media lost sight of the truth. Using a series…
The 1%, Their Cottages, and the Occupy Movement
You aren’t middle class if you own a cottage. Remember that. If I need to single-handedly reboot the Occupy Movement for this one, I’ll do it, I tell ya :…
The Presumed Innocence of Capitalism and Lac-Mégantic
“If the soul is left in darkness, sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who creates the darkness.” — Monseigneur Bienvenu…
Mike Duffy Wants The Truth Known?
Is he just really bad at figuring out where his legal primary residence is? Is Duffy a victim of Harper PMO corruption? Seems like a willing victim until just recently.
Legalization Of Marijuana – The Need For A Vigorous Debate
I believe the sterotype is that as we get older, our views become more entrenched and conservative. In my own life, I have found the opposite to be true. When…
Stephen Harper’s new dancing moves
He is dancing in the rain. 🙂
Global Solar and Wind Energy Production Continues to Grow
The sustainable energy market consistently needs to prove its worth despite the obvious benefits, whats worse is that the industry as a whole is up against the subsidized fossil fuel…
Aaron Sorkin’s Commentary on Occupy Wall Street.
Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom is dealing with the topic of Occupy Wall Street, and while I loved the Occupy Movement, I’m forced to admit that Sorkin makes some pretty good…