From My Quotes Cupboard – the 14th Century and one noble
In this favored land of the Western world , the Coucy inheritance in 1335 was as rich as it was ancient … Everything that had formed the fief … was…
September 2013
There is Absolutely no truth to the rumour that Nigel Wright recently purchased a condo in Manhattan …
Pamela Wallin repays $100K in expenses, blames Senate ‘lynch mob’ Pamela Wallin selling Manhattan condo H/T to @Heyburke on Twitter
Friday night blues blogging
Have some pops from the past. This is Lightnin’ Hopkins with Couldn’t Be Satisfied. Otis Spann began playing piano when he was 7 and by the age of 14 was…
Unlock Democracy missing the key
A new electoral reform organization has come on the scene: Unlock Democracy Canada. Unfortunately, like Fair Vote Canada, they have decided to preach proportional representation instead of representing Canadians on…
Who really bears the risk for P3s?
Canada is now the second biggest market for public private partnerships (P3s) in the world, as a recent Conference Board report showed (on page 30, see my initial critique here).…
CVRD Director Bruce Fraser and his Colleagues Have a Great Deal To Answer For!
The CVRD has finally discovered that the land use bylaw that they insisted was of no use in blocking the proposed South Island Aggregate’s proposed contaminated site does in fact…
Duty of trial judge to review evidence and issues for jury
R. v. Minor, 2013 ONCA 557: In all but the rarest of cases, a trial judge has a duty to review with the jurors the issues to be resolved and…
How The Mighty Are Fallen
Anne Kingston, a writer for Maclean’s, offer a peak at her upcoming exposé of Wadena’s Wayward Woman and her fall from grace: Breaking News: Despite her continued protestations of having…
Does This Mean She’ll Be Shopping at Winners Instead of Holt Renfrew?
Senator Pam Wallin might be prowling the outlet malls for a while now that she’s down a hundred grand to clear her Senate tab. The former Conservative senator said she…
Oopsie, Not So Invisible After All. A Laser Jammer for the F-35.
This is the directed laser jammer being developed by Northrop for retrofitting to the F-35 stealth light attack bomber. These jammers operate by firing laser beams at the sensors of…
NDP Trade Critic joins thousands of Canadians who are speaking out for our digital future!
NDP Trade Critic Don Davies M.P. has joined thousands of Canadians who are speaking out for a fair digital future. Here’s what he had to say: Secrecy is no way…
Regulatory changes suggests hospitals soon to divest outpatient procedures
In the dead of summer the province gave notice that it intends to bring the independent health facilities (IHFs) under the Local Health Integration Networks. The change in regulation states…
Got PTSD?
September 12, 2013 PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, is thankfully becoming less stigmatized due to increased awareness, but like most mental health issues, there stigma that prevents open discussion about…
The Route to Cold War II, China’s New Silk Road.
One big thing you almost never read about in the western media is the SCO, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. The SCO is something of a work in progress, a Chinese-Russian…
Back-bending contortionist who’s made the Guinness World Records 2014
Watch and be amazed. (Euronews.com) Update: A friend pointed out that all politicians can pass or break that record -contortionist.
An Apology: Event on Yom Kippur
I’m in Montreal this week, and teaching a course on EDA management this Sunday. Tonight I’m getting together with a few supporters to discuss my run for party president. I…
U.N. Team Finds No Proof of Chemical Weapons Use in Syria
The report of a U.N. weapons inspection team finds that Assad forces have plenty to answer for but can’t be shown responsible for chemical attacks. “On the evidence currently available,…
In search of Ferris Bueller
On the Magnificent Mile in the Windy City for Riot Fest. Note my headgear, which no government here has yet made illegal.
Harper Govt coming to BC to push pipelines on First Nations
Read this Sept. 12 story from CBC.ca on the caravan of federal ministers and bureaucrats aimed at convincing BC’s Forst Nations to back down on their opposition to the proposed…
We Are Infected With a Potentially Lethal Political Contagion
We have to shake our minds free, deprogramme ourselves, from this notion that we are of one of a handful of states that is entitled to police the world. Our…