U.S. Presidential elections 2016
An aspirant for the president of U.S. has declared his candidacy. He is both white and black. So you don’t have to worry about the colour of the candidate. He…
September 2013
On middle ground
Tim Harper’s column today is certainly worth a read in exposing the implausibility of the Cons’ “economic stability” theme. But I’ll point out that he completely buys the Cons’ equally…
Canadians: Stand Up for Science on Sept. 16
Previously on Things Are Good we’ve seen Canadians concerned about democracy mobilize to ensure that our political leaders make informed decisions. After a streak of attacks on knowledge, scientists and…
The Long Road To Justice
Although long, the road to criminal justice for Adam Nobody has finally ended; the police officer who viciously assaulted him during the infamous Toronto 2010 G20 weekend, Const. Babak Andalib-Goortani,…
Remember The Robocalls?
The robocalls investigation continues at a snail’s pace. Perhaps that’s because, as Laura Stone reported this week, Conservative Party lawyer Arthur Hamilton has been sitting in on the Elections Canada…
First Frog On The Moon
Most stories claim that “Frog-1” (as they are calling him) was just lounging about a pool used for the NASA launch-pad sprinkler system. But I prefer to think that the…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, September 13, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines for Friday, September 13, 2013 from Wise Law on Twitter: Law Graduates Say Legal Education Needs ‘Significant Change’ – Law Blog – WSJ Toronto…
Never-Released Energy Department Report Predicts Increasing Domestic Conflicts over Water, Energy
Last summer, the United States experienced the worst drought since the Dust Bowl in the 1930s. At the same time, the country was experiencing one of the biggest onshore drilling…
Hudak Boots Hillier To Back-Bench! Will Randy Bolt?
TORONTO – It’s been a week for tough decisions for Tim Hudak. Days after he was forced to drop Thornhill MPP Peter Shurman from the prestigious finance critic role, the…
Mulcair, in motion.
They took New Democrat Leader Thomas Mulcair to Saskatchewan this week. It was like bringing him home to be baptized. Here they were in Saskatchewan, the home of Tommy Douglas…
Riot Fest, here we come. Or, not.
Chicago-bound for Riot Fest to see Against Me, Pennywise, Bad Religion, Joan Jett, Public Enemy, Violent Femmes, Flatliners, Blondie, Pixies and – of course – the Replacements. That’s if Porter…
Talking again about minimum wage in Ontario.
Let’s talk about minimum wage again. It’s getting close to September 14th, when advocates of raising Ontario’s minimum wage will be staging actions across the province. In the meantime, the…
The Bottom Line on the Parti Québécois Proposed Values Charter
I was going to write a long blog post on this but since so much has been written about it I think this captures the spirit and intent of the…
The Bottom Line on the Parti Québécois Proposed Values Charter
I was going to write a long blog post on this but since so much has been written about it I think this captures the spirit and intent of the…
The Bottom Line on the Parti Québécois Proposed Values Charter
I was going to write a long blog post on this but since so much has been written about it I think this captures the spirit and intent of the…
Magic monkey time!
To get the full effect of this magical, awesome monkey moment, you will want to play the soundclip, and then scroll back up so you can only see the monkey:…
Judge sentences Delhi rapists to die for ‘gruesome crime’
“This is not the victory of truth. But it is the defeat of justice,” defense lawyer A.P. Singh shouted at the judge when the sentence was read out. Can you…
Punishing electricity consumers
When Gordon Campbell led BC Liberals into the 2009 election campaign, his platform promised, “We will maintain our competitive advantage from low cost heritage power, for residential and industrial users…