Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Annie Lowrey reports on the still-spreading blight of income inequality in the U.S.: An updated study by the prominent economists Emmanuel Saez…
September 2013
Modern Warfare: Interesting Picture
This in fact is true. But I believe the cost of planes and bombs has gone much higher now.
She who would be mayor: listen to this
Karen Stintz provides Canada’s largest city with real, honest-to-goodness dead air when asked if she’s blown the transit file (because, um, she has). “Who’s in charge?” she is asked by…
The Hair needs better speech writers.
It must be the high turnover in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). Did nobody notice when the last speechwriters left? Yesterday we found out that the Hair needs until October…
MusiciAnt songs banned on radio station
Inspired by this headline: http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2013/09/12/neil_youngs_music_banned_from_radio_station_after_hiroshima_remark.html
The Age of Exploration Isn’t Over
Humans haven’t been on the Moon for over 30 years and as a result it’s easy to think that the “space age” is over and our exploration of the universe…
Terry Jones to burn 3000 Qurans
“Law enforcement officers arrested a Florida pastor Wednesday as he drove to a park to light nearly 3,000 Qurans on fire to protest the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.” It…
New column day
Here, on how the U.S.’ movement for fair fast food wages might be explained in part by greater recognition that many workers will be in the service sector for the…
More On Quebec’s Purity Charter
If the above interests you, you may wish to take a few minutes to check out Haroon Siddiqui’s column in today’s Star. Entitled Pauline Marois issues fatwa on Quebec secularism,…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, September 12, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, September 12, 2013: ‘Infidel’ license plate rejection spurs suit by Army veteran Trayvon Martin medical examiner fired…
Fall Provincial Election – Thornhill a Factor?
I don’t agree with her slant but she makes some good points: “In true Tory death wish fashion, the PCs are engaged in some embarrassing infighting. Fedeli became finance critic…
Bubble Mode
As a form of travel, giant soap bubble is suited to Buddhist monks, toddlers, and whimsical characters from children’s stories. It is not recommended for 60-year-old podiatrists with catastrophic waxy…
They’ve Come A Long Way, Baby
Tommy Douglas and David Lewis wouldn’t recognize today’s New Democratic Party. If you want to take the measure of how much the party has changed, start with economic policy. On…
Anthony Weiner and all about Weiner – ad for Mayrol campaign
Anthony Weiner worked hard. His campaign ad reveals it well. What more he could have done? All the modern technology – I-Phone publicity and all. Transparency and openness for the…
Homelessness and patriotism?
Stars and Stripes comfort or maybe homeless man is conveying that so much for the Stars and Stripes. It does not cover poverty – wars yes, Americans-well beings no! Imagine…
Quebec’s ‘values’ charter – nothing but an attempted sovereignty gimmick
If you follow politics, you may have heard about Quebec’s “values” charter, which seeks to ban “religious” symbols or clothing from Quebec government workplaces (with the exception apparently of Quebec…
A trial judge may, but not must, consider a video of a crime to identify an accused
R. v. Rae, 2013 ONCA 556: The appellant also submits that the trial judge, who saw the appellant in court throughout the trial and viewed the convenience store video, erred…
How To Use The New Census Data
It involves holding your nose: The only way Statscan was able to publish the 2011 NHS data was by remarkably dropping its quality standard by doubling the acceptable global non-response…
The facts should speak for themselves #nlpoli
The very best thing that may be said about the idea of a law school at Memorial University is that the proponents of the idea have failed to make their…