Oct. 16: sigh……
It’s not that there’s nothing in the TandT today. That, after all, is standard practice. They don’t mention that the UN investigator has made it clear we can expect a…
October 2013
‘Expestagram’ .. New App For Conservative Members Of Parliament And Senators !!
H/T to our friends at ‘This Hour Has 22 Minutes’ ….
#GatewayPoems Make Light(crude) of Tragedy
On another note, who says there aren't any jobs in the resource industry for arts students? #GatewayPoems http://t.co/en4G6ffhLS— Adam Stirling (@Adam_Stirling) October 16, 2013 If you want the #KXL, you…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday, October 16th, 2013
Your news links for today: Conservatives put consumer focus on Parliament’s return (Toronto Star) How trade deals threaten modern culture (Ottawa Citizen) There’s an International Plan to Censor the Internet…
U.S Government Shutdown
The writing is on the wall that the U.S is hurting because of this shutdown. After tomorrow the U.S government may not be able to pay its debt installments. Warren…
From 7 to 29. Should I be worried? Or just keep monitoring?
Seven cents per kilowatt hour. That’s what the energy monitor was showing me a moment before I plugged in the kettle. Then it jumped to 29 cents. Wow! And this…
A Turkish Hotel Wins Hospitality Innovation Award for Accommodating Protestors
During the Taksim Square protests in Turkey earlier this year, Divan Hotels’ flagship property in Istanbul opened their doors to the protestors. Not a bad place to get support after…
My optimistic view on today’s Speech from the Throne
I don’t have one. In fact, I don’t give a rat’s ass, and I plan to say so on Sun News in an hour or so. The so-called “consumer focus”…
Breaking News! No Relief In Sight For Unpaid Internships!
Like the proverbial hot potato being passed around as rapidly as possible, the Ontario Government, true to their corporate puppet masters, has vowed to do nothing about the growing problem…
Dominic LeBlanc to bloggers: Will Conservatives’ throne speech be flash or substance?
On throne speech eve, I took part in a Liberal bloggers conference call with Dominic LeBlanc, MP for Beauséjour and Liberal house leader, where he discussed the party’s plans for…
Latest Federal Poll: LPC Up By 10
CPC flirting with 3rd
Privatization: The “big bad mistake” Ontario is intent on repeating
“The stealth privatization of Ontario’s gas plants over the past decade set the stage for the inevitable payouts that we now face for decades to come.” – Martin Regg Cohn,…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, October 16, 2013: Using Windows XP SP3 and Office 2003 After April 8, 2014 Will Expose You…
Hey, I haven’t been charged with “criminal libel” yet
Like someone promised I would be. I wonder what happened? I’d packed my toothbrush and everything. Anyway, if Mr. Bourrie is successful in sending me to the slammer, I expect…
He’s Desperate
Michael Den Tandt writes that today’s throne speech is aimed directly at Justin Trudeau: It also betrays more than a whiff of desperation. For of all the issues the Conservatives…
Smoke or Fire – 1968
One of my great loves, for the past while, is Massachusetts/Virginia Fat Wreck Chords band Smoke Or Fire. I love these guys, and I sometimes feel like no one else…
Appeal deference for sentence
R v Korgak , 2013 NUCA 09 is a good source for the general principle of deference to the trial judge on sentencing appeals: Moreover, we are constrained by the…
The Worst Prime Minister In Canadian History, With The Largest Debt And Deficit In Our History … Is On His Way Out!!!
Our crooked, corrupt Conservative government is going to try and pull the wool over voters eyes with a new Speech from the Throne today. Nothing in the document will address:-the…
Trying to change the Senate channel
The Senate scandals have badly damaged the Harper government, which is what happens when hand-picked Senators decide they can do whatever they want on ethics and spending. As a result,…
A letter to our Member of Parliament.
Dear Mr. Brown: This is to thank you for sending us the Brown Report, Fall 2013. There is little question that it is from you—in four pages, your picture appears…