Some more Ontario Liberal stuff I cringe at
Stuff like this is why, even though I like Kathleen Wynne, I’m not exactly running to renew my OLP membership card: Premier Kathleen Wynne is “deliberately dismantling” protections for everything…
October 2013
Aggregate Curate
I just found a bookmarklet that will allow posting from Safari desktop and mobile, to your Flipboard magazine – if you have one – on your iPad. Here’s the URL…
october 10: world day against the death penalty
Al Jazeera Today is World Day Against the Death Penalty. Al Jazeera has a fascinating infographic about the use of the death penalty worldwide, as far as can be known…
Edmonton election Substance and Style #2
TweetHaving focused on Edmonton’s mayoral contest in last week’s edition, I decided that this week’s ‘Substance and Style’ review should focus on the City Council and School Board campaigns across…
Simple pleasures and the greatest of treasures
Ok, it’s that time. Time to put down the pen, or in this case, the keyboard; start cooking dinner – very slowly, for maximum flavour – and cut the grass…
The NDP’s Harper-like Foreign Policy
Is the NDP the solution or part of the problem for those us who promote a Canadian foreign policy that favours ordinary people around the world? While pushing arms control…
Huffington Post, MSNBC tear into Paul Krugman
I don’t know what bee flew up Arianna Huffington’s bum but she’s featuring a 3-part smear column from disgraced Niall Ferguson on New York Times’ Paul Krugman. Meanwhile, the morning…
Crossett: Why the Government Shutdown Is A Matter of Life and Death for Polluted Communities
With no end in sight to the GOP war on democracy, shutdown edition, all “nonessential workers” are off the job of protecting the American public. This includes ninety-four percent of…
The latest from Mr. Bourrie
—— Forwarded Message From: Mark Bourrie Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 14:03:58 -0400 To: Warren Kinsella Subject: Criminal libel If you do not remove the defamatory material about me from…
Literary Fiction Enhances Empathy in Readers
Literary fiction, not popular fiction, can make people better understand one another according to a new study. Because literary fiction (i.e. books not for sale at airports) focuses on the…
U.S. Debt: Never say never
You know, back before the 2008 crisis began there was a lot of talk about how it would “never” happen. That the subprime housing bubble would never pop. Yet despite…
A Dependency Worse Than Drugs
At least Fox thinks so: No word yet on whether a followup report will explore the perils of corporate welfare. Recommend this Post
British Columbia Court of Appeal upholds federal ban on assisted suicide
Carter v. Canada (Attorney General), 2013 BCCA 435: The Facts and Reasons of the Trial Judge: The plaintiffs Ms. Carter and Ms. Taylor, both of whom suffered from intractable and…
Malaysian LNG promise is actually a massive BC giveaway
What was touted as a $36 Billion investment commitment by Malaysian LNG giant Petronas is actually a massive giveaway of natural gas by BC – valued at up to $400…
Austerity pushing Europe into social and economic decline, says Red Cross | World news | The Guardian
Austerity pushing Europe into social and economic decline, says Red Cross | World news | The Guardian. Europe is sinking into a protracted period of deepening poverty, mass unemployment, social…
Leading the World #nlpoli
In your otherwise dull Thursday, take a look at an article in The Atlantic about an army of paid Internet commenters from Russia. This paragraph leaped out: Paid, pro-government commenters…
Analysis and range for manslaughter of children
R v Choy, 2013 ABCA 334: The judge did not have the benefit of this Court’s decisions in R v Nickel,2012 ABCA 158 (CanLII), 2012 ABCA 158, 524 AR 366…