Dec. 9: Mandella would be so pleased….
…at the plane load of official mourners from Canadian government circles going to his funeral. And the Irving Press has nothing but wonderful things to say about him. There is…
December 2013
The Revenge of Karl Marx
Marxism is a discredited ideology. We get that. It’s been tried, didn’t work. But there’s still much to learn from the old German philosopher. If you leave aside his unworkable…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Monday, December 9, 2013
Your news links for today: Inside the Fight for Digital Rights in Canada (Michael Geist on Livestream) Canada Opposed To U.S. Positions On Dozens of Trans Pacific Partnership Issues (Michael…
Lion statue at the Vatican
At the Vatican, as part of the plunder of foreign civilizations in the name of Christianity, this Ethiopian lion statue made it’s way to Rome and now rests in a…
Credibility of the Ruling Elite is Being Shredded – Chris Hedges on Reality Asserts Itself
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=11012 ‘And what happens in moments of breakdown is that people not only turn against an ineffectual liberal elite that is not able–that in essence–that has presided over political and…
US Navy Predicts Ice-Free Arctic in 2016
At first they told us it would happen late this century. Then mid-century. Now the United States Navy expects the Arctic Ocean could be ice-free in summer by 2016. Let’s…
Harper Govt approves Shell’s Jackpine oilsands mine despite ‘significant adverse effects’
ACFN Chief Allan Adam outside an Alberta court in 2012, challenging Shell’s Jackpine development Shell Canada’s Jackpine oilsands mine expansion plan has received the go-ahead from Ottawa, despite the environment…
Akaash Maharaj – News: Corruption Declared a Crime Against Humanity
Reuters reports on our efforts at the United Nations: There are some forms of corruption so grave, whose effects on human life, human rights, and human welfare are so catastrophic,…
Judges ought to enforce laws, even foolish ones
The legislation requiring penniless convicts to pay a mandatory fee that they never can pay is foolish. But the truth is the legislation, while foolish, was passed by the duly…
Merry Christmas: Analyses to Chill Your Holiday Spirit from Krugman and the Toronto Star
Paul Krugman can be counted on for setting things straight, and in his column today he talks about the holiday present that the US is preparing to give the long…
Ask General Kang: Will you be invading Earth in the New Year?
Well, as your own Sung Tzu said, “All war is deception,” so you’d be foolish to believe anything that I told you. That caveat aside, I will tell you that…
Tom Adams In Sun: Mostly Sane
There are bits of it I don’t agree with. For instance, any fair reading of Ontario history would show that the province’s dalliance with gas power predates the Green Energy…
Scramble for federal nominations begins in Alberta
TweetIt’s a fight – or at least it could be if two southern Alberta Conservative Members of Parliament seek their party’s nomination in the same riding. Boundary changes in the…
Four PMs on a plane
I’m writing an entire column about that flight in this week’s Sun (which will be out on Wednesday, jot tomorrow)! But you can have fun with it, too, right now…
Akaash Maharaj – News: Corruption Declared a Crime Against Humanity
Reuters reports on our efforts at the United Nations: There are some forms of corruption so grave, whose effects on human life, human rights, and human welfare are so catastrophic,…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – David Simon laments the division of the U.S. into the few who are rewarded by market forces and the many who are constantly…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, December 9, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, December 9th, 2013: Canada bar chief keeps open mind on ABSs – Law Gazette Why hasn’t Rob…
Beets for Road Ice Removal
The traditional approach to deicing roads is to cover the roads (and thus the ground around the road) in salt – which is absolutely awful for the environment. Because so…