David Rose’s Misinformation Legacy from WMD to Climate Change
If you’re interested in how misinformation makes its way into the public dialogue on important issues like war in the Middle East or climate change, then you should get to…
2013
The Gun Lobby Goes After the Harper Cons
Well it seemed like a good idea at the time eh? Kill the long gun registry, screw those dead women, get the RCMP to hide the cost of destroying the…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Inquisitive cats.
Minister Moore: Rein in Big Telecom
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He promised he’d fix this
Dear friend, Canada’s Big Telecom giants are out of control and we are literally paying the price.1 As you can see below, we can’t let them mislead Canadians and hold our…
Obama & Syria: A UN Formula that meets the interests of Obama and Putin
The Reluctant World Sheriff Right now, despite Senator Kerry waving a piece of paper after the negotiation session he had with Russia’s Foreign Minister, the wheels seem to be coming…
The Key of Keys
Egoless divine pride: the most glorious concept I have ever heard – from Tibetan Buddhism. The Uttara Tantra elaborates: There once was a prince, who lost his memory and forgot…
New Democrats DEMAND To Know (as should MOST Canadians), Why Conservative Party Lawyer Sat In On Elections Canada Investigative Interviews On Robocalls Scandal!!
OTTAWA – The NDP wants the Commissioner of Elections Canada to publicly answer questions about why Conservative Party lawyer Arthur Hamilton attended robocalls interviews. In a letter sent to Commissioner…
Standard of review
R v Yorston, 2013 ABCA 309 : Triers of fact have considerable leeway in assessing the evidence and in drawing inferences from that evidence: R v Biniaris, 2000 SCC 15…
Dutch Trim F-35 Order
At the outset the Netherlands was expected to buy 85 of Lockheed’s light attack stealth bomber, the F-35. For a nation not much larger in area than Vancouver Island that…
Duffy and Conservative Senators with Bagmen
Good old visitor logs, shining light on the hogs. These are also the only times that the names of Tkachuk, then chairman of the Senate’s internal economy committee, and Gerstein,…
International Climate Science Coalition Lacks Credibility, Launches Heartland Institute Anti-Science Report
The self-proclaimed experts at the International Climate Science Coalition have today launched another fanciful flight into the realm of climate denialism and United Nations conspiracy theories. The ICSC, headed by…
Stuffs Going Down in Brandon-Souris….
From Pundit’s Guide: The circumstances under which Larry Maguire became the acclaimed pick of the Conservative riding association for the forthcoming by-election in Brandon-Souris, MB are starting to receive more…
The Rock Begat the Club Begat the F-35
The first guy, the one who wielded a rock, was all but invincible until the second guy figured out how to tie a stick to a rock and turn it…
#QPQ
If you’re unaware, Thomas Mulcair and the Official Opposition Canada’s New Democrats™ are a tad upset over Harper’s decision to prorogue Parliament until October, even though its an actual legitimate…
Video: When it comes to food, less bad is not good
Earlier this year we posted a link to a video presentation by Dr. Yoni Freedhoff that was supposed to be delivered to the food industry. The Ontario Medical Association got…