Pension poaching on federal preserves.
That is an interesting strategy. We are supposed to ignore the blunders of the last ten years. Ontario Liberal Leader Kathleen Wynne is going to run for re-election as premier…
2013
Vengence Is Theirs
As part of their tough on crime agenda, the Harperites have instituted mandatory victim fines. They claim that the fines will ensure justice is done. But, Michael Spratt writes, the…
Quantity not Quality
Quantity not Quality is apparently the Harper regimes measure of ‘success’ Mr. Van Loan recently extolled the virtues of the 34-day fall session, which started late because of prorogation and…
Autism Reality Check: Wandering and Tragedy
Some promote the view that autism disorders are “gifts” if only society could understand, change its ways and accept the gifts. The autism as a gift view, is irrational nonsense.…
Colorado high
In two days, marijuana in Colorado will be legal. As Neil Steinberg writes: … this Wednesday, Jan. 1, Colorado will become the first state in the nation, and one of…
Still thousands without power
Having our own furnace break down on the Sunday before Christmas, and anxiously awaiting the repairman at midnight as the temperature in the house dropped lower and lower, I could…
Parson Manning and the Senate Scandal
OMG. Praise the Lord and pass the garlic. I see the Dark Parson of the Manning Centre is blaming the media for the Senate scandal. A great deal of media…
In Sunday’s Sun: that was the year that was, that was
There are two key characteristics of politicians who are successful and happy. 1. They don’t pay any attention to the media. 2. See number one. Want to get ahead in…
What’s missing from this map?
Perhaps the Russians prepared it???
not love, but crap, actually
Tonight I tried again to watch “Love Actually”, and once again am left shaking my head in disgust (at the movie) and disbelief (in its popularity, among people who ought…
Similar Fact Evidence
R. v. P.E.L., 2013 BCCA 542: Similar act evidence exemplifies a type of propensity reasoning. It could be colloquially expressed by the aphorism that a leopard does not change its…
Dark Toronto: help wanted
Hi Warren, How are you? i hope good. * If posting to your blog would help get the phone numbers i need, please don’t include my or my parents names…
My Top Films of 2013
As an avid cinema lover, it was a great year in film viewing. I haven’t shared a list of my favourites in a few years, so I thought I’d do…
Arctic Sea Ice in 30-Seconds
In just 30-seconds you’ll have a good understanding of what’s happened to Arctic sea ice over the past 34-years.
IPhone 4 with iOS Jailbreak activation SIM locked problem
Long story short, a French iPhone 4 with an Orange.fr SIM that was apparently locked did not work after an update from Jailbroken 4.1 to Apple iOS 7.0.4. To fix…
"Am I free to go?"
The post on Carding raised a concern among readers that cooperating with police as a custom makes Carding effective. That's quite true. My concern is that for most young black…
Karl Muck playing Parsifal
One of the wonders of modern life is the ability to access major works of art almost anywhere. I recall when finding historic recordings required visiting record stores and hoping…
What’s In Your Guts?
Another gem from Mother Jones. What’s in, or rather not in, your guts could determine your propensity to obesity or diabetes.
A Picture That’s Worth a Thousand Dreams
Here’s your New Years present from Mother Jones. Carolyn Porco, one of Carl Sagan’s protégés, went on to become the head of imaging science for the Cassini spacecraft now orbiting…