Even Americans Like Our Senate Model
Well… sort of. From Political Wire: A group of Republican state representatives in Georgia would like to repeal the 17th Amendment and return the election of U.S. Senators to the…
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Living History in Winnipeg
Okay, let’s say I’m always a little conflicted about this whizzbang stuff commemorating past battles. But history is history, and the more we learn about it and keep it alive…
5660…Pissing On The Carpet
That is what LBJ accused Lester B. Pearson of doing when he gave an not so pro USA speech at Philly’s Temple University back in 1965. That is what Thomas…
5659…Pasta Banned In Quebec
The word not the food.CTV Montreal, by the way is it still Pulse? reports that “Massimo Lecas, the owner of Buonanotte on St. Laurent Blvd., told reporters that his restaurant…
Thank god for oil
It is not often that I, an old, long haired, bald headed, scruffy bearded, freaky person, gets to spend an hour and half in conversation with a past middle age,…
How Dick Cheney Buried the Truth of His Iraq War
Dick Cheney has buried the truth of America’s conquest of Iraq so deep that he will himself be long dead and buried before the facts are ever exhumed. It might…
Legislative Brain Freeze – 951 Days and Counting
Brace yourself. If you’re hoping, praying for a progressive advance in America’s Congress, The Atlantic has a sobering reality check for you. The last time a major policy bill made…
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Had he lived, he would be 72 today. Happy birthday, Dad.
Search of cellphone incident to arrest proper – password on phone might have changed decision
R. v. Fearon, 2013 ONCA 106 holds, on its facts, that a search of a cellphone was proper as an incident of arrest. Note that the decision might have been…
Tool to keep big Telco accountable after Rogers caught disobeying Internet rules
As many of you will know, Rogers has been playing fast and loose with Canada’s Internet rules for some time. Now the company has been caught preventing independent ISPs from…
How Much Is That Politician In the Window?
As if America’s corporatist politicians weren’t already bought and sold the United States Supreme Court may be about to open the doors to total and absolute political corruption in American…
White Flight? London? Who Knew?
Demographic change has really swept over the City of London where the white population now makes up just 45% of residents. It’s estimated that 620,000 white Londoners have left since…
Concert of the Day
Quicksand – Ft. Lauderdale ’95: Filed under: music, video
Mobile data use is increasing while our telecom market remains broken.
Mobile data use continues to increase, yet our telecom market, which provides that data, is broken. Canadians experience some of the highest mobile phone prices and continue to lack options.…
A Better Way to Buy Meat
Much of Europe is reeling from the discovery that many beef products have been adulterated by the substitution of horse meat. Cases tend to be mainly ground beef and processed…
Conor’s Autism Diagnosis 15 Years Ago Today
Conor, 2nd Birthday, the day before he is diagnosed with PDD-NOS (subsequently changed to Autistic Disorder) Yesterday was Conor’s 17th birthday. Today is exactly 15 years since he was diagnosed…
Go Home? Unlikely
via Rob Pollak
Concert of the Day
Quicksand – Ft. Lauderdale ’95: Filed under: music, video
BC Liberal’s Election Budget Won’t Stand Up To Scrutiny
Richard Hughes PoliticalBlogger The BC Liberals Election Budget is exactly that, an election budget. The release was met with wide eyed disbelief from many observers and straight out rejection by…