Minister Lane #nlpoli
In all the political chatter on Monday, no idea got a stronger negative reaction than the one from your humble e-scribbler that Paul Lane had secured himself a plum appointment…
January 2014
PM heckled in Israel
Inspired by these headlines: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/news-video/video-harper-heckled-during-speech-to-israeli-parliament/article16407708/ http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/ID/2431096332/ http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/01/07/stephen-harper-protesters-vancouver-island-mill-bay_n_4556227.html http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/01/06/stephen_harper_urges_first_nations_to_embrace_energy_projects.html
Toronto needs a mayor: take a look at this, Ford Nation
Mayor Crackhead regularly shows up to work after lunchtime, or (often) not at all. Not exactly someone who cares about giving taxpayers value for their money, is he?
Sid Ryan: the reverse Midas touch
As in, everything he touches turns to garbage. This Toronto Star typist gets one big thing wrong, here: Ryan is no friend of Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath, or many…
Olivia Chow: your morning media round-up
Globe: “Completely honest, of course I’m seriously thinking about running for mayor, right? Everybody knows that,” she says, laughing during an interview at her downtown Toronto home Monday. “Our city…
Cogito ergo gourd
Even when he was presented with evidence in the form of a somewhat amusing Belgian postcard, Claude refused to understand why no one took him seriously. Alltop likes gourd. Originally…
Stephen Harper and the Con Caravan of Hate
For this he took his bloated junket to the Middle East, and stuck us with the tab. So he can try to buy the votes of Jewish Canadians, pleasure his…
Paul Lane: 2, Dwight Ball: 0 #nlpoli
Paul Lane scored big on Monday. First, he secured his nomination and his seat in the next provincial election by running as a Liberal. As long as the party continues…
With free expression under assault in Alberta, where’s ‘free speech advocate’ Ezra Levant?
So-called free-speech advocate and celebrity commentator Ezra Levant. Below: Free-speech opponent Alison Redford, Canada’s answer to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, shown below her; that Voltaire guy; nearly forgotten Tory political…
The relentlessly hypocritical Gwyn Morgan
Another column by Gwyn Morgan in the Globe and Mail and another case of a 0.1 percenter telling the rest of us to “Do as I say, not as I…
National Alliance Hits a Snag
Haven't been updating much due to the business of the other members and the illness of the lead writer. However we shall, as always, preserver. We wrote about this case…
HBO’s new ‘Looking’: Link to Full Episode on YouTube
I’m hooked! HBO has posted the first episode of its new 30-minute gay drama, ‘Looking’, set in beautiful San Francisco, on YouTube. Genius marketing. I’ll be watching this one all…
Simple joys
A warm fire, the quiet joy of peace and solitude, a bowl of home-made carrot soup, and Bach; with Voltaire waiting for me to pick up the thread where we…
Earthsuck
“Earthstorm” is barely a 3. Humour value at least. My girlfriend guessed the ending. It was Armageddon meets Harlequin. #Bmovie Solve problems by blowing up the Moon, with nukes.
Too many bears?
NEVER!!!!
Why Arab-Israeli politician protested Harper’s speech to the Knesset
by: Obert Madondo “When you are controlling, discriminating, confiscating, occupying lands from one side and putting them in the corner without any basic rights, you are by this way ruling…
If it’s Monday, this must be Jeruselem
Wow. Not only are we bankrolling this expedition and the Harper and the Rocking Rabbi’s Roadie tour, but we are being looped into supporting the Israeli government no matter what.…
Issue estoppel applies only where a Court’s decision necessarily determines the issue
R. v. Thompson, 2014 ONCA 43: The doctrine of issue estoppel is concerned with particular issues common to two different pieces of litigation involving the same parties: R. v. Mahalingan,…
UPDATE: Wanker of the Week: Jim Cuddy. Or, Licia Corbella once again proves why she’s Canada’s Shittiest Journalist.
Jim Cuddy, from the Canadian MOR band Blue Rodeo, called Young’s comparison of the oilsands with Hiroshima extreme. “He’s grossly exaggerating,” Cuddy was reported saying of Young’s comparison of Alberta’s…
In Tuesday’s Sun: if you agree with this opinion column, you are apparently an anti-Semite
When you go there, the first thing you notice about Israel is how strikingly different it is from Canada’s Jewish leadership, and Canada’s governing Conservatives. Israel is, of course, quite…