Who Wants to Be the Piers Morgan of Mars?
Inventor/entrepreneur Elon Musk says he wants to travel to Mars. He’s young enough that he might manage to do that unless he comes to his senses and thinks better of…
February 2014
We need a federal politics of big ideas
Budget days should be days when Canadians are encouraged to imagine the possibilities for one of the richest countries in the world. Not the possibilities of the shopping mall or…
Autonomy and freedom to choose
The concept of assisted suicide, legalization of marihuana and Gay rights are all tied together. It is perhaps a libertarian view but the freedom to choose is what each issue…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Monday, February 24, 2014
Your news links for today: Netflix to Pay Comcast for Smoother Streaming | Wall Street Journal Comcast’s deal with Netflix makes network neutrality obsolete | Washington Post The Netflix-Comcast agreement…
The Waffle-Master© Strikes Again!
Anothger Hudak flip-flop, it seems. From the Owen Sound Sun Times, February 21st:PC Leader Tim Hudak has said that he wants to end the monopoly on beer and liquor sales…
Piers Morgan done with CNN
It was expected. The guy is terribly boring. It looks his contract will not be renewed. Read more here.
Mars at Sunrise is a Cinematic Tone Poem
In times of stress we turn to torn fragments of ourselves and worship them as if they were whole nations (From Mars at Sunrise). Mars at Sunrise (2014) is director…
REL 2014
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With Numbers Like This, We’re So Screwed
Now I remember why I so rarely lift the carpet to take a peek underneath. Just had a look at the world’s largest corporations. Eight out of the top twelve…
Fore! John Tory’s campaign logo, reworked again!
From regular reader Chris. This one is a classic, too. Keep ‘em coming, folks!
Witnesses perceive events differently
R. v. Wilcox, 2014 BCCA 65: I do not quarrel with the proposition, stated in Burd, that when a number of people observe the same event, they may see or…
The Fall of Victor Yanukovych
With Ukraine teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, the country’s deposed ex-president, Victor Yanukovych is finished. The fugitive former prez is being charged with the murders of protestors as he…
What Befalls Putin’s Potemkin Village?
Now that the Olympics are over and the athletes and tourists – and their wallets – have packed up and left what does the future hold for host city Sochi,…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, February 24, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, February 24, 2014: News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks cleared of bribery charge in British hacking…
America Downsizing
The American people’s security blankie is about to shrink. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is proposing to reduce the U.S. Army from 570,000 to about 440,000. With America’s wars in Iraq…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Stephen Hume writes about the importance of tax revenue in building a functional and compassionate Canada: My taxes provide our mostly peaceful, prosperous…
The real John Tory
A couple of weeks ago, John Tory – privileged one -percenter that he is – weighed in on why women earn less than men. According to Tory, we 1) don’t…