Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Lynn Stuart Parramore offers five convincing pieces of evidence to suggest that the U.S.’ plutocrats are losing their minds in their effort to…
February 2014
Todd recycles
By Rick Hiebert All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. A new e-mail may imply that Todd Bentley’s sabbatical may start out to last at least a couple of months. He’s…
Trudeau: rendering the economy in cartoons
Sun News wants me to talk (a lot) about this video today. My reaction: PRO: It helps to flesh out his economic vision, which has been a policy soft spot.…
Maritime Link delayed almost a year #nlpoli
From the Chronicle Herald: In its letter, the board also points out that parts of the project have been delayed. That includes a 10-month change in the timeline for the…
His Fundamental Weakness
From now until the next election, the Harper Party will repeat the same meme — Trudeau lacks experience. Never mind that Mr. Harper himself has very narrow life experience. Michael…
Scotiabank Looks to Reward Eco Companies
Banks have a horrible reputation because of their inability to predict economic behaviour, this was highlighted by the ongoing economic claptrap that started roughly seven years ago. Canadian banks have…
In Canada’s Contested Vote Exchange the Biggest Losers Are Democrats
Although Canadians like to think of themselves governed by a modern democratic state, in reality, we are still governed by a colonial form of government that is a vestige of…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, February 19, 2014: OpenLaws.eu: Improving access to legal information in Europe Florida ‘loud music’ trial juror: ‘I…
Andrea Again
Sorry for the provincialism of some of my recent posts, but I can’t quite ignore political hypocrisy on any level. Three recent entries have attempted to chronicle the sad devolution…
You can’t get experience if you don’t have a job…
There was a PSA on TV in Canada in the 90s, which looped “you can’t get a job if you don’t have experience… you can’t get experience if you don’t…
First: Think like liberals.
It should be the first order of business at the Liberal Party Convention February 20 to 23. How else can we be having a policy convention if we do not…
If Peter Mansbridge or Jian Ghomeshi…
… were rabid cheerleader against the oil sands or any other conservative darling, you can bet that there asses would be on the line! But Rex Murphy can exult in…
I am part of the problem
How representative is the Canadian media? Specifically, how much do so-called opinion-makers reflect the country that ostensibly makes up their audience? Not much. Got home from Son Two’s game last…
ny times letters on the movement against israeli apartheid
The New York Times recently ran a heavy dose of letters in support of the movement against Israeli apartheid, many of them written by Jewish North Americans. Philip Weiss of…
Snacking Cake Revenge
Muffy and Cuddles were pretty sure they had the math right, but they had a lingering worry that the explosion might ignite the Earth’s atmosphere. On the other hand, the…
LibLogs R.I.P?
This is what you see, since yesterday: Someone should pay their bills.
Stephen Harper and the Con Sleaze Machine
We knew from the leaked memo that he has ordered his sinister Con operatives to disrupt the Liberal convention. Stephen Harper’s Conservatives are planning to target Justin Trudeau at the…