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July 2014
Punitive Moral Absolutism
distractify.com I don’t agree with Jonathan Kay very often. But
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Katrina vanden Heuvel criticizes the U.S. Democrats’ move away from discussing inequality by in favour of platitudes about opportunity for the middle…
Canada’s ‘Newspaper Of Record’ Further Debases Itself
Currently, The Globe and Mail, the hubristically self-proclaimed newspaper of record and Canada’s national newspaper, is embroiled in an ugly labour dispute with its workers. In a statement issued last…
140 Law – Leading Legal Headlines for Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, July 8, 2014: The right to be forgotten The future of unconventional restrictive covenants More opposition to…
Tory gets you Ford
Once again: John Tory apparently believes that everyone has forgotten who Rob Ford’s head cheerleader was for the past four years: namely, him. By demanding Ford’s resignation, Tory (and this…
We must save CBC News.
Many of us have been watching in horror as the Conservative government has casually and constantly whittled away the funding of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is a death of…
Woke up
I woke up this morning thinking of the Weird Al tune: “I’m So Sick of You”. Probably tired of being poked and vampired every morning already. Hope today goes well.
Peter MacKay and the Outrageous Con Assault on the Supreme Court
As you may remember, the last time I wrote about Peter Dumbo MacKay, I thought he was in a gentle but fatal spiral, and heading for the ground, or his…
An oldie but a goodie: everything you need to know about Tory’s campaign boss Kouvalis
Because the media are in the shorthand business – and because social media renders everything bite-sized and/or stupid – some people have taken to comparing me to John Tory’s campaign…
Secret TPP talks in Ottawa: Harper has “something to hide”
“Most Canadians would be surprised to learn that Canada is hosting the latest round of TPP negotiations this week in Ottawa,” says University of Ottawa Prof Michael Geist The post…
Electricity prices when Muskrat comes on line #nlpoli
Cost over-runs on Muskrat Falls as well as other costs not included in previous calculations by Nalcor will likely increase current electricity prices by almost double their rate in 2011, …
The Occupy Movement Has Changed the Narrative, But We’re Not Done
Recently, with the WEF spending the last few years acknowledging global income inequality is a problem, I’ve declared a kind of victory for the Occupy Movement: getting the lexicon on…
Return of Climate Denial-a-Palooza: Heartland Institute Hitches Anti-Science Wagon to Vegas FreedomFest
The Heartland Institute is reviving its global warming skeptics’ gathering this week in scorching hot Las Vegas for the ninth “International Conference on Climate Change” — which DeSmog long ago…
The Radical Left at the 2014 EP Election – Transform Network
The Radical Left at the 2014 EP Election – Transform Network. The publication of the final results of the 2014 European Parliament (EP) election of 22-25 May finally permits to…
Social movements in Spain – 15M
Social movements in Spain – 15M. From Revolution News Many things have changed and we need to know how to read reality and celebrate our triumphs. The emergence of the…
Tories invite Mike Allen back in, Wildrose show Joe Anglin the door
TweetProgressive Conservative MLAs have voted to extend an invitation to Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo MLA Mike Allen to rejoin their caucus. Mr. Allen, a relatively popular first-term politician in his constituency,…
In Tuesday’s Sun: call in sick and win!
In the Summertime, a young politician’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of…no legislative sittings, and a concurrent growth in popularity! Yes, yes, we know. That is a terrible, awful bastardization…
No Saints Around Here (Book Review): Do I Hate It or Do I Love It?
About 20 pages into Susan Allen Toth’s caregiving memoir, “No Saints Around Here”, I decided I didn’t like the author. Not one bit. “How can a wife sigh loudly in…