The Big Easy – Easy On Rapists
There’s always been a seedy undercurrent to New Orleans – everything from street hustlers to corrupt politicians. It’s part of the flavour of the place. Now it turns out the…
There’s always been a seedy undercurrent to New Orleans – everything from street hustlers to corrupt politicians. It’s part of the flavour of the place. Now it turns out the…
Smith, 91, one of the last remaining Canadian World War 2 veterans, fears that unrestrained capitalism is killing collective rights and western democracy. The post Canadian WW2 Veteran: “At 91,…
The European Space Agency has accomplished one of the greatest engineering and scientific achievements in human history this past week. Not only did it get a space vehicle into orbit…
“There is nothing new or even original about this spread. Renowned French photographer Jean-Paul Goude just dug into his archives, pulled out some of his old favorites and recreated them…
Rhymes for Young Ghouls Written and directed by Mi’gmaq filmmaker Jeff Barnaby, Rhymes for Young Ghouls offers an unflinching fictional account of Indigenous agency in the face of the horrors…
Michael Harris’ book Party of One details how Stephen Harper has corrupted Canadian democracy. Now you can add John Ralston Saul to Harper’s enemies list. Saul’s latest book, The Comeback,…
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Paul Krugman discusses the U.S.’ multi-decade pattern of income stagnation. David MacDonald and Kayle Hatt study the price we’ve paid to suit…
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, November 13, 2014: Improper police ‘carding’ continues in Jane-Finch area, survey finds Appeal set for Nfld class-action…
Here, on how user reviews and the wisdom of crowds don’t do us much good if businesses are able to silence anything that raises concerns about them. For further reading…–…
H/t The Globe and Mail Now that the United States and China have signed a deal to drastically reduce their carbon emissions, one can only imagine that the Harper propaganda…
Imagine if we had former Toronto Councillor Doug Ford of Toronto as premier of Ontario and Pierre-Karl Péladeau of Quebecor as premier of Quebec. Both of these gentlemen are standing…
New rules for Texas injection wastewater well operators offer no relief to people impacted by more than 30 earthquakes that hit Azle, Reno and Springtown almost a year ago. Many…
There is an old internet adage called Godwin's Law, that dictates that among other things, one can't call Stephen Harper and his Cons Nazis.And I don't, because it also wouldn't…
…can be found here. The “I was wrong” bit comes at the end (about the 14 minute mark). Ezra has also pulled the explicit Muslim-bashing from his “Canada: Love It…
Premier Paul Davis hasn’t delivered any speeches, issued any news releases, or done anything else to explain who he is and what he wants to accomplish as Premier. The guy…
An anonymous woman offers sexual serviceson the popular application Whisper I hadn’t really been paying attention to C36 throughout the year, generally bills of this nature fall outside the scope…
Former Alberta Health Services VP and interim co-CEO Rick Trimp, who left the massive health care agency on Halloween, in a screen grab. Below: AHS CEO Vickie Kaminski, blogger and…
TweetPremier Jim Prentice is warming up for a victory lap as Progressive Conservatives loyalists gather at the posh Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel for the party’s annual general meeting on November…
Porcelain crab. (Image courtesy of Stillman’s Lab) BASED ON FUTURE CLIMATE SCENARIOS, researchers believe coastal ecosystems will see increased extremes in low tide temperature fluctuations and drops in pH levels…