Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, August 8, 2014: Solo is censured for failing to detect paralegal’s participation in mortgage fraud scheme G20…
Recently, I wrote a post about Salma Abuzaiter, the eight-year-old girl whose family moved to Canada from Gaza and became Canadian citizens five years ago. Having accompanied her father, a…
While many well-intentioned people are concerned about both racism and misogyny, not all are aware that the two are frequently connected. It’s noteworthy that many racists, particularly white supremacists such…
North American politics has arrived at a major cross street and the traffic lights are not working. While realism says to come to a full stop and proceed with caution,…
This week’s massive waste spill in B.C. proves that mining companies are gambling with our drinking water, our health and the environment, says the Council of Canadians. The post Recent…
Understanding anyone’s motivations is a notoriously complex matter. One must always deal with the question that sociologists would refer to as “dramaturgical sincerity.” In other words, when someone talks about…
On July 30, the Republican minority of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, headed by Sen. David Vitter, released a conspiratorial report titled “The Chain of Environmental…
Yesterday I received two new books from Amazon: The Complete Works of Michel de Montaigne translated by Donald Frame, and How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question…
One hundred years ago World War I began, a war that started as a clash in a tiny, almost unknown Balkan state and blossomed into a violent, gruesome war that…
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Anyone who wants to get insight into the political landscape in Newfoundland and Labrador need look no further than the Abacus poll commissioned by VOCM, the first bit of which…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Today we are facing matters of tremendous significance from the Ukraine conflict to the Israeli right wing militants genocidal attack on the Palestinian’s. We are seeing the…
Really, Harper Cons? Is this the best you can do? Is this all you’ve got? Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney used his parliamentary email account to circulate a Conservative attack on…
A search for a member of Alison Redford’s cabinet or caucus who knew what was going on in the premier’s office might look something like this. Nothing like this is…
Well as you know Stephen Harper has been posing as a Great Warrior Leader ever since the Ukraine crisis began. In relentless pursuit of the ethnic vote, he has tried…
I don’t know this it is that this ant decided was very precious and valuable, but it and it alone hauled it a great distance. Filed under: art Tagged: ant
Jim Lindberg, Lala, and some old guy. My God, I love punk rock. .
Blame the BC Liberals’ lax regulations for Mount Polley Mine, says Rafe Mair (BC Liberal facebook page) The Mount Polley Mine/Imperial Metals disaster is such that one scarcely knows where…
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Whatever comes up, comes up. CT Scan clean. EEG clean. MRI today. Blood work excellent. Cholesterol low to non-existent. No risk of diabetes. My weight and condition is very good,…