140 Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, November 27, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, November 27, 2014: Retired judge taking over G20 disciplinary hearing has history of overturned decisions | The…
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Governments and Climate Change
http://news.bbc.co.uk/ Our present masters would have us believe that markets are the sine qua non of human existence. Conversely, they claim that government is the bane of human existence.
The sensational ‘The Way He Looks’ plays at Toronto’s Brazil Film Fest this Saturday…
Opening scene from director Daniel Ribeiro’s ‘The Way He Looks’ I sadly missed a previous Toronto screening for Daniel Ribeiro’s feature film ‘The Way He Looks,’ at the Inside Out…
Stephen Harper and the Porky Action Plan From Hell
Well I see Stephen Harper is leaving the country again today, this time to attend the Francophone Summit in Senegal. Which as you may or may not know is the…
But Where Would Alberta Separate To?
David Marsden, of the Clagary Herald editorial board, complains about troubles facing the Energy East and other pipelines: Quebec separation appears to be dead for the time being. But if…
Dear Elected Representatives: New Brunswick Needs Adult Autism Residential Care and Treatment
Dear Hon. Premier Gallant, Deputy Premier Horsman,Speaker Collins, Ministers, Party Leaders and Government Advisers: Re New Brunswick’s Lack of Adult Autism Care: I am sure that you are all grappling…
Where YOU Get to be the Judge of the Con Clown Awards
As you know I've been having a bit of trouble lately trying to decide who should be awarded my monthly weekly daily Con Clown Award.There are just so many candidates,…
A Biblical finish #nlpoli
Paul Davis wasn’t around on Tuesday night to talk to reporters about the by-elections. He had a family medical problem to deal with. So the job of speaking for the…
Many Burnaby Mountain arrests may have been illegitimate, says BCCLA
The BC Civil Liberties Association says the recent RCMP arrests on Burnaby Mountain, and the civil contempt charges laid, “could be found illegitimate.” The post Many Burnaby Mountain arrests may…
More of Harper’s First Nations Racism
The federal government tells CBC News that 84 First Nations have until Wednesday to post their audited financial statements for the last fiscal year, including the salaries and expenses of…
Chick Lit Star Dana Is Living The Dream – Her Husband Is Every Climate and Cancer Campaigner’s Worst Nightmare
The beautiful and talented Dana Bate is living the American dream – her second populist chick-lit novel is currently arriving in bookstores across Britain and the United States. But never…
Newfoundland prediction map
Using the figures I worked out in my last post, I’ve done up a map. I want to note I ended up using 3 as the Liberal figure as after…
Alberta Tories are swinging right, paradoxically because of the implosion of their right-wing brethren in the Wildrose Party
Family values: Not so long ago they were all swinging left, but now the Progressive Conservative caucus of Premier Jim Prentice is swinging right. Getting ready to launch, from left…
Horgan-Christy Clark wants to muzzle BC
BC NDP Leader John Horgan From: John Horgan Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2014 8:55 AM Subject: Christy Clark wants to muzzle BC Friend, You won’t believe this. Christy Clark is…
Don’t mix me with them!
In these two videos , prominent non-believers Neil deGrasse Tyson and Sam Harris reject the denomination “atheist” as not only inaccurately portraying their views on the (non) existence of God,…
Stick a fork in Danielle Smith…
She’s done… With two more of her legislative caucus leaving, this is only the latest hit to the Wildrose party under her leadership in recent months. To recap, it all…
Stick a fork in Danielle Smith…
She’s done… With two more of her legislative caucus leaving, this is only the latest hit to the Wildrose party under her leadership in recent months.To recap, it all started…
Stick a fork in Danielle Smith…
She’s done… With two more of her legislative caucus leaving, this is only the latest hit to the Wildrose party under her leadership in recent months. To recap, it all…
BC approves Petronas LNG plant and 2 more gas pipelines
Petronas CEO Shamsul Abbas shakes hands with BC Premier Christy Clark Read this Nov. 26 Reuters story on the BC Liberal government’s approval of multiple LNG infrastructure applications. VANCOUVER —…
Ferguson Protesters: “The Results Are In And We Still Don’t Have Justice”
Ferguson protesters respond to the grand jury’s decision not to indict officer Darren Wilson for the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. The post Ferguson Protesters: “The Results…