Mike Duffy: The Rise and Fall – CBC Fifth Estate
Fitting caricature given his ego It was a comedy, for real. Mike Duffy, the ultimate Ottawa insider, a cartoonish character who has become the leading symbol of Senate corruption, claiming…
2014
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Ian Welsh discusses the connection between one’s view of human nature and one’s preferred social and economic policies – while noting that policies…
The Hair holidays in South Korea.
With parliament taking spring break from Senate questions and questionable election changes, the Hair and the hairdresser are holidaying in South Korea. It is a welcome respite for the Hair…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, March 12, 2014: Man freed after 30 years on death row CIA Lawyer At Center Of Computer…
A Billboard That Finally Has a Reason to Exist: Free Water
) In Lima, Peru, there is a new billboard that is selling an idea by providing free water to the local population. Water access is an issue in the area…
Canadian Museum for Human Rights, the Political and the Partisan
The story about the Canadian Museum for Human Rights' decision to pull Professor Strong-Boag's blog post about International Women's Day has continued to evolve since my post on the weekend.…
Canadian Museum for Human Rights, the Political and the Partisan
The story about the Canadian Museum for Human Rights’ decision to pull Professor Strong-Boag’s blog post about International Women’s Day has continued to evolve since my post on the weekend.…
Canadian Museum for Human Rights, the Political and the Partisan
The story about the Canadian Museum for Human Rights' decision to pull Professor Strong-Boag's blog post about International Women's Day has continued to evolve since my post on the weekend.…
Canadian Museum for Human Rights, the Political and the Partisan
The story about the Canadian Museum for Human Rights’ decision to pull Professor Strong-Boag’s blog post about International Women’s Day has continued to evolve since my post on the weekend.…
A Nice Compendium Of Recent Harper Offences Against Democracy
I am preparing to resume work on my flooring, so, in lieu of my own piece, I am posting a letter from the London Community News that offers some thoughts…
Living In The 19th Century
Yesterday, with great fanfare, Stephen Harper signed a free trade deal with South Korea. He claims that the deal signals prosperity for Canada. There will be winners. But, Tom Walkom…
PKP’s House Bis
My friend Zvi Leve, who daughter was a friend of one of PKP’s kids when they were day care age, points out that PKP’s house actually does have a Street…
Pierre Poilievre and the Voter Suppression Monster
Oh. My. Zombie. I see that Pierre Poilievre is on the run again.And this time he's not just running from his foul voter suppression monster, which is threatening to swallow…
Why I want Olivia Chow to be Toronto’s next mayor
Back on November 27, 2012, I picked up a copy of Sing Tao. That’s the front page, up above. I’ve kept that paper ever since, hoping to get Olivia Chow…
Olivia Chow For Mayor
That’s a little premature, because I haven’t decided 100% yet. But I can’t see who else it could be. Soknaki’s stance on the LRT vs. Subway debate is refreshing, and…
Rob Ford and the Sad End of the Con Clown Buffoon Show
Oh dear. I don't think Rob Ford had a very good day eh?For one thing he's been reduced to asking people to call him if they spot a pot hole.…
Silence is the perfect expression of scorn #nlpoli
by JM and EGH The BBC online news magazine carried an article on March 10 that should be of interest to all those following the Muskrat Falls debate. “Do massive…
Vancouver Downtown Eastside Local Area Plan- Speaker #55
…when you have an extensive plan that guarantees redevelopment and insertion of new and desirable market rate housing, you are planning the upclassing of a neighbourhood. The DTES has staved…
Stanford Study Provides False Hope For Many Parents, Misrepresents Autism Disorders By Excluding Subjects With Intellectual Disability
A Stanford study which excluded autistic subjects with intellectual disability is being used to spread the false notion that autism is not a disability … just a difference. This misrepresentation…
Insomnia
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