You’re to Blame
I wasn’t going to say anything about this, but as usual, semantics made me do it. Because we live in a free and democratic first-world country (except for those places…
February 2015
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – John Hood discusses how the privilege of the political class makes it difficult for elected representatives to understand, let alone address, the problems…
The Hypocrisy Starts
It didn’t long for the hypocrisy to start at council. Monday night, council approved a five-year contract for an unsolicited proposal from the town’s only (monopoly) taxi service without going…
Defence counsel may not assist in a guilty plea where the accused denies guilt (but wants to plead guilty anyway)
Even where someone denies guilt there may be practical reasons where they want to plead guilty. For example, the likely sentence is not significant and the accused did not get…
Harper: ISIS’s biggest promoter
Terrorism is successful only when it has successfully spread terror. This is where the leadership of a society needs to carefully weigh their response to any act of violence. If…
Not In His Vocabulary
http://criticallegalthinking.com/ The financial world is waiting for the other shoe to drop in Greece. It’s a sure bet that Greece’s creditors are biting their fingernails. But, Joseph Stiglitz writes, there
They’re breaking up the old Tory gang.
And now there are three. The kid in short pants has moved up. Now he can come third. It certainly confirms the opinion that former provincial Conservative leader, Timmy Hudak…
Canadaland Does It Again
Jesse Brown’ Canadaland, the investigative website whose work allowed The Toronto Star to develop its series uncovering the Jian Ghomeshi scandal, is once again proving its worth in a landscape…
#retromatic #grodd
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Scrubbed
Damn. Damn damn damn damn. I put on running shoes for the first time since Jan 8 this evening, to test these new traction aids, test clothing and see how…
Give CSIS More Powers? Sure! What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Artwork by Nina Bunjevac KOBO: http://store.kobobooks.com/en-CA/ebook/race-traitor-the-true-story-of-canadian-intelligence-service-s-greatest-cover-upAmazon (Digital): http://www.amazon.com/Race-Traitor-Canadian-Intelligence-Services-ebook/dp/B00JA05FYMAmazon (Paperback): http://www.amazon.com/Race-Traitor-Canadian-Intelligences-Greatest/dp/1502779714/ Back in November, two Canadian soldiers were murdered by individuals who may have been radicalized by an extremist interpretation of…
Assisted suicide
A unanimous Supreme Court today struck down the Criminal Code provision against aiding and abetting someone to commit suicide. The Court said the provision deprives people suffering from grievous and…
Musical interlude
Iris – Saving Time
How to destroy the climate in three easy steps
1. Abandon all previous targets and commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.2. Set a new target which one intends to ignore.3. Make clear to the world that developing policies to…
National Post Guilty of Defaming Climate Change Scientist
It shows the misguided focus of the national Postmedia “tabloid” when they let a star like Mike De Souza go, and hang onto a convicted libeler like Terence Corcoran. Maybe…
Screw Them All.
The Liberals could have done it. The Conservatives could have done it. The New Democrats could have embarrassed the government into doing it or at least tried and tried. They…
Climate Scientists Andrew Weaver Wins $50,000 in Defamation Suit Against National Post, Terence Corcoran
The B.C. Supreme Court awarded $50,000 in damages to climate scientist Andrew Weaver in a ruling Friday that confirms articles published by the National Post defamed his character. The ruling…