Leave It In The Ground
The world has much more coal, oil and gas in the ground than it can safely burn. That much is physics. Watch this compelling, factual argument about how to solve…
March 2015
There Goes the Neighbourhood
Benjamin Netanyahu is poised to pull his fat out of the fire. Faced with a seemingly desultory turnout at the polls today and the prospect of losing badly to his…
March 17: First go to…..
news.nationalpost.com/2015/03/17/tory-mp-larry -miller-on-women-wearing-nigab-at-citizenship-ceremonies-stay-the-hell-where-you-came-from. Don’t read the story. Just look at the big, full colour photo of the man. He looks like a smirking, self-righteous, self-adoring porker who is a little too…
Whistle while you work
Quote: Like a real dog whistle which produces sound at a high frequency that can be heard by canines but not by humans, dog-whistle politics refers to the use of…
The Ghastly Bigotry of the Con Clown Larry Miller
In a country where a Prime Minister is fanning the flames of racism.And his Cons are dividing up the country between "whities" and "brown people."In a Canada where too many…
A Hooker is Just a Hooker – Provided, Of Course, She’s Korean
This time they’re using Japanese academics to dispute the reality of “comfort women” – women, mainly Korean, coerced into prostitution by the Japanese army during WWII. A less genteel term…
Don’t Be A Scared Tool
Here’s a song for radicalized Canadians to sing. I’m white and scared (clap clap) They want my guns (clap clap) And veils are wrong (clap clap) Except on nuns! (clap…
Do Review on Site C, Says Joint Panel Chief
This piece originally appeared in the Times Colonist. At a cost of $8.8 billion, the construction of the Site C dam would entail the largest outlay of taxpayer money in…
Do Review on Site C, Says Joint Panel Chief
This piece originally appeared in the Times Colonist. At a cost of $8.8 billion, the construction of the Site C dam would entail the largest outlay of taxpayer money in…
In chambers discussions without accused improper unless dealing with trivialities
R. v. Poulos, 2015 ONCA 182: On the facts of this case, the appellant was denied his right to “be present in court during the whole of his… trial”. The…
Making Sense of February
My friends and relatives back east have been finding the reality of global warming more difficult to accept recently as they endured a pretty amazing and protracted bout of cold…
Yeah, But in Harper’s Eyes, They’re the Canadians That Matter.
Another zinger from the parliamentary budget officer. The PBO is confirming what other critics have been saying for a long time – Harper’s income splitting initiative will benefit just one…
Bye, Bye Bibi – Bye, Bye
Israeli Arabs are reported to be turning out in unusually large numbers to vote but, overall, voting is lighter than normal in the Israeli elections. This, according to Israeli newspaper,…
It’s Like The Good Old Days of Reform, All Over Again.
Preston Manning’s legacy might just be his relentless efforts while Reform leader to keep the bigotry in his caucus under wraps. Those who were too obvious to be ignored were…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Your news links for today: NSA trying to map Rogers, RBC communications traffic, leak shows– Globe and Mail CSIS helped government prepare for expected Northern Gateway protests – CBC News…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Harvey Kaye discusses how the rich’s class warfare against everybody else has warped the U.S. politically and economically. And PressProgress observes that…