August 2015
August 31: "The Canadians are coming. The Canadians are coming."
And so governor Scott of Wisconsin is galloping through the night streets of the U.S., sounding the alarm. The Irving press did notice the story that governor Scott has warned…
Why Is Jason Kenney Posing As a Finance Minister?
I had been wondering where Jason Kenney had been hiding. But suddenly there he was on TV.Having apparently traded in his job as Defence Minister, to pose as a Finance…
Arstechnica: Videotron provoking net neutrality fight with unlimited music
Instead of giving Big Telecom giants the power to choose which online apps and services are more expensive, why don’t they treat all services equally? Let’s put Canadians in the…
Social Justice and Climate Justice Movements Merge in New Orleans 10 Years After Hurricane Katrina
Marguerite Doyle Johnston, a resident of New Orleans’ Upper 9th Ward, did not take part in the multitude of events surrounding Hurricane Katrina’s 10th anniversary that celebrated the city’s resilience.…
Libs, New Dems – Harper Has You Right Where He Wants You, Attacking Each Other.
Make up your minds. Do you want to battle for second place or do you want to form the next government of Canada? The Duffy Effect seems to have been…
My favourtie candidate for president of U.S
Guess why?
Judges may not engage in speculative reasoning or supplement facts based on personal experience
R. v. MacIsaac, 2015 ONCA 587: It was open to the trial judge to draw inferences that reasonably and logically flowed from the facts established by the evidence. But it…
Rafe Mair on Trudeau’s surprise comeback, Mulcair’s continued strength
Justin Trudeau continues to defy expectation (Flickr/Canada 2020 CC licence) Churchill once stated that the best time to predict events was after they had happened and I think he was…
Living in a Real Life Dystopian State
Chinese leaders may think their biggest enemy is the United States but what’s most likely to bring China down is home grown. Ten years ago it cost him his job…
On this day in 1971, Alberta woke up to an unexpected PC government that turned out to be a dynasty
PHOTOS: Peter Lougheed addresses his supporters immediately after winning the 1971 Alberta election. Below: The front page of the Calgary Herald, 44 years ago today. Readers with eagle eyes will…
Maroc-It would be reasonable if the Malahat Nation put the LNG proposal on hold until they sorted out their internal problems
Don Maroc by Don Maroc Thanks to Adam Olsen, of the Tsarslip Nation and the BC Green Party for his preceptive chronicling of the proposed partnership between the Malahat Nation…
Barking Technology: Bell still claims to have a right to charge customers for a non-existent service
Bell is continuing to fight to charge customers for a 911 service that did not exist… Article by William Neilson for Barking Technology The Toronto Sun has a rather shocking…
In which I have a journalist’s reaction to #elxn42
Sorry, but all the chirpy, sunny facile partisan tweet horseshit made me throw up, a bit. But I'm okay now. #elxn42 #cdnpoli — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) August 31, 2015
India Drastically Reduces Deaths from Tetanus
India has an amazingly large population and I can only imagine the challenges with delivering health care to that many people. India has it somewhat figure out and they keep…
It’s Up to 98% Cleaner! Buy One, Get One Free.
“It” is America’s newest nulear bomb, the B61, seemingly designed for use aboard the F-35 light strike bomber. Engineers at the United States’ nuclear weapons lab in Albuquerque, New Mexico,have…
Balanced Budget Myopia Breaks Both Ways
Opinions on deficit budgeting have become a short-hand litmus test in Canadian politics. Deficits are left-wing and balanced budgets are right-wing austerity. Economists know that there is virtually no difference…