A Call to Cull – Waterfront Homes, That Is.
There’s a name for many splendid waterfront homes in Massachusetts. They’re called “severe repetitive loss” properties and critics are beginning to say enough is enough, tear’em down. The owner of…
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Ontario PCs now must choose between moderate mainstream or Tea Party takeover
Tea Party Ontario PC leadership candidate Monte McNaughton I love Kathleen Wynne dearly and greatly appreciate her style of leadership. I find that I agree with her on most issues.…
What Harper doesn’t protect us from
Stephen Harper has decided it is necessary to protect Canadians from terrorists. So necessary that he is handing new unchecked powers to our national police force and spy agency. Powers…
The Phone Lines are Buzzing Between Ottawa and Canberra. We Listen In.
“Hello” “Hi Tony. Stephen here.” “Hi Steve, good to hear a friendly voice. Bloody few around here today.” “Tony, I heard about this “spill” thing. Is it true? Can those…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Scott Santens links the themes of health and equality by suggesting that we treat a basic income as a needed vaccine against…
Stuff Happens, week 5: Death and the supreme court; the comeback of measles.
The big story of the week was a Supreme Court decision allowing physician-assisted deaths in certain cases. Polls have shown Canadians solidly in favour of allowing Canadians to die with…
The Maxims of La Rochefoucauld
Certain good qualities are like senses: people entirely lacking in them can neither perceive nor comprehend them. You might think that was written about local politics, or a comment on…
Harper breaks his own law… again
Stephen Harper who so desperate does not want to talk about the economy has decided the best diversion is to spin the actions of two lone troubled men last fall…
This is what democracy looks like.
We had a great time in Barrie the other night. We would have liked to have federal Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and his team there but we had to settle…
What, Me Worry?
H/t The Toronto Star According to Star readers, there is plenty that could go wrong. Here is but a sampling of their concerns: In his anti-terrorism speech, Stephen Harper said:…
Blast From The Past: What’s Andrew Lawton Up To These Days?
He’s having his show suspended from AM980 for Facebook posts like: “Emerging Leaders used a push poll to try to paint Londoners as intolerant of the LGBTQ community. Number of…
In Government We Trust?
As I review the actions of the Harper Regime since coming to power for my Harper History Series, an undertaking that one must take in very small bites if one…
The Lessons Of 2006 and 2008
http://www.counterweights.ca/ It’s hard to predict the outcome of an election. But this time around, if the Harperites receive a plurality of votes, Nelson Wiseman writes that 2006 and 2008 should…
Canadian workers have a constitutional right to strike: Supreme Court
In a recent 5-2 ruling, the Supreme Court of Canada declared that Canadian workers have a constitutional right to engage in strike action. The post Canadian workers have a constitutional…
David Bellamy Being Humiliated By George Monbiot Over Climate Change
The willfully ignorant will be offended, the critical thinker gratified, by this video: Recommend this Post
An injunction will be granted to protect a leasehold interest even if damages could suffice
In a decision that seems contrary to specific performance precedent the Ontario Court of Appeal has held an injunction will protect a leasehold interest even where damages would otherwise be…
Aussie Fireworks Rescheduled. The Spill Happens Monday.
Perhaps Tony Abbott hoped that moving his caucus ‘spill’ vote to Monday instead of Tuesday would leave his main leadership threat, Malcolm Turnbull, unable to make up his mind whether…
Duffster puff
I know everyone is hyping the Duffy trial, but I think its likely going to be a big pile of nothing.For the life of me, I cannot see how Harper…
Readers speak
I had planned today to relate a story from a few years back, about what might have been rockets passing just beneath the helicopter I rode on a harrowing flight…
Boehner Fooled Us. Bad Boehner, Bad!
Maybe this isn’t the best metaphor for an Abrahamic faith but they’re squealing like stuck pigs. They being the government of Benjamin Netanyahu are squealing over the prospect of Bibi…