Feb. 7: Back to the (ugh) irving press….
For Feb.6, section A news is as trivial as usual. The editorial is, as usual, pretty soggy, too. My it would be nice to have an editorial writer who could…
2015
Australia Churns this Weekend
There’ll be few calm moments this weekend as Australians prepare for Tuesday’s “spill vote” that could see the removal of Tony Abbott as prime minister. Some Aussies are having a…
DeSmogCAST 10: California Fracking Waste, Keystone Climate Impacts and Energy East Pipeline
In this episode of DeSmogCAST our team discusses an ongoing investigation into hundreds of aquifers in California that may have been contaminated with fracking waste. We also discuss a letter…
Are We Really Willing to Go To War over Ukraine?
Would you be okay if it was your kids in uniform going off to a shooting war with the Russians over Ukraine? The whole idea seems fantastic, ridiculous. We tend…
Autism Disorders and the 1st International Epilepsy Day, February 9, 2015
Monday, February 9, 2015 is the first International Epilepsy Day, a joint initiative created by the International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE) and the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) scheduled to…
This Is Great!
It is a strange online world we have created for ourselves, as this video amply demonstrates. Enjoy! Recommend this Post
Anti-terror laws to be used against environmental activists?
We all know what the Harper regime thinks of environmentalists and environmental movements… With environmentalists being referred to as terrorists for opposing tar sands pipelines. Environmental organizations threatened with losing…
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…
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…
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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…