Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Chris Hamby's brilliant series on the effects of investor-state dispute settlement continues with articles on the shift in power from governments to corporations,…
September 2016
Two Western snippets from next week’s column
I’ve picked these two because (a) I remain a Westwrnwr and (b) I want to rule folks up. Out in BC, Christy Clark owns the strongest economy in the federation.…
LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday September 1, 2016. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates.A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Sep…
LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday September 1, 2016. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates.A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Sep…
Portugal’s PM: The idea of a bailout is nonsensical – POLITICO
http://www.politico.eu/article/portugals-pm-the-idea-of-a-bailout-is-nonsensical/Filed under: Uncategorized
September 1 bits and pieces
This and that: The TOR are everything: As Neil correctly notes, the commission investigating missing and murdered women – a commission I always opposed, because I think the findings will be…
Flat earthers? Must be a spoof…
At first, I thought a story on Tech.mic titled “Meet the People Who Believe the Earth Is Flat” was satire. You know, a parody of those zany conspiracy theorists who…
Candice Bergen and the Sad State of the Con Leadership Race
Yesterday I tried illustrate the effect Stephen Harper's foul legacy was having on the Con leadership race.With the most mediocre candidates that party and this country has ever seen shuffling…
Candice Bergen and the Sad State of the Con Leadership Race
Yesterday I tried illustrate the effect Stephen Harper's foul legacy was having on the Con leadership race.With the most mediocre candidates that party and this country has ever seen shuffling…
More Of The Same
In Europe, resistance to CETA -- the Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement -- is growing. The reason? The Investor Dispute Settlement Mechanism. Linda McQuaig writes:The Harper government insisted that the…
More Of The Same
In Europe, resistance to CETA -- the Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement -- is growing. The reason? The Investor Dispute Settlement Mechanism. Linda McQuaig writes:The Harper government insisted that the…
Teenage Pregnancy Rates Plummet Thanks to Birth Control
Just over a decade ago the documentary The Education of Shelby Knox looked at how pathetically backwards sex education is in the USA. Thanks to documentaries and compounding evidence that…
Powering pipeline protestors.
Are you sitting and scratching your head over the pipeline protests in Montreal? The National Energy Board (NEB) hearings seemed to be planned to fail. Three years ago the Toronto…
We won’t walk to a nearby walking trail #nlpoli
The Town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay commissioned a consultant to look at possible future development of a sand pit in a residential area of the town. You can read the…
We won’t walk to a nearby walking trail #nlpoli
The Town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay commissioned a consultant to look at possible future development of a sand pit in a residential area of the town. You can read the…
Donald Trump and the Mexican Nightmare
He launched his campaign like an angry orange Hitler on steroids, by calling Mexicans drug dealers and rapists, vowing to immediately deport 11 million undocumented immigrants.Build a great wall along…
Donald Trump and the Mexican Nightmare
He launched his campaign like an angry orange Hitler on steroids, by calling Mexicans drug dealers and rapists, vowing to immediately deport 11 million undocumented immigrants.Build a great wall along…
Brian Jean’s crack about beating Rachel Notley may have ended his hopes to lead Alberta’s right
PHOTOS: Opposition Leader Brian Jean, haunted by the radicalism of his own rural-dominated party, now looks like he’s stumbled into the same snake pit of anger and misogyny. (Photo from…