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Dirty Vegas - Setting Sun
2016
Trudeau is “Breaking the Promise He Made” By Allowing Trans Mountain Pipeline Review to Continue Under Old Rules
The next round of the National Energy Board’s (NEB) hearings for the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline are scheduled to begin January 19 in Vancouver, B.C. Climate advocates and critics…
Oh, Ann, You Do Make Me Laugh
Ann Coulter, that spewing harridan of hatred, bigotry, malevolence and xenophobia makes most thoughtful people cringe. Hell, she makes even rabid, right-wing frothers cringe. She makes the Westboro Baptist morons…
Jan 15: This could be the worst Irving press issue ever
The front page headline is “Murder suspect makes first court appearance”. And what does that tell us? Nothing. Nothing is what usually happens on the first appearance. This deserves, at…
Why America’s Next President Will Not Be a Socialist
Photo by Gage Skidmore With the latest polls showing US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders leading rival Hillary Clinton only weeks before the first two primaries in Iowa and New…
Struggling to manage your life? Our destructive system is likely to blame
Photo by frankieleon I was dismayed by the comments of two women on CBC Toronto’s Metro Morning recently. The program deserves credit for planning throughout the week to deal with…
Exposing the new global legal and economic system
Illustration by EFF Photos While you are all familiar with the various investor protection agreements (deceptively referred to as “free trade” agreements) this short video is an excellent addition to…
Why My Kids Have No Chance of Living Where They Were Born and Raised.
My daughter and son-in-law both work at good jobs in Vancouver. They live in a rented condo that's smaller than the cabin of some sailboats I've been on. That's Vancouver…
Is This What the War Wagon Deal Is Really About?
Could the House of Saud be in danger of sharing the fate that befell Iran's former monarch, Shah Pahlavi? Do they sense a revolt coming their way? Are the Saudi…
Regulators presumed to act properly
Canadian Pacific Railway Co. v. Canada (Attorney General), 2016 SCC 1 is a very brief decision but a good source for the principle at regulators are presumed to act properly…
The Wrong Friends In High Places
This is a selfie that neither Lloyd Axworthy nor The Mound of Sound would want to be included in, I suspect.Recommend this Post
The charmed life of Justin Trudeau.
It started over morning coffee. The wife was lamenting the price of cauliflower. Frankly, she was the only one at the table who gave a damn about cauliflower. We had…
Production orders and cell towers
R. v. Rogers Communications, 2016 ONSC 70 (Ont. S.C.), per Sproat J. The police should include in the information to obtain a production order:a) One – a statement or explanation…
Will Kevin O’Leary become "Canada’s Trump"?
"Yes, Mr. Bond, I do believe I can take over Canada."The news so far in this latter week has been all-a-chatter about Kevin O'Leary. First it was for his attempt…
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http://quotesgram.com/This week, Kevin O'Leary offered to invest...
Will Kevin O’Leary become "Canada’s Trump"?
"Yes, Mr. Bond, I do believe I can take over Canada."The news so far in this latter week has been all-a-chatter about Kevin O'Leary. First it was for his attempt…
John Dowland to Sir Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury 1590s
Then, in time passing, one Mr. Johnson died and I became an humble suitor for his place, thinking myself most worthiest, but I saw that I was like to go…
Go back to Canada?
We don’t want him either!
The Con Media Says Kevin O’Leary Would Make a Great Prime Minister
When Kevin O'Leary announced that he is thinking of running for the leadership of the Harper Party, I thought that most Canadians would shake their heads in disbelief.Or burst out…