The Con Media and the Fake Helicopter Scandal
It was a horrible way to end a long and grim week. I crawled across the Friday finishing line, turned on the TV, and there was Rosemary Barton, looking even…
2017
Put in a word for us when you see the PM.
So, what are you going to tell the prime minister? He’s coming to see you. You just need to contact your Liberal M.P. to get an invitation. He is not…
Musical interlude
HAIM – If I Could Change Your Mind
Federal Government Seeks to Quash Lawsuit Against Mount Polley and B.C. Government Before Evidence Heard
The federal government is seeking to stay a private lawsuit brought against Mount Polley Mining Corporation and the B.C. government in October 2016, nearly 30 months after the collapse of…
Remembering When We Had the Wisdom and Courage to Take On Climate Change
“Humanity is conducting an unintended, uncontrolled, globally pervasive experiment, whose ultimate consequences are second only to global nuclear war.” – From the “Consensus Statement from the ‘Our Changing Atmosphere: Implications…
Remembering When We Had the Wisdom and Courage to Take On Climate Change
“Humanity is conducting an unintended, uncontrolled, globally pervasive experiment, whose ultimate consequences are second only to global nuclear war.” – From the “Consensus Statement from the ‘Our Changing Atmosphere: Implications…
I’m surprised they let me drive a car, frankly
I only have 9 letters at the end of my name (LL.B, B.J Hons.), so I bet Kellie Leitch thinks I’m mentally retarded, pretty much. To wit: Conservative leadership candidate…
While We’re On the Subject of God, the Holy Land, and Such…
A word from Ricky Gervais
Militant Hope in the Age of Trump
Illustration by DonkeyHotey The United States stands at the endpoint of a long series of attacks on democracy, and the choices faced by the American public today point to the…
Sask Party Putting People Out of Work
The Sask Party has hit a new low. “Province laying off 251 custodial workers, “lowest paid government employees,” says union” A tender for cleaning services at SGI’s head office was…
Discovery of a Non-Party
Discovery of a Non-Party Discovery of a non-party is fairly common in the Uniter States. So under the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 30: A party may, by…
Discovery of a Non-Party
Discovery of a Non-Party Discovery of a non-party is fairly common in the Uniter States. So under the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 30: A party may, by…
Trudeau: guilty!
…of using a dangling preposition. (It’s also an auxiliary verb verb, so maybe there’s no need to contact the Grammar Commissioner just yet.) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he made…
3 Things I’ve Learned as a Law Clerk
BY RACHEL SPENCE, LAW CLERK Upon entering the legal field I was excited and eager to see if I had what it took to keep up in the real world,…
The Old Order Changeth
Errol Mendes writes that the Post World War II Order is crumbling: As a new year opens across the globe, the post-Second World War order and the global rule of…
Don’t judge me
I love this tune and the vid too. The Bronx: epic genius.
Concern for Canada’s Conservatives.
If we did not have Canadian Conservatives, we would have to import some from the U.S.A. Admittedly these are not the best of times for Canada’s Conservatives. This coming week…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Per Molander examines new research on the sources of inequality which concludes that massive gaps in wealth and income inevitably arise purely out…
Samantha Bee On Trump and the Golden Shower Scandal
I hesitate to write another post about Donald Trump's so-called Golden Shower or Peegate scandal, for several good reasons.One, it's so disgusting once was enough. Two, it sounds too good…
Conservatives and Millennials #nlpoli #cdnpoli
The talk was supposed to be about the political culture in Newfoundland and Labrador. Does it ever change? What Tim Powers wound up spending a lot of time talking about…