He Bought The Collective
I have nothing particularly interesting to say about the death of Hugo Chavez. Sorry.
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Kathleen Wynne’s Done Good
Full disclosure. It’s A Forum Research poll. That said, I can’t but like the underlying message: …the Liberals would again win 53 seats in the 107-member house with the Tories…
An Historical Turning Point…?
Talked to my dad the other night. He told me that he could see himself voting for Justin Trudeau. This from a life-long NDPer, an old coal miner who can…
Martha Hall Findlay Flip Flops On Northern Gateway
I haven’t heard this mentioned in any of the coverage of yesterday’s LPoC leadership debate, but on February 26th MHF was for Northern Gateway Pipeline; as of yesterday’s debate, she’s…
WebCite Having Money Trouble
Many a time you want to record the existence of some web-page, face-book post, or tweet. And making, saving, and finding screen-caps again can be a pain in the neck.…
Post Penny Inflation Spike?
Economists say no, but as I drink my McD’s coffee this morning at the community centre, I must say I’ve been noticing a lot of “rounding up”, and not too…
Innocent No More
Arnell Tailfeathers is the guy who uploaded the footage that blew up Tom Flanagan: “It wasn’t to completely discredit him. I mean when we came into that discussion that evening,…
The Stench Of Death Engulfs Them
BC Libs are going down in flames, and I don’t care. They’re lucky the BC Conservatives have imploded. That might mean the difference between a mere thumping and a Dix…
Globe & Mail To Staff: Our Pay-wall Is Making Us Tons O’ Dough
…but can you all take the summer off without pay?
Feds Ask: How Do We Extract Resources From A Melting Arctic?
From MERX, where governments post their RFPs and Qs: The Department of Transport, Strategic Policy and Innovation Directorate, is responsible for ensuring a safe, efficient and reliable transportation system in…
Tom Flanagan Child Porn Comments Update
The PMO takes him out to the woodshed: MacDougall is this guy. Wow! That blew up bigger than I expected! Who says Idle No More is washed up? Wow x…
Idle No More Strikes Back!
So Chris Slothouber notes that someone one is mucking with twitter to get that Flanagan video to trend. I think its this fellow, who uploaded the video and may have…
Tom Flanagan On Child Pornography
I’m still trying to decide if this is shocking or not.
Warman On Whatcott
More through the links below. I’ve discussed the Warman/Lemire case, referenced in point six, here and here: 2. This unanimous 6-judge decision upholds the 20+ year old majority decision from…
Whatcott Decision, Condensed
The Saskatchewan Human Rights Code is mostly constitutional: For the same reasons set out in the s. 1 analysis in the case of freedom of expression, the words “ridicules, belittles…
Being A Quebecer Means Looking Sexxxy When The Cops Bust You
From the Que. student protests, which I don’t know what they’re even about anymore but who cares really? Awesome t-shirt…black on white like the whole issue is about metaphysics. Very…
Kathleen Wynne Should Bring Bill 55 Into The Light
FWIW, I’ve read the relevant sections of Bill 55, the Strong Action for Ontario Act, and I don’t see anything in it near as egregious as what the federal Tories…
If You Haven’t Written Off Martha Hall Findlay For LPoC Leader
…now is the time: It’s time for the Liberal Party of Canada to stop ignoring Alberta. That was the message leadership candidate Martha Hall Findlay brought to Fort McMurray during…
You Don’t Get Credit For Choices Forced Upon You
And therefore Peter Kent gets no credit for announcing, for about the third time now, that Canada will follow U.S. emissions standards for heavy duty vehicles made in this country.…