Male ingenuity [updated]
…when it comes to finding new ways of punishing women who assert their independence, never fails to meet our expectations. This billboard was too much even for the local right-to-life…
Dr.Dawg
Const. Glenn Weddell–a thug unmasked [updated]
Once again, journalists have moved in where police “watchdogs” fear to tread. The Toronto Star has now established the identity of the sadistic cop who viciously assaulted a member of…
Animal cruelty
Warning: the above video is not to be viewed by the squeamish. Horrific cases of brutality in Indonesia like those shown in the video have led Australia to impose a…
Little blue Communists
‘It has been proved by experience that the value of an open space is increased if special attractions of an architectural, historical, amusement or cultural nature are included…. The Russians…
OMB: the developers’ legal arm strikes again
The Ontario Municipal Board is an unelected quasi-judicial tribunal that has traditionally acted as the developer’s best friend in Ontario. It has run rough-shod over elected city councils, democratically-decided zoning…
Another whistle-stop on the Diab railroad
As widely expected, Justice Robert Maranger committed Canadian citizen Hassan Diab for deportation to France this morning. Less expected, the clearly angry, red-faced prosecutor, Claude LeFrancois, demanded that the committal…
Palin makes history
No, Paul! Ride the other way! Next: “General Benedict Arnold, our revolutionary hero who captured Fort Ticonderoga, who won the Battle of Ridgefield, who relieved Fort Stanwix and was wounded…
UN Security Council: Taliban, yes; Abousfian Abdelrazik, no?
Unbelievably, the UN Security Council is poised to remove senior Taliban officials from its infamous “1267 list“—while Canadian citizen Abousfian Abdelrazik’s children are being denied social benefits by the Quebec…
Finally a Conservative gets it!
“Contempt of Parliament.” Oh....
Kudos–and a boo
“Harper’s agenda is disastrous for this country and for my generation,” DePape said…. “We have to stop him from wasting billions on fighter jets, military bases, and corporate tax cuts…
Senate reform: open thread
I supported outright abolition for years; my late partner persuaded me to become at least agnostic on the issue. It was a bit of a surprise for me to hear…
Middle East: Globe & Mail incompetence
At least, I think incompetence is the word—but add a possible dash of ideology, a politically-induced conflation, and a bit of nostalgia to the pot. There’s a legitimate story here,…
Clarity on Quebec
I’ve never supported the Clarity Act, and I spoke against it when it was still a Bill. I remain a supporter of self-determination for Quebec, but heck, these days I…
Abousfian Abdelrazik’s children targeted by Quebec government
In open defiance of the Canadian Charter of Rights, the Quebec government is denying child benefits to the children of Canadian citizen Abousfian Abdelrazik. Readers will remember Abdelrazik, illegally marooned…
Schadenfreude
It’s an ugly emotion, but heck…it’s Conrad Black we’re talking about here, folks....
Vince Li and the media
Vince Li, during a psychotic episode, committed a horrific offence: without warning, he beheaded a passenger on board a Greyhound bus, and partially cannibalized him. Nothing can reduce the enormity…
Italian follow-up: "We have liberated Milan!"
Readers will recall my previous post on the Italian municipal elections. Ora sono tornato a casa, so I was waiting for news, and scant minutes ago Ms Mew rang me…