Is Your Television Spying on You?
If you own a smart TV by LG, your set may be telling the manufacturer a lot about your viewing habits. The company logs what you watch and when. If…
The Mound of Sound
If Henry II Was Guilty, So Too is Stephen Harper.
Anyone can have a rogue employee and sometimes there isn’t much that can be done about it before damage is caused. The employer can honestly claim not to have known…
"The Minutiae of these Matters."
Steve Harper is clinging desperately to the averment by RCMP constable Greg Horton that, “I have seen no evidence to suggest that the prime minister was personally involved in the…
Any Lawyer Worth His Salt…
What keeps Stephen Harper from a decent night’s sleep right now? No, it’s not Duffy. It’s not Nigel Wright so much either. Six months ago today, just days after CTV…
Everyone Is Finally Beginning to See Stephen Harper For What He Is.
Ottawa Citizen editorial, The Steady Drip of Troubling Facts: This is not a good day for the prime minister and our democracy. Here we have high government officials conspiring to…
So, Mister Harper, What Do You Have to Say For Yourself Now?
Harper knew. Despite all the lies he has endlessly spun in Parliament, to the Tory faithful, to reporters, the truth is spilling out. Stephen Harper knew that Nigel Wright was…
Morty, Morty, Calling James Morton. Come In, James.
James, I need your thoughts. You’re a law professor and you also practice criminal law. Close enough. So let’s say you’re hired by a guy to be his lawyer and…
Merchandising Rob Ford
Apparently there’s a lot of neat, Rob Ford merchandise on the market. Here are a few items up for grabs. Shot Glass – Must Have i-Pad cover Bumper Sticker
That Tears It Then – The Little Countries Storm Out En Masse
They’re fed up with us and it’s hard to blame them. “They” are the nations of the world (minus North America, Europe and Australia). Look at it this way. We’re…
Wright, Duffy Accused of Fraud, Bribery. Perrin Fingered. The Net is Cast, Let’s See Who Else Gets Caught In It.
There it is, the cat is now squarely among the pigeons. Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s former chief of staff, Nigel Wright, is being investigated for bribery, fraud and breach of…
The Guardian’s Rob Ford Highlight Reel
This is NSFW. Cherished moments in the public life of Mayor Ford. In case you missed it last night, Rob Ford occupied the opening ten minutes of The Daily Show.
Mother Jones Fingers the Big Three Emissions Backsliders
This from Mother Jones. “Three Countries That Are Bailing on Climate Action.”
And the "BullShitter of the Year" Award Goes To – Kory Teneycke and Sun TV!!!
The Rob & Doug Ford show on Sun TV has been aborted almost as quickly as it was conceived. Interesting Factoid – the debut episode beat the network’s all-time record…
Ottawa Tells Ford – "Go"
I don’t believe in the Tooth Fairy and I don’t believe Jason Kenney would speak out on Rob Ford without the boss’s approval. One day after the Ontario Progressive Conservatives…
Tom Mulcair Schooled – By Stephane Dion
In a TorStar op-ed, former Liberal leader Stephane Dion brings a load of clarity to NDP leader Tom Mulcair’s “50 + 1” test for Quebec secession. Basically Mulcair, who I…
Turning of the Screw – McDonald’s Tip to Hungry Workers
McDonald’s has a few employee relations problems. They pretty much revolve around the company’s preference to pay its workers somewhat less than a living wage. Not a good wage or…
Climate Change Bad Boys Tough It Out in Warsaw
The Warsaw climate change summit may go into the books as the moment when the prosperous, industrialized nations turned their backs on the rest of the world. We’re not gloating…
Irreconcilable Differences
The people of Etobicoke seem to like their municipal leadership morbidly obese, sweaty, profane, erratic, dishonest and routinely inebriated. The people of ol’ Toronto seemingly don’t agree. They don’t like…
Turning Of The Screw
Regular readers of this blog, site, column (there, something I like) will know how often I champion the need to have “adult conversations” about the many issues of the day…
Are the Heavens Aligning Against Rob Ford?
Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives appear willing to back the Liberal government if it moves to oust Rob Ford from office. “We need to get this behind us,” PC Leader Tim Hudak…