Complicity in international criminal law
Ezokola v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) 2013 SCC 40 deals with complicity in a criminal organization for international criminal law purposes: In sum, while the various modes of commission recognized…
Shasta daisy
Stumbling through iPhoto I spotted this from a few weeks back. Better than I remembered it… Filed under: photo Tagged: daisy, flower, relief, wet
It is Friday!
To cheer my readers up here is a GIF displaying the beauty of nature.
Soon The Only Person Left In The PMO Will Be The Guy Who SHOULD Have Resigned In The First Place.
-Senior staffer who allegedly knew of Duffy payment leaves PMO (Chris Woodcock) -Nigel Wright, Stephen Harper’s chief of staff, resigns -Benjamin Perrin: ‘I was not consulted on, and did not…
Inflation Eats Up More Than Half of Wage Gains
Today, Statistics Canada reported an inflation rate of 1.2% for June, validating the Bank of Canada’s recent decision to keep interest rates low for the foreseeable future. The rationale to…
Making a list, checking it twice
Not surprisingly, the revelation that the Cons have assembled official enemies lists has given rise to some call for those lists to be made public. But I’ll take a quick…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, July 19, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, July 19, 2013: Texan Claims Bar Exam Is Unconstitutional — Which Kind Of Proves Why We Need…
Tim Speaketh Yet Again
I doubt that Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak has ever met a neoconservative nostrum that he doesn’t like. The latest pontification from the lad who would be Premier comes…
Political donations do ads for Whigs.
An e-mail came from the Ontario Liberal Party the other day. It was from Deb Matthews and Tim Murphy, campaign co-chairs for Wynne’s Whigs. This e-mail explained that since becoming…
The Longer He Stays, The More Damage He Does
Lawrence Martin has admitted that the title for his latest book was inspired by Rick Pearlstein’s examination of the Nixon administration. However, Martin writes, Harperland is not Nixonland — at…
USGS Study Connects Earthquake Risk To Wastewater Injection, Fracking Advocates Say, "Who Cares?"
A new study out in Science by US Geological Survey scientist William Ellsworth links earthquakes to wastewater injection sites. These earthquakes, thought to be caused by pressure changes due to…
I want my mummy
Dr. Fleshrender had been trying to learn ancient Egyptian mummification techniques for years, but he’d yet to master even the most basic principles. First of all, he just wasn’t into…
The Little Wedding that Grew
GC’s brother Charlie, GC, me, and my sister Deb GC and I originally planned on having a very small civil ceremony, maybe one step up from eloping. But during our…
Your Daily Nazi: Son Of Stormfront
Derek Black, son of Don Black, the former Alabama Klan leader who now runs the largest racist Web forum (Stormfront) in the world, has renounced white nationalism. When Don retires,…
History’s Bitch #nlpoli
A half century ago, a bunch of very smart fellows – some of the smartest fellows of any generation ever – wanted to build a massive plant in the middle…
Stephen Harper’s Massive PMO Problem
Golly. That PMO Duffygate scandal just keeps getting stranger and stranger.And better and better eh?Now it's not just a tale of power and greed, now it's a mystery story worthy…
Official trailer for the Wikileaks movie “The Fifth Estate”
A dramatic thriller based on real events, The Fifth Estate reveals the quest to expose the deceptions and corruptions of power that turned WikiLeaks into the 21st century’s most fiercely…
Another Top PMO Aide Walks the Plank
And there wasn’t so much as a splash to mark Chris Woodcock’s departure from Stephen Harper’s nest of bent vipers, officially known as the PMO or Prime Minister’s Office. This…
Little Victor Update | Finally, he can fly
A few days ago Victor and Andrew, his older brother, were playing what was essentially ‘motionless tag’ in the living room. Basically it was Victor tapping Andrew’s shoulder, then yelling…