New NSA recruitment ad = sexy!
Eavesdropping makes Alltop feel funny.
A letter from a reformed sexist to his daughter
I liked this so much I’ve posted the letter in its entirety below. Some time ago, while out with friends, one of the men in our group launched into a…
Stephen Harper proves, time and time again, he is a poor judge of character.
Stephen Harper proves, time and time again, he is a poor judge of character. Here’s a selection of the growing laundry list of Harper government™ appointees that have gone bad……
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Polly Toynbee writes that there’s no magic involved in collecting fair tax rates from the rich – only a need for the political…
Change, Change, Change
One of the blessings of living in a small, coastal town is being able to observe change. It doesn’t come often. We don’t have a forest of construction cranes obscuring…
Brazil, Russia Force Olympic-Sized Wake-up Call
For years, various Cassandras have tried alerting the world to the true nature, purpose and “legacy” of the Olympic Games – yet their warnings have fallen on deaf ears, muted…
Jail the Bankers, says UK Report
Ever since the financial meltdown of 2007, bankers and rating agencies responsible for much of the damage done to the world’s financial systems have escaped criminal liability (apart from a…
On revolting logic
Shorter Terence Corcoran: A Spanish-style tax revolt to defund government is the only way for Ontario and Quebec residents to avoid the fiscal disaster caused by the Spanish tax revolt.
On Bob Rae
Bob Rae’s incredible life of public service is one that all Parliamentarians, regardless of their political stripe, should try to emulate. Bob’s dedication to the public interest has made Canada…
Bob Rae Steps Down
This shouldn’t come as a huge surprise, but Bob Rae is resigning as an MP. I wrote my praises of Rae’s career and time as interim leader back in April…
Half of Canada’s Aboriginal Children are living in poverty
Hardly surprising to those who work with aboriginal communities. The question is not what is wrong but how to fix it and whether there is the political will so to…
Bad Character Evidence
Bad character evidence is not permissible to prove an accused is a bad person and accordingly guilty. Great care must be used when evidence that could be of bad character…
Another QMI Paper Bites Dust
Midland Press closed this morning with a loss of five jobs, though it doesn’t look as though they have bothered to put up notice of the fact on their website:…
Pros and cons of Edmonton’s mayoralty candidates.
First off, thank you Kerry Diotte, Karen Leibovici and Don Iveson. Thank you all for giving Edmontonians the best mayoralty race in years, likely better than 2004 when Stephen Mandel…
Drivers from Hill
@davidakin Unlike Mr. Mulcair, I did not intimidate the officer. Unlike Mr. Mulcair, I received a ticket. I immediately paid the ticket. Ctd— Eve Adams (@MPEveAdams) June 18, 2013 @davidakin…
Sask Premier Brad Wall ‘Displays Double Standard’ … Criticised By All Other Sask Political Party Leaders
Premier Brad Wall has really stepped into a big mess with his criticism of Federal Liberal Leader, Justin Trudeau. All leaders of Saskatchewan political parties have now made that perfectly…
The Red Haired Neanderthal
I’m currently messing around in our deep, deep past, trying to get a fix on the roads that humans have traveled for a new non-fiction book to be called Road…
Victoria 2012 By-Election – Poll-by-Poll
My apologies for putting this out so late, I just hadn’t gotten around to fixing up the required data I needed. I’ll endeavour to get this kind of stuff out…