Catcning up on Business, So No Post Today
There are times when you've got to catch up on business (and pleasure.) So today is devorted to banking, lunch with my friend Lorraine and getting a haircut from Wayne…
Global Imbalances
The IMF World Economic Outlook notes that the desired process of rebalancing global demand from countries with large trade deficits (notably the US) to countries with large trade surpluses (notably…
Dear Andrea Horwath
Did you know that robocalls are the work of the devil? Please. I beg of you. Stop. Love, pogge...
Hamlet From Hochelaga, The Crowned Prince And "Yes, We Can!"
So here we have Thomas Mulcair strutting about the political stage doing his rogue and peasant slave shtick - weighing his options, hesitating, grappling with his indecision. The whole performance…
Disbelieved exculpatory statement of a criminal accused
R. v. Selvanayagam, 2011 ONCA 602 deals with what can be made of a disbelieved exculpatory statement of a criminal accused: The law, briefly stated, is that the trier of…
British cooking a hit in Berlin
Black is white, down is up, and British cooking is popular in Berlin. It's true! Berlin has seen the opening of a spate of cafes and bars featuring British food.East…
Support Palestine’s Bid for Nationhood
Support Palestine's Efforts to Have the UN Recognize Nationhood.
Why even conservatives are worried about rising inequality
This essay was commissioned by the National Post. It was published in today’s edition under the headline “A Problem for Everyone“. In the print edition, the overline - a large…
Make Room in Hell For One More
Serial child-killer Clifford Olson is dying. That sick, twisted monster is said to be dying of cancer and to be just days from breathing his last.
Scott Brison looks at the fall sitting
Continuing my fall round-up of gay and lesbian MPs, I caught up with Liberal MP Scott Brison after Question Period yesterday. Q: How did you spend your summer? A: I…
Lorne Gunter spews hot air
It’s continually depressing to see professional denialist Lorne Gunter continue to sap money that could be going to actual journalists and columnists. Yesterday he had this to say: Over the…
Rogers E-mails CGO in Face of Consumer Backlash
Yesterday we ended being e-mailed twice by an employee at Rogers who seems to be the social media spin doctor for the company, trying to court our support. Below are…
But who actually voted for these two bozos?
i give you the mayor of the cesspool also known as toronto and the village idiot of kkkanada also known as the fascist white boy who presently rules us according…
Jim Flaherty: Cost cutting consultants
The Harper government is firm that they will save a lot of money by hiring the consulting firm of Deloitte Inc. at the cost of $90,000 a day - a…
The Public Sector Pensions thing explained #nlpoli #nlvotes
People can’t understand the racket over provincial pensions, what the Liberals proposed, what the CBC reported but hasn’t explained and what the provincial Conservatives are attacking the Liberals over. Here’s…
Rocco Rossi’s Campaign of Illegal Tactics
As I said in the Toronto Mayoral race. Rocco Rossi is a piece of work. He's a scumbag for allowing this shit to go on and on and on.
Showdown: CRTC Vs. Rogers on Net Neutrality Enforcement
On Friday the CRTC released a letter to Rogers stating that the possibility of other games being affected by the ITMP misclassification bug maybe in fact against section 36 of…
Haunted animals – New doc project explores animal suffering
Liz Marshall, the director of Water on the Table, is working with photographer Jo-Anne McArthur on a new cross-platform documentary about the price animals pay as subjugated, commodified and oppressed…