140 Law – Legal Headlines for September 19, 2011
Here are the leading legal headlines from over the weekend, courtesy of Wise Law on Twitter:Google+ is the best thing that ever happened to Facebook - ZDNet (blog) - http://goo.gl/Lhiel…
Why am I not surprised?
May 19, 2011: A majority Conservative government will move ahead with regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Canada ..., says Environment Minister Peter Kent. ... "The oilsands ... will…
More proof the NDP will take Toronto
The Ontario Election is getting tighter. A new poll shows Hudak's party at 36%, McGuinty's group at 33% and the Horwath NDP at surprising 29%. These numbers indicate the election…
thinking about new york
New York City through the lens of Elliot Erwitt (and a few others)You... can dress in pink and blue just like a childIn a yellow taxi turn to me and…
A question for my militray and ex-military friends…
Do you think that Natynczyk should or shouldn’t fully or partially reimburse the government for using military aircraft for personal purposes? Some of these flights were to attend armed forces…
Americanization of heath care undesirable
We commonly hear claims that Canadian healthcare is not sustainable. Most of these statements originate with corporate PR institutes whose objective is to create business opportunities for private clients. The…
Download This Video!
WK has dug up the much suppressed video footage of Stephen Harper calling for a "hat trick": Torys at the municipal, federal, and provincial level. Tim Hudak's gang have been…
Career Day for Jim
A flash fiction for Talk Like a Pirate Day - young Jim is disappointed by his career prospects, until a pirate approaches him. The post Career Day for Jim appeared…
Politics, polls and personal stuff
Lots of stuff to talk about at the beginning of this week: - The official Fall session for the federal Parliament begins today. The Conservatives and Harper will now begin…
Australia Adopts Trans-Friendly Passport Rules
Australia has adopted new passport regulations that allow trans citizens to select the gender with which they best identify. Until last week, all people had to either list their birth…
The Damn-Fool Fisheries Policy
Yesterday’s man delivered yesterday’s ideas and claimed it was the future. Liberal leader Kevin Aylward unveiled his party’s fisheries platform on Friday. As a historical document, it would be wonderful…
The House returns
The House is back today! Yay! I’m quite excited, after the slower summer months. Things kick off at 11 today with a tribute to Jack Layton in the House before…
Neo-Progressive Watch: Rahm Emanuel vs. Teachers Union
Anyone who read the Obama's book, The Audacity of Hope will have been struck with the amount of time the then aspiring presidential candidate spent writing about public education policy.…
The Alberta Tory leadership race, Round 2: Still close … but not too close to call
The final moments of the Progressive Conservative leadership race: politically engaged Albertans may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: Remaining candidates Gary Mar, Alison Redford and Doug Horner.With two weeks…
Margo Martindale wins an Emmy
For her brilliant role on a brilliant show Justified:
Rob Ford and the Little Farm
Far Enough Farm is a little hobby farm located on one of the Toronto Islands. Every year hundreds of thousands of people visit it.Because admission is free, it's a great…
International poll: 49% back Palestinian state
In a poll covering 19 countries, only 21% do not support a Palestinian state. In favour - 49%. Of course you know what the right will say about the poll…