They’ve been through quite a bit of organizational shite…
...some of it I witnessed pretty up close or heard about from people who were better situated to observe goings on behind closed doors. still...this is pretty fucking horrible. and…
Putting out the Fires in Britain–and Elsewhere–Is Not Going to End Trouble: What Happens When the Social Contract Fails
The pictures of burning buildings in Britain are extremely disturbing, not least because we know first hand how much damage a fire can do. But the question arises: why? It…
Changing the Common Law
Smith v. Smith, 2011 NBCA 66, a New Brunswick family law case dealing mainly with spousal support, has a useful discussion of changing the Common Law. The Court holds: In…
Nah, not prepared to come in from the cold…
i may not be prepared to resurrect but i do reincarnate on a fairly regular basis. "flee from the city. it's getting shitty." if what you're reading here grips you,…
On broken systems
Let's add one more to the list of theories as to how the other parties' pearl-clutching over interim NDP leader Nycole Turmel may actually play to the NDP's advantage -…
Harper’s Greek tantrum
(Ottawa, August 10) DawgNews has learned that Stephen Harper, on his state visit to Greece earlier this year, threatened to “hold my breath until I turn blue” unless his host,…
Tea Party North
Last week, Travis noted Terry Corcoran’s strained argument that over-regulation of banks is what ails the global economy. Terry’s next column went even further off the deep end, endorsing the…
Hamilton’s Vindication?
While long regarded as something of a provincial backwater vis-a-vis its 'world-class' cousin 70 kilometres down the highway, the City of Hamilton is surely feeling a measure of cultural vindication…
Has the Ottawa Press Gallery Joined Big Bird’s Red Army?
The late Dalton Camp, former president of the now defunct federal Progressive Conservative Party, tells a story in his book: Whose Country is This Anyway, of a group of young…
Angus Reid Poll is Good News for NDP…. Or Is It?
Regular readers here know of my criticisms of Angus Reid which, from time to time, are proven exceptionally right. Their most recent poll, however, is kind of a mixed bag…
Stephen Harper: Report of Potty Tantrum
Stephen Harper had a Potty Tantrum in Brazil. “The Brazilian newspaper Folha reported Tuesday that Harper angered the country's president and her aides Monday by locking himself in a bathroom…
The Theft Of Our Children’s Future Is A Crime
This week, the world lost a leader in sustainable business practise. Ray Anderson, founder and Chairman of Interface Carpets, passed away on August 8th. After reading Paul Hawkens’ The Ecology…
Political tidbits
This is stupid. If you don’t like the Mayor of Toronto, you vote against him next municipal election (or his councillors that support him). You don’t utter death threats, or…
Yvonne Jones
Six months ago, in the dead of a winter which blanketed Corner Brook with six-and-eight foot snowdrifts, and on the tail end of receiving chemotherapy treatments for her cancer, Yvonne…
Um, To Be Brainwashed, I Believe One First Has To Have A BRAIN.
by matttbastard If Toronto City Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti wasn’t real, some enterprising young sketch comedian would have to invent him (and subsequently cash in on the character with a marginally…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for August 10, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Children's Aid Society Needs Fresh Approach - NorthumberlandView.ca - http://goo.gl/KmGn5Jackson attorneys ordered to court - http://goo.gl/SOZ8JHIV-positive teen to appear in…
One Of Those Polls
Angus Reid poll on the Turmel affair offers a bit of everything, depending on how you spin the results. Bottomline, the horserace numbers show little NDP erosion in the wake…
20 Tips for first-year students: #3- Experience Theatre at Mount Allison University
In the third post of a 20-part video series, Sarah Underhill, who expects to graduate in May with a double major in history and anthropology, talks about experiencing theatre on…
All you need is love …
And maybe some bamboo...
René Magritte: Merchant Banker Masters His Mental Powers at Walton-on-the-Naze
While an art historian will tell you this 1964 painting is called “The Son of Man”, and is meant to be a meditation on what is hidden in the visible…