Where, oh where, is Patrick Ross?
Readers might remember that some time ago blogger Canadian Cynic, who had been grossly libelled by perennial fratboi Patrick Ross, obtained a whopping default judgement against the aforesaid Patrick Ross,…
Photo Challenge 24 – In Context
The theme this round was IN CONTEXT, which was quite a lot of fun. I’m sure that others experienced what I did. It was not a matter of shooting two…
Will Harper jeopardize Canada’s status as ‘lowest terror risk among western economies’?
Canada has been largely free from terror attacks experienced by other western nations at the hands of Islamic extremists, thanks in large part to the Liberals' refusal to engage in…
More on Public Sector Austerity in Canada
A short addendum to my previous post: I checked the most recent IMF projections in the June, 2011 Update to the Fiscal Monitor. Table 1 provides estimates of changes in…
Guardian: Canadian government lobbying Europeans to protect tar sands
Nice to see the Guardian doing the heavy lifting while our media snoozes (aka doing Harper’s bidding). The Canadian government has been accused of an “unprecedented” lobbying effort involving 110…
A crushing defeat for gas guzzlers? – Friday Film Pick: Lithuanian mayor crushes car blocking bike lane
Arturas Zuokas, the mayor of Lithuania’s capital, Vilnius has come out in strong opposition to cars parked in bike paths on roads.
John Oakley Show
I was on the show this morning and, as usual, had a great experience. John's a very solid host. One interesting question that came up was should judges be elected?…
Eco Art/Art Basel Miami The Effort Someone Will Go to to Get 72 Views on Vimeo in Three Years
One fine day, a pair of twins, Sunny and Joy, decided to go to Art Basel Miami and make a video about some of the artists there doing eco art.…
$250M overtime suit against Scotia can proceed
http://bit.ly/r7tAj0 The Ontario Divisional Court has confirmed a lower court decision that a $250 million class action for overtime brought against the Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank) by 5,000 retail…
Glenn Beck Hits a New Low
Beck and his two minions try to make fun of Chris Matthews, but instead make jackasses of themselves. This further puts light on why even FAUX News could not put…
More Jobs, Maybe, But the US and the World Are Worrying about the Wrong Things.
Just in case you wondered if things were getting better, here's a link to a breaking story in The New York Times. The job figures for July in the US…
Grand Falls, New Brunswick – Jesus Appears Through a Cloud
In Grand Falls, NB people saw Jesus Christ in a cloud. This seems as bad as samosas being banned in Somalia because crazy fanatic clergy thinks it signifies the Christain…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted and environmentally-themed content to end your week.- Lloyd Alter highlights the Cons' contrasting treatment of environmental scientists (who are being fired in droves) and oil lobbyists (who figure never…
The five second rule
It was the best game of zenball ever, and the crowd was wild with excitement: the whisper of butterfly wings was deafening. The Rotrovra Koan Kangaroos had just scored their…
Today’s Job Numbers
Analysis from my colleague Sylvain Schetagne: A decreasing unemployment rate is not always a sign of a strong labour market. The decrease in the unemployment rate from 7.4% to 7.2%…
Further Notes In Advance Of The Economic Apocalypse
Just a quick note and I'm off to Walmart to stock up on canned items. Lucky for me, TD (my financial institution) has such shitty service its actually impossible to…
Injury, Death, and Concealment: A Tale of Two Police Forces
I have written previously about the botched drug raid by the Hamilton Police resulting in serious injury to Burmese immigrant Po La Hay, who suffered facial lacerations, three broken ribs…
A Reading Find: The Real Shangri-la
The other day, A and I were talking about our kids. One thing led to another as it does, and soon we were talking about patriarchy and matriarchy. A, who…
On that whole Nycole Turmel thing …
While we're on the subject of journalistic ethics, let me just cite pogge and thwap. They've already said it better than I can.From pogge:Every year or two I find a…