Rob Ford: The Man Who Would Eat Toronto
(click pic to enlarge)They say it's a hard city to love. When I moved here a few years ago my friends in Montreal said I'd absolutely hate it. That they…
Murdoch & News International: BURN BABY BURN!
I'll leave it to others of more sober professional inclinations and responsibility to provide the sophisticated analysis that the present crisis in Britain deserves. For my part I will unabashedly…
On correlations
This summer has seen plenty of crowing from the right over a connection between "economic freedom" (as defined by various corporate think tanks) and GDP levels. But for those of…
The long, convoluted cover up of hacking and other scandals by News Corp
The New York Times, in concert with UK's Guardian has been exemplary in its journalistic diligence in digging into the scandals rippling through News Corp. In a longish piece today,…
not Beiber but beavers
Sightings near Lake Ontario, much more exciting than Justin! http://ow.ly/5Hn3Z Filed under: Miscellany
Whistleblower in Murdoch hacking scandal found dead
So far police have said the death of Sean Hoare, the man who initially accused former Cameron communications director Andy Coulson of hacking, does not appear to be suspicious. No…
Not Helping
From the ARPA website:An old ARPA article from 2009 has been getting a lot of attention in Ontario over the past few days in light of comments about Tim Hudak…
Hitler Sings!
Fifty-one seconds of pure Spike Milligan joy! Alltop has humor too.
"Honeymoons"
Eric lays out the historical picture to demonstrate why the NDP's honeymoon in Quebec may persist longer than Harper's rhetoric assumes. I largely agree with the analysis, but my opinion…
Whistleblower in Murdoch hacking scandal found dead
So far police have said the death of Sean Hoare, the man who initially charged former Cameron communications director Andy Coulson with hacking, does not appear to be suspicious. No…
What are you working on?
I’m trying to invent a LARP system.
Flip…FLOP!
When he was running for the PC leadership in 2009, Hudak told the Association for Reformed Political Action he is pro-life and had signed petitions calling for the defunding of…
Disasters! Events! As they happen!!!!
This is a map which supposedly tracks nasty shit happening in the world in real-time. Earthquakes? Yup. Floods? Oh yeah. Forest fires? They’re hot on that! Plane crashes? They’re DOWN!…
Eating Local, Eating Well: Meals From A Northern Garden
We woke up this morning to a hazy world, like many of the other communities in northwestern Ontario. Our corner of the province has 100 forest fires burning, and two…
Is he or isn’t he?
I’m hearing that Hudak was asked earlier today about his position on a woman’s right to choose. And that he wouldn’t/didn’t answer the question. Either Hudak is in favour of…
140Law – Legal Headlines for July 18, 2011
I am pinch-hitting for Rachel, who is away this week, and what a busy weekend of legal news it was. Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on…
Parks Canada the Institution: Celebrating 100 years of Canada’s National Parks
No one can accuse Parks Canada of not pulling out all the stops to celebrate its 100th birthday in style. The Parks Canada website has been overhauled to reflect this…
Zalman’s Story from the Holy Land and a rant against Margaret Wente
I returned a few days ago from a trip to Israel and to a tiny bit of Palestine. The political scene was more hectic than usual: There was the buzz…
An Ethical Dilemma – One Posible Answer
Yesterday I posed a hypothetical ethical dilemma sent to me by my son; briefly, it outlined a situation where a friend would be attacked by a bear, his injuries not…