Short ‘n’ Stubby: “A fantastic day for Britain”
I was just reading a whole bunch of stuff about the News of the World phone-hack scandal when a certain stumpy-tailed cat started meowing at me. That can only mean…
Canadians: The New Military ‘Hawks’ Of The Western World (or) How Stephen Harper Militarized The Nation
"Behold the new Canadian militarism. It’s everywhere.Hardly a week goes by without the government gushing about our troops, or bowing to a DND wish. It has become politically incorrect, practically…
A-G Report Confirms BC’s Sham Environmental Assessment, Enforcement
Vindication always feels good but as you read the Auditor-General’s report on the BC Environmental Assessment Office (BCEAO), which reports to the Ministry of Environment – it’s the governments licensing…
Liberal Industry Critic Backs ISP Accountability
Today, in response to the release of hundreds of pages of unresolved Internet openness complaints, Liberal Industry and Consumer Affairs Critic, Hon. Geoff Regan, announced his support for CRTC audits…
Uh-oh…
The CBC license approval has been delayed by the CRTC. My spin, for what it’s worth: this gives the Cons some time to spin the benefits of privatizing / gutting…
3913…But He Is Still Done Like Dinner
As in dead.He is Humberto Leal Garcia and the BBC reports that "The US breached international law when the state of Texas executed a Mexican citizen convicted of raping and…
3912…Somebody Has Been Drinkin’ On The Hill
The banner of Our Home And Native Land, the beloved Red White and White flag with a Maple Leaf in the middle was hoisted upside down this morning on Parliament…
When Wiki Met Moriarty….
AllTheMilitancyThatFitsTrueIronyVilleWhen The Tyee's Katie Hyslop asked The Province's Editor-In-Chief Wayne Moriarty to comment on the BC College of Teachers' response to Dan Murphy's 'Mr. Mitler' cartoon depicting a likeness of…
Reducing Air Pollution is Well Worth the Cost
Under the Clean Air Act, the EPA is required to protect states from sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide pollution emitted from coal plants in other states. After dragging its feet…
Google got 38 user data requests from Ottawa in 6 months
Inspired by this story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/07/08/pol-google-governments.html
Sucker bet: windy moose version
The guy who did such a bang-up job of looking after the Hurricane Igor disaster is now the guy leading the fight against moose-vehicle collisions. Anyone care to wager on…
Canada’s military… is Sweden next???
We have fairly suddenly become a nation of Hawks. War is good and it is necessary. Wave the flag mightily. Buy the best of the best for the troops. Support…
Techvibes: The unfathomable markup of text messaging
By Knowlton Thomas for Techvibes Text messaging, or SMS, has become one of the core elements of the mobile world. Smartphones or dumbphones, prepaid or postpaid, everyone texts. You may…
Taking Sides In Syria
The article below is a reprint of a longer article by Simon Assaf, a British-Lebanese socialist, that will appear in the upcoming issue of the British magazine Socialist Review. It's…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- I'll join the seemingly long list of commentators who wouldn't ever have expected to cite David Brooks, but can't avoid it based on his…
RCMP "Suspensions": The Unanswered Questions
I blogged about it here as this isn't being investigated by anyone outside of La Presse.Pierre-André Normandin is following up with his story here. Here are the highlights:The NDP and…
A different story
Yessiree, the conventional wisdom goes, Canada's political parties are all the same. Especially the NDP, which having reached Official Opposition status is sure to abandon any pretense of principle when…
RealClimate Reveals Willie Soon’s “Scientific Sleight of Hand”
Willie Soon has been an individual of significant interest lately in climate circles. Last week, he spoke at the Heartland Institute’s Sixth International Conference on Climate change, or as we…
Why we should not hold a referendum on proportional representation
It seems that every time the subject of changing the voting system comes up, we automatically assume that a change must be sanctioned by a referendum. I increasingly feel this…
Interpretation of Wills and Extrinsic Evidence
Traditionally a Will is to be interpreted without consideration of extrinsic evidence. The Will is taken as being the best evidence of the testator's intentions and, similar to the parole…