Pop Quiz
Here's a meme we might usefully try to get into the minds of voters before the release of the budget on March 22 (or, obviously, after); name a single thing…
The F-35 is needed, question mark
I’m sitting here all juiced up from a pot of strong coffee and it pops into my head that the F-35 purchase may not be necessary, at all. I mean,…
Wrongly convicted
In 1981, Ray Towler was convicted of rape, kidnapping, and felonious assault of two young children and sentenced to life in prison. Twenty-nine years later, in 2010, DNA evidenceSo many…
Wrongly convicted
In 1981, Ray Towler was convicted of rape, kidnapping, and felonious assault of two young children and sentenced to life in prison. Twenty-nine years later, in 2010, DNA evidence So…
Secondary Suites And The Right To Affordable Housing
In December 2007, at the height of Calgary’s housing crunch, a report emerged from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation that confirmed what many had long suspected: the cost of…
Corporate Fascism
If there is a God, he must ask for our pardon.(Words scratched onto the walls of the barracks in the Mauthausen concentration camp)There are times when we learn things that…
Brega itself was impossible to reach on Wednesday.
Tisk tisk to the Aljazeera Live blog for pretending that 17,000 articles said that Brega itself was impossible to reach on Wednesday. As you know, you need to put "quotes"…
Repair the broken windows and the rest will follow.
The local news tonight covered a story about some Carleton University students who had figured out a way to obtain laundromat services for free. A lot of them took advantage,…
U.S. Supreme Court: Corporations Do Not Have Personal Privacy Rights
““The protection in FOIA against disclosure of law enforcement information on the ground that it would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy does not extend to corporations,” Chief Justice…
U.S. Supreme Court: Corporations Do Not Have Personal Privacy Rights
"“The protection in FOIA against disclosure of law enforcement information on the ground that it would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy does not extend to corporations,” Chief Justice…
U.S. Supreme Court: Corporations Do Not Have Personal Privacy Rights
““The protection in FOIA against disclosure of law enforcement information on the ground that it would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy does not extend to corporations,” Chief Justice…
Finance
The CPC government hates the per-vote public subsidy. A lot. For two reasons. 1) They're ideologically opposed to spending money on democracy, because democracy = government 2) (and more importantly)…
Sharp Shinned Hawk?
Whooee! Well, friends an' foes, I looked out the back door yesterday afternoon an' seen this here hawk that just killed one o' the chipmunks that make my garage their…
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2011-03-02 09:28:00
Bev Oda stops off for a bite to eat on the way home - Blog Central, Feschuk on the Famous - Macleans.ca
Be Heard on March 3rd: No Stealth Fighters
Ceasefire.ca, the public arm of the Rideau Institute, in conjunction with rabble.ca has stated that March 3rd is the official day of action for all those who want to speak…
Libya
It looks to me like Canada is again willing to pick a side in a nation’s civil war. This is a definite no-no in my book. If you don’t like…
Ireland hits the polls, and the wall
In terms of politics, this is truly an earthquake.True, the top two parties in Ireland are pretty much Tweedledum and Tweedledee (they're both centre right) but after all the ballots…
Tea Party Tyrants
a little coverage for my American friends and worth considering for Canadians……..The elite are delighted with the Wisconsin situation. They rub their hands together gleefully as the last vestiges of…
Tea Party Tyrants
a little coverage for my American friends and worth considering for Canadians........The elite are delighted with the Wisconsin situation. They rub their hands together gleefully as the last vestiges of…
Tea Party Tyrants
a little coverage for my American friends and worth considering for Canadians……..The elite are delighted with the Wisconsin situation. They rub their hands together gleefully as the last vestiges of…