On the Canucks Riot, Protest, and Division : Politics, Re-SpunAnd more.Good lord, someone's actually pointing out the class dimension inherent in the Vancouver riot, and drawing the connection between that…
The Sixth Estate » When You Don’t Know Your History, You’re Bound to Make Up S@@tAnd again. Either the Vancouver Police and the corporate media are taking stupid pills, or…
R v Salmon, 2011 ONSC 3654: http://bit.ly/kIh9m6 On a balance of probabilities, it is more likely than not that Constable W and one or more police officers fabricated evidence to…
A musical parody drawing attention to Gaza, riffing on Gilligan's Island.
Ontario Court of Appeal Chief Justice Warren Winkler has just completed a impassioned speech at the 5th Annual Family Law Summit at Toronto. Continuing his call for reform to Ontario's…
Porcupine blog: Explaining Conservative Support Among “Ordinary People”.I can't believe I haven't seen this until now.
Vamcouver only had 100 blokes arrested.Fail.150 wenttothe hospital.WFDS
150 to 5 is the post Stanley Cup arrest score.The Vancouver Sun says 150 Canucks fans got busted for being assh€les after the Stanley Cup Final. The Boston Globe has…
Today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Chief Justice Winkler at Family Law Summit - System needs reform. Intended Sept comments as a lightning rod for change to the…
Despite the theme name, we did not get Oodles of submissions this time out, so I really encourage my friends to contact me if they have a camera and want…
A few random Friday thoughts:1. Don't expect this weekend's NDP convention in Vancouver to be nearly as exciting as Wednesday night. Still, the possibility for riots and/or make out sessions…
A while back in my Intellectual Freedom and the Public Library course, I encountered an interesting shift of ideas. Larry Alexander, while arguing that freedom of expression is not a…
This isn't the first time I've suggested we should just turf everyone in the House of Commons and start over. But this is a brand new parliament and it only…
“God give our land a Conservative majority…” Every time I read the press’s lamentable suggestions that left-wing anarchists caused the Vancouver Riot this week (a talking point they loyally picked…
The Baseline CowboysI was walking down Baseline Road on Wednesday afternoon when I came across some happy dudes sitting on a couch with a sign that said “Spread the awesome.”…
And as I was walking around yesterday, looking at the artfully tatooed arms and shoulders on the young folks here, I remembered that I have two tatoos. They're the marks…
As angry as I have been with Jack Layton and his alliance with Stephen Harper, I had great hope for the party.Packed now with union leaders, activists and bright-eyed youth,…
The United Nations Human Rights Council passed on Friday an historic resolution that seeks equal rights for all regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. The 47-member Council voted 23…
pentagon.jpg The U.S. Department of Defense has released a new strategy for how the U.S. military will address growing concerns over energy consumption. The military remains the single largest c...
I don't doubt that anarchists were responsible for "lighting the spark" in Vancouver, but that seems an emerging convenient way to absolve what really happened. Anyways, I note that the…
