Game 7
It has been called riveting, strange, even nasty. The Vancouver Boston series has been one of the most interesting series I have ever watched. I won’t do any analysis, I…
Is The (anti)Smart Tax Alliance Push-Polling For The HST?
HeadsTheyWinTailsWeLoseVilleSo.According to J. Fowlie in the VSun, the consortium of business groups that have directly benefitted from the tax shift that is the HST and who have, to the best…
Democracy, dictators and Stephen Harper
Conservatives and their allies are busy keeping Brigette DePape in the news, in a variant of the Streisand Effect. The crescendo of tsk-tsking on the Right would have done Hester…
Does not get much sillier than this…
… aka, the xkcd wikipedia meme All right, it has been a while since last time I did this kind of stuff. I saw it at VWXYNOT? (where else, eh…
Crossing The Huffington Post Picket Line
The Diva doesn't know why it's a big deal that HuffPo has surpassed the NY Times in web traffic for the first time. http://readersupportednews.org/off-site-opinion-section/71-71/6265-crossing-the-huffington-post-picket-lineHuffPo has been declining ove...
Baboon and Bush Baby Bonding: Wonders of Nature
Nature has programmed or put software in all living beings for survival. If two humans share backgrounds they tend to bond and same goes for animals in many cases.In this…
He Died Like a Pilot
I think the world would be far better off if we demanded that every candidate for political office held a valid pilot licence. Why? Because time and again, pilots demonstrate…
A Rapture would have been just dandy for some…
Non Sequitur rox. And I have to wonder if there weren’t more than a few soft-minded folks out there who were hoping that the dire prediction would be borne true…
Joint submissions on sentence should be followed
R. v. McGraw, 2011 ONCA 451, released today, is a useful current source for the law holding a trial judge ought to follow a joint submission on sentence unless contrary…
Federal New Democrat Caucus Proposes Amendment To Harper’s Libya Motion Which Would Prohibit Canadian Ground Forces
The House of Commons today is debating the following motion, put forward by Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird: No. 1 — June 9, 2011 — The Minister of Foreign Affairs…
Angelic Boston Bruins head to game 7 in dirty Vancouver
Hi, Cathal Kelly here of The Star. Good to see my boys make quick work of the Canucks last night. Don't you just hate the Canucks? Swedes, French Canadians, embellishments,…
Parliament In Review: June 13, 2011
As I'd suspected, there looks to be plenty of material for a review post from just a day's worth of events in the House of Commons. So here's an inaugural…
What ‘Boom’ Are You Referring To Premier Wall??
If you listen to Saskatchewan's top salesman, Premier Brad Wall will try and convince you that the province is simply booming under his stewardship. What is not mentioned is the…
"Global Warming" Is Out, "Global Weirding" Is In
Global warming used to be mainly a battleground for atmospherics science debates. Today the oceanographers and hydrologists are moving way up the prestige ladder because, as we're finding out pretty…
Remarkable Pedro Infante Mix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LewwHyftl50&feature=autoplay&list=AVGxdCwVVULXd54q72u6W-rrCGE9VFK2PB&index=22&playnext=4
Kansas Throws In the Towel, Harvests Whatever Wheat It Can
The combines are early onto the wheat fields of Kansas this year. Accounts suggest they're trying to salvage whatever they can from this year's crop in regions hard hit by…
Florida – Global Warming’s Punching Bag
What's a "perfect storm" Florida-style? That's easy, a property market collapse, a Tea Bagger governor and the onset of the ravages of climate change. That's a real Trifecta. Florida, like…
Ottawa police avert terrorist attack
Sgt. Paul Batista: now, there’s a name to conjure with. He’s the fellow who threatened some Naked Bike Riders with arrest this past Sunday if they removed their clothes, once…
Why I Garden
So I was away from this blog for a few days. Not intentionally, I hasten to add: but sometimes, it must be admitted, unintentional absences are the best. I was…