The wisdom of cats
I wouldn’t say that cats are enlightened, or that we should take them as our role models, but they do have a few things to teach us, from what I…
if the world sucks, why hasn’t anyone told me? i respond to joe denial
"If that's really happening, why don't I see it in the news?"I bet many of you may have encountered a question like this one. You're speaking to a co-worker or…
Canada’s Quasi-Police state
While the Premier of Ontario continues to blithely and glibly disavow any responsibility for the horrendous abuses of Charter Rights that took place during last June's G20 Summit, admitting only…
Obstruction Is Supreme
In what looks to be the closing chapter on the Afghan detainee file, the final judgement suggests that obstruction works, stonewalling is ultimately rewarded and former notions of Parliamentary supremacy…
Bob Rae: Opposition Shrew
Bob Rae is quickly becoming more of a joke than he already was. He keeps talking about the NDP "taking the bait" on this issue, or "taking the bait" on…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for June 24, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:U.S. judge to resentence Conrad Black - http://goo.gl/GQewxFormer Sportsnet host Damian Goddard files human rights complaint after firing over anti-gay…
Québec’s Fête nationale: No Chasse Galérie This Time, Just Stephen Harper Being Mean
Practically everything is closed in Quebec today, except pharmacies and a few corner stores. St. Jean Baptiste Day, the Fête nationale, is one of the two or three holidays when…
Transocean Report Blames BP For Gulf Oil Disaster
transocean-explosion-fire-sinking.jpg Offshore oil drilling giant Transocean released the results of an internal investigation this week on the causes of last year’s Deepwater Horizon oil r...
G20 Inquiry: T.O. Cops Plead Stupidity, Incompetence
Tell me this, if your boss gave you the power to use any resources at the disposal of the company to organize an event, along with the help of half…
When everyone is against you, it means that you are absolutely wrong – or absolutely right
Albert Guinon
Ask General Kang: Miss Manners says it has to be 97 degrees out before I don’t have to wear nylons. What do you think?
I think you should tell me what that is in Celsius. 35? 36? Never mind, it doesn’t matter, because that Miss Manners is a complete bitch. How DARE she tell…
Ontario Human Rights Tribunal Digest – May 1 – May 30, 2011
Each month, Wise Law Blog reviews important decisions from the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal.SUBSTANTIVE RULINGSHeather Knibbs v. Brant Artillery Gunners Club In. et al. and Stephanie Long v. Brant Artillery…
Just because this tune sooo rox…
And hearing it is a great way to start a Friday! That is all. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1Tj3_bIAbE Share and Enjoy: Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario Tweet This Post
E&E Distances Itself From Peiser, GWPF And AGW Denialist Movement
E&E = Energy And Environment, the climate change denialists journal of choice. Peiser = Benny Peiser,up until recently co-editer of the journal, but now also working for the Global Warming…
Public Schools Move Forward, Catholic Schools Move Back
The Burnaby School Board unanimously adopted its anti-homophobia policy last week, after months of debating and church-organized protests. A crowd of about 400 students and supporters cheered outside the Burnaby…
Like Momma says, stupid is…
It takes an especially keen political genius to take someone else’s political problem and make it yours. It takes an even rarer form of political genius to take a guaranteed…