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A lot of anger and tsk tsk type condemnation of Brigette DePape. Oh my, this girl betrayed Parliamentary decorum with a spontaneous expression of personal opinion. How dare a young…
The Medium Is the Message: Brigette DePape and the NDP’s Ineffective Response To The Throne Speech
Some thoughts on Brigette DePape: I don’t like Stephen Harper or his government but I also think that what Ms. DePape did was stupid. What she did during the June…
Upcoming budget redux
It’s the first real day for this Parliament, with question period and everything. Well, except that Harper won’t be there. It seems that he’s off touring the flood damage in…
Hit A Nerve
I like Brigette DePape. She pisses off the right people. The people she pisses off are Conservatives and Liberals who are offended by her use of the term, "Arab Spring".…
GC buys a giraffe
It has been a busy week around here, what with birds and garage sales and Art in the Park and job interviews and other activities. I also had a three-day…
#pdf11
Just arrived at first plenary session at this year's Personal Democracy Forum. If you can't be here, follow via livestream.
140 Law – Legal Headlines for June 6, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Judge gives reasons for firearms acquittal — two years later - Toronto Star - http://is.gd/zeOHPI Domestic abuse by women increases…
Mootness
R. v. K.G.S., 2011 NUCA 01 deals with a situation where a custodial sentence was appealed but the matter came before the Court only after the sentence was served. The…
Brigette DePape
Hello friends, I am now done school, which leaves me with significantly more time to blog obnoxiously about whatever I think. Here is my first installment. Michael Moore has hired…
Study Finds Positive Association Between Autism and Vaccines
A recent (Online publication date: 26 May 2011) study published in the Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health reports ,as set out in the report title, that a positive association…
NDP Ideas 2011-06-06 07:42:00
Killing Development Dead from RSS Feed | Raise The Hammer by Ryan McGreal Our Zoning By-Law is an autoimmune disease that turns the City’s defences against its own urban tissue,…
First Real Debate!
The race for Obama's opponent is now almost at the beginning. It's not quite there to say many candidates are still not fully in. Candidate's like Bachman, Palin and Giuliani…
On Being Shock Doctrined by the Media
While reading Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine, it occurs to me that Canada, like many other nations, had become the science lab for Milton Friedman and the Chicago School.Stephen Harper's…
Michael Moore Promotes Bridget DePape on His Blog
U.S. liberal activist and documentary filmmaker Michel Moore, has posted Bridget's story on his blog."For a young person to do that and to do it peacefully, and quietly and with…
G20 hearings continue in Toronto tonight
Public hearings continue tonight in the west end of Toronto: 5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. at the Etobicoke Civic Centre, 399 The West Mall. There is a narrow question at…
Help Harper Name His New Pet
PM Harper came out of a month-long media hiding last week to give his first full length interview since election day. Now he is asking the canadian population to help…
There’s a federal budget tomorrow
So naturally I spent most of the morning at Home Depot buying lumber, plywood, fence fittings and what not. Hey they may be a big box, but at least they…
On dominance
Meanwhile, the obvious potential for growth in NDP support figures to have some rather important effects on the Cons' strategy as well. After all, their current coalition of support left…
Sometimes dipping your toes is a full immersion
The smell of the sea and tears-tasting salt water still cling to me as I dress/undress for bed. My skin is red where the sun kissed it a little too…