The Mumpsimus Blog – The honeymoon is over…
It seems Council's honeymoon ended last night with the defeat of Councillor Hull's motion. Four members of council* opposed what should have been an easy motion to accept. But -…
Raven Coal Mine Hearings Draw Huge Public Opposition
The controversial proposal for an a coal mine in Vancouver Island's Baynes Sound - home to a thriving shellfish industry - saw large crowds turn out to voice their opposition…
US Dept. of Transportation orders TransCanada to halt activity on Keystone I
Effective immediately, the US Department of Transportation has ordered TransCanada to suspend all activity on the Keystone I pipeline. According to the New York Times, the order was issued by…
The Problem We’ve Created
The world needs to reduce carbon emissions. While oil and gas were cheap, there were few incentives to seek newer, cleaner and renewable resources. But time is now the biggest…
Ford and his lackies are stifling the city
This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things - Torontoist Excerpt: Rob Ford and many on city council do not yet seem to have a grasp on this concept of…
The Curious Case of Toulouse Le Grandfig, Graphic Designer (Part Two)
Entry 2: Dictated: April 26, 1951 (continued from Part One) For our first session, I thought I would try to understand Grandfig’s psychosis through the medium of his art. I…
Even The New York Times Gets Cot–Ulp, Caught–in the Spell Check Trap
Here's the latest from a New York Times feature on the mistakes they make:A quote about the DSK case: "While the American justice system has its origins in British common…
Stupid Sex Tricks: Greece Has Talent
OMG, what do they put in the ouzo? It makes guys musical in all the, uh, most interesting places: Very nice, fellas! Do you do requests? I wanna hear “Zorba’s…
Stephen Harper and the Canada Elections Act
11 years ago today, Stephen Harper filed a Statement of Claim with the Court of Queen's Bench in Alberta, demanding that numerous provisions of the Canada Elections Act which related…
Calgary School, Chicago School and the Committee on Social Thought
Canada's neoconservative movement has been slow to reach awareness in Canada, though throughout the 1990's, neoconservatism was a term used by many journalists and political pundits, to separate the conservatism…
Stephen Harper choked?
Some hackers managed to break into Conservative Party site and left a press-release about Harper’s choking.““The fake news release said Harper choked on a hash brown while eating breakfast with…
Nightmare on Muskrat Falls #nlpoli
The intrepid labradore takes yet another slice at the official government rationale for Muskrat Falls by showing the electricity rates Nalcor has been charging for the period 2005 to 2009.…
Health queue jumping
Don’t be surprised at health queue jumping. We have a medico monopoly in all of its aspects. In this type of atmosphere there can be no health truths and no…
Peace, Dude (It Pays)
The Global Peace Index asks us to consider the economic value of peace. Hint: It's in the trillions.
Boiling Blood of Photographers Everywhere
YouTube is never short of videos showing police and security guards pushing their weight around enforcing a ridiculous notion that the way to catch terrorists is to harass photographers in…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for June 07, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Why lawyers will love iOS 5 - http://goo.gl/s71RsSettlement Approved in Canadian Music Industry "Pending Lists" Lawsuit - http://goo.gl/sljlKOfficer jailed for…
Most Exciting Ridings in Canada
We've now had 4 elections under the current 308 riding electoral map, a period over which the Canadian political landscape has completely transformed itself.2004:2011:Still, that doesn't mean every local election…
Regrets – its never too late to fix it!
How many of us live with regrets? I expect most of us do. Bronnie Ware was a palliative care nurse for many years who has compiled a list of the…