Right to Exist: An Inflated Conflict
If one follows the negotiation process over the years between Israel and Palestine, one finds an asymmetry between the issues raised and argued for in the negotiation process and the…
SADI Workshop
SADI stands for Semantic Automated Discovery and Integration (something you won't find on the SADI Framework website no matter how hard you look) and is a relatively lightweight way to…
Pap The Republican
The news that forty Republican senators have announced their support for Paul Ryan's budget plan is not surprising. But, when you review what passes for the usual Republican boilerplate these…
I have GC’s permission to blog about his penis
The half-marathon was, in many ways, not what I was expecting. Knowing that the route had changed, and that we’d be winding our way through Chinatown and Hintonburg and Westboro…
Liberals screaming Fire, but is anyone listening?
Its fun to watch the Liberals scream FIRE over the NDP and Jack Layton's comments on the constitution. It seems the Liberals' have no plan or any intention of working…
Just in case anyone in Ottawa is busy drafting a new message…
"I told you so" doesn't seem to be polling well. Just saying. Even if voters believed, correctly, that an increase in support for the NDP favours a Conservative majority, they…
Star Editorial Recommendation
I really have nothing new to add to the continuing saga of the Toronto Police Service's obstruction of efforts to get at the ugly truth behind the G20 security debacle.…
wildrose alliance loses its third candidate in six months.
The conservative Wildrose Alliance has lost its third candidate since it began its nomination process late last year. Calgary-Fort candidate Bob McInnis will no longer carry his party’s banner against…
Once More With Senate Reform
They're at it again, so I will say it again:1) All I've heard suggests that the provinces will be asked elect a Senate candidate who the PM promises to then…
Pelican Bay Prisoners Set to Hunger Strike July 1
On July 1, 2011, between 50 and 100 prisoners at Pelican Bay State Prison in the Security Housing Unit (SHU), Corridor D, are going on an indefinite hunger strike. The…
"Moran" Monday*: Pam Geller just can’t let go of birtherism.
Obama is an illegitimate child, which disqualifies him to be president. Who knew? …Teabagger brilliance, in all it’s rabid, racist, xenophobic glory. *We’re devoting space each Monday to documenting Teabagger…
"Moran" Monday*: Pam Geller just can’t let go of birtherism.
Obama is an illegitimate child, which disqualifies him to be president. Who knew?...Teabagger brilliance, in all it's rabid, racist, xenophobic glory.*We're devoting space each Monday to documenting Teabagger idiocy. Stay…
"Moran" Monday*: Pam Geller just can’t let go of birtherism.
Obama is an illegitimate child, which disqualifies him to be president. Who knew? …Teabagger brilliance, in all it’s rabid, racist, xenophobic glory. *We’re devoting space each Monday to documenting Teabagger…
Social Ownership: the Position of the Socialist Party of Ontario
At the founding convention of the Socialist Party of Ontario the bulk of the day was given over to the resolutions and platform planks proposed by members from across Ontario.…
Some improvement.
My hockey skills improve … slightly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1sTRwxX2YQ That is J playing centre..
Another Russian Gay Pride March Ends In Violence
For the sixth consecutive year, Moscow has forbidden a peaceful gay rights demonstration from happening within the city, and for the sixth consecutive year, equal rights advocates have defied the…
Your world. Your choice. Your future.
Memorial University granted an honorary degree on Friday to Edsel Bonnell. As the official news release put it: “In essence a man with two careers, Mr. Bonnell has excelled at…
Shrugging off accountability
So, one of the items coming out of the G8 meeting last week was that Harper is going to “encourage” Parliament to vote to extend the Libya mission. It's a…
Reckless Rookie’s Road Map for Ontario Revealed
Redux: the diva loves alliteration. Here's what the Tim Hudak Tories are promising:• MONEY- Couple income splitting up to $50,000; family earning $70,000 could savealmost $1,400 a year- 5% income…
Germany says auf weidersehen to nuke plants
Germany's centre-right coalition announced this morning that it is getting out of the nuclear power business entirely. All seventeen of its plants will be closed by 2022 at the latest.…