Freedom Comes to Manitoba
After the election I took the train to Belgium for a week and binged on beer and waffles. Hung out at the Delirium Cafe in Brussels, a famous beer bar…
Freedom Comes to Manitoba
After the election I took the train to Belgium for a week and binged on beer and waffles. Hung out at the Delirium Cafe in Brussels, a famous beer bar…
Did Christy Clark Actually Say Something Of Substance Amongst The Name Change Chatter?
AllTheRidingsThatFitTakeoverVilleWell.....Now that the BC Liberal Party has successfully changed the channel with all that name change codswallop, it would appear that it's back to business as usual in Lotuslandia.Which is…
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CANADIAN ANARCHIST MOVEMENT: THE CALGARY FESTIVAL OF ANARCHY:How different from when I was young. Anarchist festivals in 'Calgary' !!!!FESTIVAL OF ANARCHY!Time Friday, May 27 at 6:00pm - May 29 at…
The First Surprise
Harper says voters hate surprises, but I would say his Senate appointments constitute a surprise. I expect several of these this year, followed by three years of blanket denials they…
Is Christianity an evil religion?
It has become something of a common practice for those of the Christian faith to ask whether Islam is an inherently "evil" religion. I've even heard fundamentalists question whether Muslims…
Harper’s Right to Appoint Senators
Lot's of faux indignation amongst media and bloggers and politicians over Harper's decistion to appoint three senators, including two who ran for election to the House of Commons, and lost.…
CSIS Screws Up. Again.
I am insulted that CSIS would willfully harm a national hero like Mubin Shaikh, the former CSIS and RCMP mole who prevented the Toronto 19 from bombing Parliament Hill.CSIS adds…
Ford’s right-wing governance: no vision, no soul, no future
This little corner's taken its whacks at the Ford "vision" before, but the saga of the Fort York bridge just underlines it all over again. The context for the discussion…
When settlement groups go astray
Several months back, there was a huge storm when PMS cut off funding for Hamilton based SISO, the Settlement and Integration Services Organization effectively forcing it to close down. At…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for May 19, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:French fury at US: Showing a suspect in handcuffs is illegal in France under laws to preserve presumption of innocencehttp://goo.gl/G64sOA…
The digital dilemma: What will we leave for future generations?
I recently completed a family photo album/history that relied heavily on faded photographs, some going back nearly 100 years, and various pieces of written correspondence and other documents. And as…
Canucks Facebook page allowed Homophobic comments
I am a big fan of hockey as many of my friends will tell you. Don't get between me and the game on my 40" HD surround sound screen. I…
Same old Senate – same old Harper
I’m presuming that Harper will use the “stability” argument as one of his reasons for re-appointing 2 Conservative Senators who had resigned and lost in the general election and appointing…
Donald Trump Won’t Run!
Personally I wanted Trump to run as it would have helped the democratics chances, but I am glad that the joke candidate is out as we might be able to…
Former baseball player, Billy Bean, poses for equal rights
Former Major League Baseball player Billy Bean, who made news in 1999 when he came out openly as gay four years after he retired from the sport, has posed for…
"This Stinks To High Heaven" – Ford’s disrespect for taxpayers
The Grid TO | Thirteen questions about Rob Ford’s questionable accountingBy Edward Keenan...The problem is that candidates are forbidden from taking loans from anyone except banks and other recognized lending…
Autism Can End Lives: Wandering and Drowning
Those who don't believe that autism can be a deadly disorder, who believe that wandering from home and drowning is not a problem that should be associated with autism, will…
The last Liberal standing will try to revive battered Alberta Liberals’ fortunes
Hugh MacDonald speaks last winter on the steps of the Alberta Legislature. Below: Laurie Blakeman.Hugh MacDonald may be the last Liberal left standing, but, by God, he is a Liberal!Mr.…
“Don’t worry, it’s legal.”
“Don’t worry,” said the woman, “It’s legal.” This lass (same one as this post, actually) was commenting on the Conservative bypassing the spending limit on their 2008 campaign. Don’t worry,…