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Terrorism makes you stupid
It’s a source of wonderment to my criminal lawyer friends that people accused of committing serious crimes can’t be bothered to shut-the-fuck-up and get a lawyer after they’re arrested. For Crowns,...
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The REAL reason why the West shouldn’t intervene in Syria
I had a nice long, serious, moderately thoughtful piece prepared on why the West shouldn’t intervene in Syria. It was going to talk about how, despite my view that Western armies (principally...
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This is where I get off the Rob Ford train
Unlike many Torontonians (yeah, yeah, I’m a suburbanite asshole now, but once a Toronto boy always a Toronto boy) of my class and background, I don’t have a hate-on for Rob Ford. On the contrary,...
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Rob Ford’s “Denial”: THAT’s The Best He’s Got, He Might As Well Have Confessed.
So, after 8 days of sitting on his ample backside, Rob Ford has finally gotten around to making a statement about his alleged crack use. Boy, and what an utterly fucking useless statement it is too....
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Rob Ford’s Press Secretaries Quit – Both of them!
As if the Rob Ford gong-show couldn’t get worse, we have breaking news that both of his press-secretaries have quit, citing ethical concerns about continuing to work under the Ford administration....
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A rap song inspired by Rob Ford's crack cocaine denial
Reblogged from canada.com: Rob Ford must be part of the zeitgeist. After all, someone has recorded a rap track about him. Corey Charron, a 21-year-old from Ottawa who recently won a $5,000 freestyle...
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Rob Ford’s Got 99 Problems
Poor Rob Ford, he’s got more problems than Jay-Z (without the upside of being married to Beyoncé). And they keep piling on. Take yesterday’s news. On Monday, Ford’s two press secretaries quit,...
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Queen’s University vs. Captain Underpants
In a nice change from ranting about Rob Ford (who still hasn’t denied smoking crack. I’m just saying), I came across this story from Queen’s University. Now, I’m a former Queen’s grad, but I’ve long...
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Terrorism Makes you Stupid – Redux
In keeping with a recent post on the ass-clown behaviour of alleged Islamicist terrorists (or, at least, would-be terrorists), we have alleged Fort Hood murderer Major Nidal Hasan. Facing the death...
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Thoughts on the US Supreme Court’s Gay Marriage Decisions
I’ve long been a supporter of gay marriage (on largely conservative grounds), so I was pleased with the results of the US Supreme Court decision in United States v. Windsor (the companion case,...
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If the NDP Wants to Start a Conversation About Taxes, Here’s Where they...
It’s been a slow month, so I’ve been following the low profile policy bun-fight that’s broken out in NDP ranks in reaction to Thomas Mulclair’s commitment that, if elected, the NDP won’t raise taxes...
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What the Hell is Obama Doing? Why hasn’t Assad been bombed yet?
Reasonable people can disagree about the merits of intervening in the Syrian conflict. As I said before, I’m not all that keen on helping the Syrian opposition win, since it’s not obvious that they’re...
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Pauline Marois talks Bombings – Well, Separatists Know a Thing Or Two About That
I can’t get enough of the silliness behind Quebec’s proposed Secular Charter. Pauline Marois, Quebec’s Premier, is quoted in today’s Le Devoir defending her proposal to impose secularism on civil...
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The Decidedly Corporate Rabble.Ca
I enjoyed the irony of today’s story in the Post about how Rabble.ca, Canada’s pre-eminent left-wing and union-backed news platform (which is a fair description only if the dissemination of left-wing...
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God, Not Another Kennedy Assassination Anniversary.
If I have to listen to one more baby-boomer ass-nozzle reminiscing about where they were when JFK was shot, I swear to Christ, I’m going to lose it. Unless they tell me that they were in Dallas,...
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Trinity Western University and Duck Dynasty – Why can’t we get along?
Brandon Ambrosino over at Time has a nice little piece on the Duck Dynasty/Homophobia fiasco that, I think, offers a lot of insight on the recent spat in Canada around the proposed Trinity Western...
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Ontario Law Society Sticks It To Law Students – I’m Embarassed to be a Member
Before I start, I’m going to stake out my bias here. I hate the Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC), the organization responsible for regulating lawyers in Ontario. Not because I’ve had any problems...
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Law Society of Upper Canada Sticks it to Christians… and the Law
I guess being the Law Society of Upper Canada (the “LSUC“) means you aren’t compelled to comply with silly little rules… like the law. How else can one explain the appalling decision of the LSUC to...
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Why are Egypt’s Crimes Stephen Harper’s Fault?
This morning we learned that an Egyptian court - a kangaroo court, if ever there was one - after what can only be characterized as a farce of a trial, had convicted Mohammed Fahmy, an...
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