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Defending the Religious Exemption to Vaccination
Posted: 6/28/2016 By Barbara Loe Fisher To activate and view hyperlinked references, please click here once and then click any superscripted number below to access a hyperlinked reference, or scroll down to the bottom of the article to view all hyperlinked references. Every summer, Americans celebrate the 4 th of July to mark the day in 1776 when the American colonies agreed they would no longer b
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KILLING MOTHER8 unread articles // actions
The Alberta Tar Sands - Ground Zero for Western Civilization
10 th and 11 th July 2016 I now know what it is like to enter a disaster zone. On approach to Fort McMurray, Alberta, roadside signs advise that mental healthcare is available. Roadworks are underway to patch rearranged asphalt on the highway. Blackened sticks line the highway where boreal forests once stood. A roadside sign advertises a Denny’s, but only a pile of white ash exists where a restau
Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Agriculture and the Lies Humanity Tells Itself
9 July 2016 In the past couple of days, I have passed from temperate forests to boreal forests to prairies, shifting with earth's latitudes and precipitation rates. The temperate and boreal forests have, for the most part, been logged, but many are regenerating with secondary growth. I drove 500 miles today across Manitoba and Saskatchewan, and I am still looking for an unfragmented piece of natu
Kirtland's Warblers and Other Natural Surprises
5 July 2016 Michigan is a state of contrasts. Venturing from south to north, post-industrial gloom gives way to sweeping vistas of rolling hills and forests. Like most other areas in the eastern United States, Michigan’s forests were logged relentlessly, although isolated pockets of old growth are still found. At the Hartwick Pines State Park near Grayling, a mosaic of old and new growth forests
Michigan's Upper Peninsula and the Ironies of Tourism
6 July 2016 Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is a complex landscape, where environmental, social and economic factors converge, creating a sense of surrealism. Surrounded on three sides by Great Lakes Huron, Michigan and Superior. It feels like an island in a vast ocean, rather than a finger of land protruding into freshwater lakes. Towering sand dunes, long stretches of white-sand beaches and crystal-
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THWAP'S SCHOOLYARD2 unread articles // actions
Taking On The Stupid Trolls
First off; my apologies for the formatting. "Blogger" decided to frame everything in white and didn't want to change the margins for quotes. Whatever. Secondly; I started this post a while ago and at first I didn't want to identify Davis Aurini by name and therefore referred to him as "the writer" but it's become tiresome. So at some point you'll notice I stopped doing that. T
June Post
I've had five days straight off of work and a lot's been happening in the world. Blogging is a waste of time but I've got time to waste today so ... "Elbow-gate": - Ramming through legislation without debate is icky. NDP working with the Conservatives for any purpose is icky. The delaying tactics were silly. But Liberals do them too. Trudeau's choice of words showed that he lost his tem
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MIDDLE CLASS POLITICAL ECONOMIST1 unread article // actions
New book on investment incentives will help shape policies debates for years to come
This past week I received my chapter author's copy of a new book from Columbia University Press, Rethinking Investment Incentives: Trends and Policy Options . Based initially on the November 2013 conference on investment incentives at Columbia Law School, the contributors were put through their paces to upgrade their conference presentations into proper papers. The result is what Theodore Moran of
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@ THE CHALK FACE7 unread articles // actions
What if police “reform” played out like school “reform”?
I don’t know very much about how law enforcement works. I also think the whole concept of “reform,” for schools and otherwise, is so much nonsense, anyway. But let’s think about this for a moment, shall we? Law enforcement, as a public service, is failing in low-income black and brown communities, largely in concentrated and […]
Train teachers like doctors? Maybe.
Yet another editorial in a line of editorials over the years comparing physicians and medical education to that of teachers. I even tried this myself several years ago, although my perspective was to underscore the absurdities of evaluating teachers based on test scores. On the whole, I agree with the authors that extensive, year-long residencies […]
@SOSMarch What else could we do with conference fees?
I recently read a blog article on the expense of conference fees for academics. As a former college professor and graduate student, I remember trying to earn those crucial lines on my CV by traveling to just about any conference that I could apply for. The big name ones were naturally the most expensive and […]
Do stressed teachers lead to stressed students?
Education Week reports on a study that adds to the literature on linkages between teacher and student stress. First, let me get this out of the way. For the study, researchers surveyed 17 teachers in grades 4 to 7 on their potential burnout, and then tested over 400 students in those teachers’ classrooms for stress […]
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NEWS FROM ATLANTIS.1 unread article // actions
Jo Cox snuffed out to boost EU Remain campaign
Jo Cox is dead. She was killed in Batley by a man who it is claimed is a neo-nazi. The motive? Why, because she was campaigning for the UK to remain trapped in the EU concentration camp! Seriously - we are supposed to believe that some lunatic nazi shot her dead because killing a puppet politician would change things in the UK! But would killing an MP have an impact upon public life? Well, if the
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THE STRAIGHT GOODS9 unread articles // actions
China's Insurance Policy Against High-Priced LNG, COAL= Death of British Columbia's LNG Super-Power Fantasy!
Written by Grant G Well well well...more bad news on the British Columbia LNG front....Shell Canada, which possessed a Federal environmental certificate, a 40 year export license, all the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission permits, a deal with First Nations has postponed their proposed LNG project until mid 2020s, or..never! http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/shell-backed-lng-canada-de
GloEuropean Union And Fascism. Imperial balization. Part V
GloEuropean Union And Fascism. Imperial balization. .... Part V Written by Robin Mathews Canadians had a taste of incipient fascism with the Conservative government led by Stephen Harper. Flagrant abuse of Parliament. Vicious attacks on organized labour. Deliberate destruction of pubic information and record. Perversion of the National Police Force. Even ( I claim ) a false, fabricated court acti
Christy Clark's 2017 Election Gambit(LNG Redux) and The Stunning Display of Postmedia Publishing Rubbish..A Straight Goods Special
Written by Grant G It absolutely amazes me, no matter how stupid, how outrageous, no matter what this BC liberal government says or does all we hear from our employed by Postmedia or employed by Global/CTV legislative media is.....not much, usually nothing.. Vaughn Palmer..Michael Smyth..Keith Baldrey....last week education minister Mike Bernier threw a hail Bernie Madoff pass, eer, I mean a Hail
Postmedia Defends the Indefensable, Site C Dam Boondoggle and Defunct British Columbia LNG Industry
Written by Grant G Ross K likes to use fanciful verbiage when describing British Columbia's media and BC's provincial Liberal government..." lotusland...Clarkland..Clarklandia " etc etc etc .. And if one really thinks about it....Ross K's descriptors are the most accurate around... Is there any better way to describe our legislative reporting gang..?..Perhaps..The in need of polident de
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THE HIGH-FAT HEP C DIET1 unread article // actions
This little piggy had none: are fat soluble micronutrients diluted by serum lipids in CVD and psoriasis?
This will be a rambling post, I'm afraid, and more of a sketch of an idea rather than a pinning down. This excellent pig study, first tweeted by Prof Andro of the Suppversity blog, is clear proof that the Seven Countries study, as long suspected, was severely confounded by latitude, sunlight exposure, and vitamin D.Summary 4 groups of swine (n=16) fed 2 different atherogenic diets, one with 1500i
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PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK7 unread articles // actions
This GMO labeling "compromise" is bad news
[Update: Late in the night on July 7, the Senate voted to pass this latest version of the DARK Act. To find out how your Senators voted, click here . The bill will now move to the House.] You heard right, a new version of legislation to undermine GMO labeling is moving quickly through the Senate. Lauded as a "compromise" by supporters, this bill would preempt state rights to label genet
Wins for bees in the Golden State
Earlier this month, dozens of pesticide and industrial agriculture lobbyists filled the halls of California’s Capitol as they worked to defeat the Pollinator Protection Act (SB 1282) on the Senate floor. If passed, this bill that would have created new protections for bees from harmful pesticides, along with ensuring that seeds and plants pre-treated with neonicotinoid pesticides be labeled as su
Bayer: Keep the Hives Alive!
Outside Bayer’s North Carolina headquarters this week, a beekeeper stood with 2.5 million dead bees — a symbol for the number of kills U.S. beekeepers face across the country annually — thanks in part to the bee-harming pesticides that Bayer and others manufacture. This was one stop on the beekeeper-led Keep the Hives Alive Tour , which made its way across the country during National Pollinator W
Let's protect rural kids from drift
Pesticide drift happens all too frequently, especially in rural California where homes, schools and agricultural fields can be nextdoor neighbors. Children — the most vulnerable members of these communities — are often the first to experience drift exposure and its resulting health impacts. Unfortunately, our regulatory process is so weak and broken that those responsible for drift too often get
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THE EXISTENTIALIST COWBOY1 unread article // actions
A Genius, A Saint, and SCOTUS Agree: Conspiracies Exist! by Len Hart The right wing spent the 1950s trying to convince ...
A Genius, A Saint, and SCOTUS Agree: Conspiracies Exist! by Len Hart The right wing spent the 1950s trying to convince the nation that it was threatened by a vast world wide communist conspiracy. Now the right wing is trying to convince the nation that conspiracies don't exist at all! Right wingers have targeted Tin Foil Hatters for ridicule when it was not so long ago that the term applied bette
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SYRIA COMMENT6 unread articles // actions
Marie Colvin’s Death Was Tragic, But It Was Random
Marie Colvin’s Death Was Tragic, But It Was Random By an Informed Observer in Damascus For Syria Comment , June 13, 2016 Marie Colvin’s death was tragic, especially for her family and friends and the international media community. Colvin was a courageous and legendary journalist. But her death was random, like hundreds of thousands of other deaths in the Syrian war that the world does not hear ab
In the Line of Fire — the War Against the UN in Syria
In the Line of Fire — the War Against the UN in Syria By Cyrus Mahboubian, an NGO worker in Damascus (Pseudonym) For Syria Comment , July 4, 2016 Since the war in Syria began, aid delivery has been politicized. The anti-regime camp rejected the very notion of delivering aid through government held areas. Western countries who backed the insurgency and supported regime change pushed for most aid t
Quwat al-Ghadab: A Pro-Assad Christian Militia in Suqaylabiyah
By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi Social media graphic for Quwat al-Ghadab (no official insignia/emblems in existence). Another appellation used in reference to these forces is Junud al-Masih (‘Soldiers of Christ’). Christians in the east of Syria, where Syriac liturgy denominations constitute the majority of Christians, are primarily known to have joined militias of Syriac orientation , such as the pro-
“Why the Islamic State Is Losing, and Why It Still Hopes to Win”
I have just published a new paper on the war against the so-called Islamic State over at The Century Foundation , arguing that the group is now clearly losing the war on the ground in Syria and Iraq. But the tide may turn, depending on what happens in the Syrian Civil War, among the rival Kurdish factions in northern Iraq, and with the increasingly tense situation in Baghdad. The introduction is
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Quote without comment
... nuclear currently provides 75% of France’s electricity, supporting a 90% non-fossil grid, all without advanced batteries or [s]chedulable BEV charging. California is proposing to move to a renewable-rich grid (a 50 or 55% non-fossil grid), over a couple of decades, only to be 5 times dirtier than today’s French grid. This is fraudulent environmentalism, and should be condemned in the
What KQED and FAIR aren't fair to
Straight talk. I posted this to KQED's discussion of the Diablo Canyon shutdown last night: But as more renewable energy comes online, running renewables, natural gas and other power sources all together sometimes creates more power than the state needs. At those times, the California ISO has to switch off solar farms to avoid overloading the grid. Retiring Diablo Canyon could help with that
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THE EARTH AND MAN: SETTING THE STAGE3 unread articles // actions
Global "Climate Change" Is a Lie, and Must Be Denied
Climatedepot continues to inform about the political war against "climate deniers", with a post, "Newsweek: Does Exxon Have a Constitutional Right to Deny Climate Change?" My reaction: Does anyone have a Constitutional right to deny a lie? That is what the political phrase "climate change" is. And never mind "Constitutional", Newsweek, the question should b
A "Climate-Political Nightmare", But So Much More
The notrickszone site has a post, on the "climate-political nightmare" of Brexit (Britain leaving the European Union, due to a referendum of its outraged population, not its feckless political leaders). My response: Here's a new word (I haven't seen it used yet, anyway), to describe the situation: Dementia. Total dementia, being "serious" about "climate policy". The
What Incompetent Climate Science Has Wrought: A Criminal Conspiracy on the Left, an Elitist Disregard on the Right
I want to write only about science here (and I won't take any political comments), but I have found that I cannot. Suppressive, false dogmas are ascendant, not just among scientists, but among our political leaders. And the latter need to be addressed, and reined in from what has become, on one side at least, criminal activity at the highest level against the fundamental right of freedom of speec
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A CLOSER LOOK: JODY PATERSON2 unread articles // actions
When good words go bad: The usurping of trafficking as a weapon against sex workers
Were I a cartoon character, I expect I'd have big red flags and maybe some small explosions coming out of my head these days after reading the Ontario government's news release this week about its big new anti-trafficking initiative. I'm all for ending trafficking, of course. But the issue is increasingly emerging as some kind of stealth instrument for attacking people working in the sex industry
When good words go bad: The usurping of trafficking as a weapon against sex workers
If I were a cartoon character, I expect I'd have big red flags and maybe some small explosions coming out of my head these days after reading the Ontario government's news release this week about its big new anti-trafficking initiative. I'm all for ending trafficking, of course. But the issue is increasingly emerging as some kind of stealth weapon for attacking people working in the sex industry,
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GEEZERPOWER2 unread articles // actions
These are strange times folks. We have a Secretary of Defense that doesn't understand what a uniform is. Ashe Carter se...
These are strange times folks. We have a Secretary of Defense that doesn't understand what a uniform is. Ashe Carter seems to think that we should have a different kind of military that he calls "The Force of the Future'. A military that resembles the IDF, which involves every citizen in Israel. It calls for the involvement of every family member in the defense of our country, which goes far
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LAND DESTROYER18 unread articles // actions
NATO: Lying All the Way to Barbarossa
July 11, 2016 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - Despite claims made during NATO Summit Warsaw 2016, that "NATO remains a fundamental source of security for our people, and stability for the wider world," it is clear that the threats and challenges NATO poses as existing to confront are in fact threats of its own, intentional creation and continued perpetuation. From the ongoing refugee crisis
A Primer: USAID & US Hegemony
July 8, 2016 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - A nation is its institutions. If those institutions are overrun and no longer exist, so too does the nation itself cease to exist. Institutions range from the offices of government, to education, to agricultural and economic development, to the management of natural resources, national infrastructure including energy and transportation, and security. These
GT200: How London Sold Fake Bomb Detectors and Got People Killed
The UK proves that power and profits come before the lives of even its own allies' soldiers and police. June 23, 2016 (Tony Cartalucci - LD) - The GT200 is an otherwise useless plastic box that does nothing with equally useless "sensor cards" that serve no discernible function. Image: Faced with mounting violence in Thailand's deep south, the government in Bangkok placed its trust in it
The FBI, Not "ISIS," Radicalized the Orlando Shooter
June 20, 2016 (Tony Cartalucci - LD) - As predicted, the FBI is revealed to have approached Orlando shooting suspect Omar Mateen in 2013 with informants posing as terrorists in an attempt to "lure" him into participating in a terrorist attack. Image: As scary as any cartoon villain - and ironically - quite literally a manufactured villain. Marcus Robertson is not only a former US Marine
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CATHARSIS OURS32 unread articles // actions
Economic News , Data & Views - July 12 , 2016 ...... Quick Hits .....1. Markets & Market Moving News - Dow & S&P 500 Hit New All Time Highs , Crude Inventories Have Surprisingly Large Build , US Ten Year See Yields Spike Higher , QE & Helicopter Money seen Coming For Japan But Juicing Stocks Generally , And About Brexit - Markets Seem Over That For Now. 2. UK Politics " Game Of Groans " Continues , Post Brexit News For Tuesday. 3. Spain Political Process - Dance To Form Gov't Continues , Dance with Europe Over Budget Deficit Closure Continues. 4. US Civl Unrest Updates.
Markets..... zerohedge @ zerohedge 21m 21 minutes ago JAPAN GOVERNMENT MULLS ’HELICOPTER MONEY’ POLICY, SANKEI SAYS zerohedge @ zerohedge 2h 2 hours ago Crude Inventory +2.2MM Gasoline +1.5MM Distillate +2.6MM Cushing -0.166MM zerohedge @ zerohedge 3h 3 hours ago Biggest 2-day jump in 10Y yields since 2011 Livesquawk @ Livesquawk 6h 6 hours ago US $20bln 10y Auction Cover: 2.33(prev 2.7)
Economic News , Data & Views - July 12 , 2016 ...... Quick Hits .....1. Markets & Market Moving News - Dow & S&P 500 Hit New All Time Highs , Crude Inventories Have Surprisingly Large Build , US Ten Year See Yields Spike Higher , QE & Helicopter Money seen Coming For Japan But Juicing Stocks Generally , And About Brexit - Markets Seem Over That For Now. 2. UK Politics " Game Of Groans " Continues , Post Brexit News For Tuesday. 3. Spain Political Process - Dance To Form Gov't Continues , Dance with Europe Over Budget Deficit Closure Continues. 4. US Civl Unrest Updates.
Markets..... zerohedge @ zerohedge 21m 21 minutes ago JAPAN GOVERNMENT MULLS ’HELICOPTER MONEY’ POLICY, SANKEI SAYS zerohedge @ zerohedge 2h 2 hours ago Crude Inventory +2.2MM Gasoline +1.5MM Distillate +2.6MM Cushing -0.166MM zerohedge @ zerohedge 3h 3 hours ago Biggest 2-day jump in 10Y yields since 2011 Livesquawk @ Livesquawk 6h 6 hours ago US $20bln 10y Auction Cover: 2.33(prev 2.7)
Economic News , Data & Views ..... July 11 , 2016..... Quick Hits - - 1. Markets & Market Moving News For Monday : S&P 500 Hits New Record High ; Italian Banks Not Going To Be Bailed Out By Europe's Taxpayers - So Says EG Chief Dijssebloem , Germany & Austria , Additional Items Related To Italian Bank Crisis. 2. UK Politics / Post - Brexit World News - May To Be Next Prime Minister. 3. Spain Political Process Of Forming Gov't Moving At Snail's Pace. 4. Greece - News De Jour. 5. US Civil Upheaval Continues - Post Dallas Items De Jour.
Markets.... Holger Zschaepitz @ Schuldensuehner 54m 54 minutes ago S&P 500 hit 1st record in > than 1yr as investors bet that US econ remains a pocket of solidity in a troubled world. zerohedge @ zerohedge 2h 2 hours ago Japanado Sends Stocks To Record Highs Despite Crude Crumble http://www. zerohedge.com/news/2016-07-1 1/japanado-sends-stocks-record-highs-despite-crude-crumble … Holger Z
Economic News & Views .... July 10 , 2016. Quick Hits - 1. Sunday Top Post Brexit & UK Political Updates. 2.Top News From Elsewhere " Around The Horn In Europe ". 3. Post Dallas Tension In The US Continue.
Post - Brexit , UK Political Puzzles..... The Economist @ TheEconomist 1m 1 minute ago Parliament will have a role but does not need to pass an act to trigger Brexit negotiations http:// econ.st/29BG3y3 fred walton @ fredwalton216 14m 14 minutes ago fred walton Retweeted Roland Smith Lots of switching of positions have gone on apparently..... fred walton added, Roland Smith @ WhiteWednesday B
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MAJIA'S BLOG39 unread articles // actions
Governor Satoshi Mitazono Prioritizes Public Safety Over Nuclear Complex in Kagoshima Prefecture
The island of Kyushu hosts Japan's only operating nuclear reactor, the Sendai nuclear PP. This plant has a poor operating history and there was considerable opposition to re-starting reactors there: Tadahiro Katsuta. Why was the Sendai nuclear power plant restarted? Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. August 12, 2015, http://thebulletin.org/why-was-sendai-nuclear-power-plant-restarted8644 Citizens use
The Fukushima Disaster is NOT Over!
Recently, a well-credentialed member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University Medical Center published an article asserting that the Fukushima disaster is NOT over after visiting the region: Andrew R. Marks. 2016. The Fukushima nuclear disaster is ongoing. The Journal of Clinical Investigation. http://dx.doi.org/10.1172/JC188434 The 5th anniversary of the Fukushima disaste
Some Potentially Good News on US Nuclear Policy
The Washington Post is reporting on some hopeful Obama Admin. aspirations on nuclear policy: Josh Rogin. July 10, 2016, Obama plans major nuclear policy changes in his final months. The Washington Post, https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/obama-plans-major-nuclear-policy-changes-in-his-final-months/2016/07/10/fef3d5ca-4521-11e6-88d0-6adee48be8bc_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines&
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WELCOME BACK TO POTTERSVILLE24 unread articles // actions
The Long Kiss of Death Goodnight
(By American Zen 's @mikeflannigan59 , on loan from Ari) "Secretary Clinton has won the Democratic nominating process, and I congratulate her for that. She will be the Democratic nominee for president and I intend to do everything I can to make certain she will be the next president of the United States." - Bernie Sanders , July 11, 2016, New Hampshire C ome on, Bernie bros, you knew th
#CorruptedTogether
So essentially, tweeps, we're left with three choices: American Psycho, Mrs. Lloyd Blankfein & Elizabeth's Warren's Mom. Oh, joy. #Bernie — Mike Flannigan (@MikeFlannigan59) July 12, 2016 Much more on this later. In the meantime, let me impart an image that perfectly describes what I feel like and have felt like since Hillary announced. Yeah, it's kinda like that...
It's Supposed to be Social Networking, Not Social Censorship
Whatever few readers I have have probably been curious about my thoughts on the horrific series of shootings in Louisiana, Minnesota and Dallas and I promise I will weigh in on those terrible events. But of late, namely within the past week, I've been subjected to very heavy censorship, mainly on Twitter. At first, I thought it was Twitter's analytics suffering a series of glitches. My timeline w
The Two Biggest Takeaways from the Comey Hearing
The newest takeaway from the #ComeyHearing ... pic.twitter.com/eaUh7J6otp — Robert Crawford (@jurassicpork59) July 7, 2016 Takeaways from the #ComeyHearing : Private email servers are set up accidentally & old women can't understand how email works. — Robert Crawford (@jurassicpork59) July 7, 2016 Consider this an open thread. Mrs. JP and I will be in and out all day since today's her birthda
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Judicial Questions with Self Represented Party
R. v. Thornton , 2016 ONCA 562: [7] We do not view the trial judge's interventions as being disruptive or tantamount to cross-examination. To the contrary, it is clear from the transcript that the trial judge appropriately intervened to clarify confusing testimony and to assist the appellant, who was self-represented at trial.
Extremely important delay case from Supreme Court
R. v. Jordan, 2016 SCC 27: The Morin framework for applying s. 11 ( b ) has given rise to both doctrinal and practical problems, contributing to a culture of delay and complacency towards it. Doctrinally, the Morin framework is too unpredictable, too confusing, and too complex. It has itself become a burden on already over‑burdened trial courts. From a practical perspective, the Morin framework's
Private Prosecutions
Most criminal cases are started when someone complains to the police and, following investigation, the police lay charges. The police will lay a charge when they conclude there are grounds to believe an offence has occurred, they believe they know who is responsible and there are no good reasons not to proceed. Sometimes the police decline to lay a charge even though it is possible a valid charge
Fundamental Freedoms and Limits on Rights and Freedoms
The Canadian Constitution protects specific "fundamental freedoms"; these freedoms are seen as the core of Canadian liberty and are protected against governmental infringement at any level. The fundamental freedoms are freedom of expression, freedom of religion, freedom of thought, freedom of belief, freedom of peaceful assembly, and freedom of association. These freedoms are seen as be
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Musings On Iraq Heading To Japan
I will be traveling to Japan for a week to give several presentations on Iraq in Tokyo. Posts on Musings On Iraq will be sporadic until I return.
Security In Iraq, Jul 1-7, 2016
The start of July 2016 highlighted the Islamic State’s shift towards insurgency and terrorism. Almost all of the discussion of the war against IS is focused upon how much territory the group is able to hold or lose. That is only half the fight however. The organization prides itself on its resiliency, and is proving that now with mass casualty bombings and high profile attacks. Currently it is re
How Did Fallujah Fall So Quickly To Iraq’s Forces?
The Iraqi forces were able to free Fallujah in an amazingly quick time. The earlier Ramadi campaign took a total of four months to fully secure the city. In comparison, the fight for Fallujah lasted just five weeks. This was a huge surprise since the Islamic State had been in the city since January 2014, which gave it ample time to build up its usual defense in depth like it had in Tikrit and Ram
Security In Iraq, Jun 15-21, 2016
Since March 2016 Iraq has seen a steady stream of terrorist attacks by the Islamic State during its spring –Ramadan offensive. At the same time, the government has been working hard to clear Anbar, while starting separate operations in Ninewa and Salahaddin as well. Each one of those leads to a steady stream of counter attacks increasing the level of violence overall throughout the country. The n
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Baton Rouge: “Put Those Damn Weapons Down!” ~ Bill Quigley, Huff Post
Baton Rouge: “Put Those Damn Weapons Down!” ~ Bill Quigley, Huff Post
600-Foot-Long “Bioswale” Planned for Coliseum Square Park ~ Canal Street Beat
600-Foot-Long “Bioswale” Planned for Coliseum Square Park ~ Canal Street Beat
Bob Dylan's New Orleans, in Oil on Canvas ~ David Alm, Forbes
Bob Dylan's New Orleans, in Oil on Canvas ~ David Alm, Forbes
Bayou Benediction: A Taste of Chef Melissa Martin’s Mosquito Supper Club ~Monica Willis, Modern Farmer
Bayou Benediction: A Taste of Chef Melissa Martin’s Mosquito Supper Club ~Monica Willis, Modern Farmer
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Linda Moulton Howe - retired navy chief yeoman Tom Shepherd - EBEs UFOs and modern technology
having worked in Corporate (several mainstream video games companies in the 90's and 00's) Industry, I understand all this talk about NDAs or Non-Disclosure Agreements. Any corporate employees indoctrinated into these cutting-edge industries are asked to sign a legal document that they will not share any details of technology or data or systems that company uses or makes or otherwise develops. Th
Lindsey Kustusch - Urban cityscape artist - Animalia
prolific oil painter Lindsey Kustusch from San Francisco CA is reknowned for her dark, damp, dank urban cityscapes (example above) ... but Free Planet finds her cat portraits equally touching.
Aston Martin and Adrian Newey - AM RB 001 - oops, bit of a mangasm happened
Aston Martin and Adrian Newey have gone insane with this new £2,000,000 V12-engined hybridised reverse gear'd 1,000 bhp supercar...
Athanasios Komianos - The Future Diaries of Paul Amadeus Dienach - Free Planet not due until 2396
this is kinda interesting... in 1922, Paul Amadeus Dienach, slipped into a narcoleptic coma for almost a year. When he came out of it, he started to fill a (vast) diary with the experiences he said happened to him while he was in this state. These diary entries tell the story of how Dienach spent his time in the future, to be exact the year 3906 AD. His visions of the current time are exceptional
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