…read this:

Fasken Martineau, a leading international business law and litigation firm, made the following statement concerning comments made today before a House of Common’s Committee.

In November 2006, Mr. Nazim Gillani of International Strategic Investments approached Fasken Martineau through one its partners, Alfred Apps, in connection with legal advice/services for International Strategic Investments. Mr. Apps met with Mr. Gillani, received documents from Mr. Gillani and accepted a retainer cheque from Mr. Gillani.

Mr. Apps previously had no knowledge of, or acquaintance with, Mr. Gillani. Very shortly thereafter, Fasken Martineau declined to act on behalf of International Strategic Investments. Mr. Apps so advised Mr. Gillani and returned the retainer to Mr. Gillani. Fasken Martineau has had no professional dealings with Mr. Gillani or International Strategic Investments in the intervening period.

Comments (16)

Obama delivers a brilliant rejoinder to the far-right drug addict.

In my experience, the universe can be neatly divided into sane people who love Obama, and red-necked, mouth-breathing nutjobs who think the scumbag racist drug addict is the Messiah.

I stand with the sane people, personally.  Anyone else?

Comments (14)

This makes me sad. I used to work with a Charles Lewis at the Ottawa Citizen. He was a wonderful, thoughtful guy. There was no bigger supporter than him for the work I was doing exposing the religious right and the far right.  No one.

That’s why I’m sad to read tripe like the linked column – the hackneyed, clichéd, anti-CBC and anti-secularism/pro-Harper and pro-religious right claptrap that the Post churns out, endlessly, while completely indifferent to the effect it has on its circulation and/or credibility.  When I wrote for them, they – the great free-speechers! – refused to let me print a goddamned word that was positive about the CBC, the Star or related subjects.  When they also refused to let me say what I wanted to say about protecting human rights, I quit.  Now, I only read them online, and sporadically at best.

Anyway.  The Charles Lewis I knew isn’t the Charles Lewis I see in the Post this morning.  He’s left the building, and I sure miss him.

Comments (12)

Here is where I’ll be this weekend – in Calgary, then Edmonton.

“Always controversial”?  Me?  I think I’m not terribly interesting, myself.

Bios of the other speakers, here. If you’re in Edmonton this weekend, c’mon by.  I have a few things to get off my chest about Liberalism, generally, and the Liberal Party of Canada, specifically.

Comments (10)

When we were nerdling teens (and when we became nerdling adults), he was a big deal to us – brawny sword-swinging brutes, buxom princesses, scary creatures roaming the landscape, all rendered with an unforgettable style – and we vainly tried to copy his art.  And it was art.

R.I.P., Frank. (Some of his work can be seen here.)

Comments (3)

My sons (and I) are very, very happy. Comments are open.

Comments (12)

I don’t want to go all Star Wars bar scene on y’all, but this latest outrage by Rogers is well, an outrage.

When will this company learn? When will they get their corporate heads out of their corporate keesters? It’s amazing how dumb they can be. Does their greed know no bounds?

I’m a bit of an iPad nutcase, so forgive me. But Rogers really, really sets new standards for idiocy, sometimes.

Comments (1)

…like one of my journalism profs used to say.  And here is a bunch of some classic TV pictures! My personal faves: 3, 6, 7, 9, 13, 16 and 18.

Comments (1)

The Hill Times’ Harris MacLeod sent me an email this aft, asking about something or the other, but also if I’d be running the LPC war room in the next election.  I told him no.

He asked why.  This is the gist of what I wrote back.

“I wrote to Michael and said I couldn’t run the war room in the next campaign.  I am quite busy with the McGuinty war room, and won’t be able to do both simultaneously.  Michael was very understanding.

I’m still a federal Liberal, and I will be helping out in any way I can.  But I don’t have the ability to be in two places at once.  And my business took a hit last Summer and Fall, when I dropped everything to be on hand for an election that never came. Have I agreed with everything that has been going on in OLO?  No, of course not.  But that’s how it is in a political party – you don’t always agree with every single decision that is made.

I wish Michael and his team the best.  They’ve got some great, great people up there.  I know that the next war room will do an amazing job.  I wish them the very best.”

Comments (19)

…in which Tom G. gets the crap beaten out of him by fascists, and seems to enjoy it.

“I Was A Teenage Anarchist”

Against Me! | MySpace Music Videos

Comments (1)