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Book Review: The Original Argument

Taliesyn — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 23:58:47 +0000

The Original Argument was not, as it leads one to believe from the cover, written by Glenn Beck. It was largely compiled by Joshua Charles, a student at the University of Kansas who heard Beck’s call for some to “translate” the Federalist Papers into modern English so more people could appreciate them. As far …

Mark Cuban on Patent Law

Taliesyn — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 03:06:04 +0000

Mark Cuban has a very good post recommending improvements to the patent law system. While his reference is clearly the US patent system, this applies to most of the patent laws around the world, including here in Canada. I would add one more thing to Mr. Cuban’s short list of fixes. While he focuses on …

“Multikulti” has failed

Taliesyn — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 03:56:10 +0000

I hope that Pierre Trudeau is rolling in his grave! Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, has openly declared: And of course, the approach [to build] a multicultural [society] and to live side-by-side and to enjoy each other… has failed, utterly failed. I have waited a long time to hear a major world leader say this. …

On Campaign Finance

Taliesyn — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:14:34 +0000

George F. Will writes and EXCELLENT column in the Washington Post and published today in the National Post. He clearly lays out why the Supreme Court of the United States was correct in it’s decision to overturn the ban on independent expenditures during elections. He puts it most clearly here: The Federal Election Commission, which …

The slow H1N1 clinics

Taliesyn — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:53:41 +0000

OK, so there is evidence across Canada of long lines at H1N1 immunization clinics, and the data thus far shows that it could take months to immunize the population at this rate. This could be accelerated significantly if you change a few rules, in the name of “public health emergency”. First, I heard on the …

On free speech in America

Taliesyn — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:18:39 +0000

I am very curious how the Supreme Court of the United States will deal with the McCain-Feingold restriction on corporate-funded (or even remotely funded) ban on election related publications, films or television. While I would never claim to be a lawyer, it would seem to me that the First Amendment to the US Constitution should …

On Child Services and Alberta politics

Taliesyn — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:04:57 +0000

Kevin Libin makes a very good connection in today’s commentary in the Post. I previously discussed the mess that Canada’s Children’s Aid Societies are in, and Mr. Libin shows the horrible mess in Alberta where a provincial court judge has sentenced a director of child services for contempt for failing to return a child …

CAS is like HRCs – time for a major shakeup

Taliesyn — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:29:27 +0000

Kevin Libin has written an excellent exposé of the Children’s Aid Societies (and their other named kin) across Canada, and he has gotten a significant amount of feedback supporting his findings. The problem is that unaccountable “social workers” have been given supra-legal powers to enter homes and “apprehend” children based on entirely subjective criteria. If …

Stop sending them money…

Taliesyn — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:04:20 +0000

In the news today, Border guards abandon posts on Mohawk reserve. If the Mohawk at Akwesasne want to be a “sovereign nation”, perhaps we should set up the border posts AROUND the reserve with armed guards. And Ottawa should stop sending them money. Voila – problem solved!

On Shakedown

Taliesyn — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:24:43 +0000

I finally had time to read Shakedown by Ezra Levant, and I must say I’m impressed by the energy he has put into this, as well as the uproar he has caused. Ezra does all Canadians (and all people who live is supposedly “free” democracies) a service by outing the totalitarian lie the so-called human …