Sunday, November 29, 2009
Saturday, November 28, 2009
@todmaffin: "Twitter will die [eventually]. And in so doing, will live forever" http://bit.ly/8h7jow Twitter will change all social networks
Permanent Arctic sea ice, twice the size of Winnipeg, breaking up. http://bit.ly/8z1r2v Guess it's not that permanent in this new world.
Those looking to stall action on climate change or are exploiting complexity http://bit.ly/6LlTeU This is bad PR. And potentially dangerous.
Country known for its noble deeds now bears a stain on its reputation http://bit.ly/8Ww0tQ #cdnpoli #lpc #ndp #cpc #afgh via @a_picazo
The Roma, Europe's most discriminated minority, arrive in Canada. http://bit.ly/72102a Educators confused what to do with children.
Friday, November 27, 2009
B/W in U.S. spend 20% of income on hair http://bit.ly/68cU7d “White people may be more comfortable with a black person with straight hair.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Debate over Bill C-300 heats up. Allegations of rape, violence, intimidation denied - but subsidized by tax dollars. http://bit.ly/6bHAHu
Alb QB awards $22m in Soost v. Merrill Lynch without Keays punitive damages or notice period. http://bit.ly/61oy42 via @FaskenMartineau
Fuerst J: "a new breed of self-represented accused. He or she is argumentative, rude, and disrespectful of authority."
http://bit.ly/7EP0cJ
http://bit.ly/7EP0cJ
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
@kevinokeefe: Lawyers who resisted the phone went the way of the dinosaur. http://bit.ly/7HOxKi Now assimilate what social media we have.
Secret to Rainmaking is it's not a secret http://bit.ly/5hCW5J If you can't get business at a cocktail party you won’t via social networking
Scientific breakthrough - replacement for Viagra through electroshock therapy. http://bit.ly/5zZugi I foresee a marketing problem or two.
" @OgilvyRenault breaks marketing ground." http://bit.ly/7428MC Big firms finally turning to Internet for finding business.
R Leigh Lerner: "Who is a Jew?" http://bit.ly/61zpyA Disclaimer: No definitive answer in this article.
Times Online's Lawyer of the Week: Shah Qureshi http://bit.ly/5Tnuqh Climate change beliefs protected by anti-discrimination legislation
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Listening to Jaince Gross Stein, speaking on "Religion in the Public Sphere" at #uwolaw. http://bit.ly/8vG5R6
1st use of fMRI in courts in Chicago murder trial. http://bit.ly/7kXTjw And how SPECT can be used in Ont. for mild traumatic brain injury.
Jewish community leaders ask #Harper to trash #CPC taxpayer-funded flyer portraying #LPC as anti-Semitic. http://bit.ly/4NfTPV #cdnpoli
Monday, November 23, 2009
Twitter Meet Law School. Law firms, meet Twitter at Law School. http://bit.ly/8lcLgz Announcing launch of #obitertweet by #uwolaw students.
Law firms using social media for recruiting? Maybe http://bit.ly/4Vf2Ow via
Michael Fitzgibbon @managementlaw of @BLGLaw - largest in Canada
Michael Fitzgibbon @managementlaw of @BLGLaw - largest in Canada
Law firms using social media for recruiting? Maybe. http://bit.ly/4Vf2Ow via
Michael Fitzgibbon @managementlaw of @BLGLaw -largest in Canada
Michael Fitzgibbon @managementlaw of @BLGLaw -largest in Canada
"Lacrosse trumps torture for Stephen Harper" http://bit.ly/6LLMJC Nice photo op bud. Btw, ppl are dying and in pain. #cpc #lpc #ndp #cdnpoli
Name-based discrimination, once the hallmark of European anti-Semitism, still flourishing in N.A. http://bit.ly/8TUeRB via @SCartierLiebel
@pmharper tells protesting HS students to stop calling. http://bit.ly/88vaaU They're jamming up the switchboard. via @liberalrocco #cpc
Hill Times: #CPC uses US-style Republican smear tactics. http://bit.ly/6QS092 Cons make dirty politics dirtier. #GOP #cdnpoli
Social Media Mafia blog is live again (for those asking for old content): http://blog.socialmediamafia.com/
"U.S. intolerance gives Ontario an edge" http://bit.ly/55wVPE That's _if_ we give foreign trained professionals a chance to work here.
"Canada is so reviled in some places that travelling Canadians mask their citizenship by wearing American flags" http://bit.ly/58NZ0y #cpc
"Canada is so reviled in some places that travelling Canadians mask their citizenship by wearing American flags" http://bit.ly/58NZ0y #cpc
DiManno: Anti-Americanism reason for Afghan torture. http://bit.ly/7cnP0M Cuz Bagram torture is somehow better than Gitmo torture.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
After being invaded through an illegal war, Iraqi refugees seek a better life. http://bit.ly/5TIthS In Detroit.
On conspiracies: http://bit.ly/5hpCeH [UTube] "We're all drinking from the well of pseudoscience, misinformation and fallacious arguments."
"#Harper lauds press freedom in speech, doesn't take questions from reporters." http://bit.ly/85Ezgw #Harpocrisy #cpc #cdnpoli
If you smile at a dancing stripper, you might lose your benefits. http://bit.ly/6SXqB9 Any better ways than Facebook to evaluate depression?
Denial of Afghan torture came directly from the office of @PMHarper. http://bit.ly/8g0pfW Is anyone surprised? Vote #CPC to promote torture.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Paul Cavalluzzo sees torture déjà vu. When will Canada learn? http://bit.ly/4ZXA2X Is this the country we want to be?
Friday, November 20, 2009
Every so often... we get a peek at the nasty partisanship that still animates both #Harper and his party. http://bit.ly/2aGDFz #cpc
What does standing shoulder to shoulder with Israel really mean? http://bit.ly/5p1CNr #cpc #lpc #cdnpoli
Peruvian gang murdering people to allegedly sell their body fat for cosmetics. http://bit.ly/7YuiPX [video] Now there's a diet plan!
Dryden: Go back to reading the teleprompter. http://bit.ly/1AWz9u #cpc #lpc #cdnpoli #rofl The ugly side of Tory politics.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Canadian Jewish Congress: http://bit.ly/1xHrKh Holocaust survivors object to Bnai Brith ad. http://bit.ly/3IY8gs Disgusting.
Canadian Jewish Congress: http://bit.ly /1xHrKh Holocaust survivors object to Bnai Brith ad. http://bit.ly/3IY8gs Disgusting.
New #CPC low: Accusing #LCP of anti-Semitism. http://bit.ly/2Y8QaW Volpe: "It's the worst of the worst" #cdnpoli
Racial bigotry in Philly middle-school homework. http://bit.ly/4o424t Ignorance or lack of ill will is not a defence.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Be sure to carry your Canadian passport when crossing this Quebec street. http://bit.ly/1Tp0qm And pray US minutemen don't move north.
Richard Colvin in House today: #Harper may have tried to cover up torture in Afghanistan. http://bit.ly/1hPJIb Shame. #cpc #cdnpoli
Contracting out of homework. http://bit.ly/39XsUw The law student bargaining unit need to negotiate this issue. #lawschool
Who looks stranger? Geeks using social media or lawyers avoiding it? http://bit.ly/sowrB via @kevinokeefe Managing partners need to catch up
#Harper tried to silence Canadian diplomats on Afghan torture. http://bit.ly/3HcFmM Politics before principle, as usual. #cpc #cdnpoli
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
U.S. Fact @JDDiversity "Nationally, minorities make up 6.05 percent of law firm partners." http://bit.ly/428awp Change it or risk losing out
Walk like an Egyptian, just don't eat like one. http://bit.ly/22wzfb CT scans reveal atherosclerosis in ancient mummies.
"Some cognitive skills actually improve with age" (thank goodness) http://bit.ly/453NTo No luck on getting through speedy readings though.
"The pro-Israel lobby... has every right to operate and indeed to flourish in Britain." http://bit.ly/2OPrGU
Monday, November 16, 2009
Reduced legal bills surest route to client's heart. Associates learn cost-cutting come at their own expense — literally http://bit.ly/4uxVUs
Going door-to-door selling weed is a bad idea, esp when person answering the door is a cop. http://bit.ly/38EEfk
via @LawrenceGridin
via @LawrenceGridin
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Evaluation of an experiment of live tweeting the Supreme Court of Canada's hearing this Friday on Omar #Khadr. http://bit.ly/1Cbq40
Awkward "science" project: Will there be Minorities in Heaven? http://bit.ly/3iBs3r (Can anyone read his conclusion?)
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Brilliant video by @lewispr_uk "We Need to Engage Directly with Our Customers. They are the Ones that Count." http://bit.ly/2aiNZr
NASA finds water on the moon. http://bit.ly/1yOKRU Maybe that's why so few care about taking care of the water we have on Earth.
Reminder for #Harper: A [Map] of Parties to the Kyoto Protocol. http://bit.ly/rf3ep ♫One of these things is not like the others.♫
#Harper skipping Copenhagen - the most important climate change meeting since #Kyoto. http://bit.ly/1f7OrC Harper reps big oil, not Canada.
Friday, November 13, 2009
"Huge rise in birth defects in Fallujah." http://bit.ly/3Xb9LJ If you're wondering why, see this: http://bit.ly/15kwgp The babies!!! #iraq
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Terrorist: An HIV + man that bites another person in an altercation. http://bit.ly/kxR3W The charge? "Possession or use of a harmful device"
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
"Arabs, blacks, religious Jews need not apply." Promotions? Forget about it. http://bit.ly/3VsLZj Coming soon to a N American city near you?
US to subsidize Tc-99m production by $163m. #Harper loses out on our 40% market share. http://bit.ly/3PbrhR At least I'm back in business.
When Afghan insurgents get their hands on US weapons, that's probably not a good thing, right? http://bit.ly/4iwBri
Monday, November 9, 2009
U.S. judge rules tweeting is broadcasting; bans courtroom tweets from drug trafficking trial. http://bit.ly/3QLP0u via Michael Geist
Michel Martin: [NPR] Ethnicity Matters, Especially If You're The Gunman. http://bit.ly/1qxT1X few words about last week's twin tragedies
"Warren Kinsella votes Tory" huh? http://bit.ly/3h6hpo That's John Tory. Seems a few other Liberals are as well. #cdnpoli
A decent treatise on Islamic law debunking the Conservo-nut conspiracy theories re Major Nidal Hasan http://bit.ly/3LRBSd #loonwatch
UK libel laws may force US papers to stop distribution there. http://bit.ly/5Y9Hf "reputation as a world centre for libel tourism"
LSUC investigating EI for self-employed lawyers. http://bit.ly/2jm738 We might be able to retain female lawyers in the profession yet!
Now you can be frum and fashionable. http://bit.ly/4tmTY1 The snood is the new hot thing hitting the runways.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Smitherman resigns as Dept Prem and Min of Energy. http://bit.ly/3LS6LP Smitherman for the next mayor of Toronto, one who gets things done.
Iacobucci: Recognizing the horrors of residential schools a necessary step for us to build a Canada we can be proud of. http://bit.ly/4k1yam
Friday, November 6, 2009
[map] Rural Cons stole our democracy. http://bit.ly/1wQ2Tz With fraction of pop. See older post on vote dilution: http://bit.ly/3TrMwj #cpc
Reporters revolt against minister's refusal to answer questions. http://bit.ly/43P23z Transcript: http://bit.ly/2K0rGb (h/t @audra_williams)
via @MEKowalski "Ambulance chasing has now gone digital." http://bit.ly/aA2Sj UK law firm Wragge & Co hunting anon commenters online.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Celebrating Guy Falkes the right way, focusing on those in power. http://bit.ly/3SBUmo I almost didn't remember it's the 5th of Nov.
Got Google? Probably, like most people. http://bit.ly/4gVI8D
Now get some privacy too, with Google Dashboard.
Now get some privacy too, with Google Dashboard.
Got Google? Probably, like most people. http://bit.ly/4wZTSR Now get some privacy too, with Google Dashboard.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Law Professor Sues Over 'Above the Law' Blog Post - Jones v. Minkin http://bit.ly/4zSJxB via @ericgoldman but not likely to succeed
Monday, November 2, 2009
About to hear Justice Harvey Brownstone speak at #uwolaw. http://bit.ly/dtd7z Heard him before, he's great: http://bit.ly/1oHOSR
"U.S. has painted itself into a corner in Afghanistan from which there can be no graceful escape" http://bit.ly/3pC7hZ On Tajiks/Pashtuns
How To Spam Facebook Like A Pro: An Insiders Confession http://bit.ly/3h8cuU via @AndrewWindham Don't try this @ home, or elsewhere.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Not news for us, but blacks need to use “disarming mechanisms” to get ahead in corporate world. http://bit.ly/2Mqozq Law not much different.