Sean McCormick

He Blinked First

by Sean McCormick
Here’s a quick recap of where things stood yesterday afternoon: Ian Scott had posted a conjecture to his Web site that Warren Kinsella took exception to, and resulted in some legal unpleasantness between those individuals (still ongoing). [Update: now resolved ] I did some research into Ian’s post, and while I agree that the content ... Read More

A Question for Warren Kinsella

by Sean McCormick
Warren, in light of the umbrage you displayed over the post at Babbling Brooks which drew a legal response from you, I’m curious as to how you would defend your conduct towards David Janes, another Canadian blogger. To refresh your memory, here are your words again: “The Internet is full of red-necked, mouth-breathing rightist poltroons ... Read More

Publicly Owned Private Property

by Sean McCormick
Lawyers representing the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation have just put the hammer down on a couple of bloggers who were only trying to help send some traffic to the CBC’s Web site. Bloggers Sarah and Leo assembled a RSS feed for the latest news items offered up on the CBC’s Web site. They were simply helping ... Read More

Internet Radio for the Right

by Sean McCormick
I originally asked this question over at the Western Standard Blog in a comment, but I’d like to know why those on the right of the political spectrum in Canada haven’t considered setting up their own Internet radio station? It seems http://westernstandard.blogs.com/shotgun/2004/09/e_read.html#commentsto me that this would be much more productive than the continual carping about ... Read More

News: The Other Dot-BOMB

by Sean McCormick
The Toronto Star has joined the ranks of the Globe & Mail and Canwest Global. What they used to provide for free, for a short period, they now provide for pay (or under the guise of “registration”), for a shorter period. (The Canwest group actually charges for web content) What the hell am I on ... Read More

Patronage Pays

by Sean McCormick
Here’s a prime example of why I’ll never vote for Ben Mulroney when he eventually manages to slime his way into the Conservative Party of Canada. (Or whatever it will be called by then.): “Whether anyone wants to hear this or not, this is a fact: Patronage, in and of itself, is not a bad ... Read More

Taking ‘Those Bastards’ To Court

by Sean McCormick
A group of Canadian cattle producers, desperate to get the Canada/U.S. border opened to the shipment of live cattle again, is turning up the heat on this issue by suing the U.S. government for violating NAFTA. That should get their attention right? Well, actually, no it won’t. Canada’s softwood lumber producers already tried this tactic ... Read More

Too Much Of A Good Thing, The Sequel

by Sean McCormick
When Paul Martin launched his own weblog, I was momentarily excited about the prospect. What could be hipper than a Prime Minister with a weblog? It was almost as if the ghost of Pierre Trudeau had whispered in Martin’s ear. “Be a man. Tell them who you are. Remember my checkered pants, my cape, and ... Read More

Too Much Of A Good Thing

by Sean McCormick
While I think that blogging is a good thing, you can have too much of it. I’m talking about blogs by politicians. They tend to suck, by and large, because politicians just don’t grok blog style communication. Belinda’s blog sucked. Ed Broadbent’s blog sucked, except for the notable post where he temporarily supersized his testicles ... Read More

People Registry Rivals Gun Registry

by Sean McCormick
Like a bad reality TV show, Canada’s People Registry threatens not only to bring Orwellian databases further into our day-to-day living, but to out-boondoggle the mother of all boondoggles — the federal gun registry. As if you needed any clearer signalling, it is learned that Liberal spender, er, MP, Denis Coderre spearheaded the unpopular Immigrant ... Read More