Category Archives: Law-Law Land

Guilty! Guilty!! GUILTY!!!

Posted on April 20, 2021 by Sabina Becker

First, the reaction from outside the courthouse, and from the streets of Minneapolis: The first of George Floyd’s four killers has been found guilty on all counts. Here’s some legal analysis on what it means for the justice system, and … Continue reading →

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Finally.

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Sabina Becker

I’ve known from the start that the so-called Proud Boys were fascists; it was clear from their self-description. And terrorists; it was clear from their actions. But now it’s official at the governmental level here in Canada, too. And that’s … Continue reading →

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Parliament Hill terrorist’s motives revealed

Posted on January 9, 2021 by Sabina Becker

Via CBC, an unsurprising development, at least for those of us who’ve been following the meanderings of the various right-wing loons of this land: Yeah, surprise, it’s precisely the same thing as happened on a larger scale in the US … Continue reading →

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Bruce McArthur’s first known victim speaks out

Posted on October 17, 2020 by Sabina Becker

What’s it like to be one of the earliest victims of a serial killer…and somehow to survive a murderous attack? Mark Henderson knows. 19 years ago, he was assaulted by a man he knew by sight in Toronto’s gay village, … Continue reading →

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Christine Jessop’s murder has finally been solved

Posted on October 16, 2020 by Sabina Becker

It was a murder that mystified Ontarians (and Canada as a whole) for over three decades. How could a little girl just vanish seemingly without a trace, and several weeks later turn up dead and partially decomposed in a remote … Continue reading →

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What’s happening in BC, and why the trains aren’t moving

Posted on February 14, 2020 by Sabina Becker

First, a little item from CBC: Marc Garneau says “the system is working”, but anyone who’s living alongside a railway where the trains are stalled on the rails (and there are two of those trains out behind my own house … Continue reading →

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Donnie’s impeachment trial: Oh, it is ON, baby.

Posted on January 16, 2020 by Sabina Becker

And here is the formal handover of the articles of impeachment (only two, alas, out of so many more there could have been, but they’ll have to do): The real action starts 18 minutes in, if you’re wondering (and don’t … Continue reading →

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It was 30 years ago today…

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Sabina Becker

…that this happened: A terrorist attack on women took place in Montréal. The terrorist specifically said that he was “fighting against feminism”, but for a long time, this aspect of his terror attack was downplayed in the media, and misunderstood … Continue reading →

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Donnie, the pantsless “god-emperor”

Posted on November 9, 2019 by Sabina Becker

OMG, you have GOT to hear this: And when even people who aren’t doctors can see that something is wrong with him, something is WRONG with him: “I am not qualified to diagnose the president’s mental acuity,” the author writes, … Continue reading →

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The Scheer-Drumpf-Kochtopus connection, exposed.

Posted on October 8, 2019 by Sabina Becker

Looks like Short Pants Andy has some ‘splainin’ to do: Anybody buy that? I don’t. Notice, too, that he mentions “volunteers from across the country”, NOT professional operatives from outside of the country? He’s a weaselly one, that one. Also, … Continue reading →

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