“If you don’t care about the royal baby, don’t bother telling the rest of us you don’t care.” That was my personal message to assorted grumps, grouches and anti-monarchists Tuesday following the birth Monday of His Royal Highness, Prince George of Cambridge. I could take it no more, Your Babiness,
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Six Nations of the Grand River
The Grand River ‘Champion of Champions’ Powwow Committee is a group of highly motivated, community spirited volunteers who have for the past three decades, staged and organized, on behalf of the Six Nations of the Grand River, a Aboriginal Multicultural event, annually the fourth weekend of July; so as to
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Kanata’s Secret Segregated Bike Lane
Yes, Kanata has a secret, or at least unpublicized, segregated bike lane on Huntmar Drive from Maple Grove Road to the Canadian Tire Centre parking lot, even if, for some strange reason, it is only on one side of the road. This is not like the high profile (and more
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Kanata’s Secret Segregated Bike Lane
Yes, Kanata has a secret, or at least unpublicized, segregated bike lane on Huntmar Drive from Maple Grove Road to the Canadian Tire Centre parking lot, even if, for some strange reason, it is only on one side of the road. This is not like the high profile (and more
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Kanata’s Secret Segregated Bike Lane
Yes, Kanata has a secret, or at least unpublicized, segregated bike lane on Huntmar Drive from Maple Grove Road to the Canadian Tire Centre parking lot, even if, for some strange reason, it is only on one side of the road.
This is not like the high …
Continue readingThe Political Road Map: Detroit Wants Robocop!
Movies, while providing a source of entertainment, also possess the ability to inspire us, move us and provide an example of the direction our society is moving in. Robocop among many memorable movies of our youth or general collection, gave us an image of a city named Detroit suffering from
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: The scene in the Slocan Valley
This is a bit too close to home. My brother, his wife and my littlest sibling all live in Winlaw, B.C., in the Slocan Valley, right near Lemon Creek. It is a beautiful place, and everyone is scared what this spill will do, long-term. Here’s a couple shots Troy Kinsella
Continue readingQueer-liberal: Toronto Centre Liberal nomination race heats up…
It’s now confirmed that author and journalist Chrystia Freeland (pictured) will be seeking the federal Liberal nomination in Toronto Centre for the upcoming byelection to replace retiring MP Bob Rae. Freeland is obviously a brilliant writer and journalist, having penned the influential 2012 book ‘Plutocrats: The Rise of the New
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: This Doesn’t Look Quite Right
A knife-wielding man on a TTC streetcar last night wound up on the receiving end of a barrage of police gunfire. A horde of cops had the streetcar surrounded when one officer opened fire. First three shots. Then another four shots and then another and finally one last shot. Nine
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: For All the Union-Bashers Out There
Ninety-year-old Joy Taylor asks all of us to ‘be the voice’: Recommend this Post
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Fearless
I’ve been listening to this Pink Floyd tune for years and only found out the name of it a week ago:Hippies kill punks, forever and always.
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Adjectives for the Harper Cons
Cloud, meet silver lining.The Harper Con’s cheap partisan dissing of astronaut and Liberal MP Marc Garneau has produced a very useful set of adjectives which we can all use in the future.Under FOIA, the Canadian Press obtained a batch of emails to then-heritage minister James Moore from the Canadian public relating
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Last Monday’s #HonourTheApology Event
If you want the federal government to honour the apology you may have taken part in an event, publicly or privately, on Thursday. Either way, last Monday, you may have missed a webinar about the malnourishment and nutritional experiments, and the TRC context. Almost 10,000 people have viewed this archive
Continue readingLeDaro: Waterfall and soothing music
Forget about the troubled world and enjoy the relaxing music.
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Alberta Tar Sands Blowout Threatens Boreal Forest, Wasn’t Disclosed Until Months Later
Tar sands oil has been spilling in Alberta’s boreal forests for months, and according to a government scientist, neither industry nor government knows how to stop it. Four “oil blowouts” left 34 tons of vegetation covered in oil, dozens of animals dead, and two-foot-high coats of oil on tree trunks.
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Maybe We Shouldn’t Put All our Eggs in One Aerial Basket
Britain did something profoundly stupid in the early 30s. It invested a huge amount of its air force budget in twin-engine, light bombers. These designs were easily capable of out-running fighter aircraft like the Hawker Fury and the Gloster Gladiator of the day. That meant bombers could range independently, in
Continue readingLeDaro: Egypt in turmoil again
I don’t understand what is going on in Egypt. First Egyptians did not want a military government. There were violent demonstrations until people succeeded to topple Hosni Mubarak. He was charged with criminal actions of killing Egyptians and sentenced to jail.However he was ill and instead ended up in a
Continue readingCanadian Trends: Responsible loan schemes and speculative riches
“Responsible resource development”. I mean, if it’s not ethical, at least it’s responsible right? They’ve got to sell it as something… NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ont. – The premiers of British Columbia and Alberta have launched a joint plan to expand exports of oil, gas and other resources, laying the groundwork for new
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: Letter from a Hunger Striker: “If We Can Do This in Prisons Then Our Barrios and Ghettos Can Also Form United Fronts Out in Society…”
Today marks day nine of our peaceful protest hunger strike/work strike. We have heard on the news that people are being rehoused in an effort to isolate people further! The whole purpose of what we are doing is to protest isolation and as a result this concentration kamp reacts by
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