(This was written a week ago. It appears dated for Sunday only because I shall be out of touch with my computer that day.) Adrian Levy and Catherine Scott-Clark, Deception: Pakistan, the United States, and the Secret Trade in Nuclear Weapons. , Walker Publishing, New York, 2007. Adrian Levy and
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: July 6: church and state
I write this dated for Saturday, but I’m writing it late on a sweltering, Friday late afternoon. I shall be posting it on Saturday morning, along with another post for Sunday because I shall be, in that time, soaking up some cold (I hope) salt water. In the July 5
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Portents?
Look for announcements about Sun Media cutting frequency of papers in southwestern Ontario this week and next week.And:…heard a rumour of press room layoffs in London, anyone hear more?And at Sun News Network HQ some guy apparently came around this week to look at the HVAC system. When a guy
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Some Low-Hanging Fruit
Or should I say pork? I have a bit of a busy morning, so I am taking the easy route for now by dedicating this photo to our ‘friends’ in the Red Chamber and their federal government enablers: Recommend this Post
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: It’s Happened Before
Documents released yesterday indicate that, contrary to what Stephen Harper says, there were more people than Nigel Wright involved in the pay off to Mike Duffy. Most interesting of all is the revelation that Senator Irving Gertsein, who controls Conservative Party funds, was prepared to pony up $30,000 to help
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: I.F. Stone – How Journalism should be done.
From an interview on Democracy Now with Amy Goodman. AMY GOODMAN: And the issue, what many will call a false dichotomy between advocacy and journalism, his views on this? D.D. GUTTENPLAN: Well, his views were that you can either be — he said two things that I think are
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Stephen Harper’s Circle of Ignorance
Evidence from initial investigations into Senate payments indicate that one person should be held accountable for this: Stephen Harper.
Continue reading350 or bust: Saturday At The Movies
I’m in Fort McMurray Alberta, the heart of tar sands country, to participate in the Healing Walk organized by the Keepers of the Athabasca. Keepers of the Athabasca is a collection of First Nations, Metis, Inuit, environmental groups, and watershed citizens working together for the protection of water, land and
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Senate Scandal Closes in on Stephen Harper
Well there he was in High River today, helping to clean-up the town.Throwing out a box of garbage, as the cameras rolled. But reporters were kept at a distance.But sadly for ol' rubber gloves he can't get rid of the Senate scandal or Old Duff that easily eh?Because back in Ottawa, the stench
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6216…It Takes An Ex Liberal To Come Clean
Ish. Four Senators have been caught with their hands in the cookie jar. Only one is paying back the bucks he owes. That information is all over the place and the re payer would be ex Liberal caucus member Mac Harb. Mr. Harb says he ain’t guilty but he is
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Musical interlude
Underworld – Cowgirl
Continue readingPostArctica: Duane Michals
“Who gives a fuck about what he had for breakfast? These are stylistic ticks. The digital has changed the paradigms of photography. I had an opening in Boston and this woman had a little camera with her and kept exclaiming, ‘Everything is a photograph!’ That’s the problem. The bar has
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: If You Don’t Secure Your Firearms, Don’t Complain When the Police Take them
Harper’s Redneck Society, High River Branch, is incensed that RCMP officers entered their abandoned homes and recovered unsecured firearms left in plain view. Sideshow Steve wasted no time in bitching about it, even exceeding his authority to recommend direct that the weapons be returned to their owners without delay. Now
Continue readingPostArctica: Medgar Evers
Medgar Evers was murdered 50 years ago. Medgar Wiley Evers (July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963) was an African-American civil rights activist from Mississippi involved in efforts to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi. After returning from overseas military service in World War II and completing his secondary education,
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: This Vancouver startup wants to bring ultrafast Internet to Canada
A Canadian startup says it will be offering fibre Internet at a speed of one gigabit per second – 60 times faster than the Canadian average – with no bandwidth caps for a competitive price. Sounds promising – and experts say “there’s no reason why it can’t work”. Article by
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Friday night blues blogging
Outside Woman Blues was originally recorded in 1929 by Blind Joe Reynolds. This is Doyle Bramhall II at one of the Crossroads festivals (where they really seem to have a thing for double drummers). This is John Hammond performing at a concert staged as a tribute to the Mississippi Sheiks,
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Senate Is a Cartoon
I’ve been cartoon-ified by Jim Sadlemyer! Larry and I unintentionally wrote a joke used in ParlimANT Hill. Duffy’s PMO scandal with Nigel Wright just gets more filled in, and bigger as time goes by. Harper’s really wearing this crime heavily now, after skating away from Cadscam and Penashue’s campaign pay-off.
Continue readingNorthern Insight: If you read anything today, it should be Rafe Mair
An illustration of why corporate media is in a death spiral: “…Modesty is not my long suit and I believe that had I stayed, the general public would have been infinitely better served on environmental issues. “A Judge once said to the great Lord Birkenhead, I have read your brief
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Maclean’s article on Wendy Gritter and New Direction: Quietly head of the curve
Maclean’s Magazine has an article about Wendy Gritter and New Direction: Quietly ahead of the curve Gritter was optimistic when she started ministering at New Direction. She attended an Exodus International conference in the ’90s and found the testimonies of alleged ex-gays quite moving. But her optimism soon wavered when
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