Revolutionary thought of the day: I can’t stop looking at Rue, smaller than ever, a baby animal curled up in a nest of netting. I can’t bring myself to leave her like this. Past harm, but seeming utterly defenseless. To hate the boy from District 1, who also appears so
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – David Olive writes that the dangerous effects of long-term unemployment (caused in no small part by gratuitous austerity) are just as much a problem in Canada as in the U.S.: With our persistent high levels of long-term unemployment, Canada is at risk of
Continue readingChadwick's Blog & Commentary: Shakespeare’s Lost Plays
Shakespeare’s canon, as it is known today, is incomplete. The Bard is known to have written several plays that were not, for various reasons, included in the First Folio printed shortly after his death. Other plays, several included in the … Continue reading →
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Signifying Nothing
Michael Harris writes that the Canadian Bar Association does not support Bill S7, the Harper government’s recently passed anti terrorism legislation: The CBA makes the point that the legislation does not give investigators new tools, but merely duplicates, with a few new wrinkles, laws that already exist. So why would
Continue readingA BCer in Toronto: Painful media scrum for Adrian Dix on his Kinder Surprise
After a BC election radio leaders debate, NDP leader Adrian Dix faced the press, and questions on his Kinder Surprise. And it wasn’t pretty. Between back-dating memos and forward-dating decisions, Dix’s messaging is more difficult to follow than the plot of Inception.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Classy Apology
Regular readers of this blog may be aware of my almost boundless enthusiasm for The Toronto Star. I deeply admire its progressive mission, and I find its roster of excellent columnists informative and thought-provoking. I have come to regard it as a trusted source of news and opinion. It was
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Standing Up Against the Systemic Misogyny in our Culture – Anita Sarkeesian at TEDxWomen 2012
Anita Sarkeesian at TEDxWomen 2012 lets the world see that there are people willing to stand up and fight against the misogynistic status-quo. Filed under: Feminism Tagged: Anita Sakeesian, Feminism, Patriarchal Backlash, Video Games
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Repulse Bay
(This is the one in China – not Nunavut)
Continue readingMorton's Musings: "a contract for services by an independent contractor can be terminated at will and without notice"
McCready v. De Dwa Dehs Neys, 2013 ONSC 2425 holds: [46] It is clear from judgments across the country that a true independent contractor like the Plaintiff, who is free to pursue other contracts during the course of his retainer, is treated differently upon termination than an employee. Whereas an
Continue reading350 or bust: Saturday At The Movies
LOL – tough love from some of our “relations”:
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper’s Disastrous Bout With Justin Trudeau
Well afterwards the experts did agree on one thing eh? It wasn't exactly the bout of the century, but it was both horribly revealing, and deeply disturbing.For there was Big Boy Harper rushing out of his corner to accuse Justin Trudeau of being a girly man.Only to lead with his belly, trip on his thong,
Continue readingBlunt Objects Blog: More on Quebec
Teddy here with some expansion on an earlier post about Quebec. The poll taken, as outlined in that article, had Federal and Provincial questions asked. Since the poll used the same respondents, and, produced results in identical regions, we can create this data from it: I should note as a disclaimer; the QS
Continue readingCathie from Canada: It was always Paul for me
We got tickets today for Paul McCartney in Regina in August — as teenagers growing up in Saskatchewan, we never thought we would get to see him in person. We’re just a wee bit older now, of course, but I can hardly wait.
Continue readingBryan Crockett: Which leader would you choose?
Which of these makes more sense to you? Stephen Harper, Conservative Leader A leader who says that this is no time to “commit sociology“, and believes that the root cause of terrorism is terrorism? Or a leader who understands that finding the reasoning behind terrorism is important to preventing terrorism.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Musical interlude
The Blizzard – Piercing the Fog
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Pre-War German Suicide Rates
In 1932 Germany's suicide rate was four times that of the UK and double that of America. Perhaps this reflected a despair for the state of the nation that underpinned the subsequent Nazi success?
Continue readingMind of Dan: An ideal replacement for Google Reader: Part 2 Inbox vs Stream
It’s been much longer than I intended when I wrote part 1 of an ideal replacement for Google Reader. But I haven’t forgotten that I promised a part 2 As you might recall the first (and probably most important) requirement for an ideal replacement for Google was that the back-end
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Shameless Self-Promotion Department: an Interview about Writing
Mary Eva of the Riverside School Board asked me a whole lot of interesting questions and I went on and on 🙂
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Shameless Self-Promotion Department: an Interview about Writing
Mary Eva of the Riverside School Board asked me a whole lot of interesting questions and I went on and on 🙂
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: CKNW Election Debate Media Scrum With Party Leaders
Here is the Media Scrum that followed the Leaders Debate. It really is unfotunate that the reporters asking the questions were not shown. I am off to see Sean Holmans Documentarty ‘Whipped’ but I will get back to the media’s behaviour later.
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