Author: bigcitylib

 …because one of these:

A bit like a Latin inflected MIA, but MIA raps while even on this live recording you can tell Merrill Garbus has a kick-ass set of pipes.  If she doesn’t become a huge star, then there is no justice.

Canadian Jews lose their sanest, most progressive voice:Effective July 1st, the Canadian Jewish Congress is discontinuing its activities. Canadian Jewish advocacy will be handled by the Canadian Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy (CIJA). In the nea…

Note the male royalty guy (Charles? Wally?) in both pics.  His pose in the .jpg  below is saying: Surely you jest? The one below can be interpreted as: No… fucking…way!The princess chick looks like she’s basically closed her eyes and…

Same difference. On, and don’t talk to the Aussies’s about small armies.Meanwhile, Kelly McParland says we should be proud of our failure.

Stats Can will take any piece of crap you’re willing to send them:OTTAWA – Census officials are settling for incomplete long questionnaires in the final push of the 2011 collection period.

From David Gollob, Director of Communications, Canadian Human Rights Commission: The Commission did not accept any complaints under section 13 in 2010.

I wrote surprisingly alot about Bill C-32, which banned the sale of flavoured tobacco products targeted at children. Cigarillos, basically.  It turns out to be a fairly meaningless stab at populism:Bill C-32 requires that cigarillos less than 1.4 …

“Passage of these [lawful access] bills would mean a lot of additional expenditures for new equipment, training and administration for many of our members who do not necessarily have to financial power enjoyed by telecom incumbents…”Progressives te…

So, I use Google, and in particular the Google Toolbar, at least 100 times a day, maybe up to 200 times.  I depend on its performance in my professional life, and if its offline then that’s like stealing the Broad-axe from a Viking warrior, o…