As you all know, Pete Seeger died Monday night after giving us music for the past 70-odd years (he was 94). Last night CBC Radio’s Ideas with Paul Kennedy rebroadcasted a tribute to him that was originally produced a few years ago. It’s really worth a listen: A Tribute to
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Blevkog: Hooray!
There’s a new Rob Ford video! The waiting is the hardest part.
Continue readingBlevkog: City sidewalks, pretty sidewalks
Well, today was a shoveling day for this Haligonian. I chose to clear my own sidewalk, rather than allow the contractors working for the city to do it. These are the reasons: 1) Weather event one: A fairly minor freezing rain event which left a thin sheen of ice on
Continue readingBlevkog: Peter Van Loan knows his base!
Peter Van Loan worries about the effects of the so-called Reform Act: Van Loan believes there are “real problems” with the Reform Act. He says the bill may be well-intentioned but it isn’t needed and doesn’t provide for sufficient vetting of potential candidates. Chong has suggested riding associations have the
Continue readingBlevkog: Greetings from Winnipeg, you infidel atheists!
Just in case we waver and forget how the base Conservative actually views those of us who have eschewed organised religion: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/seasons-greetings—-even-to-infidel-atheists-pallister-234034381.html Conservative Leader Brian Pallister says he didn’t mean to offend anyone last week when he wished everyone, including “infidel atheists,” the best of the holiday season… “I’m always
Continue readingBlevkog: Hubert LaCroix continues his mission to destroy the CBC
Well, that’s my explanation for this: http://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/nhl-broadcast-deal-league-reaches-12-year-5-2b-agreement-with-rogers-1.1560824 While the CBC holds onto “Hockey Night in Canada,” the new deal will limit its control over the broadcast and lead to job losses at the public broadcaster. In an internal memo, CBC president Hubert Lacroix said that “starting next year, Rogers will
Continue readingBlevkog: A quote from a former opposition leader:
At worst, he personally ordered it done and chose the people who executed the plan. At the very least, he fostered an attitude within the party […], chose the managers of the people who committed these crimes and completely and utterly failed to exercise any oversight, supervision or leadership. In
Continue readingBlevkog: Is there a cure?
In what I presume is an attempt to seem sensitive, and not schadenfreude-istic, many people who want Mayor Ford to step down say that they want the Mayor to seek treatment for his substance abuse problems. That is fine, and probably a prudent way to prevent the guy from killing
Continue readingBlevkog: One quick note for Mr. Rob Ford:
Dear Mr. Ford, I believe it was Pierre Trudeau who said “There is no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation.” I cannot emphatically enough say that the reverse is also true when it comes to you. The nation has no desire to even accidentally glimpse the
Continue readingBlevkog: Shorter Christie Blatchford:
Blame the messenger! Unless I happen to the the messenger, of course. Really, I just don’t like that other paper that keeps scooping the Grope and Flail on these Rob Ford revelations. http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/11/07/christie-blatchford-purchase-of-rob-ford-video-sends-canadian-journalism-racing-to-the-bottom/
Continue readingBlevkog: Hal-con is on!
How do I know? I just walked through a impromptu photo-shoot featuring a woman I suspect was YaYa Han. Plus, there were a few people sporting costumes in Scotia Square. Also, there’s a schedule available that indicates that today is indeed day 1.: http://halcon2013.sched.org/
Continue readingBlevkog: An idea for Stephen Harper:
“I appointed all of those Senators while in a drunken stupor.” You’re welcome.
Continue readingBlevkog: Ideology versus principles
Just a thought running through my head right now: When does ideology trump principle? Are there people who exist for whom principle always trumps ideology? Lets look at some examples: Mayor Rob Ford smoked crack. Two news organisations, one reputable, the other less so, ran a story in which their
Continue readingBlevkog: The most important question(s) of the day:
Will Rob Ford’s crack smoking video knock Mike Duffy’s expense scandal off the top of the wires? Which story is worse for the Conservative establishment? How’s that convention going, anyway?
Continue readingBlevkog: It’s getting dark out there
Fellow cyclists of the world, I implore you to start putting lights on your bikes. Around these parts, the sun doesn’t rise until about 7:30 or so at this time of year. Expect that depressing darkness to continue until March. If you are biking on the road prior to this
Continue readingBlevkog: Dear Pamela
Ms Wallin (and messers Duffy and Brazeau): The plum you received from Stephen Harper turned out to be laced with poison. That is a small shame. I have some advice for you, if you are willing to take it: Release your expenses, as a timeline. Also release your calendars since
Continue readingBlevkog: I’m coining a new word
Well, a new hyphenated word, really. base-whisperer This refers to someone who knows how to communicate to his or her political base, and forms all of their communication and political maneuvering around the whims of said base, no matter how wrong or uninformed that communication or politics happens to be.
Continue readingBlevkog: One step forward…
… Metro Transit is cutting evening ferry service. The last boat leaving Halifax in the evenings will now depart at 10:30 p.m. instead of 11:45 p.m. This is insane. Dartmouthians who want to go out for an evening in downtown Halifax (for instance to Neptune, to a comedy club, to
Continue readingBlevkog: Paving the path on Barrington! Yay city!
My morning commute (cycling) takes me along a gravel path that runs parallel to Barrington Street, starting at the MacDonald Bridge and ending at the end of the navy dockyard. I talked to a friendly contractor working on what I thought was a simple grading and extension project, and it
Continue readingBlevkog: Democracy, for some, is an exercise in hoodwinking voters
Disgusting: Elections Canada has traced fraudulent phone calls made during the federal election to an Edmonton voice-broadcast company that worked for the Conservative Party across the country. While the agency investigates, aided by the RCMP, the Conservatives are conducting an internal probe. A party lawyer is interviewing campaign workers to
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