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The Skwib: Fight Your Demons
Fight Your Demons, a photo by Lissy Elle on Flickr.
Continue readingSlap Upside The Head: National Post Apologises for Publishing McVety Ad
The National Post, Canada’s largest right-leaning national newspaper, has apologised for publishing a transphobic advertisement from the Institute for Canadian Values, headed by anti-gay lobbyist Charles McVety. The ad—which pretends to be written by a doe-eyed, four-year-old girl—is headed by the phrase “Please! Don’t confuse me!” “I’m a girl,” it reads. “Don’t teach me to […]
Continue readingNo, I didn’t forget about Manitoba
Sorry for the delay folks – Manitoba election results are found right here.
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With an unusually high number of overlapping provincial and territorial elections overlapping this year, the Fall of 2011 makes for a busy electoral season. With few fireworks in Ottawa as we settle into the normalcy of majority rule in Ottawa, the nat…
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With PEI’s election results now all but declared, Northwest Territories goes to the polls.For results, follow along here.
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The PEI election results page should go live in just over half an hour.Follow along, here.
Continue readingSlap Upside The Head: Farmer’s Market Removes Trans Employee
The Trails End Farmer’s Market in London, Ontario is the subject of a human rights complaint after the market owner forced a vendor to remove a trans employee from their stand. Karen Clarke, owner of the True 2 You candle company, said she was shocked to have received a call from Trails End demanding that […]
Continue readingThe Skwib: Too damn hot!
Unknown Photographer, 1940s, a photo by kraftgenie on Flickr. AFter their shift cleaning out the blast furnaces, Edna and Eustace would head down to the the Pantages Theatre, still wearing their protective gear. They took the oxygen with them, and then stole it from their audience. They had a burlesque show that everyone in town […]
Continue readingThe Skwib: A writer writes
april 26 grading blues, a photo by dewberry1964 on Flickr. Ignatius was working. That was the first rule for writers. It wasn’t about the tools, his teachers had said, way back in school. It was about discipline. Work. A writer must write, even if, as Thomas Mann said: “A writer is someone for whom writing […]
Continue readingThe Skwib: The wonderful thing about tautologies
damned freaks in the alley…, a photo by IntangibleArts on Flickr. tautologies After a certain point, the previous night was all a blur. He’d started the usual way: he burst through the door, landing on the nearest (and fattest) person, introduced himself, and then sang the song. (He’d paid the Sherman Brothers a fortune for […]
Continue readingThe Skwib: Hidden quirky smile
Hidden quirky smile, a photo by marchasselbalch on Flickr. Two notes: An excellent week of stuff upcoming on The Skwib this week. Dear NASA: For future reference, if you drop your crap in my backyard, I’m not telling you. Especially if it sets anything on fire. Finders keepers. The Kindle Giveaway continues. Join my mailing […]
Continue readingThe Skwib: Welcome To Earth II
Welcome To Earth II, a photo by sartiax on Flickr.
Continue readingThe Skwib: Insecurities Worksheet
Insecurities Worksheet, a photo by lunchbreath on Flickr.
Continue readingQuotable quotes
From Rob Antle’s article in Atlantic Business Magazine, an interesting quote from federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver about Muskrat Falls, and the federal government’s loan guarantee.“Look, the project, at the end of the day, has a private …
Continue readingAffectionate dispatches from the recently retired
Dear Newfoundlanders and Labradorians:I know that there is an election going on over the course of the past week and the next couple of weeks. (I know this because it was I who set the dates.)I know that you are tempted to focus on other people. People…
Continue readingThe Skwib: Cradle of Humankind – Flora
Cradle of Humankind – Flora, a photo by Martin_Heigan on Flickr.
Continue readingThe Skwib: Socially Dysfunctional
socially dysfunctional, a photo by lunchbreath on Flickr.
Love this infotoon, and is a useful addition to the came: “crazy person or bluetooth user?”
Alltop is the homeless lunatic of humor aggregators.
14 months later
Kathy Dunderdale, last year:”New buyer has eyes on mill” – CBCKathy Dunderdale, yesterday:”It’d be something of a miracle in the present climate” – CBCWe’ve never been stronger.
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