Can you do LA in 72 hours? Yes – just don’t plan on getting a lot of sleep. I spent a year in LA in the late 80s doing some modelling, which didn’t go so well – I was considered too “fat” (seriously), too ethnic and too old (I was
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: Barbara Kay on REAL Women Canada’s Outburst
In one sense, I was very happy to read Barbara Kay’s column excoriating Gwen Landolt and REAL Women Canada for their attack on Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird this week. I was pleased to see that at least someone on the far right could see the ridiculousness of Landolt’s position.
Continue readingLeDaro: Extreme weather: Are these signs of Climate Change?
In the Maritimes we have been getting so far thunder and rain storms as well as hail storms. Some coastal communities were flooded. Is this the new normal? Are these the symptoms of Climate Change? There has been news coming from other parts of Canada and the U.S of extreme
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: The Content of Their Character
Represent! I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. – Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream, 1963 What has been most
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Let’s get serious about cigarette litter – no ifs, ands, or butts
In 1965, half of Canadians smoked. By 2011, that had dropped to about 17.3 per cent, or 4.9-million people, with only about 13.8 per cent daily smokers. Unfortunately the downward trend has levelled off in recent years, and tobacco remains the leading cause of preventable death in Canada, according to
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: August 9: Good news…
…after only a week of requests, Bell-Aliant is at least going to hook up my computer (but it will take another week.) What an age of electronic miracles! Today’s issue of the TandT will be a joy for lovers of pictures of Harper talking about nothing in particular while having
Continue readingLet Freedom Rain II: Friday Morning Funnies: ‘Australia’s Sarah Palin’ supports Jews because they ‘follow Jesus Christ’
Can’t vouch for the veracity of this video but it is funny as hell. H/t: Dangerous Minds
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Our Tories are troubled tra-la!
When writing about the ‘Dump the Dummy’ campaign among Ontario Conservatives a couple days ago, we could hardly imagine the Tories having any choice. It gives you serious pause though when you find out who are the people leading the charge to get rid of Ontario Leader Timmy Hudak. If
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Labour Force Numbers Worse Than They Look
Today’s Labour Force numbers provide more evidence that Canada’s labour market is still mired in a 3-year funk. Following one year of decent recovery from mid-2009 (the trough of the recession) to mid-2010, driven mostly by extraordinary monetary and fiscal stimulus, further progress has been stalled ever since. Most headlines focus
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: Thag make sex toy!
Thag was preparing himself for a long hunting trip. He’d already sharpened his fire-hardened spear, and collected fresh grasses for insulating his clothes and moccasins. The last thing he needed to do was cut himself a fresh set of knives … Continue reading →
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Politics with your Folk
TweetFor this political junkie, one of the small highlights of attending Edmonton’s Folk Music Festival each year is flipping through the $5 programme book to sneak a look at the political ads placed in the programme guide. The political ads are always from politicians sitting in the political centre or left
Continue readingLeDaro: Bears Dancing
They are quite entertaining. 🙂 CBC News.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Police Power
While the title of this post may seem a bit of a tautology, since the power of police on the streets is obvious, there are other arenas where they wield their influence in ways that may not be consistent with an open and democratic society. For example, police are known
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headline for Friday, August 9, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, August 9, 2013: The Duty To Accommodate Is Not Unlimited – Mondaq News Alerts (registration) Lawyer agrees to five-year suspension for advising client to clean up his Facebook photos Trial for final lawyer charged in Texas judge bribery scheme;
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Corruption in the Pipeline: A Timeline of Keystone XL Misinformation
Though plagued by corruption, the Keystone XL (KXL) “zombie pipeline” refuses to die. While firsthand accounts from front line communities in Alberta, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas have galvanized activists, the interconnected web of corporate lobbyists, oil executives, and Obama administration officials continue to push the project forward. Thankfully, the State
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Henry Blodget recognizes that the systematic corporate squeeze on mere workers represents a deliberate choice rather than an inevitability: One of the big reasons the U.S. economy is so lousy is the American companies are hoarding cash and “maximizing profits” instead of investing
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Austerity Bites? Public-Sector Implosion Hits Canada’s Job Market
Statistics Canada reported a loss of 39,000 jobs in July, even as Canada’s working-age population grew by 39,000. As a result, unemployment rose and many Canadians withdrew from the labour market altogether. The decline reflected a loss of 74,000 public-sector jobs, which was only partly offset by modest growth in
Continue readingBuckdog: Maybe It’s Time For Mike Duffy And Pamela Wallin To Throw Stephen Harper ‘Under The Bus’ And Come Clean On This Whole Sorry Affair!
When Stephen Harper decided to add Pamela Wallin and Mike Duffy to Canada’s unelected, undemocratic Senate, he started in motion a series of events that has ultimately become an ugly, nasty political scandal. For starters, neither Duffy nor Wallin qualified for senate appointment as representatives of their respective native provinces.
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Uneasy Lies the Head
The knives are out.Tim Hudak’s days as leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party are numbered. Bob Hepburn writes in The Toronto Star: In the wake of disappointing losses in four of the five byelections last week, now comes news that Hudak is facing a new open revolt within his
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Foreign Lander
Are juicy harmonies your thing? Try this on for size. 🙂 Filed under: Music Tagged: Foreign Lander, Girls Quartet, The DWR Friday Musical Interlude
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