On the dock with Sons Two and Three, after a fun day of water skiin’, swimmin’ and shootin’ (the legal kind). I am happy. Wish you were here!
Continue readingwmtc: in which i discover yet another internet scam
Looking for rental houses on Craigslist, I’ve discovered a scam that I was previously unaware of. I replied to an ad for a place that sounded wonderful, with unusually low rent I was keeping in mind the old maxim “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is,”
Continue readingwmtc: what i’m reading, children’s books edition: # 8: the invention of hugo cabret
In the aftermath of the flood and with our impending move, when I’m not dealing with those events, all I want to do is read and blog. If you enjoy my “what i’m reading” posts, you’ll be happy. If not… * * * * I’ve long wanted to read The
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Whether By Train Or By Pipeline, Oil and Gas Transport Is Unsafe
The deadly oil train disaster in Lac Megantic, Quebec on July 5, which (as of this writing) has left 33 people dead, with 17 still missing, and contaminated over 60 miles of local drinking water sources, has initiated a curious response across the media spectrum. Some observers cite this accident
Continue readingCathie from Canada: The bitter legacy of race in America
I’m not surprised at the Zimmerman acquittal and neither is anyone else.First, the prosecution didn’t really prove its case very well; second, in the United States, white people usually get the benefit of the doubt, while black people do not.When Obama was elected in 2008, the self-satisfied attitude of the
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Stop Secret Spying Translation Heroes
There have been some exciting developments in Canada’s telecom landscape over the past few weeks, and we could not have spread the word as effectively without unsung heroes like Gilles Bureau, Isabelle Jodouin, Bruno Veilleux, and a handful of other anonymous translators. Thank you so much for all your hard
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: DSM-5 Autism Emperors’ Ridiculous Assumption
“The fifth edition of the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-5) (APA in diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, Author, Washington, 2013) has decided to merge the subtypes of pervasive developmental disorders into a single category of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) on the assumption that they cannot
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Parliament is about to become even more of a circus…
..if what Stephen Taylor has heard is true that Pierre Poliviere is going to become a Cabinet Minister. The bad news is that with this promotion, Pierre is basically going to dig Parliament and Question Period down into the muck further, given his propensity for answering with non-answers and cheap
Continue readingwmtc: healthy slow-cooker recipe of the week: chicken in wine with sun-dried tomatoes
When it comes to soups and stews, there is a seemingly endless number of variables that can be changed to create new variations of any given dish. If you like chicken stew, for example, you could experiment with different combinations of vegetables, different seasonings, better (or quicker) stocks, fresh herbs
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Racism, California Style
Oakland television station KTVU and the National Transportation Safety Board are apologizing for a racist stunt that got on the air concerning the July 6th Asiana Airlines crash at San Fransisco airport. Someone, either an intern at the station or a staffer at the National Transportation Safety Board, came up
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Renewable Energy Not All It Appears
Patrick Smyth, a regular Cowichan Conversations reader, is not an IPP booster. He has given us permission to carry his recent letter to the editor in Whistler’s Pique News Magazine. I have been watching Quebec-based Innergex’s Upper Lillooet Power Project and was shocked to see it is actually going ahead. I
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: July 14:This is the making of history….
New Brunswick is, almost certainly, going through the most important political and economic moment it has seen in a hundred and fifty years – and more. The corruption and the moral rot that has characterized its past (and present) is for the first time being openly challenged. And the TandT and the whole Irving
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Robert Reich asks a few impertinent (but important) questions about plutocratic encroachment on the U.S.’ political system. – Catherine McKenna explains why it’s important to try to make a difference in our political system. But Chris Cobb reports on what happens to
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Canada is full?
Recently there has been a claim that Canada is full – the population cannot grow larger. Certainly in parts of the South good farmland has been, and continues to be, paced over for shopping malls and housing. That's a mistake. But anyone who thinks Canada is crowded probably hasn't left
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Sidewalk Bingo ~ by Anonymous
Reblogged from Everysaturdaymorning's Blog: One of our escorts developed this brilliant Bingo to be played while we are at the clinic. You can print out the pictures and play along wherever your clinic is, but with practice you can visualize the Bingo board in your mind and place your mental
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Sunday Sermon
Just got back from my bike ride, so this will have to suffice for the time being: Recommend this Post
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Throw the engineer from the train.
With the blame game in high gear over the disaster at Lac-Mégantic, it seems everyone is sympathetic but the person to blame is the train engineer. The best way to explain this kind of blame is the inverted pyramid method. Everyone climbs into the wide open top of the inverted
Continue readingLeDaro: Zimmerman Walks
An unarmed black teen is dead, and his killer – who is white – walks free? What is wrong with Florida? Meanwhile, in another Florida case, a black woman who fired warning shots to protect against an allegedly abusive husband received 20 years in jail. On the Zimmerman acquittal, one
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