As I sat down to write this post the news of a tragic massacre of at least 32 Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated protestors, and the injury of 300 more was plastered all over the internet. That much is clear, the rest is yet to be disentangled (if ever) from two completely opposing
Continue readingRedBedHead: Massacre in Egypt: Is Revolution Worth The Price?
As I sat down to write this post the news of a tragic massacre of at least 32 Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated protestors, and the injury of 300 more was plastered all over the internet. That much is clear, the rest is yet to be disentangled (if ever) from two completely opposing
Continue readingRedBedHead: Massacre in Egypt: Is Revolution Worth The Price?
As I sat down to write this post the news of a tragic massacre of at least 32 Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated protestors, and the injury of 300 more was plastered all over the internet. That much is clear, the rest is yet to be disentangled (if ever) fro…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Darth Harper and the Coming War on Canada
Gawd. I knew it wouldn't last eh?I knew he couldn't play a real leader for very long. Oh sure, he tried. He did one photo-op after the other in flooded out Alberta. He pretended to put the interests of Canadians before his grubby brand of partisan politics. Pretended the Senate scandal wasn't happening.
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: PMO received complaints about Crossroads Christian Communications
Canadian Press: The Prime Minister’s Office and the office of the international development minister got about 170 letters and emails after The Canadian Press reported earlier this year on the $544,813 contract to Christian Crossroads Communications for humanitarian work in Uganda. The criticism of homosexuality on the organization’s website raised
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: The Harper Government Must Be Right On Track #cdnpoli
This morning, I dealt with indignant HarperCons on Twitter, while they didn’t take my advice about the validity of claims by a certain tweeter not shy of bending the truth a lot to fluff his dear leader. Sorry for what you’re about to see, because if you drill down a
Continue readingbgrice blog: New West-Coquitlam PEDAM
It was greatto have two of the new LPCBC field workers at the Principles of EDA Management course in New Westminster-Coquitlam!
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It was greatto have two of the new LPCBC field workers at the Principles of EDA Management course in New Westminster-Coquitlam!
Continue readingMorton's Musings: "Be yourself; everyone else is taken": probably not Oscar Wilde
This is a nice line and commonly attributed to Oscar Wilde. But… it does not appear in any of his published work and seems different from his more commonly expressed views… such as: Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6219…Lac Megantic Conspiracy Freaks Out There
From the same people that don’t believe 9/11 happen, are sure that Sandy Hook was a false flag [as was Boston] and believe that JFK, Abe Lincoln and Elvis have an apartment in downtown Tweed, Ontario, comes this courtesy of my real world and Facebook friend. Russell Barth 13 hours
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Saturday Photo: Next in the Rotation…
Day lillies are what bloom next in my garden. Don’t have many of them, particularly since one of my neighbors convinced me that they’d do better if I divided them. Well, maybe the technique works for him, but it sure didn’t for me. I went several years without any flowers
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: Health Minister Fred Horne: The Puppet Master
The Google search engine connecting a reader to the Soapbox spat out this query: “Is Fred Horne as stupid as he looks?” Yikes! That’s bit harsh. But I must admit the question had crossed my mind (without the reference to Mr Horne’s looks—Ms Soapbox tries to maintain a modicum of decorum
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: The Reserve Paradox, Part One: The Same Old Story
We have been fighting for so long that the original misunderstandings and differences that created this conflict have been forgotten. Various tactics have been tried by one side and countered by the other, emotions have taken over from reason; and the passions born of hatred have grown until neither fighter
Continue readingwmtc: simon says, grumpy bird, and an evil witch: summer reading club begins
Summer is the busiest time of year in the Central Children’s Library. Actually, we are wildly busy any time school is out; the summer is just the most sustained period of busy-ness. Many of my colleagues have been preparing for summer programming since the end of March Break. All through
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Harper’s “Public Event” “photo opportunity” (Cameras and photographers only) #cdnpoli
Where is this event you ask? Lac-Mégantic, Québec 3:15 p.m. – Prime Minister Stephen Harper will participate in a photo opportunity. Why is Harper there? You could say that Harper’s PMO has all the tact of a runaway train. – Hat tip to Daniel J.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: PRISM: Obama Didn’t End Illegal Spying, He Extended It
“There are no checks and balances here, and we’ve got to restore them.” Sensenbrenner, Republican who drafted the Patriot Act II. Go read 2001/2002 debate over the Patriot Act – NOBODY thought it enabled mass, indiscriminate, bulk collection of all Americans' records.— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) June 11, 2013 Sensenbrenner pointed
Continue readingBuckdog: RESIGN!!!
Stephen Harper left Parliament, public in dark on Senate scandal: Editorial RCMP investigation has shed light on aspects of the Senate expenses scandal that Prime Minister Stephen Harper wasn’t keen to share with Parliament and the public. Prime Minister Stephen Harper left Canadians in the dark when he was grilled
Continue readingCuriosityCat: The Duffy Deal: Is PM Stephen Harper from Barcelona?
I know nothing! Poor Manuel, the harried waiter in Fawlty Towers, is often denigrated by Basil Fawlty with the words: “He’s from Barcelona”. Now we face an equally valid question: Is Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper, from Barcelona? In this famous episode of Fawlty Towers, Basil Fawlty tries to get
Continue readingChadwick's Blog & Commentary: Racism and the US Civil Rights movement retold
As I read through Rick Perlstein’s book, Nixonland, about American politics and life in the 1950s and 60s, the Civil Rights movement and the reaction to it by white Americans, the narrative astounds me. Such anger, such violence. Such sadness. … Continue reading →
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Runaway Train
Lac-Mégantic, Quebec was partially levelled by a massive oil explosion from a train that became detached from its locomotive and rolled into the downtown. The locomotive experienced a fire before the detachment from the oil laden cars. Questions need to arise about the safety of unattended, automated locomotives. ” Everybody
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