RIP Ernest Hemingway July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961 Your reading assignments for today are: Hemingway’s 1954 Nobel acceptance speech And this: What Lured Hemingway to Ketchum? By Hunter S. ThompsonNational Observer, May 25, 1964 KETCHUM, IDAHO“That poor old man. He used to walk out there on the road
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RIP Ernest Hemingway July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961 Your reading assignments for today are: Hemingway’s 1954 Nobel acceptance speech And this: What Lured Hemingway to Ketchum? By Hunter S. ThompsonNational Observer, May 25, 1964 KETCHUM, IDAHO“That poor old man. He used to walk out there on the road
Continue readingthe woodshed: Adios Ernesto
RIP Ernest HemingwayJuly 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961Your reading assignments for today are:Hemingway’s 1954 Nobel acceptance speechAnd this:What Lured Hemingway to Ketchum? By Hunter S. ThompsonNational Observer, May 25, 1964 KETCHUM, IDAHO”…
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Canada Day +1, Our Quiet Genocide
A banner drop during last night’s Canada Day celebration in Toronto’s Mel Lastman Square. (Photo: IdleNoMore.ca) Canadians are so nice. We have such a happy, positive self-concept. This makes it quite hard to address the quiet genocide of first peoples that our nation has conducted for centuries. What is genocide?
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Astronaut Chris Hadfield to write “An Astronaut’s Guide to Life”
by: Obert Madondo | @Obiemad: Astronaut Chris Hadfield. (Photo: Canadian Space Agency) On October 29, expect an awesome book penned by recently-retired Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield. The book will be titled “An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth”. Strange title, isn’t it? Gives the impression that the book is targeted at the astronauts
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6203…Glastonbury Update: Mick And Keith
From The Daily Mail via WRAT FM, New Jersey and Dean Rivando on Facebook comes these two scary monsters. They are still upright and working though which is more than I can say for many of us old timers. WFDS
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: U.S. Congressman Grayson has something to say about the secretive TPP texts
Last week, we told you that U.S. Congressional Representatives have finally been given limited access to the drafts of the secretive and extreme Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement. U.S. Congressman Grayson has had a look at the documents – and he doesn’t like what he sees. Canadian Members of Parliament are still
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6202…Poor Senator What’s Her Name
That would be “Government Senate Leader Marjory LeBreton…[who tells The Hill Times that]…the Senate expenses scandal-which has rocked the government and the Prime Minister’s Office for months, has seen the resignations of three Conservative Senators and one Liberal from their parties’ caucuses, along with the resignation of Prime Minister Stephen
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Scarborough/Rouge: Surprising merger talk despite evidence pointing to higher costs
When the Central East Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) asked the Scarborough and Rouge Valley hospitals to work together to plan hospital services in the eastern most part of Toronto, few would have thought the CEOs would come back talking … Continue reading →
Continue readingPostArctica: Christy Lee Rogers – Into The PostArctic
From her website “Christy Lee Rogers is a fine art photographer from Kailua, Hawaii. Her obsession with water as a medium for breaking the conventions of contemporary photography has led to her work being compared to Baroque painting masters like Caravaggio. Boisterous in color and complexity, Rogers applies her cunning
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Runaway Hydro Debt: Economist Erik Andersen’s Open Letter to BC Energy Minister
Since 2006/09 BC’s domestic electrical demand has mostly “flat-lined” at about 50,000 GWhrs, making liars out of the many at Hydro and elsewhere who forecasted demand closer to 70,000 GWhrs per year by 2012. The record is replete with examples of demand exaggerations from BC Hydro. Using the narrative of
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6201…AB Sen Points Out Harper’s Lies
That would be Liberal Senator [you thought it would be a Tory? Really?] Grant Mitchell who last week on his website pointed out that our beloved Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, be telling nose stretchers when it comes to job creation. The Senator writes that “We are inundated with an onslaught
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Javelins or Baseballs, Our Shoulders Have Evolved for Throwing
It’s interesting how when you’re involved in something, you find relevant information everywhere. Since I’m hard at work on the chapter about how the first modern humans left Africa to people the rest of the world for my new non-fiction book Road through Time, I’ve found interesting research everywhere. The
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Linda McQuaig: Alberta And Climate Change
For me, one of the most disappointing aspects of the media coverage of the Alberta floods has been the relative dearth of commentary linking this monumental environmental disaster to climate change. To be sure, some prominent people have made that linkage, but by and large it has been omitted from
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Google Reader is Dead. Long Live…?
Following up on my posts last Thursday here and at SlawTips, Google Reader has now officially expired. For those who have yet to migrate to another service, note that Google will continue to store your subscription data until July 15th only. After July 15, you will not be able to
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Tar Sands Coal Export Boom: Petcoke Exports Second Highest Ever in April
With many eyes honed in on the Powder River Basin coal export battle in the Northwest, another coal export boom is unfolding on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Although no coal production is actually taking place here, a filthy fuel with even more severe climate impacts than coal is leaving port bound for
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: Ask General Kang: What should you do if you discover your leader is a hypocrite?
First of all, don’t be surprised. Then, I suppose it depends a little what kind of hypocrite. For example, if you are talking about a leader of a church — let’s say for the sake of argument, an evangelical church … Continue reading →
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Michael Harris nicely describes what the Cons are actually doing with power while pretending to be innocuous fiscal managers: The PM and his government are not good managers. The nauseating repetition of the claim that the Tories know what they’re doing with
Continue readingThings Are Good: The Vegetarian Calculator
It’s well known that meat production has a large carbon footprint. A diet that includes meat requires more land than a plant based diet so even decreasing the amount of meat one eats can be a good thing. Some fans of vegetarian diets have created the Vegetarian Calculator that lets
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Conor Debunks TWO Autism Myths Eh!
Yesterday was Canada Day and Conor sported his Team Canada shirt to celebrate. He also debunked not one but TWO autism myths. Conor has received ABA based intervention at school for 8 years. Yet, contrary to the myth that ABA causes discomfort and harm to persons with autism disorders, Conor
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