On the day in 2004 that it happened, I was in Kennebunk, getting some stuff at Meserve’s. We all watched it on the TV they had there. One of the older guys there said: “When you murder children, you aren’t human anymore.” I still remember that. Masterful account of the
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Pollster wars, with bonus B.C. election factoid
Graves fires back at Bricker, here. It’s like an old-fashioned literary war, except using quantitative data! Personally, I’d like to hear from the B.C. Liberal’s top-secret pollster and advisor – this guy – about what he thinks. Oh, goodness! Did we just out Nick Kouvalis as being part of the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – The Misty Mountains
This is from the Hobbit an Unexpected Journey when the dwarves invade poor Bilblo’s house and then, after awhile, sing melancholic songs about their lost home. I’m scouring the net looking for arrangements of this song so I can put together a singable piece for my choir. Lyrics: Far over
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Boston Bombings and Justin Trudeau
You need to understand a cancer to treat it. Justin Trudeau’s comments about root causes and the Boston bombing are perfectly sensible. They show a politician who has something substantive to say. The comments are also consistent with sensible politicians of all political stripes. Defence Minister Peter MacKay, following the
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: DOES John Woo hate helicopters?
A longitudinal study of John Woo helicopter hate: Film Helicopters Destroyed Helicopters Used Unsafely Hard Target (1993) 0 1 Broken Arrow (1996) 4* too many to count Face/Off (1997) 0 3 Mission Impossible 2 (2000) 0 2 Paycheck (2003) 0 … Continue reading →
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Boston and the media
I’m finding a lot of the reporting on what’s been happening in Boston pretty bad – lots errors, lots of speculation and rumours. The news media need to take a hard look at how they’ve done things, when the dust settles. It hasn’t been their best moment. Anyway, here’s one
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: It’s gonna be tough
On all sides, too. Good luck to all the good ones.
Continue readingTrashy's World: These guys…
…are used to working in the gutters, just like the CPC hyenas who hire them. (12) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Continue readingknitnut.net: Something to sing about
I’m still mulling over my visit to Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside – I’ll write Part II of that post once I figure out what I think. In the meantime…here’s something fun for you to do on May 1st if you happen to be in Ottawa. Gil’s Hootenanny, an evening of “Songs
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Dunderfarce 2 #nlpoli
As if the week hasn’t been going badly enough for her, Premier Kathy Dunderdale decided to make it all the worse on Thursday with her scrum about her Twitter account. Here’s what we have learned: (Read more…) Neither the Premier nor anyone else in her office understands how social media
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Autism Rising? Not According to Behavior Analyst Steve Taylor Who Proclaims That Autism Is 100% Genetic In Origin
Since my son was diagnosed with Autistic Disorder in 1998 the rates of diagnosed autism have risen dramatically from 1 in 500 to the current estimated rate of 1 in 88. There is common acknowledgement that a substantial increase resulted from the DSM-IV changes which pushed acceptance of Aspergers as
Continue readingBlunt Objects Blog: Quick Reference Guide to the BC election
Teddy here with a quick reference guide to the election in British Columbia. First, some links that may be useful: Media and other Info sources:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia_general_election,_2013http://www.elections.bc.ca/ge2013/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/bcvotes2013/http://bc.ctvnews.ca/election-2013http://www.theprovince.com/news/bc-election/index.htmlhttp://thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/ Our “Competition” for BC Election Projections:http://www.tooclosetocall.ca/ (bilingual author)http://www.threehundredeight.com/ (the big one)http://bciconcoclast.blogspot.ca/ (More focus on analysis, like here at Blunt Objects)http://cdnelectionwatch.blogspot.ca/ (not active this election?)http://canadianelectionatlas.blogspot.ca/ (great source for maps)http://www.electionprediction.org/2013_bc/index.php (Veteran of the field)
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Disastrous Decline of the Con Regime
It was such a beautiful day, the first real day of Spring, that I spent hours pedalling around my magic island, out of touch with the rest of the world.So it wasn't until I met the three four bears at the little vintage amusement park, that I heard the stunning news. Little
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: 20-Years Later, Canada’s Cod May Be Gone For Good
We’ve waited two decades for east coast cod stocks to rebound. Now researchers say they haven’t and they’re not going to. “Here we are more than 20 years after the cod was effectively depleted, and according to our analysis, the recovery of the cod stocks is highly improbable,” says fisheries
Continue readingAlberta Diary: Redford Government just can’t seem to stop fumbling health care expenses frenzy
Alberta Health Minister Fred Horne, right, helps Premier Alison Redford get ready to face Opposition questions about Alberta Health Services expense accounts. Alberta politicians may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: Health executives Michele Lahey, Sheila Weatherill, Alison Tonge. The clueless ineptitude of the Redford Government dealing with Alberta’s continuing
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Another Thing Trudeau & Layton Have In Common
Justin Trudeau and the late Jack Layton have quite a few similarities, underestimation by Conservatives is yet another. It wasn’t too long ago a certain inexperienced federal politician became leader of a third place political party. Though the son of a prominent politician1, in his early life he had not
Continue readingBuckdog: Saskatchewan Becomes First Province To Mandate Compulsory Asbestos Registration … ‘Howard’s Law’
MLAs on both sides of the aisle have voted unanimously to pass a groundbreaking asbestos registry law.Howard’s Law was introduced by NDP Leader Cam Broten in the fall. It will create a mandatory registry of public buildings that contain asbestos and require that list to be available online – the
Continue readingA BCer in Toronto: London radio station’s yanked CPC/Trudeau parody ad is back online — without CPC logos
On Thursday morning a London radio station, FM96 (which may or may not have London’s best rock) uploaded a humorous video parody of the Conservative Party of Canada’s anti-Justin Trudeau attack ads. Essentially, the “Conservatives” warned electing Trudeau meant “four years of your wife wanting to sleep with the Prime
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: Coney Island And The Santa Monica Pier
Two amusement parks on the ocean at each end of America. Must have been weird to drive from one to the other seeing that Elmer Gantry, Hank Williams, Chuck Berry, Jack Kerouac, Betsy Ross America pass by in the never stopping long winding days and happy/sad boozy neon nights of
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