It was an image that shocked the world. An image that should shock everybody. Right? But not Bill O’Reilly and the Fox News bimbo Megyn Kelly, who shrugged it off as just a “food product.” “I agree [the tape] looks bad,” Kelly says. It’s just that the protesters were sitting
Continue readingwmtc: my first days in the library
I love it. I love being in the library. I love being part of the public library, helping to make it work. I’ve been placed in the children’s department of Mississauga’s Central Library. It’s a huge department, and there’s a surprising amount to learn. Unlike the general library, where materials
Continue readingArt Threat: Propaganda and consumption – Friday Film Pick: Outfoxed & Wal-Town
Best Buy shoppers camp out before Black Friday, proving that certain kinds of occupations are indeed acceptable. This week’s Friday Film Pick is a double bill, commemorating two important moments. Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism is a pick that commemorates the recent poll published by Fairleigh Dickinson University showing
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Dan Garnder rightly points out how too much concentrated power and a refusal to take advice can lead to bad decisions. And sadly, our federal government serves as a classic case in point: “Most of the time, taking advice benefits your accuracy,” notes
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: Harper Sending Ex-Minister to Europe? Sixth Estate Patronage List Updated
After the May 2011 election, I began keeping the Patronage List: a list of Harper government political appointees who appear to be Conservative Party ex-politicos, donors, and insiders. I’ve made some new additions to the list, which now stands at 767 appointments. After a brief surge in rewards for party
Continue readinggritchik: Etch A Sketch: My generation’s iPad
The malls are insane. Not sure how Black Friday made its way north of the border.
Continue readingTis the season to be
…pepper sprayed??: Twenty people, including children, were injured when a woman at a San Fernando Valley Walmart store used mace against other customers in what authorities referred to as a “competitive shopping” incident. […] Juan Castro, who was at the scene and took cell phone video of the aftermath, told
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Lady Gaga’s Message to a Canadian School
In a country where bullying is an epidemic, and almost nothing is being done to stop it, isn’t it great to know that at least Lady Gaga cares. Too bad she couldn’t send a message to Jamie Hubley and his school in Ottawa. Before he committed suicide. Because after Jamey Rodemeyer
Continue readingkirbycairo: History and the Swing Riots.
Like many bloggers, I have, of late, been commenting on the so-called “Occupy” movement, its significance and importance, and the need to take such movements seriously regardless of the degree to which they seem focused or significant in the moment. I think it is difficult for many people to understand
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On building blocks
I left Chantal Hebert’s take on the NDP’s leadership race out of this morning’s roundup since it seems worth addressing in a separate post. And in some other contexts, I’ve been one of the first to push substantial policy discussion as a plus in a leadership race. But let’s note
Continue readingTony Gazebo, the Teflon Con
Fresh revelations daily about this corrupt government Minister. But he’s still walking our streets, despite the recent Harper tough-on-crime initiatives. How has he slipped through the net? Clement has been caught in lie after lie about the $50 million he diverted from border security to lavish upon his riding. But
Continue readingThings Are Good: Public Bike Share Coming to New York?
It’s no secret that we here at Things Are Good like bikes and bike sharing (we may have even posted about it once or twice…), and now some more good news concerning bike sharing has come in. New York City is looking to set up North America’s largest bike sharing
Continue readingCanadian Dimension Feed: Alert! Episode 196
Patrick Bond dissects international climate talks at upcoming COP 17 conference. Vincent Mosco explains the historical significance of the Occupy movement and where it is headed.
Continue readingHow many people does it take
…to raise a chandelier and remove a light fixture? This is not a joke, alas, except on us taxpayers. G8 leaders who came to Toronto for that infamous meeting last year asked, and they received—while we forked out nearly $2 million to tart up their quarters in an exclusive hunting
Continue readingTents? Pepper Spray? On Black Friday? Where’s the Public Outrage?
Ken Sanders Photo Photo h/t Queer Thoughts Well, well, well! What do we have here? Occupy Best Buy? In a manner of speaking. All those campers are not there to for Occupy movement values though. No, they’re not protesting whatever poor business practices the big box store may practice. No,
Continue readingThe Lie My Butt Cheeks Tell Me.
SomethingsReallyMatter LedgeClosedAgainVille You may recall that a couple of weeks ago I had to go to the heart of Burnaby’s own Bladerunner set (a.k.a. ‘Metrotown’) to renew my new Driver’s Licence. Well. My hunk o’ plastic came in the mail the other day. And this is what the top of
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Mere failure to fulfill undertakings is insufficient to have action dismissed – prejudice must be shown
Jack v. Gowling, Strathy & Henderson, 2011 ONCA 736 deals with the test to dismiss an action because of a failure to fulfill undertakings given on discovery. The Court accepted the mere failure to fulfill is no sufficient – actual prejudice resulting is required: [1] The motion judge
Continue readingTaylorOwen.com: Conferencing in Halifax while Rome Burns?
Cross-posted on CIC Dispatch Blog Billed as the Davos for Security, the Halifax International Security Forum – funded by the Department of National Defence (DND) – sought and accomplished to court the security elite. Last weekend’s lavish affair was attended by nearly 20 defence ministers, top global security analysts, beltway security consultants, international affairs journalists, and a handful
Continue readingAnother reason to hate Kansas: Kansas Youth in Government and Gov. Sam Brownshirt tattle on teen. Plus, fire Karl Krawitz.
Freedom? In America? As the authoritarian reaction to the Occupy movement has shown, it’s a rare and treasured thing. Republicans hate freedom. Especially freedom of expression from its youth. Look at what a teenage tweet will get you when you tweet something your local brownshirt Republican doesn’t like: But as
Continue readingHitler outraged: meme and meta-meme
[H/t Dangerous Minds via N. James, b/c]
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