Texas judge William Adams beats his daughter with a belt. Warning: this video will trigger victims of abuse. I could only watch about thirty seconds at a time. The video has gone viral, with well over five million hits as of this writing. A few points…
Continue readingMorton's Musings: 67 killed in Nigerian fighting
News from Africa is often overlooked in North America. There is an ongoing religious conflict in Nigeria which affects the world beyond Nigeria. The battle is a proxy fight for others. Unfortunately Canadian policy (and this is not limited to the cur…
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The OWS movement and the Media
The long winter in Canada and the United States is going to challenge the OWS movement. Living in a tent sucks at the best of times, but add snow and cold temperatures to the mix and the proposition becomes quite untenable (at least to my delicate tastes). I hope that the organizers of the OWS […]
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Why It Matters That the Rich are Getting Richer and the Poor, Poorer
Paul Krugman has it right again: “…extreme concentration of income is incompatible with real democracy. Can anyone seriously deny that our political system is being warped by the influence of big money, and that the warping is getting worse as t…
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Gridlock hurts
It is possible that this doomsday scenario will happen — traffic just stops. But more likely things will just get worse with money wasted and businesses start to move out of Toronto — perhaps to Buffalo or other large but inexpensive locales. We need…
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Saturday Photo: Dawn Redwood in the Cemetery
The redwoods and giant Sequoias of California were the mythic trees of my youth. Both the variety that grows in the Sierra Nevada and the one native to the coastal ranges were awe-inspiring, while walks in the groves were they grow remain exceedingly …
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Emerging Economies Will Read the Riot Act to Developed West
When it comes to carbon emissions the emerging economic powers – Brazil, South Africa, India and China – have pretty bold expectations of the industrialized West. They’re not interested in major cuts in our carbon emissions. They want us to…
Continue readingcartoon life: The landscape exhibition #10
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Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Faytene on film, again
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. It may be of passing interest that Fayeten Grasseschi is in another short film released online a few days ago by her friend Patrixcia King’s ministry. Calling Grace features Faytene as … Continue reading →
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Always Remember the Fifth of November…
“How did this happen? Who’s to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you’re looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror. I know wh…
Continue readingTrashy's World: I’m not usually a fan of folksy diatribes…
… but I really didn’t mind those from Andy Rooney, who died yesterday at the ripe old age of 92. I had to look this quote up on Google. It was circulating around Facebook and Twitter last month when Mr. Rooney retired. “One question in my…
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Sophocles Knew How The Story Went
Two weeks ago, I applauded as European leaders finally forced their mega banks to take a haircut. But events this week have illustrated how fragile their plan is. The union is too multifaceted to deal with the extraordinary mess the so called best and brightest have managed to create.
As Tom Walkom points out in The Toronto Star, what began as a noble experiment fell victim to arrogance:
Continue readingGay-friendly policy sparks death threats against Burnaby teacher | #homophobia #stupidity
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Naming names: Homara Ahmad, Charter Lau, Helen Ward, Gordon World, and Long Xue were identified as opponents of Burnaby’s anti-homophobic-bullying initiatives.
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Continue reading350 or bust: Saturday Movies
A magical chance encounter with an amazing natural phenomena, a “murmuration” of starlings:
Continue readingAnother Saturday at the Clinic
Some youthful bunch of enthusiastic (albeit sleep deprived, nonetheless) pro-lifers have decided that it is a good idea, for some reason, to literally tape over their mouths with the word “LIFE” scribbled on top of the pieces of the tape….
Continue readingSecond Iraq war hero wounded by police at Occypy Oakland. Right wing cheers.
If anything in the last few decades has scared the right wing out of its comfort zone of pretend patriotism it is the Occupy movement. Not the first black president, not the wars, not the uprisings in the Mideast, the failing economy, the loss o…
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Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Game Over for Occupy Victoria
The pathetic effort to emulate the OCW protest movement south of the border is rapidly coming to an end in BC’s capital city and will soon be displaced by the imperatives of upcoming Christmas festivities and the installation of an … Continue reading →
Continue readingSecond Iraq war hero wounded by police at Occypy Oakland. Right wing cheers.
Kayvan Sabehgi: another funny-named vet no one will care about
If anything in the last few decades has scared the right wing out of its comfort zone of pretend patriotism it is the Occupy movement. Not the first black president, not the wars, no…
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: New York State Now Requires Insurers to Cover Treatment for Autism Disorders
While this Canadian autism father is annoyed by media attention given to Canadian researcher Laurent Mottron’s perpetual crusade to recreate autism disorders in the image of his mentor Michelle Dawson, and trivialize the plight of the 70% of per…
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