John Ibbitson wrote in Friday’s Globe and Mail that the ascension of the Harper government confirms a power shift which has been happening in this country for over two decades. “The West,” he writes, “isn’t just in. It’s in charge.”What does this mean …
Continue reading350 or bust: Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
My frustration with religion is people who think it’s about four walls: You go in and are righteous and leave church and it doesn’t go with you. I love the great theologian who said, “Everywhere I go I preach the gospel, but only some…
Continue readingknitnut.net: Oboe flew away
It was 4:30 on Saturday afternoon. The birds were all out of their houses and I was sweeping the floors. As I stepped outside to empty the dustpan into the green bin, Oboe slipped through the door with me.
And whoosh! Just like that, he was gone.
I watched as he flew down the street […]
Continue readingMorton's Musings: City loses ‘slip and fall’ appeal
The decision isn't quite as dramatic as some suggest. The City has a statutory duty to keep sidewalks open and safe; all the decision does is say the City has to comply with that duty:
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To plow or not to plow. That is the $…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: It’s Not About Occupying Wall Street But How Best to "Occupy" Ourselves
In the 1960s, college and university campuses, known for their apathy, began to erupt into political activism. Rosa Parks, the black woman who refused to move to the back of the bus, inspired many to stand up, or perhaps more appropriately, “sit-in”, f…
Continue readingVideo: Toronto Zombie Walk, October 22, 2011
Zombie fest: Mindless, flesh-eating armies of the Undead take over Canada’s econo — er, Trinity Bellwoods Park. Yeah, that’s it.
With bonus zombie soundtrack.
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Video: Occupy Toronto, Day One | #OccupyTO #OWS
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BigCityLib Strikes Back: What’s Up With CBC And Quebecor?
A few days after Quebecor’s legal threat against it, all links to CBC’s “Get The Facts” page, where they previously discussed the Quebec media company’s penchant for sucking up government funds, among other topics… time out. Try ’em y…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: “What is it do you want?” #nlpoli
“Do you want legislation well-prepared or do you want us to think seriously about the impacts that this is gong to have? (Like), is there is a sentence here that could be written one way and we think it means one thing but it could be interpreted …
Continue readingHalf an Hour: The One Percent
Props to New Scientist for highlighting this report, which identifies a network of 147 tightly clustered entities that control 40 percent of the world’s wealth. The top 20 included Barclays Bank, JPMorgan Chase & Co, and The Goldman Sachs Group.Her…
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: The jury’s out – or it should be, anyway – on the Calgary Herald’s latest pro-Redford poll
Premier Alison Redford of the Popular Conservatives is really popular with these guys, you can just tell!Wow! This just in! Alison Redford is so popular….How popular is she?Alberta’s new premier is so popular she’s more popular that her popular p…
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Patience saves a life
We are critical when violent situations involving police end badly so its appropriate to applaud an opposite outcome, when the public is protected and the threat is taken down without serious injury.
Today on Commercial Drive, Vancouver City Police …
Continue readingAutism FACIAL Studies? Stop Wasting Autism Research Money and Our Children’s Time
I am not going to provide a link to the recent reports of autism facial studies. I am just going to ask our learned academics and researchers to quit indulging their silly notions, quit wasting research dollars and quit wasting the time of autistic ch…
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Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Harry Reid to Hillary Clinton: Drop Keystone XL Pipeline Plan
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Opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline have gained a new ally in the fight to prevent this disastrous oil boondoggle from moving forward: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D&ndas…
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Any one of the NDP’s Two and a Half Men would make a good leader & PM
The NDP now have three good candidates for their top job: The Fighter, The Dealer and The Visionary.Both Brian Topp and Thomas Mulcair have decades of experience in practical politics, with Mulcair on the hustings and Topp in the proverbial smoke-fille…
Continue readingA Canadian Lefty in Occupied Land: Sudbury’s 99%: Day 1
My first journalistic piece in awhile — written for and published at the site of the Grassroots Sudbury Media working group affiliated with The Media Co-op.Sudbury’s 99%: Day 1On a sunny but cool October 22, the global wave of “Occupy” actions swept i…
Continue readingcmkl: Mallory made her first picket sign today
Amid a flurry of preparations for a dinner guest today, Mallory told Irene she wanted to make a sign. I missed some of the conversation but it evolved into a need to make a protest sign.
Continue readingWankers of the Week: Crass Warfare (still raging!)
Crappy weekend, everyone! Well, how about that hollow “victory” in Libya? And how about that summary execution of Gaddafi? The Libyan people will celebrate right up until the IMF comes in to take its pound of flesh (read: OIL) from every one of them, which should be any minute now. (Enjoy it while you can, […]
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Another poll in need of a dog
Global BC reports a poll has Mayor Gregor Robinson ahead of NPA candidate Suzanne Anton by a margin of 2 to 1. The broadcaster’s analysis is that Robinson is in trouble because “Vancouver could be headed for a divided council.”
Is that a logical con…
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Greater Purpose
I was down at Occupy Regina this afternoon, and went on the march too around downtown, after listening to the interesting speeches. After the main speakers were done, a man started shouting for people to listen to him, which the crowd did as he asked us if we understood that someone created everything. Then it […]
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