BigCityLib Strikes Back: ProgBlogs Meetup 2011
…went off yesterday at Cafe Du Lac on LakeShore. It was a small but ebullient group, including Imp, James Morton (thanks for the pen, dude!), GritGirl, Carey Miller, Scott Tribe (a few pics through the link), and Ricky from…
Continue readingA Novelist's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: A Photo to Suit My Mood
Double arc – a closer look – Landscape & Rural Photos – Vaido’s Photoblog. I just got back from a weekend reunion–I’ll post about it tomorrow. For now the photo will illustrate Filed under: Beautiful Tagged: sky photos
My Canada Includes Justice: Occupy Toronto: Just Vote, and Everything will be OK.
Reading through Facebook posts and comments about Occupy Toronto, I came across this comment under a friend’s post:”I would like to know how many of the estimated 3000 protesters voted on May 2, 2011 and on October 6, 2011.”This is one of the right-wing’s tactics: to portray the Occupy movement
Continue readingMy Canada Includes Justice: Occupy Toronto: Just Vote, and Everything will be OK.
Reading through Facebook posts and comments about Occupy Toronto, I came across this comment under a friend’s post:"I would like to know how many of the estimated 3000 protesters voted on May 2, 2011 and on October 6, 2011."This is one of the right-wing’s tactics: to portray the Occupy movement simply as a group of unemployed, disaffected youth who have no right to complain because they didn’t
Continue readingMy Canada Includes Justice: Occupy Toronto: Just Vote, and Everything will be OK.
Reading through Facebook posts and comments about Occupy Toronto, I came across this comment under a friend’s post:”I would like to know how many of the estimated 3000 protesters voted on May 2, 2011 and on October 6, 2011.”This is one of the right-wing’s tactics: to portray the Occupy movement
Continue readingArt Threat: Occupy Wall Street on Vimeo – A selection of some recent videos of the NYC manifestation
Three beautifully shot Occupy Wall Street videos.
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Rigging the game
Mike Moffatt doesn’t come right out and call the Occupy Canada protesters hypocritical but that’s certainly the conclusion he’s nudging us towards in this Montreal Gazette op-ed. He begins by acknowledging the growing problem of income inequality and the part it plays in motivating the protests. But by the end of paragraph two, an international movement that began in the context of a worldwide global recession caused by greedy investment bankers — with an assist from corrupt politicians — has been forgotten. The discussion has been reduced to the mere fact of income inequality in Canada. Over the course of the rest of the column it will be further reduced to ways of increasing government revenue. The original Occupy Wall Street movement has been written out of the story….
Continue reading350 or bust: The Occupy Movement Goes Global
Yesterday the Occupy Wall Street movement, sparked by a call from the Vancouver-based Ad Busters magazine, started sparking occupations in Canada. From five thousand people in Vancouver, to three hundred in Halifax, and dozens of other “occup…
Continue readingEdwin Current: Proper Disclosure of Statistics in Misinformation Era
I found this really cool tool on the OECD website the other day(link will be at the bottom). The tool contains massive amounts of statistical data for many countries in the world. What is really cool about this tool is the interface that allows you to easily see the most generally used statistics used often as success indicators for
Continue readingEdwin Current: Proper Disclosure of Statistics in Misinformation Era
I found this really cool tool on the OECD website the other day(link will be at the bottom). The tool contains massive amounts of statistical data for many countries in the world. What is really cool about this tool is the interface that allows you to easily see the most generally used statistics used often as success indicators for
Continue readingEdwin Current: Proper Disclosure of Statistics in Misinformation Era
I found this really cool tool on the OECD website the other day(link will be at the bottom). The tool contains massive amounts of statistical data for many countries in the world. What is really cool about this tool is the int…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Helpful Tip of the Day
Jim Flaherty, fresh off of five years of claiming that Canada’s recession, deficits and increased unemployment levels are all the result of international forces beyond his control as a mere finance minister, is now telling Canadians it’s utterly pointl…
Continue readingOccupy Vancouver live photo blog DAY 2 Oct 16
11:30 Much quieter today. Tents, cops, meditation, dogs, signs and more signs, media, sun, smiles, music, dancers, a ragtag bliss.Click images to embiggen. Updates below.
Continue readingQueer-liberal: Actor Zachary Quinto comes out…
Like many, I’ve heard the rumours about the lovely Zachary Quinto being gay for years. I’m thrilled that the actor best known for his roles as Spock in J. J. Abrams’s 2009 rendition of Star Trek and his breakout role in the TV show Heroes has made…
Continue readingProgressive Bloggers Meetup
I’d like to thank all of those bloggers and guests who were able to attend on Saturday, October 15th. Unfortunately, the “Occupy Toronto” march fouled some of those trying to take public transit to our spot and couldn’t get there. Rather unfortunate. However, those who did make it seemed to
Continue readingTrashy's World: I apologise in advance if you have a BlackBerry…
… well, sorta… it WAS your choice, after all…
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Continue readinggritchik: The Brick just lost a sale
Not that they care. I’m in the market for a new mattress for one of the kids and this sign, which is plastered all over the exterior of The Brick, caught my eye. Always in search of a good deal, I went in, found a salesperson and explained that I wanted to take advantage of […]
Progressive Proselytizing: Externalizing the costs of war in Somalia
Perhaps the epitome of a war that externalizes costs out of sight of the average voter is one where the voter is unaware a war is even going on. Such is the case in Somalia, where most Americans might list Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya as wars the US is…
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