Esi Edugyan for Half-Blood blues shortlisted for GG prize. I have HBB, look forward to reading it. http://ow.ly/6UdMS
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Will the real terrorist please stand up…
the cuban fiveif what you’re reading here grips you, holds you, fascinates you, provokes you, emboldens you, pushes you, galvanizes you, discomfits you, tickles you, enrages you so much that you find yourself returning again and again…then link me.if…
Continue readingCanada under Harper: education falling behind other countries
Wot’s the big deel about ejucation anyway. Like tryin to fix that fony climate change, it’s only going to impeed the rappture.
TORONTO – Canada has an “enormous vacuum” at the centre of its national education leadership and should fill it with an intergovernmental council, says a prominent educator.
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Continue readingLifted from mostly water…
Musings of a Self-Hating Jew By SAUL LANDAU; October 11, 2011 – Counterpunchhttp://www.counterpunch.org/2011/10/11/musings-of-a-self-hat… 63 years ago most Jews rejoiced over the birth of Israel. Some thought it would become the place where a new vi…
Continue readingAnd Here We Go Again! Lisa ‘I’m Too Sexy For The Proletariat’ Raitt Is Mad And She Ain’t a Takin’ It No More! Part D’Uh!
Yep, Dear Lisa is busy sharpening her claws and no doubt finding ‘sexy’ ways to stamp on workers, yet again, boys ‘n’ girls, and this time, it’s Air Canada Flight attendants. Flight attendants, who are represented by CUPE, have voted to reject the latest deal negotiated between CUPE and management. Interesting twist. What . . . → Read More: And Here We Go Again! Lisa ‘I’m Too Sexy For The Proletariat’ Raitt Is Mad And She Ain’t a Takin’ It No More! Part D’Uh!
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Trickle-up politics
Saskatchewan’s election campaign is officially underway, and so too is the Sask Party’s campaign to transfer wealth upward as quickly as they can get away with. Just look at the numbers behind their supposed help for students:Two programs are proposed….
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Motorists Who Slam Transit Levies Have the Wrong Target
This past week – as the debate was raging over whether Metro mayors should vote for a 2 cent hike to the gas tax and a tiny (avg. $23/yr), temporary property tax increase in order to fund several badly-needed and long-awaited transit improvements for t…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Your Daily Nazi, Part II: Storseth’s Bill To Empower The Nazis
…due up for a vote in February 2012 or so. So says Kady O’Malley, who writes:…Storseth’s bid to repeal the clause of the CHRA that governs the transmission of “hate messages” by telephone or online is likely to be one of the more contentious privat…
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Plain view doctrine applies to computer files; evidence of another crime accidentially found during proper computer search is subject to "plain view" doctrine
The “plain view” doctrine holds that when police are properly investigating one crime and evidence of another crime falls into plain view they can seize evidence of the other crime. So what if the police are properly searching a compu…
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: The “Magic Underpants” Factor
As a non-believer, I have to admit that it’s absolutely hilarious to watch the various candidates for Republican nomination frantically dancing around the comments made by Southern Baptist Convention Leader Dr. Robert Jeffress last week at the so-called Values Voters … Continue reading →
The Grope & Fail tackles #ows
Classic. The Globe and Mail this morning carries an article by Konrad Yakabuski, in which he frets about the “further polarization” that OccupyWallStreet is allegedly causing among the American electorate. The print edition carries a huge photo* of the most…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: PC Pro: UK looks at Canada’s data on Big Telecom price gouging
Canada isn’t performing well on the world stage when it comes to Internet speed and cost, but big telecom price-gouging isn’t unique to our country. Those fighting for the Internet in the UK are using numbers that Canadians used to demonstrate this for…
Continue readingBanal Discussion of Evil
I ran across this on YouTube and, unfortunately, did not find it hard to believe. It is labeled Arab Men Should Sexually Harass Israeli Woman As Resistance.
What struck me was not just the suggestion that sexual harassment and rape should be used as…
Continue readingBuckdog: Saskatchewan Election Blog
You can follow highlights of the Saskatchewan Provincial Election at Buckdog’s Sask Election Blog.
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Love on the Moores; New films from the Bronte Sisters
Can’t say that I remember ever finishing anything by the Brontes until now, but this fall I put Jane Eyre on the reading lists for two of my book groups. Part of my reason was so I could make a comparison with The Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys which …
Continue readingTrashy's World: It’s Fire Prevention Week…
… so be sure to: check the batteries in your smoke detectors have a household escape plan in place and known by all members if you have extinguishers, check that they are still functional be careful with fireplaces, wood stoves, candles and incense sticks… and cigarettes… More details can be found here. Just be careful […]
Continue readingLeDaro: US/NATO is winning in Afghanistan??
Great victory eh! Once U.S and NATO forces leave, not only will Afghanistan fall back in the hands of the Taliban but also Pakistan and maybe Iran. Pakistan is becoming more fanatic religiously. Since 1978 Pashtuns from Afghanistan have taking refuge i…
Continue readingA voice from Riverbend: Bigger cuts to services mean bigger bonuses?
Globe & Mail reports: “Axe-wielding executives in the public service stand to earn big bonuses based on how much they cut in the run-up to the 2012 federal budget.” How does this make you feel?Does this mean that if a bureaucrat fires 1000 people instead of 100, he gets a
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