A few people out there have stated something so simple, so ground in common sense, that it defies logic to argue against it: that had Elizabeth May been in the national televised leaders debate during the 2011 federal election, the Green Party wouldn’t…
Continue readingA Novelist's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: 10th Anniversary: Sept 11th
Ten years ago, I was the mother of one, working on my second novel. A friend called me about the news. When I said, “hello,” she said, “Have you heard?” I knew it was bad. The TV shots replayed the towers going down and I wondered if this was the beginning of the end of […]
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2012: The Week In Quotes
A few quotes worth noting from both candidates and non-candidates alike – feel free to suggest more in comments.Thomas Mulcair on his considerations in deciding whether to run:There’s an old saying that before you take the plunge, you have to make sure…
Continue readingdjkelly.ca: Tuesday, September 11, 2001
Every day has a story. But not every day has a story that changes so much in your life. For ten years I haven’t told my story because it’s not special or unique compared to anyone else’s, especially on that day. But I now realize that it’s an important story
Continue readingMy Canada Includes Justice: What I Am Thinking About on 9/11.
Today I am thinking of Chile. I am thinking of 3,000 dead and tens of thousands tortured. I am thinking of a US-backed coup. I am thinking of the the psychological damage done to a people by a dictator they didn’t elect.Today I am thinking of 3,000 dead in NYC
Continue readingMy Canada Includes Justice: What I Am Thinking About on 9/11.
Today I am thinking of Chile. I am thinking of 3,000 dead and tens of thousands tortured. I am thinking of a US-backed coup. I am thinking of the the psychological damage done to a people by a dictator they didn’t elect.Today I am thinking of 3,000 …
Continue readingMy Canada Includes Justice: What I Am Thinking About on 9/11.
Today I am thinking of Chile. I am thinking of 3,000 dead and tens of thousands tortured. I am thinking of a US-backed coup. I am thinking of the the psychological damage done to a people by a dictator they didn’t elect.Today I am thinking of 3,000 dead in NYC
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your weekend reading.- As I’d suspected, the Cons are making clear that the kind of behaviour that would get any mere civil servant fired on the spot will be treated as entirely unobjectionable in a parliamentary secretary like Bob De…
Continue readingEdwin Current: 9/11 – Tragic but No Fear
Let me start off paying respect to the families and friends that lost loved ones on 9/11/01. It truly was a tragedy and I know I will never forget that day. I was in Toronto, on my way to work, walking down Yonge street towards the bank I was working
Continue readingEdwin Current: 9/11 – Tragic but No Fear
Let me start off paying respect to the families and friends that lost loved ones on 9/11/01. It truly was a tragedy and I know I will never forget that day. I was in Toronto, on my way to work, walking down Yonge street towards the bank I was working
Continue readingEdwin Current: 9/11 – Tragic but No Fear
Let me start off paying respect to the families and friends that lost loved ones on 9/11/01. It truly was a tragedy and I know I will never forget that day.I was in Toronto, on my way to work, walking down Yonge street towards the bank I was working f…
Continue readingLeDaro: A woman claims to be a Dracula
She bites face, neck and arm of this homeless old man. What kind of cave she grew up in? What is that saying “the whole world’s gone crazy except me and thou and sometimes I have doubts about thou.” Oooops! Wrong picture.This woman:
Continue readingPolicing the world over: a tale of two takedowns
Time to revise our mental image of the “Third World,” methinks. Perhaps their police can train our police, assuming that the latter are trainable. Here’s how they do a takedown in Colombia: And here’s how they do it in…
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: The Alberta Test Drive
No surprise, as Raj Sherman wins the Alberta Liberal leadership race on the first ballot:Raj Sherman: 54% (4684 votes)Hugh MacDonald: 26% (2239 votes)Laurie Blakeman: 9% (854 votes)Bill Harvey: 7% (626 votes)Bruce Payne: 2% (197 votes)As I wrote on Fri…
Continue readingAll this 9/ll media coverage is giving cover for Bush and Cheney. And rewriting history.
Don’t know why I didn’t see this coming but the coverage in the press and over the airwaves memorializing 9/11 is one big Bush/Cheney love-in. Facts are being whitewashed, perspectives are being distorted. Republican talking heads are out in full force…
Continue reading"Our people" vs. them: Tim Hudak’s Ontario
Whatever one thinks of Dalton McGuinty’s fairly restrictive tax-credit plan to encourage the economic integration of new Canadians in Ontario, surely we can agree that the proposal should be debated on its merits. Instead, the Ontario PCs have chosen to…
Continue readingcentre of the universe: More Than This
The man I spent the night in bed beside is a teacher. We were in a hotel in a town a few hours from home, and it’s not like anyone would talk even if they knew. There was a tournament … Continue reading →
Continue readingThe Skwib: Damn you brain!
Alltop never did anything wrong.
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: Premier meets with first responders on 10th anniversary of 9/11
http://www.ontarioliberal.ca/NewsBlog/NewsDetails.aspx?id=Celebrating+Ontario%26acute%3bs+First+Responders“Whether it’s responding to a call or volunteering in our communities, they make a real difference in our lives. Our police, our paramedics, o…
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: QOTD
@bungdan on Twitter: Using the low-end estimate of 110,000 dead civilians in Iraq war, Iraq has suffered a "9/11" once every 83 days since March ’03. And I would submit that’s an extremely low-end estimate….
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