…a world where Democrats didn’t always fold like cheap card tables at a trailer park bingo hall.
Continue readingMontreal Simon: How to Give Toronto a Touch of Class Again
Well now we know that when he’s not flipping the bird at people, or belching loudly, Rob Ford can shake his massive butt in the street. As long as it isn’t at a gay event.Even though Pride Week brings at least five times as much money into the cit…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Paul Krugman: Pretty Much a Tea Partier
… in the sense that it doesn’t seem compromise is on his agenda, much like the Tea Partiers to the south: Many pundits view taking a position in the middle of the political spectrum as a virtue in itself. I don’t. Wisdom doesn’t necessarily res…
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Senate Democratic Leader Reid Agrees to Debt Deal With Republicans
I dislike paying taxes but taxes pay for services. It's like dinner at a restaurant — I like the eating and don't like the paying … but I know there "ain't no eatin without no payin". The key is that, over time, there should no…
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Ottawa: Proud of It’s Municipal Water Supply and It’s Pathways – The Disconnect
Ottawa is very proud of the quality of it’s municipal drinking water supply and goes to great lengths to assure people they do not need to buy bottled water.Ottawa is also very proud of it’s shared recreational pathway system which, along with the NCCs…
Continue readingThey Call Me "Mr. Sinister": Attention Bob Rae
Bob Rae, the apostle of centrism, should read Krugman’s latest. In particular, he should cut the following out and paste it on his desk for future reference: Which brings me to those “centrist” fantasies.Many pundits view taking a position in the …
Continue readingTrashy's World: Quebec or Bosnia : who has safer public infrastructure?
Honestly, after reading this, I think I’d take Bosnia over one of the Montreal bridges, overpasses or tunnels… What a shame. And disgrace. But look y’all, before we in the RoC start feeling all smug-like, start looking at the condition of some of the streets etc. in your neck of the woods. Many of us […]
Continue readingThe Real Reason Kids Today Don’t Remember That Which Is On The Web…
….Isn’t just because they know it’s stuffed up The Tubez for easy and instant access.In addition, I think its got a lot to do with the fact that everything is searchable within most digitally archived documents.Which means you never have to actually …
Continue readingcartoon life: six clouds in progress
<br>I think the bottom two and the top left are done. Certainly better, more accurate colour, better detailed photos will be up when the things are done. Filed under: art, painting Tagged: art, cloud, collage, orange, painting, red, white, wind, yellow
On friendship, crowdsourcing and blogospherical possibilities
The other day Rod MacLean (“croghan27”), a beloved participant on the Bread and Roses board, and a frequent commenter at my place, was found dead in his Centretown Ottawa apartment. He had emailed me just before my July 21 court…
Continue readingConservatism: not a politics
…but a diagnosis. Here is conservative stalwart Debbie Schlussel, channeling Michael Coren: the victims of neo-Nazi ally Anders Breivik, she avers, were “hateful, privileged brats.” And despite her earlier attempted disclaimers, they got what was coming to them as far…
Continue readingCathiefromCanada: Cover your ears
Sounds like the US Congress is working on a debt ceiling bill that might actually pass their disfunctional political system.Cue the right-wing hysteria and the left-wing flip-out in three, two, one…
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: A Musical Interlude
Just because we like to remind our readers, who truth be told need no reminders, that antifa music is far, far, far superior to RAC and/or WP crap.
Okay, we admit it. We just wanted an excuse to post this.
Continue readingLaw is Cool: The law of telephone numbers
A few days ago, I was shopping around for a good fax service. Besides receiving faxes by email and a few other musts, I needed a stable fax number. Who can afford to lose a number after spending thousands on advertising? There is goodwill in your number. Sometimes it is catchy and easy to remember. […]
wmtc: the only good bargaining is collective bargaining
From time to time, I sell things on Craigslist and Kijiji. I’ve given away scads of things on Freecycle, including, when we were packing up to move to Canada, a huge air conditioner, bedroom furniture, a couch, and other items considered gems by Freecy…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: REAL Women, Promise Keepers and the Promotion of Violence
I Burned my Bra For This? REAL Women of Canada and the Men Behind ThemIt is a massive masculine shadow, in a hall or crowded room, lifting something indistinct up into the resonating night.ROBERT BLY, “FIFTY MALES SITTING TOGETHER”Robert Bly is an Amer…
Continue readingExponential Book: Time for a change ?
It is a warm mid-Summer weekend. Instead of relaxing and enjoying the outdoors, the fresh air, the company of friends, the ferocious northern mosquitoes and all the joys that the season brings, I am in my home office, cursing the new Apple operating sy…
Continue readingCo2 Art: African Famine Blamed on Land Grab – But the People Need Water – Not Land
There has been a sudden rush to blame the famine in the horn of Africa on the “African Land Grab”.
News sources as diverse as The Local (Germany), Al Jazeera and the Montreal Gazette (online link to the July 30 article supressed or unavailable) have j…
Continue readingThings North American Corporate Media Would be Sure To Suppress But Would Be Crazy Enough To Work
Not to mention, no doubt, things to drive American Homeland Security Batty and drive the McCarthyist Tea-bagger paranoid types off to the fainting couches. Norway’s response to the recent terror attacks, quite different from Dubya Bush’s “We’ll smoke ‘em out!” vengeance speeches following 9/11 or those crazy security measures like airport body scanners . . . → Read More: Things North American Corporate Media Would be Sure To Suppress But Would Be Crazy Enough To Work
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning ‘Rider Blogging
It’s disappointing enough for the ‘Riders to lose to Calgary at home. But it’s doubly so to manage the feat while playing about as well as could possibly be expected in two phases of the game – leaving huge questions about an offensive unit which was s…
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