Labour relations in Alberta, circa 1999: The authorities, in this case the Calgary Police Service, openly intervene in a labour dispute on the side of the employer. Your blogger, in white socks (!), is at bottom left. Below: John A. Macdonald, not yet …
Continue readingMind of Dan: Wind power blows
Cross-posed from Irregular Climate
In The Know: Coal Lobby Warns Wind Farms May Blow Earth Off Orbit
Panelists debate whether the U.S. is doing enough to heed the warnings of coal industry scientists who say turbines could blow the Earth right into the…
The capacity for critical thought – how do we build it?
Just as we wind down the first half of 2011 in preparation for Canada Day, three disparate blog posts are jumping out at me:At Sixth Estate, Government of Canada Issues Statement Opposing the AlphabetAt Politics and its Discontents, Sun News …
Continue readingChavecito speaks
Uh oh. Looks like the bastards and spooks were right about one thing, after all. Chavecito DID have cancer… …and now, let’s hope his confidence is well founded, and that he doesn’t have it anymore. In which case my last post about him is, at least, correct in that respect. BTW, that “knee surgery” of […]
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INTERNATIONAL LABOUR COLOMBIA: STOP VALE UNION BUSTING IN COLOMBIA:The other year workers in Ontario and Newfoundland were “treated” to an exhibition of just how hard hearted and tight fisted the international mining giant Vale is. But Canada and Brazi…
Continue readingCase against Strauss-Kahn falling apart
“It is a mess, a mess on both sides.” That’s the conclusion of one person involved in the investigations. The accuser has been found to have lied about multiple aspects of the case. Her past and present includes involvement with those knee deep in …
Continue readingThe Maple Crown, or why you should leave the Union Jack at home
As we suffer through more breathless coverage of the royal visit (as an unrepentant monarchist, even I am done with the ridiculousness of the coverage), I felt that I should point out a bits of basic civic literacy surrounding the monarchy that seem to…
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 3888…Speaking Of Free Speech
I just grabbed this off of Radio-Info.com and OMG.Monday, June 20, 2011 Neal Boortz’ “dead thugs” comment is causing a divide Talk host Neal Boortz made the comments on his radio show in Atlanta last week, saying “This town is starting to look like a …
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 3887…My Un Heroes: CSBC Haters
Re Le Affaire Erickson-Gillis, Peter Worthington in the SUNs reports that the story on SUN TV “…provoked so many complaints to the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (some 4,300 of them compared to a yearly average of around 2000), that the CBSC be…
Continue readingTemper. Temper. Justice Prosser grabs reporter’s microphone
It’s looking more and more like the allegations against Wisconsin judge David Prosser that he has violence issues are bearing fruit. When the embattled justice was asked by a reporter about the incident where he alleged tried to strangle a female justi…
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 3886…My Hero: Krista Erickson
A couple of nights ago on SUN TV the only hot woman on Canuckistanian TV Krista Erickson just went off on Margie Gillis who, and coz it isn’t on TSN or RDS I didn’t know this, is a superstar ballerina. Anyhow, big ups to Miz Erickson for representing …
Continue readingcmkl: Boy if I was trying to do something serious
Like, say, get media attention for a real issue, like say the flotilla to Gaza, the fight against the dismantling of Greece’s social programs, or even trying to get across town in under an hour, I’d be a might pissed right now. It seems the entire medi…
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 3885…My Hero: Margie Gillis
You probably have heard the story but it bears repeating.A couple of nights ago on SUN TV the only hot woman on Canuckistanian TV Krista Erickson just went off on Margie Gillis who, and coz it isn’t on TSN or RDS I didn’t know this, is a superstar ball…
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 3884…CFL Is Back
Nearing halftime on TSN it is the Als up 24/10 over B. C. in MTL.WFDS
Continue readingThe Wingnuterer: The Often Occasional Blogger
I know I haven’t been blogging much lately,… but I really have a good excuse for it,… actually it is more of a series of excuses caused by one event in my life,… but the excuses are for another blog post,… one that will do it justice.
Anyhoo,… I have been out biking around Toronto, mainly […]
Today’s obsession: Coconut curry soup.
I started making this a few months back and am doing it again tonight by request. As with most stuff I make it has been receiving some "revisions". This soup is completely customizable. This is the current version that we like. It is not ex…
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: The Mess We’re In
One of the more common themes in my recent writing is that, when it comes down to the challenges confronting our country and our people, we cannot depend on our political classes for leadership. We entrust them exclusively with all the powers nee…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Your Daily Nazi: News For Jews!
1) The Dykes and Trans People for Palestine aren’t the Queers Against Israeli Apartheid, but they do plan to march during Pride week, and they will … be using the term “Israeli Apartheid” in our signs, banners, and messaging.But they’re not…
Continue readingkirbycairo: Ignorance and the Political System. . . .
I don’t think one has to be profoundly knowledgable about history and political theory to be a political representative. I think, as a general rule, the more you know the better, but a compassionate instinct and an empathetic spirit can go a long way. …
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