Time once again to juxtapose: 2008: The woman who was fired by the federal Conservatives as president of Canada’s nuclear safety watchdog said Tuesday the safety risk of resuming the Chalk River, Ont., reactor was 1,000 times higher than accepted…
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 3872…It Is Official: NDP Now Stands For Nothing
This weekend’s VanCon2011 laid out Jack Layton’s platform and plans precisely.His only plan is to become Prime Minister.He stands for nothing.WFDS
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 3871…Jennifer Ward Meet Al Lewis
Jennifer Ward is the anchor who is on CTV Newsthingy right now.Al Lewis played Grampa Munster on The Munsters.Or, perhaps, they are the same person?WFDS
Continue readingWeekend metal-blogging
Chthonic, “Takao” Click Here To Watch The Video
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 3870…Happy Father’s Day Travis Henry
You to Sean Kemp. Calvin Murphy aussi.Today is your day day.Travis Henry of course is the father of fathers. At his trial his agent estimated that he had 12 kids from 11 different women.A real life Vicky Pollard.WFDS
Continue readingThe Wandering Joe: Hello world!
Welcome to my new blog (which will be kind of similar to my old blog). I need some time to put the theme together so for now you won’t see any content posting. With any luck I’ll make my first post by next Sunday. As you can probably tell by
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Does This Peel Police Action Help You To Sleep Better at Night?
I stand to be corrected, but I was under the impression that in Canada, we are, at least in theory, protected from arbitrary police intrusion and arrest. Apparently the Peel Police are not aware of this legal ‘quibble’.Recommend this Post
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: The Future Is In The Hands Of The Young
Frank Graves has sifted through the entrails of the last election, trying to figure out why he and all the other pollsters didn’t see Stephen Harper’s majority coming. His conclusions merit careful attention: In a nutshell, what went wrong is that…
Continue readingwmtc: gardenette update
My little garden-ette is going gangbusters.
Originally:
The rose bush is to Cody’s right.
Then:
Then:
Here you can see how pathetic the rose bush had become.
And now:
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Some Food for Thought
Perhaps it is because I am currently reading The Trouble With Billionaires, by Linda McQuaig and Neil Brooks, but I have become especially sensitive to the increasingly shrill anti-union rhetoric by CEO’s and some allegedly ‘ordinary’ members of the pu…
Continue reading350 or bust: Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
There are so many societies in which the elite made decisions that were good for themselves in the short run and ruined themselves and societies in the long run…. Similarly, in the United States at present, the policies being pursued by too many weal…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Liberals Delay Leadership until May-June 2013 – Bah!
And anyone reading this blog over the past couple of days, months, and so on, will know that I’m none too happy with that fact.However, because I wasn’t a delegate, I can’t complain. You snooze, you lose, I suppose. But I do wonder on what this result …
Continue readingKing of the Shiners: The Globe stops trying
I know, I know, “they were trying?”. But check out the photo accompanying this Curry article on Rait, hero to the working class. Will they name this one “Riot”?
Continue readingFar and Wide: From Here to Eternity
Job one for Liberals at the extraordinary convention was to stop the madness of a quick leadership vote. However, it seems we have gone from one extreme to another with a surprisingly long two year wait. I’m ready to move on with what was decided, but …
Continue readingKing of the Shiners: The Globe stops trying
I know, I know, “they were trying?”. But check out the photo accompanying this Curry article on Rait, hero to the working class. Will they name this one “Riot”?
Continue readingKing of the Shiners: The Globe stops trying
I know, I know, “they were trying?”. But check out the photo accompanying this Curry article on Rait, hero to the working class. Will they name this one “Riot”?
Continue readingThe Skwib: Some things are best forgotten
Especially the movie version.
Alltop is mostly caramel at the middle.
The Progressive Economics Forum: How Rob Ford Can Fix Social Housing
I have an opinion piece in today’s Toronto Star regarding Toronto’s Mayor, Rob Ford, and the Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC). Mr. Ford would like to see a considerable number of units from TCHC’s existing stock sold off. For background on the issue, please my blog post of April 13, which can be found here. In today’s piece, I […]
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Fathers’ Day Rant
I feel like it’s wrong to burden and confine my dad, and all men for that matter, with the expectation that fathers have to be a mix of Tim the Tool Man, Homer Simpson, and a randomly selected epic role acted by Mel Gibson, or else they don’t count.
wmtc: canadian boat to gaza send off today; female nobel laureates call on united nations to do the right thing
This morning in both Toronto and Montreal, many of the Canadian delegates of the Canadian ship Tahrir, will meet the media before boarding their flights to Turkey. The Tahrir will set sail for Gaza as part of Freedom Flotilla II – Stay Human, an intern…
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