I do not have the time to read regularly all the blogs to which I have established links, on my own blog. As a result, sometimes months go by without me reading them, and when I finally decide to catch up, I find out that they no longer exist, or
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Wolverines, meat tuxedos, and vivid comparisons | via @CanadianCynic
… this was not a mistake. Starting a land war in Asia is a mistake. This is akin to wearing a meat tuxedo and gravy-scented aftershave to a wolverine convention. ‘via Blog this’ Canadian Cynic and Rev. Paperboy discuss legal strategy. It saddens me that CC’s return to the blogosphere
Continue readingImpolitical: So long, Cowboy
It looks like Cowboys for Social Responsibility is riding off into the sunset. Blasted, another good blogger leaves the Canadian political scene. CSR was the go-to place for analysis on all things to do with the gun registry and, in the larger context, gun control issues, in recent years. Their
Continue readingImpolitical: Let’s not be arresting bloggers in Canada
There’s a case going on in Fredericton, New Brunswick that deserves some attention: “Fredericton blogger's arrest attack on civil liberties.” This blogger, Charles LeBlanc, who blogs here, was arrested last week on charges of criminal libel. His computer was seized in the course of a search warrant execution. Here’s a
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: SRBP at Seven #nlpoli #cdnpoli
The Sir Robert Bond Papers turns seven years old today. The purpose remains simple enough, as described in the first anniversary post: While much has changed in the past year, the core goal for the Bond Papers is still the same: to contribute to an informed discussion of public policy
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: My blog: Reviewing 2011, Previewing 2012
Following in the custom of New Years, I take a look at the past year for this blog and set some goals for the coming year. Almost necessarily, this results in something of a broader look at blogging in general, webpage design, and my place in the broader blogosphere and political
Continue readingExponential Book: 2011 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 29,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 11
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Federal Liberals fear SRBP #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Well, not just the Sir Robert Bond Papers but all bloggers. Idiots. – srbp –
Continue readingeaves.ca: The Future of Academic Research
Yesterday, Nature – one of the worlds premier scientific journals recognized University of British Columbia scientist Rosie Redfield as one of the top 10 science newsmakers of 2011. The reason? After posting a scathing attack on her blog about a paper that appeared in the journal Science, Redfield decided to
Continue readingA BCer in Toronto: Liberal Party is foolishly retreating from social media and blogging
I was disappointed to learn several weeks ago that the Liberal Party of Canada is retreating from its position as one of the early leaders in Canada in recognizing the importance of blogging, social media and citizen journalism to open and fair political debate. The uproar and bad publicity that
Continue readingImpolitical: The blogging life
This confession comes from the brilliant Mark Thoma who writes Economist’s View: A recent email prompts me to explain something. I post lots of excerpts from articles about economics, but one thing you can’t read at this site is the stuff I write for other outlets, instead I mostly link
Continue readingknitnut.net: Dog rescue rejects Zoom and GC because of blog post
Yesterday’s blog post, Should we adopt this puppy? has had some completely unexpected and bizarre repercussions. Someone forwarded the post to Kim Knapp, founder of Friendly Giants Dog Rescue, and she hated it. I don’t understand what her problem with it is, as she doesn’t seem to be able to
Continue readingFive of Five: What the Mayor Said
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Continue readingGeoff at Mount Allison: What’s the point?
Blogging. Really? You write a blog. Haha. Alright…
That was what I figured most people were secretly thinking when I told them I was starting to write a blog for the school way back in August 2008, even before the first day of class here at Mount A…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Five for Friday Round-UP
To round out the week, here are five curious posts on different subjects to send you off into the weekend. And don’t forget this Saturday* is Guy Fawkes Day. Via Crooked Timber, a post at the New Statesman about the particularly abusive comments…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Tips for Highly Effective Blogging
Via copyblogger, two posts – written a year apart – on the habits of highly effective bloggers. The 16 tips are pretty simple and pretty straightforward but they are as tight a summary as possible of what it takes to produce a successful bl…
Continue readingThe Skwib: Blogger dies of exposure
LONDON, ON (The Skwib) — Yesterday the writer of the popular blog, Prawned! was found draped across his keyboard, unconscious. Patrick Jones, aka Dedred S., was pronounced dead at the scene by the medical examiner. Jones was known as an insightful and amusing commentator on the gaming and shrimping industries, and appeared as a regular […]
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Link away as much as you want, sez SCC
The Supreme Court of Canada has handed the blog world a big victory. Writing for a unanimous Court in Crookes v. Newton, Justice Rosalie Abella wrote that merely providing a hyperlink to a definitively or potentially defamatory websit…
Continue readingI am a blogger. I am not a journalist.
I am a left-of-centre progressive. I do not pretend to be neutral. I am a blogger. I am not a journalist.
I do not take money under the table from political parties, lobbyists or special interest groups. In fact, I make no money from blogging. I am a blogger. I am not a . . . → Read More: I am a blogger. I am not a journalist.
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Voting is Open Now… for NL Blogger’s Choice Awards!
If you are looking for a catalogue of local blogs there is only one place to go; the Newfoundland and Labrador Blog Roll. It’s the well-tended baby of Stephen Eli Harris, a local blogger himself. you’ll find the current blog list on t…
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