Sunday Morning ‘Rider Blogging
No, a loss to the CFL's strongest team shouldn't be considered reason to panic. But yesterday's game did reveal some important gaps between the current 'Riders and the team they…
July 2011
At 7 a.m. I Saw
On the path along the railroad tracks this morning, I saw a baby bunny. It had lost some of its roundness already, and looked like a miniature hare standing quite…
Dexter admits NS didn’t do Muskrat Falls homework
In an interview with The Coast, Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter admits his government didn’t exercise due diligence before signing onto the Muskrat Falls project: The Coast: Has the Nova…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
We call on all people and nations to recognize the serious and potentially irreversible impacts of global warming caused by the anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases and other pollutants, and…
One Perspective on Canadian Media
Over the last couple of days this post has been doing the rounds in the various journalism and media Facebook groups, and deserves a wider audience. I think we can…
Peter Kent’s Facebook Page Hacked!
...link posted to porn site:At least I am assuming it was hacked. But not by me, I would hasten to add.Source.
stop the mega-quarry: deadline for comments is midnight tonight
The deadline to submit comments to the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, voicing your opposition to the Melancthon mega-quarry, is midnight tonight. Please:1. Sign the Avaaz petition: here.2. Submit your…
Unions – Part Two
Thanks to fellow-blogger Orwell for providing this link to the Australian version of the video I wrote about yesterday:Recommend this Post
I Want One
...because one of these:
When Hatred Goes Mainstream
Jolly Berlin crowds in the brightly-lit Kurfürstendamm nightlife district had more fun last week than these beery, sausage-stuffed revelers have had in months. Well-dressed German women and their swank, duel-scarred…
Strangling energy innovation
The Telegram editorialists are finally putting it all together, at least when it comes to the provincial government’s energy company, the Muskrat Falls project and taxpayers: It looks a lot…
Kate’s royal ass cheek: #sunmedia triumphs again, @davidakin makes sure we all know about it
Sad, isn't it. When this is what occupies our imaginations and dominates public discourse, is it any wonder that so many people don't bother to take the responsibilities of citizenship…
Move along, move along
British Prime Minister David Cameron is getting sucked into the phone hacking scandal because he hired Andy Coulson AFTER he had been convicted of fraudHey, that reminds me -- didn't…
iPad Podcast Wars
You know what would be cool, a weekly podcast/netcast about the iPad. But not from anywhere, from California. Oh wait, that already exists. In fact, there are at least two!…
Attention Americans
These people are going after the real villains of the crash. They are the real Tea Party, not the Koch Kommandos.
Field of canola
My dad rents the back 10 to a farmer - one of the last on concession. Don't think there's much money in it, but when it's canola being farmed, you…
Wankers of the Week: Hack Attack edition
Crappy weekend, everybody! Anybody know if your phone was hacked? Because if it was, I have a sneaking suspicion who done it. He’s listed below…along with a few OTHER hackers…
Ottawa
April and I woke to the Changing of the Guard ceremony out our sunny hotel window on the 25th floor. Last night was a thunderstorm with some clouds that looked…
Note from Missionazn 1
Note from Missionazn from my son: “I apologize for not updating yesterday; we were so tired after the plane trip and the touring that I fell asleep before I could…