René Magritte: Merchant Banker Masters His Mental Powers at Walton-on-the-Naze
While an art historian will tell you this 1964 painting is called “The Son of Man”, and is meant to be a meditation on what is hidden in the visible…
August 2011
Replace the Champlain Bridge.
The Champlain Bridge is crumbling down. We need to replace the structure now! Before something bad happens. Because of problems with the bridge the city will lose productivity amounting 2…
Guess The Government CAN Create Jobs
Tough on Crime = 6,000 more positions within Corrections Canada since 2006. (Of course, the figure is from Brian Lilley, whose math skills are known to be somewhat limited)
Hidden message on a shirt
Look out tea party homophobes! This could happen to you . A German group has taken new tech printing on t-shirts to a new level. The group handed out free…
I Heart Giorgio Mammoliti
It's not every day that a politician comes along who is so totally and completely ridiculous and juvenile, such a cartoon character, that they are a like a gift from…
… the anti-police protesters did not appear to participate in the rioting, and quickly denounced it …
From today's Globe: "That was the shooting by police last Thursday night of a father of four and alleged cocaine dealer named Mark Duggan. People in the north London community…
Catholic Sect Threatens Children Over Tolerance Policy
The Coptic Orthodox Church has threatened to somehow withdraw 5000 schoolchildren from the Toronto Catholic District School Board unless the board scraps its plans to implement the government’s required tolerance…
Yvonne Jones: Profile in Courage
What does not kill you makes you stronger. That must be the case. Yvonne Jones is emerging from her battle with cancer with unrivalled moral strength even if her physical…
Ministerial tantrums
Last week, Amnesty International wrote Jason Kenney and Vic Toews an open letter about their “suspected war criminal” hunt, and listed a number of concerns about the process and the…
Stop me before I blog again! Alberta Diary is closed for vacation until Aug. 22
Gone campin’ … NOT! Alberta Diary is CLOSED FOR THE HOLIDAYS. No, really! I promise not to post about the CFIB’s attempt to bring “right to work” legislation to Alberta…
Pot, meet kettle
Isn't it priceless that after all the harrumphing and pontificating on the part of the Conservatives and their media supporters about how awful that Nycole Turmel accepted a leadership position…
Sounds like something weird is going on in Brazil
This is beyond bizarre. First, Canadians are reading about how Harper locked himself in a bathroom and wouldn't come out until the speech schedule was changed to his liking at…
“I don’t call it rioting, I call it an insurrection”
Watch a BBC anchorwoman get a bad case of Teh Stoopid (as well as racism) against a respectable man: Darcus Howe tells it like it is. These are NOT just…
Stephen Harper has a tantrum in Brazil and locks himself in the bathroom until he gets his way
Less amusing translation of Brazilian article on Harper bathroom tiff | Centre BlockCanadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper put Brazilian diplomats in a difficult (embarrassing) position this Monday, demanding a change…
Frontenac Park, Site cluster 5
We're back from three nights and four days at Frontenac Park. We had a lovely time. Select photos below. Some random notes before I fade off to sleep.
Prog Blog meeting set.
We now have a firm date: Oct 15 in Toronto from 2-5 pm. If you’re a Progressive Blogger affiliate who is on Facebook, but is not a member of the…
"I would eliminate all shelters"
Begging is seldom the joyous easy life some see it to be. Regardless, the majority of beggars I see in Toronto are clearly suffering from some mental impairment. It may…
Violence, A Way of Life for the Wealthy of Britain. . . . .
Ok, I have to say it. It must be said and no one else seems ready to say it so the responsibility falls upon me.I have an important message to…