A trip to the Reifel Bird Sanctuary
A trip to the Reifel Bird Sanctuary is always a good time… especially when I have my camera with me: I have an unhealthy obsession with Sandhill Cranes See the…
August 2011
Hamster Naming Guide, 2008 Protocols
HamsterNamingGuide2009, a photo by lunchbreath on Flickr. I don’t have 2009 or 2010 protocols available to share, but for those of you naming hamsters in 2011: Obvious: Hammy Portly: Kirstie…
Telling
No, Tim Harper's take on the latest news about Nycole Turmel isn't any better than most of the media's coverage. But it does at least include one rather telling contrast:Inside…
Torontonians beginning to realize you get what you pay For(d)
Running through the public and media discourse during and immediately after the ‘Historic Toronto Council Sleepover,’ as it will be etched forever in city lore, were two dominant threads that…
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Nycole Turmel: Marrying Separatists
Well, not literally, though she was apparently a member of both the now-tiny Bloc Quebecois, and the little communist separatist party, Quebec Solidaire.Is this a high revelation? Well, there's the…
Tough Questions for Sudbury MP Glenn Thibeault over Support of Former Bloc Member Nycole Turmel’s Ascension to NDP Leader
An article of minor interest appeared in my local newspaper last week, as part of the media’s follow-up related to the national news story that New Democratic Party Leader Jack…
NAS President Peter Wood: wrong, dishonest or hopelessly compromised?
peter-wood, NAS.jpg New Mashey Report Disrobes Climate Disinformer What would cause a senior anthropologist such as Peter Wood to stagger outside his field of expertise and launch a bitchy, perso...
Mostly competent government
The Harper Government™ has been doing such an awesome job of protecting the endangered woodland caribou in northeastern Alberta that a Federal Court has decided to step in and order…
Lueur d’espoir pour le renouvellement du PLC: Sheila Copps
Une femme qui a du cran. #I'mNotYourBaby Une personne qui a de l'expérience pour guider la prochaine génération de "rat pack". #20ans Quelqu'un qui a la maitrise le la langue…
"the marriage vow": more racist myths about american slavery
Earlier this year, I blogged about a dangerous, racist myth about US history: that the southern states seceded from the union not because of slavery but because of "state's rights".…
Plot thickens in Turmel scandal
She didn't just USED to belong to another political party, she CURRENTLY belongs to another political party. In this report, she says herself that she plans to "let go" of…
We need generational change in the Liberal Party
There have been a few articles recently about the emerging race for the presidency of the Liberal Party of Canada. A number of interesting names have emerged, from party veterans…
Bertolt Brecht "An die Nachgeborenen"
A remarkable recording from the early 1950shttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tphexO4gwoA&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=AVGxdCwVVULXevIuAj5pHcwA3qNnfHGlns
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Digital television comes to Canada
Photo by brizzle born and bred on Flickr If you watch television, you've likely seen those public services announcements (or lightly disguised commercials, in some cases) explaining that over-the-air (OTA)…
Stephen Harper’s Silence On The Tea Party Is An Endorsement Of Their Tactics And Beliefs
While the Republicans (especially the fanatical Teaparty wing) played Chicken with the US economy, we didn't hear one word from Harper. Remember a few months back when Harper cautioned that…
NDP credibility under attack after Turmel’s Bloc ties revealed
I'm not sure how significant this is -- candidly I think we should be glad that people are leaving the Bloc and joining federalist parties. That said, one thing did…
The Elm Dance: Healing the World
Regina’s Making Peace Vigil and the Saskatchewan Singers of the Sacred Web invite you to join in the Elm Dance on Thursday, August 4 at noon on Scarth Street at…