Toronto (and elsewhere) earthquake
Easy to feel – the ground certainly shook – major buildings and courthouses evacated!
August 2011
Trembler In T.O.?
Not as strong as last year's. But pretty definitely one. Anyone else notice?Update: Yuppers. Deets here. 5.2. Located somewhere near Richmond, Virginia, it seems.
Keystone XL pipeline civil disobedience in Washington
What’s underway right now in front of the White House (see video below) is inspiring. Hopefully it will build effective pressure on the US administration not to approve this pipeline…
planet tala
These are Orbees, very special dog toys made by the excellent Planet Dog. We call Orbees "Planets". Tala loves her Planet more than anything on the planet - except squirrels.…
time lapse photography, garden-to-table edition
Corn and tomato salad:tomatoes (our gardenette)corn (Ontario)scallioncilantrolime juiceFriends over for dinner and baseball tonight. The menu is a little slice of summer:- grilled lime-garlic-marinated chicken, local/organic/ethically raised from Beret...
"Well, this was a mistake" -Dawg
Good morning, comrades. What? Who is this obvious communist? I’m Luna, the batshit crazy blogger at Feminist Christian Socialist, and Dr. Dawg has made the mistake of asking asked me…
Make Jack Layton’s legacy mean something
Jack Layton, federal NDP leader from 2003 until his passing yesterday, has rebuilt the party. Its a contender again just as it was under Ed Broadbent. Probably more of a…
There is a time and there is a place…
… for cynicism and criticism. There is a time and a place to back off and show some respect. You’d think that less than 24 hours after the death of…
RailGate Resurrection…..Testify, Not!
SealingTheChamberStarWitnessVille Erik Bornman(n), one of three former principals in the now defunct lobbyshop called 'Pilothouse' was supposed to be the prosecution's star witness at the RailGate trial. Mr. Bornman(n), however,…
Subsidizing subsidized industry…somewhere else
“Curiouser and curiouser”, cried Alice, so overcome by the photograph that she momentarily forgot how to speak English properly. “Is it some sort of uniform?” “Might well be,” her companion…
Goodbye, Jack
The world is poorer for your passing.Canada has lost someone who contributed greatly to the fostering of our democracy, someone who showed that a capitalist society should also be compatible…
Recession Ahead?
TD Economics yesterday released a rather gloomy report, putting the odds of a US recession at 40%, and arguing that that Canadian economy is more vulnerable to recession than it…
From Rebellion to Reform in Bolivia
Separating Fact from Fantasy in Bolivia The election of Bolivia’s first indigenous president, on the back of a mass rebellion that overthrew successive governments has stirred great interest in this…
Conservative Christie Blatchford thinks mourning for Layton to be a trivial matter, an exercise of tears in excess and an orgy of undue admiration
Bet on Conservatives to always go against the crowd, trying to demonstrate originality but always doing so in the most egregious way, and you’ll never be disappointed. And this was…
Jack’s Reach…
Just a note--I got more hits on my blog yesterday than I ever had, all with search terms like "Jack Layton House." (Most went to a posting from shortly after…
3986…Oy Vey
It ain't over. Just coz their leader, Jack Layton, died after leading them to their greatest victory, it does not sound the deathknell for the Dippers. C'mon, give yer head…
Reap the Whirlwind. . . .
In there States many Walmart stores tutor their employees on how to apply for various kinds of government assistance because they don't make enough money at Walmart to get above…
I just unlinked LinkedIn: I don’t like the ‘pay for a peek’ bit
So I got this bulk email from LinkedIn today explaining how for a little bit of money I could see exactly who was viewing my profile and everything everyone posted…
More tarsands arrests from censored news…
'No More!' Women in tar sands jail, Hopi file Peaks lawsuit By Brenda Norrellhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif Photo 1: Sharon Lungo Photos 2, 3, 4 Shadia Fayne Wood http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/brenda-norrell/2011/08/no-more-women-tar...