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August 2011
Beautiful Day
OR that could be beautiful days. Afterall, we’ve had a good run for the past eleven years. While the rest of the world has been engulfed in the economic shit-storm,…
Who knew Sun TV News was such a welfare queen?
The pompadour of pretension Dan Gardner calls this an "indecently enjoyable read". I wholeheartedly agree. Too bad there is not more reporting like this about Fox News North (it really…
This Guy Still Thinks He’s Orchestrating a Campaign for Richard Nixon
Could the truth really be worse than you ever imagined? In this case, quite possibly. A fascinating read in The Guardian concerning the rise of Roger Ailes and Fox News.…
A response in kind
Shorter Toronto Star: We're *outraged* that our transparently systematic attempt to cause trouble for the NDP was met with an equally systematic refusal to play along. Update: pogge has more.
"in the hope of sparking a greater discussion"
Quebec NDP MPs stay silent on their political past The Star emailed every Quebec MP in the NDP caucus -- excluding Interim Leader Nycole Turmel -- a short questionnaire last…
Faytene is ready for her close-up
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights reUsed By Permission. Faytene Grasseschi is apparently an actress. Yes, really. The former Faytene Kryskow is mentioning on her Facebook Wall this week that she…
Real Fun With Maps….
AllTheDemographicsThatFitLotuslandiaRisingVille Here's something you may or may not know, but.... I am not a real Gazetteer. And while I don't even play one on the TeeVee, I do like to…
Last Movie night!
Tonight the last Hintonburg Movie night of the season! Head over to the Community Centure for Toy Story 2 at 7 and Ferris Bueller's Day off at 9. Second show…
Economics for Dummies: Mike Ruppert on provocateurs and the British riots
Mike Ruppert, a former drug-enforcement cop from Los Angeles who helped expose the CIA’s role in drug smuggling to the US, analyzes the London riots. These riots have an economic…
Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil, welcomes Harper for a photo-op
By now we know the story of how Stephen Harper threw a potty tantrum because he wanted a photo-op before dinner. The reason was that he wanted to have the…
See the Cover!
I’ve been MIA this week as summer took over. Less than a month left and so much to do with kids and Web of Angels. Do you like the cover?…
@marcusbgee calls Ford on his bullshit, but who helped put him there? | #TOpoli
So a few people – Thor and Nancy for starters – are linking to this piece from the Globe's ideologically reliable urban affairs curmudgeon, who's arguing, not without reason, that…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. - Armine Yalnizyan discusses how inequality is no better for business than it is for society at large: Just a few months ago, two…
Quebecor Destaffing Newspapers To Keep Fox News North Afloat?
After the T.O. Sun's last round of layoffs, I speculated wildly that the point of it all might be to keep Ezra in grease-paint. Turns out I might have been…
Saturday PHoto: The Beauties of Mount Royal and the Cemetery
The gates to Mount Royal cemetery don't look like this now. About a year and a half ago fissures were found in the mortar holding the big stone blocks--put in…
End of the World Curriculum: Armageddon Vs. Global Warming
With tongue firmly in cheek, here’s a recent clip from the satirical news site The Onion: If you’d like to watch more from The Onion on global warming, click…
Putting a Myth To Bed
A particularly potent myth has been circulating for about a decade. It is that the world's economic problems began with the fall of the World Trade Center. But, as Jennifer…
Hamilton Libraries: Something To Answer For
The other day I wrote a post called Hamilton's Vindication, with a link to a story detailing Hamilton Mayor Bob Bratina's invitation to author Margaret Atwood to tour the Central…
When in Doubt, Blame the Poor
British Prime Minister, David Cameron, has responded to the rioting in London over his budget, by blaming parents and kids who live in social housing. He promises to evict, and…