Festive Left Friday Blogging: Chavecito, chemo, cheer
Chavecito’s now on his third round of chemo, but his cheer is unimpaired. And his hair looks like it’s starting to grow back, too.
September 2011
Il n’y a pas de verités moyennes
Georges Bernanos
Use of prior criminal record
R. v. Farrell, 2011 ONCA 572 deals with the proper use of a past criminal record. Except for use as similar act evidence a prior criminal record is only for use to test…
Zen Artist – title:2 September, 2011 4:43:32 PM
Just downloaded yet another iPad painting app. Filed under: art, digital Tagged: art, Cat, digital, painting
Arctic Canada: A Telecommunications Backwater
From The Windsor Star A group of public safety officials have released a study indicating that the Canadian Arctic is the most underdeveloped region in terms of communications infrastructure and…
Friday night
You don't need no city slicker All he'll do is try to trick you This is Big Daddy Wilson with Country Boy. There's no extra charge for the introduction in…
Google+ Invite
If you're waiting for your golden ticket to join Google+, here it is. You're welcome.https://plus.google.com/i/4becCuSebIw:IeJEdL8S53oReturning to posting soon.
"Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s top priority last year was to stay in power while touting his economic stewardship"
I'm beginning to like Wikileaks all that much more.OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper's top priority last year was to stay in power while touting his economic stewardship, looking for…
Correlation is not the same as causation
There is a new study showing that women who have abortions tend to have a higher rate of mental health issues. And, of course, a radio host was saying that…
With Persichilli Appointment, PM Harper Shows Quebec The Political Middle Finger, Embraces The Ethnic Vote
Quebec will not be a priority for the Conservative Canadian Prime Minister during the next four years of his comfortable majority rule. That was the message Stephen Harper sent with…
Uproar over Uploading
The recent Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) Conference presented a golden opportunity for Provincial candidates to make their pitch to just about every municipal government leader in the province.…
Uproar over Uploading
The recent Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) Conference presented a golden opportunity for Provincial candidates to make their pitch to just about every municipal government leader in the province.…
Uproar over Uploading
The recent Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) Conference presented a golden opportunity for Provincial candidates to make their pitch to just about every municipal government leader in the province.…
Uproar over Uploading
The recent Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) Conference presented a golden opportunity for Provincial candidates to make their pitch to just about every municipal government leader in the province.…
Girly Men Are The Real Thing!
Harper Government: Changing our genes and caffeine. Arnie the Governator was right! There are girly men. Do you know what’s causing them, and causing girls to hit puberty before their…
Science mag editor resigns after publishing faulty climate change denier paper
Disgraced Mr. SpencerEditor-in-Chief of the science journal Remote Sensing has resigned after discovering that the magazine had published an paper by climate change denier Roy Spencer that contained an 'egregious…
New deals
This post from Ezra Klein today is U.S. oriented, of course, but it's also applicable to the political dynamic in Canada. Thought provoking: Much of what I'm hearing at the…
Judging by the cover
It’s an easy fault, and we all have done it: judging the book by the cover – making assumptions without bothering to find out what the real story is, or…
Stephen Harper and the Napoleon Complex
One of the things that worries me the most about Stephen Harper is the way he loves to play soldier, or Great Warrior Leader. One day he's Stalin, the next…
No to NDP/Liberal Merger!
CAW head ken Lewenza is advocating for the Liberal party to have a coalition with the NDP. The fact of the matter is that the Liberals don't need a merger…