A whole lotta mushroom
I noticed it in the dark as I drove up to my dad's place last night around 11:30pm. It's huge. About the size of a basketball. A puffball. I took…
September 2011
Wankers of the Week: Crass Warfare
Crappy weekend, everyone! Wall Street is still occupied, and it looks like that golden calf is definitely ripe for the slaughter. The protesters are there to stay, much to the…
Hakuna Matata! Conor Enjoys A Lion King 3D Adventure With Mom and Dad
Hakuna Matata! What a wonderful phrase Hakuna Matata! Ain't no passing craze It means no worries for the rest of your days It's our problem-free philosophy Hakuna Matata! Severely affected…
NYPD tarnishes image. Sullies memory of 9/11 heroes.
It's a sad sight to see the NYPD, riding a decade of media worship and hero status for its role on 9/11, now reduced to bully status. The US doesn't…
My asymmetric stance towards Islam
If I was a Saudi Arabian - and if I was brave enough - my central focus on Islam may be to try and moderate its social practice. I would…
Abousfian Abdelrazik and what Canada is becoming
After reading his article about the role of our out-of-control secret police in Abousfian Abdelrazik’s six-year exile, I guess I know how Globe & Mail journo Paul Koring spent his…
Saturday Afternoon Links
This and that for your weekend reading.- For those looking to paint foreign investment as a panacea for economic development, Paul Krugman offers up (via Kash Mansori) what should be…
splitting the ukrainian-canadian vote in alberta.
Supporters of Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Gary Mar are tapping into the large group of Ukrainian-Canadians who helped Ed Stelmach win his party’s leadership in 2006. Elaine Kalynchuk, a…
Pleasant Park PS / Hawthorne PS used book sale!
Books needed Share and Enjoy: Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Saturday Photo: Outremont in Flowers
A good part of the neighborhood I live in was laid out at the turn of the 20th century as a "garden suburb." While most of it is on a…
Is Obama Buying Netanyahu Time to Finish Annexing the West Bank?
"Not now" is Barack Obama's answer to the Palestinian Authority's appeal for statehood. It's hardly unexpected coming from a feeble executive who can't even get basic legislation passed through his…
Save the Eurozone and the EU with EuroHope Bonds
The grand experiment of the European Union and of the 17-member Eurozone is far too significant for Europeans to let it fail.The problem: Right now, the EU is buffeted with…
US protests against Keystone XL pipeline taking their toll on Conservatives
This is a delightful example of how protests can pay big dividends. US celebrities protesting the pipeline are scaring Ottawa big time.Actors Daryl Hannah and Mark Ruffalo, author and environmentalist…
Happy 75th Birthday, Jim Henson
And to show their appreciation, your creations would like to sing you a little song… > “Nothing really matters…(big breath)…but MOI!!!”
Be careful not to damage your hearing Mr. Simpson.
Your cognitive dissonace is deafening.I personally find it difficult to comprehend that there is a “base” of people that are still in the thrall of minimum sentences over pot but…
I Don’t Get Worked Up About Movies – But This!!!
John le Carre, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, George Smiley played by Gary Oldham. Does it get any better than this?
A Marriage Made in Hell
Pakistan and the United States, bride and groom, betrothed in a supposed war on terrorism. But there never was any love, no trust, hardly any common ground. It was never…
Time for Canadian unions to once again embrace civil disobedience
With the Conservative government of Stephen Harper once again interfering in the collective bargaining process in effect stripping Air Canada Flight Attendants of the right to strike,labour is left with…
boy with balloons in India photo of the day
via photography.nationalgeographic.com Filed under: Miscellany
Capital Plan passes – No pool for Mount Pleasant
The Park Board passed the Capital Plan last Monday with one amendment regarding tennis courts at Kits Beach. The plan includes a new annex for Kensington CC and the chance…