Brief Lies
This has been a fairly difficult week. All I can say is thank Christ it was really bloody nice outside. I woke up this morning to the snow sky and…
September 2011
Stupid Sex Tricks: 9-11, with a side order of commodified female flesh
Gawd bless Amurrica! This was uploaded by Hooters itself, two days before the 9-11 x 10 mourn-a-thon. I believe the underlying message is “Eat greasy wings and ogle these Twin…
28 films on 9/11 and its impact on our world
Over the past decade, filmmakers across the globe have tackled issues that have come about as a direct consequence of 9/11 and the United States' response to the attacks.
Quotable: B. Lester on hoarding
“If a man has an apartment stacked to the ceiling with newspapers we call him crazy. If a woman has a trailer house full of cats we call her nuts.…
Apparently propaganda works. Who knew?
Divide between West, Muslim societies 'irreconcilable': poll A majority of Canadians believes conflict between Western nations and the Muslim world is "irreconcilable," according to a new national survey that revealed…
Real questions for less than real Ontario leaders
Dear Leaders:I have made the decision that unless one of you does something so egregious that it merits a comment I will not -- will not --make any running commentary…
A little carried away
I got a little carried away Thursday evening at a quilting auction in Perth. Elva Jackson, a quilter from the Lanark County Quilting Guild, died last year and her husband…
Debussy’s The Submerged Cathedral for the Day after the Tenth Anniversary
Debussy's piano prelude is inspired by the idea of a cathedral that was submerged in some magical/mythic/horrible way. Beauty is not a stranger to disaster. I've long thought the shots…
Them!
The paranoia of the 1950's is perhaps best captured in the 1954 film, Them!, a ninety-four minute saga which turned on two common themes of the day -- nuclear Holocaust…
Leadership 2012: Group Decisions
This week figures to see the first official entries into the NDP's leadership race. But it's well worth noting some of the work being done behind the scenes - whether…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for September 12, 2011
Hopefully everyone enjoyed their weekend! Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Livent co-founders to report to jail to await outcome of appeal - The Globe and…
Whistle while you wait
Skattered throughout Vancouver, bus stop shelters have been turned from ad space to sheet music. Adorno and Nose, as the piece is called, is a collection of ten songs composed…
Chris Hedges on the Aftermath of 9/11
I refused to watch any of yesterday's ceremonies honouring those who were killed 10 years ago in New York. I refused, not out of disrespect for those who lost their…
honeyboy edwards, 1915-2011
Honeyboy Edwards died two weeks ago, just shy of his 96th birthday. He was the last survivor of the first generation of Delta bluesmen. Born David Edwards to parents who…
Miscellaneous Ontario election campaign tidbits
A couple of things here and there this AM: Eric Grenier of threehundredeight.com has a piece in the Globe and Mail about his seat projections for the Ontario election. If…
"No Us And Them, Just Us"
Worth noting, that prior to this "foreigners" debate in Ontario, the Liberals campaign slogan was already "Forward.Together". There was a reason for the theme, people appreciate the notion of all…
It’s about the eggs
–Woody Allen, Annie Hall (the final voiceover) Alltop likes its scrambled.
I Refuse To Read 9/11 Memorial Coverage
If you're reading this right now you are doing something that I have refused to do: read any coverage or analysis of 9/11. I am boycotting the wall to wall…
"When did we become for immigrants?"
I don't think that Tim Hudak, or his Party as a whole, is against new Canadians but gosh they do not seem to be able to control some of their…