Virtue in short supply
ETHICS: A matter of daily practical concern described glowingly in universal terms by those who intend to ignore them. - John Ralston Saul From West Coast Environmental Law, 11 October,…
October 2011
Never thought I’d find another "home" away from "home"…
...but i'm so fatally distracted right now. found another place to be online and have been setting myself up there. it's a place for me and the menfolk where i…
Why I voted as I did in the Ontario Election
While I wrote quite a few blog posts on the 2011 Ontario Election, both generally and specifically with regards to my riding of Parkdale-Highpark, I never actually indicated precisely who…
Canadians have a jaundiced view of journalists
The Vancouver Sun thinks it may be because of the Murdoch phone hacking scandal in the UK. Mmmm, about that 90% of the media endorsed Stephen Harper's Cons last federal…
What kind of education does $50,000 get you?
The right has been having fun with some of the signs and statements of the Occupy crowd. Some have extended their mockery by posting Anti-Occupy Vancouver posters around town. Remember…
REPLAY: "It’s a tough spot but Premier Clark is thriving, I mean, she seems to really. ."
First published April 3, 2011 but worth another read. Be sure you listen to the audio clip at the end. CKNW's Bill Good and producer Jessica Hyatt want you critics…
4102…Remedial Media V.2
My fellow Roman Catholic and self promoting blowhard Michael Coren in the Ottawa Sun refers to one of his favourite guests, Pat Buchanan, a man who appeared on the fact…
Revile those who revile and persecute you?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission It’s tough to be a friend of evangelist Todd Bentley. Until you unleash your security guards and rhetorical castigations, anyways. Recently,…
4101…Remedial Media
Front page of the Ottawa Metro: "...Avril played her hits to a partly full crowd at Scotiabank Place..."WFDS
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Feline outreach.
Fetus Fetishists: Knock knock
Everyone Else: Who’s there? Fetus Fetishists: We Want the Debate! Everyone Else: I said, Who’s there? Fetus Fetishists: We Want the Debate!! Everyone Else: Hello?? Bueller?? Fetus Fetishists: We Want…
Occupy Ottawa to protest Canadian International Council foreign policy event on Canada-US integration
From Occupy Ottawa, unedited: Friends, We’re pleased to inform you that Occupy Ottawa will hold a protest march and rally outside the Sheraton Hotel (O’connor and Albert) on Wednesday October…
Russian artists VOINA detained, harassed – Russian police pose as German journalists
MOSCOW — Yesterday, members of the Russian artist collective VOINA were arrested without charges by Russian police posing as German television journalists. Natalia Sokol and her two-year old son were…
5000…When Did Poker Become A Sport?
ESPN.As I write this the number one sports network on the planet is showing poker.Poker.WFDS
4099…Y’d Think He Would Take A Break
Sources tell me that is not the case for Buffalo Tim Hudak and the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party.Less than two weeks after having their heads handed to them, again, by…
The most convict-spiking state of the union thinks Canada’s tough-on-crime approach is crackers
They're at it again, the Tories. On about being tough on crime with this omnibus anti-crime bill C-10, which has already been denounced by lawyers and jurists. But the best…
Corporate-owned media manipulation threatens Canadian democracy
This is the first of a two-part series about how freedom of expression is threatened because corporate-owned media in Canada censor and manipulate the news. "Freedom of the press is…
They Wanna Be Adored
The Stone Roses are reuniting for a world tour! Those of us of a certain age, and a certain musical taste, will remember these guys from 1989/90. Based on this…
Nathan Cullen, the anti-democratic choice?
I guess you have to give credit to Nathan Cullen for finding an issue to distinguish his candidacy. Although, from the reaction of a number of NDP partisans I know…
About that birthday video
So. Remember the time it was my birthday and I promised to post a video of all the birds singing Happy Birthday? Well…let’s just say that they all got camera-shy…