Herman Cain: The origin of and motivation for 9-9-9 Plan
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economyAnd from then on he started singing 9-9-9.
November 2011
The Night Of The Long Knives Revisited
The deal that ultimately lead to the repatriation of Canada’s Constitution was struck thirty years ago, yesterday. Some interesting and informative essays have appeared in recent days to mark the…
The Privatization of Social Housing
Last weekend, I spoke on a panel at the Annual Conference of the Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association. The panel was inspired in large part by the recent debate in Toronto…
In Trashing "Occupy" Movement, Margaret Wente Quotes Some John
...not even related to the "Occupy" movement. Media culpa has the dets. This being an opinion columnist thing seems pretty easy. You don't need to use facts at all.
Unethical standards
Yes, Geoff Leo's debunking of Bill Hutchinson's supposed "mainstreeting" is well worth a view. But I'd think the story deserves to be taken somewhat more seriously than it has been…
“Christian” Family Values?
Texas judge William Adams beats his daughter with a belt. Warning: this video will trigger victims of abuse. I could only watch about thirty seconds at a time. The video…
67 killed in Nigerian fighting
News from Africa is often overlooked in North America. There is an ongoing religious conflict in Nigeria which affects the world beyond Nigeria. The battle is a proxy fight for…
Why It Matters That the Rich are Getting Richer and the Poor, Poorer
Paul Krugman has it right again: "...extreme concentration of income is incompatible with real democracy. Can anyone seriously deny that our political system is being warped by the influence of…
Gridlock hurts
It is possible that this doomsday scenario will happen -- traffic just stops. But more likely things will just get worse with money wasted and businesses start to move out…
Saturday Photo: Dawn Redwood in the Cemetery
The redwoods and giant Sequoias of California were the mythic trees of my youth. Both the variety that grows in the Sierra Nevada and the one native to the coastal…
Emerging Economies Will Read the Riot Act to Developed West
When it comes to carbon emissions the emerging economic powers - Brazil, South Africa, India and China - have pretty bold expectations of the industrialized West. They're not interested in…
The landscape exhibition #10
Filed under: art, design, digital, painting Tagged: art, collage, digital, iPad, landscape, painting
Faytene on film, again
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. It may be of passing interest that Fayeten Grasseschi is in another short film released online a few days ago by…
Always Remember the Fifth of November…
“How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking…
I’m not usually a fan of folksy diatribes…
… but I really didn’t mind those from Andy Rooney, who died yesterday at the ripe old age of 92. I had to look this quote up on Google. It…
Sophocles Knew How The Story Went
Two weeks ago, I applauded as European leaders finally forced their mega banks to take a haircut. But events this week have illustrated how fragile their plan is. The union…
Gay-friendly policy sparks death threats against Burnaby teacher | #homophobia #stupidity
via burnabynow.com Naming names: Homara Ahmad, Charter Lau, Helen Ward, Gordon World, and Long Xue were identified as opponents of Burnaby's anti-homophobic-bullying initiatives. Related posts: Video: Rick Mercer buries one…
Saturday Movies
A magical chance encounter with an amazing natural phenomena, a “murmuration” of starlings:
Another Saturday at the Clinic
Some youthful bunch of enthusiastic (albeit sleep deprived, nonetheless) pro-lifers have decided that it is a good idea, for some reason, to literally tape over their mouths with the word…
Second Iraq war hero wounded by police at Occypy Oakland. Right wing cheers.
If anything in the last few decades has scared the right wing out of its comfort zone of pretend patriotism it is the Occupy movement. Not the first black president,…