Galleons o’ Torrents – Your White Wine Guide
Galleons o’ Torrents I noticed I had a category for Wines – Red. I was a bit taken aback, for I mainly consume white—there’s an old oenology fundamental which asseverates…
November 2011
Galleons o’ Torrents – Your White Wine Guide
Galleons o’ Torrents I noticed I had a category for Wines – Red. I was a bit taken aback, for I mainly consume white—there’s an old oenology fundamental which asseverates…
Banksters fight back?
Are the vast, scum-ridden septic tanks of sleaze, avarice and mendacity that make up the US banking system a little rattled by Occupy Wall Street? Chris Hayes seems to have…
A Premeditated Act of Police Brutality
In this video, a group of college students are huddled on the ground in a defensive position at UC Davis on November 18. An officer, later identified as UC police…
Why Can’t Americans Just Not Be Celebrities?
Why Can’t Americans Just Not Be Celebrities? Well, I guess it’s because they don’t have an integrated, mature society in which others care for one another. I often have heard…
Why Can’t Americans Just Not Be Celebrities?
Why Can’t Americans Just Not Be Celebrities? Well, I guess it’s because they don’t have an integrated, mature society in which others care for one another. I often have heard…
Saturday Photo: Denser Development, Less Reliance on Cars
This is a good traffic day in Montreal, where the problems of urban sprawl are considerablly less than in many other North American cities and where public transit ridership is…
Police spending $267,000 to save on health costs.
Spending money on health to cut health care costs! A novel idea. Should we call that health care spending? Analogous to changing the oil instead of replacing the engine. Too…
Civic Election Update
ThisIsNotYourKnowWardHeeler’s NoFunCityVille I have very little to say, except that turnout really, really matters. So go vote. Otherwise, you just may be turning the fate of Lotuslandia over to FABula’s…
Xian love, Ch.376
Wish I could say I was shocked, but it seems to go with the territory. Hope they throw the Book at these disgusting perps.
OWS Guerilla Art Awesomeness
From last night’s Rachel Maddow Show, a guerilla art project that accompanied Occupy Wall Street’s 10,000-strong 2-month anniversary march to the Brooklyn Bridge on Thursday night: Unlike most OWS protests,…
UC Davis police chief whines cops peppered sprayed peaceful Occupiers out of "concern for their own safety"
What has happened to our police forces, north and south of the border? Watch the video below and tell me if you see even an inkling of a threat from…
As It Wasn’t
Once upon a time that wasn’t, SmartyPants lived in the east end of Saskatoon. Across from a pub I used to frequent, in a house that never was. He invited…
Bob Rae And The Liberal’s Seat Redistribution Plan: What’s Really Going On?
When Stephane Dion and Marc Garneau released the details of the Liberal’s seat redistribution plan for the House of Commons, I have to say, I was shocked. Here’s why:Bob Rae…
Didn’t See Any Snow Before My Birthday, But There Were Flurries Before the Party
Last week I posted about how for the first time since we came to Montreal there were no snow flakes before my birthday, November 8. A couple of people reported…
We’re Causing Climate Change. It’s Here and It’s Going to Keep Getting Worse.
So, it’s official. The latest IPCC report is out and it does link man-made global warming directly to the climate change we’ve been experiencing. The report also concludes that man-made…
Clowns ARE scary!
Clowns ARE scary!, a photo by Phil Kneen(www.philkneen.com) on Flickr.
Stephen Harper Is Prepared To Take Canada Into War With Iran
“In a blunt warning amid an escalating crisis, the Harper government declared Friday that Canada stands ready to join with other nations in preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.…
Conflicts of Interest, or: Be Careful What You Wish For
There were a lot of raised eyebrows over conflicts of interest claimed by local politicians in the LRT decision. For example: The driving force behind LRT, Regional Chair Ken Seiling,…