Happy holidays!
Many thanks to all the readers of the blog! I hope that all is well with you and yours this holiday season and would like to wish you all the…
2011
Boxing Day Special: Listening to Nils Brown with My New Headphones.
The following Youtube clip can give you only a taste of the delightful CD the Lizieux elves gave me for Christmas: Nils Brown singing Belle Canzoni d’Italia through the headphones…
Spring is Radical, And It’s Just Begun
Here’s a Solstice message from Reverend Billy, from the Church of Earthalujah, from Zuccotti Square in New York City: What did I learn this year. We are the 99%. I…
The Traditionalist.
TheAuldTriangles HaveManyJoinedAnglesVille We played on the ferry coming over yesterday afternoon, right after the shift change, outside, on the back deck behind the SeaWest lounge where the exclusives go to…
Canadian Press Sucks Up to Harper as ’2011 Story of Year’
Quelle surprise: mainstream media excited about Harper’s majority win and declare it to be ‘story of the year’.
Garneau Takes One Step Forward for Liberalkind….
(Sorry for my lack of posting, but I’m currently on vacation in the south.) Marc Garneau, MP for Westmount-Ville-Marie since 2008 and the first Canadian in space, has admitted that…
Leadership 2012 Candidate Rankings – December 26, 2011
Anybody expecting the holidays to make for a quiet spell in the NDP’s leadership race was in for a surprise, as the last week has seen the first candidate departure…
Some good reasons for supporting Brian Topp
If he really introduced proportional representation, then he would be a revolutionary prime minister, and go down in history as one of the great ones: Make no mistake: with Brian…
Far-right wackjobs: they’re not just tedious – they’re a genuine threat | via AlterNet | #uspoli
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Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Boxing Day reading – with plenty of interesting news below the headlines. – Naturally the Globe and Mail’s headline focuses on a modest dip (to a…
This One is for James Morton, Happy New Year James.
I watched it, had to post it. Enjoy, James
Final Amendments To LPC Constitution Are Out
They’re available here.These are the amendments for a new leadership selection process:Electing a Leader using a system of staggered regional voting daysBackground: In order to raise the interest of the…
2011 in Quotes
“Well, I’m an absolute fan of lacy lingerie. I want to make that perfectly clear.”–Michael Ignatieff “I mean we have the ridiculous thing of a government saying how much confidence…
Autism Reality NB’s 2011 Christmas Wish for Autism’s Vast Majority
Conor Doherty, one of Autism’s Vast Majority of Invisible Autistics, brings joy to Mom and Dad in the Christmas season and throughout the Year. My 2011 Christmas wish is that…
Best Political Blog – Final Round of Voting is On!
Okay gang, that was just the preliminary round. Now we are in the finals, along with Fighting Newfoundlander, Gritchick, Impolitical and Dawg’s Blog. Some of you may have skipped voting…
Unleashing The Ugly
Conservatism, like Dr. Jekyll, has undergone an ugly transformation. Those who claim that mantle these days say they stand for liberty. However, they have long forgotten Edmund Burke’s caveat:: “But…
Bob Rae If Necessary, But Not Necessarily Bob Rae
For example, this guy might work. Everyone loves an astronaut.
Just another day on the religious war front
Woke up the day after Christmas to read to following headlines: National Review: “Silent Night”, Mark Steyn on the ‘War on Christians’. Associated Press: “Nun’s remains miraculously healed New York…
Journalism, Real And Fake
Still another day’s worth of eating and over-consuming left to get through, so don’t expect anything too coherent until that’s all been accomplished. Until then, here’s a piece on how…
A vice-regal Christmas visit
After his trip to the funeral of Vaclav Havel in Prague, the Governor General went to Kabul to visit the troops for Christmas. Also there was Liberal interim leader Bob…