Who Should Train The Rat Pack Of Tommorow?
Sheila, obviously. I have always been a huge fan. And I think the party could use an injection of the kind of spine she and her fellow rat-packers provided back…
2011
On agreed facts
Most of the commentary on the Cons' publicly-admitted law-breaking has focused on the mere guilty plea itself. (And I'll post to Sixth Estate's post as deserving of a look.) But…
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2011-11-13 11:39:00
Earth | Time Lapse View from Space | Fly Over | Nasa, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo.
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2011-11-13 11:39:00
Earth | Time Lapse View from Space | Fly Over | Nasa, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo.
Briefing note
Prepared for PM Harper and immediate staff attending APEC meeting in Hawaii Re: November 13 meeting with President Obama. 1. Drawing on experience gained at first bilateral, the PM is…
A Timely Warning From Gwynne Dyer
Author, historian and journalist Gwynne Dyer is offering a timely warning as the world seems to be going down the same uncritical path to bombing Iran as it did with…
Music for a Sunday: A quarter-life crisis never looked so cute
I remember mine, and I remember what got me through it. How ’bout you? And yeah, we could use some more talk about a revolution. AGAIN.
Pop
I went to see Jian Ghomeshi speak at Kitchener's TheMuseum last night. His topic was pop culture. It seemed a rather contentless talk (at the time the word I was…
Detroit hate rally, via Arizona News …
Detroit prayer rally draws protests - Arizona News from USA Today:'via Blog this'Ignorant hateful superstition? Check.Racism? Check.Religious intolerance? Check.Homophobia? Misogyny? Fundamentalist fetus fetishism? Yep. All there.Sandbags along the bor...
Fusion or Confusion? Why I Think the Conservative Movement Will Self-Destruct
The Canadian Manifesto: How the American Neoconservatives Stole My CountryI read an interesting paper by Mytheos Holt, a neoconservative intellectual, I suppose you'd call him; that discusses the fusion of…
Sunday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to end your weekend.- Jeffrey Sachs muses that the Occupy movement may just be the beginning of a sea change in American politics:Both parties have joined in crippling…
The landscape exhibition #14
Filed under: art, design, digital, painting Tagged: art, collage, digital, iPad, landscape, painting
nyc reflections part 4: know the past, find the future, nypl centennial free book
Roy Blount contemplates the original Winnie-the-PoohI have one last snippet to share from our recent, brief trip to New York City. My friend NN, who writes this blog, surprised me…
CONSERVATIVE DEMAND FOR CBC DOCS "UNLAWF UL" // DOCUMENTS DE RADIO-CANADA: LES DEMAND ES DES CONSERVATEURS SONT «ILLÉGALES»
Press Release: The NDP states Law Clerk Rob Walsh warns that Conservative MP Del Mastro is over-stepping Parliament and interfering with the courts.
Angry Old Men
Last week, in The Globe and Mail, Brian Topp wrote that a little discussed part of the government's Omnibus Crime Bill represents a significant change in policy at Canadian prisons:…
Tory bid for CBC documents could end up in damaging court battle: lawyer by Stephen Thorne
Parliamentary law clerk and counsel Rob Walsh says the move by Tory members of the access-to-information committee could end up in the courts, where he says their attempt is likely…
Tory bid for CBC documents could violate constitution: parliamentary lawyer by Frank Appleyard
In a letter responding to legal questions from the NDP, parliamentary law clerk and counsel Rob Walsh wrote that MPs on the access-to-information committee are stepping into uncertain constitutional waters,…
Zach Galifianakis interview Charlize Theron
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: Charlize Theron from Between Two Ferns Alltop has sweaty thighs too.
Oboe and the ceiling fan
Ceiling fans are one of the leading causes of death among pet birds. It’s so common, there’s even a term for it: shredded tweet. I only have two ceiling fans…
Sunday reading
Jeffrey Sachs on a new force in the U.S. that has begun with Occupy Wall Street: "The New Progressive Movement." After reviewing the influence of Reagan on the modern era,…