Jeremy Hardy’s take on Christmas
From The News Quiz on BBC Radio 4, Dec. 23, 2011
2011
Shades of Green: Globalized Bigness…and Why Santa Claus is No Longer Believable
When Santa Claus was delivering a few token Christmas gifts to a few houses in a few little villages in northern Europe, he seemed believable because his task was possible.…
Shades of Green: Globalized Bigness…and Why Santa Claus is No Longer Believable
When Santa Claus was delivering a few token Christmas gifts to a few houses in a few little villages in northern Europe, he seemed believable because his task was possible.…
Parliament in Review: November 2, 2011
Wednesday, November 2 saw the House of Commons debate two bills dealing with democratic reform. And the result was a remarkable gap between the values the Harper Cons presented in…
Santa’s demon
Talk about a dark side to a jolly story — I, for one, am glad Santa replaced Krampus with Rudolph!!! Two figures, shrouded in a snowstorm, make their way toward…
From @mtaibbi, a Christmas message from Wall Street | #classwarfare #uspoli
Apparently, we’d all be in much better shape if the poor were as motivated as Steven Schwarzman is to make America a better place. But it seems to me that…
What Christmas Means To Me. Once Again.
I wrote this post two years ago, and although so much has happened since then, and we now live in the darkness of Harper’s Canada, I see no reason to…
At Christmas remember those without liberty
Pope John Paul II’s Christmas 2000 message on prisoners is frequently invoked by Pope Benedict: “Public authorities who deprive human beings of their personal freedom … must realize that they…
Oh Nuts
“Mixed Nuts” was on after Scrooged, so I tried watching it. I also finished watching “Taken for a Ride” which is a documentary explaining how GM destroyed public transportation systems.
Time to Break Our Growth Addiction
Imagine being trapped in a society that considers heretical the notion of living within its finite means. That is very much the civilization within which you and I and the…
Thierry Henry? As a Gunner again?
Well, he is a Gunner for life for most Arsenal fans… BUT he could be making a short-term re-appearance with the club! Arsène Wenger says that he will use the…
Generally, subordinate legislation should be construed in a manner that renders it intra vires
Shoppers Drug Mart Inc. v. Ontario (Health and Long-Term Care), 2011 ONCA 830 deals with generic drugs and their regulation in Ontario. Among other issues the Court considers whether regulations under statute are…
Oh, and while we’re busy demonizing the #Occupy movement … | #classwarfare #cdnpoli
Daily Kos: I See What Occupy Vancouver Did There…And It’s Brilliant: ‘via Blog this’ At the Daily Kos, Ed Murray shines the light of reason on the corporate media’s theme-O-the-week:…
Saturday Afternoon Links
This and that for your weekend reading. – Thomas Walkom tries to be optimistic about the year ahead, and likely settles on the best reason for hope that Canada’s politics…
Text of 1997 speech by Stephen Harper to US right-wing think tank
For anyone surprised by Harper’s moves and plans now that he has a majority, it is enlightening to read this speech our current PM made when he was VP of…
Saturday Photo: At Last a Little Snow
We had a few centimeters of snow yesterday afternoon and last night, so there’s a semblance of a white Christmas here. The picture was taken from the back porch as…
The Set List
TheBestEverBesterEverer BestestEverestHappyChristmasBabyVille The kid in the image above, littler e., who is a little older now, kept us on a tight schedule yesterday on Christmas Eve Eve. First, there was…
Five Lumps of Coal for Canada’s Economy
The recent IMF Report on Canada prompts me to remind everyone of some startling figures about the Canadian economy: 1) The private and federal debt combined ratio to GDP is…
Euphonium Christmas
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