If the Facts Don’t Fit Your Narrative…
Just ignore the facts. The Globe and Mail ran a story yesterday on its front page about how the West and in particular Saskatchewan is drawing more and more immigrants…
2011
If the Facts Don’t Fit Your Narrative…
Just ignore the facts. The Globe and Mail ran a story yesterday on its front page about how the West and in particular Saskatchewan is drawing more and more immigrants…
Feliz Navidad
Beware the seemingly harmless fantasies you create – for you may come to regret them later. That seems to be the message of this intriguing short film by Alberto González…
Despite Alison Redford’s rhetoric, not much has changed on seniors’ care
Old folks at home: things are changing in Alberta, and not necessarily for the better. Below: Ed Stelmach, Guy Boutilier, Raj Sherman. Does anybody remember the brouhaha in 2009 that…
Accountability and transparency
Sometimes we use words or get so used to hearing words in relation to certain things or events, we don’t stop to think about what the words mean, or wonder…
In Praise of Reality
This week I’ve been very tired after a flurry of busy preparations for the release of Web of Angels as well as months of homework, swim lessons, hockey games and…
Amongst the people I have absolutely no sympathy for
are those who say things like this: I am a Tory, but like many others who cast their ballot the same way I did not vote for the draconian and…
The Lean, Mean Inkless Wells Machine…
. ….Throws a stiff jab at the Globe and (nolongerEmpire)Mail’s chief gossip columnist: (we still laughin’…) .
Bob Dylan – Stick With Mono
Amusing commercial for the mono box of Bob Dylan albums. Everyone knows stereo corrupts. C’mon!
Winter Solstice 2011 From Stonehenge
This pic was taken at Stonehenge in England a few hours ago – Winter Solstice.
Glass houses, Your Barackness.
Glass houses. President Barack Obama’s sharp criticisms of Venezuela’s human rights record and its ties to Iran are heightening tensions with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who on Monday responded by…
Morton’s Musings 2011-12-21 22:03:00
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.Mahatma Gandhi
THE HOBBIT – HD Movie Trailer
Anyone who enjoyed the Lord of the Rings movies will be excited about THE HOBBIT by Peter Jackson – slated for release on December 14, 2012.
Power failure
Well I had the most amazing insightful post compete with witty turns of phrase pathos and a gritty authenticity that I was prepared to post, but then the power went…
Occupy Canada and the Great Darkness: My Video
I visited St James Park the other day, about a month after the Occupy Toronto campsite was torn down. And not even the Christmas lights on the old gazebo, could…
Wednesday Evening Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Lawrence Martin notes that the Cons’ push for yet more layers of bureaucracy is based purely on a desire to cater to prejudice…
Conservative MP seeks to have human rights protection for fetuses
This is almost certainly nothing more than public relations (ignore the legal analysis which is quite flawed). Stephen Harper has made it clear the issue will not be raised by…
Help for the CBC on conflicts of interest
Regular readers will be aware that I filed a complaint with CBC Ombudsman Kirk Lapointe over the conflict involving Legislative Bureau Chief Stephen Smart, husband of Rebecca Scott who holds…
pale’s sh**…… errrrr git list. 2011
Who has been naughty, and who has been nice? Truthfully, the sh**’s…..SORRY! gits outnumber the rest. The Harpercon Borg tops my list for Canuck politics. But you knew that. I…
Ferry Crash Number Four….The Door Has It.
NowIsZeeTimeOnSprockets WhenWeMakeZemDanceVille It turns out that, in addition to the dock, the latest BC Ferries crash at Duke point also damaged one of the ship’s doors. And recall, if you…