I Want One
...because one of these:
2011
When Hatred Goes Mainstream
Jolly Berlin crowds in the brightly-lit Kurfürstendamm nightlife district had more fun last week than these beery, sausage-stuffed revelers have had in months. Well-dressed German women and their swank, duel-scarred…
Strangling energy innovation
The Telegram editorialists are finally putting it all together, at least when it comes to the provincial government’s energy company, the Muskrat Falls project and taxpayers: It looks a lot…
Kate’s royal ass cheek: #sunmedia triumphs again, @davidakin makes sure we all know about it
Sad, isn't it. When this is what occupies our imaginations and dominates public discourse, is it any wonder that so many people don't bother to take the responsibilities of citizenship…
Move along, move along
British Prime Minister David Cameron is getting sucked into the phone hacking scandal because he hired Andy Coulson AFTER he had been convicted of fraudHey, that reminds me -- didn't…
iPad Podcast Wars
You know what would be cool, a weekly podcast/netcast about the iPad. But not from anywhere, from California. Oh wait, that already exists. In fact, there are at least two!…
Attention Americans
These people are going after the real villains of the crash. They are the real Tea Party, not the Koch Kommandos.
Field of canola
My dad rents the back 10 to a farmer - one of the last on concession. Don't think there's much money in it, but when it's canola being farmed, you…
Wankers of the Week: Hack Attack edition
Crappy weekend, everybody! Anybody know if your phone was hacked? Because if it was, I have a sneaking suspicion who done it. He’s listed below…along with a few OTHER hackers…
Ottawa
April and I woke to the Changing of the Guard ceremony out our sunny hotel window on the 25th floor. Last night was a thunderstorm with some clouds that looked…
DisFUCKINGgusting…
Censored by Facebook: Facebook helped governments spy on and arrest Flytilla activistsCensored Newshttp://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.comAlexander Higgins' online report about how Facebook helped spy on and arrest fly-in supporters to Palestine this week,...
Ottawa light rail tunnel: a 1.2 billion dollar mistake
Dear citizens of Ottawa, The transit tunnel under downtown, and the conversion of much of the transitway to light rail, is a costly mistake. Here is why: Demand -Has the…
3920…She’s Gone
She is, of course, Kate Middleton and her nine day tour with Mr. Middleton, first name Will, is over.With the exception of a few hundred disgruntled separtists in La Belle…
3919…South Sudan Day In Your Capital
A success and beyond.Plus hamburgers, chicken and shiakabob. Great entertainment.And a tremendous love vibe in Ottawa's Vincent Massey Park.WFDS
Why We Fight
The slogan must be "Pensions for all", because make no mistake, this government is after your kids' pensions and hoping you will not care.
Horse dies in Stampede chuckwagon race – no one does anything about it
A chuckwagon race at the Calgary Stampede sometime in the murky past. Cruel to horses then. Cruel to horses now.It was opening night yesterday at the Calgary Stampede: another horse…
New old school: bringing back NYC hip-hop – The story of the Rebel Diaz Arts Collective
"We want to politicize people organically. We want to do it internally. We want to do it in the ‘hood,”
Montreal discovers it’s not easy going green: New Economist Green Cities Index
An article that I wrote on the new Green Cities Index (.pdf) released last week by yhe Economist Intelligence Unit is out in today's Montreal Gazette. It was an interesting…
What Have Unions Done For Us?
I just came across the following video on You Tube. Although directed toward an American audience, its message is completely applicable to Canada as well. Enjoy!Recommend this Post
Note from Missionazn 1
Note from Missionazn from my son: “I apologize for not updating yesterday; we were so tired after the plane trip and the touring that I fell asleep before I could…