The last time I built things from scratch in wood was in junior high…
i got marks in my eighties and felt pretty damned comfortable using all different kinds of machinery. then the principal got the intelligent idea that since funds were limited he…
2011
Happy sperminating patriarchs day?
nah. :) just business as usual in our household. but we did have a pretty activity filled family day out of the house, if that counts. :)if what you're reading…
Women in Space
Tereshkova.jpg Second Wave feminism sought to address the dearth of women's presence in the public sphere, particularly in the workforce, recognizing that their bodies were disproportionately tie...
Women in Space
Tereshkova.jpg Second Wave feminism sought to address the dearth of women's presence in the public sphere, particularly in the workforce, recognizing that their bodies were disproportionately tie...
Via karmalised…
these people are our strident lefty warriors literally putting their lives on the line. i support them...Gaza IslandThe Freedom Flotilla 2, with 12+ boats carrying humanitarian aid and 1000+ peace…
Root and branch rebuilding: One tool we can use
Liberals have just had a successful teleconferencing convention that 2,700 members of the party subscribed to, and 2,100 members voted to extend the date a permanent leader is to be…
I really need to remove some stress from my life
I have two websites to launch this week for work, one freelance project that needs some attention, one volunteer website that needs to launch by the end of this month,…
Ansanm Nou Kapab…Together We can
DSC_1236.JPG Summer Trip to Haiti: From July 7th to August 7th, 2010 Dear friends and supporters, My name is Wadner Pierre. I am a photojournalist and activist from Gonaives, Haiti.…
New Democrats do not shut door on possible merger with Liberals
http://bit.ly/jNhYUD Oddly I suspect a similar view ("to close the door on any future discussion of a merger ... is a serious tactical mistake") might find favour with most Liberals.…
A Sensible Decision
Look, the Conservatives are going to call them socialists anyway, so the NDP may as well embrace the label and make it work for them.
Mark Your Calendars
Liberals have voted to pick a new leader sometime between March and June 2013. I was personally hoping for a shorter timeline but my sense from yesterday's conference call is…
Ontario Employment Law: Disability and Frustration of An Employment Contract
Frustration of an employment contract occurs when, through no fault of either party, an event occurs that makes the contract impossible to perform. Under Ontario law, where an employee is…
Conservative Senator Pamela Wallin IS Elitist And Arrogant
"Every senator in this caucus needs to decide where their loyalty should be and must be. The answer is simple; our loyalty is to the man who brought us here,…
Not pictured
View Full Album I am mindful, on this Father’s Day, that I do not have many photographs of Thomas Arnold (“Arnie”) Chaplin. (The additional ones I do have are wedding…
To thine own self be true
Just a fun post – no serious politico-philosophical stuff here…gotta take a break some time.. And yes, I am an unabashed head-banger… I do love music that gets your energy…
looking at nothing and finding infinity
Filed under: Beautiful, Interesting Tagged: hubble ultra deep
This Week At The Ontario Court of Appeal: 11-06-09
Each week Wise Law Blog reviews recent decisions from the Ontario Court of Appeal.Ontario (Labour) v. Black & McDonald Limited. An appeal from an Ontario Court of Justice trial where…
When Crime Isn’t Crime (Or It Is)
The comments on this Calgary Sun article about activists who wish to not receive a criminal record for their act of activism (namely draping a protest banner off the Calgary…
MIA: Federal NDP Constitution
A number of times this year I’ve gone looking for the federal NDP constitution on-line, with no success. During or before the last federal election the party pulled the constitution…
Shades of Green: The Meaning of That Laughter
Moral Ground is a book of environmental essays that contains a chillingly poignant one by Derrick Jensen, "You Choose", in which he has asked people a simple and fundamental question.…