That’s the best he’s got #nlpoli
As a rule when you start attacking the other guy’s character or attributing motives to him, you’ve admitted you don’t have much of an argument of your own Natural resources…
February 2012
The cat book ebook
An iBooks 2 version of the cat book is now up on iTunes at: http://itunes.apple.com/ca/book/cat/id499745919?mt=11. Its a free download. Signed print versions are still available.
The cat book ebook
An iBooks 2 version of the cat book is now up on iTunes at: http://itunes.apple.com/ca/book/cat/id499745919?mt=11. Its a free download. Signed print versions are still available.
Overlapping Agendas and Neoliberal Markers
This is a brief addendum to my last post. Of course four other obvious neoliberal markers that precede the four mentioned in that post are TFSAs, proposed PRPPs – both…
The judge didn’t find the accused was remorseful
The judge wrote: " Mr. Kaziuk would rip-off the wings of all the angels in heaven and sell them to the devil for his own gain if he could." R.…
Friday miscellany….
picture edition…. Apologies to any vegetarians out there… (naw, not really…) IN THE BEGINNING, there was bacon… =================================================================================== There is an interesting poll in the Montréal Gazette this morning: _____________________________________________________________________________________________…
Excellent Women by Barbara Pym
Another blogger recommended this book, and as usual I can’t remember who it was! So please remind me in the comments. I wanted to re-read your review after I finished…
F-35 For Australia and Canada
It’s amazing how expensive a stealth fighter jet can be. And it just gets more and more expensive the longer Canada contemplates actually forking over cash for the fictional fighter…
The Uranium Controversy in Baker Lake
Baker Lake is a small and mostly Inuit community. The only inland community in Nunavut, it is located west of Hudson Bay, near the geographic centre of Canada. Its Inuktitut…
Komen Caves! Switches decision on Planned Parenthood. Ezra Klein: not so fast.
Wow. This kind of switch rarely happens. Note that such about faces are rarely for altruistic purposes. They usually reveal an untenable position that can no longer be held (aka…
I’m Back – Nothing’s Changed, Just Getting Worse
After a week out of the country with limited access to the Internet and Canadian news, I see things keep getting worse. First thing I read this morning was how…
The cat book ebook
An iBooks 2 version of the cat book is now up on iTunes at: http://itunes.apple.com/ca/book/cat/id499745919?mt=11. Its a free download. Signed print versions are still available. Filed under: art, book, digital,…
Call Robert Ghiz up in front of the class!
Paul Dewar, NDP Leadership hopeful has released his plan to bring Women’s rights and women’s participation in government front and centre. NDP LEADERSHIP: Dewar reveals women’s rights plan in wake…
We have a different understanding
At the January 23rd summit meeting between First Nations Chiefs and the Prime Minister of the rest of Canada, the two solitudes talked past one another. Grand Chief Shawn Atleo…
Every Revolution Has Its Road
I was reading about the terrible, terrible tragedy in Egypt last night and today – 74 dead at a soccer match – and the ensuing mass protests and national explosion…
Electro-Motive plans to close its London plant
So a handsomely profitable corporation buys a London Ontario locomotive factory in June 2010 and promptly tells the 465 or so members of the CAW local there that they’ll have…
The ever shifting winds at the Susan G. Komen foundation
You can usually tell a guilty person by the way that person shifts the excuses for a crime. The more the excuses change and evolve, the guiltier the person appears.…
How to be Happier at Work (and beyond)
Here’s a fun TED Talk on happiness and how we can better achieve at as individuals and as a society.
Secret documents expose Ottawa’s tar sands enemies list
As the Harper government works with oil companies to slander and discredit opponents of tar sands, will the supposedly impartial regulator be trusted? (Greenpeace Canada, January 26, 2012) As controversy…
Long Emergency Department Admissions Shorten Lives
Via ImpactedNurse.com, another study showing prolonged emergency department stays are less than optimal: There were 41,256 admissions from the ED. Mortality generally increased with increasing boarding time, from 2.5% in…