EbertFest Dispatch #4: It’s Not You, It’s Me
I was very much looking forward to seeing 'A Separation' last night. From everything I had heard, it was a moving and emotionally complex film experience that even its competitors…
April 2012
EbertFest Dispatch #4: It’s Not You, It’s Me
I was very much looking forward to seeing ‘A Separation’ last night. From everything I had heard, it was a moving and emotionally complex film experience that even its competitors…
Another U.S politician involved in sexual scandal
What is with these politicians? Especially with these Weiner guys. First it was Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York who had to resign and now Michael Weiner of New Mexico…
Arrested for jogging while brown
The news story doesn’t mention the racial angle at all. So I guess Windsor police and prosecutors think its OK to arrest people for jogging while brown: As he was…
In Praise of NDP PR Jiu-Jitsu
Paul Wells on how it’s best sometimes to simply shut up and let your opponent’s own negative momentum take them down: Harper is certain to keep portraying the NDP as…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Paul Krugman writes a long-overdue obituary for the confidence fairy who was supposed to turn needless austerity into growth contrary to all economic…
More Troubling News On The Police Front
I have the feeling that if I had both the time and the narrowness of purpose, I could devote this blog entirely to police and their abuse of authority and…
Alien ship near the sun – an alien spotted
A good close-up of the UFO reveals that there is indeed an alien on the ship. đ
Reflections
This has probably been the longest I have gone between blog posts, despite my best intentions, but as I said I have not abandoned you. I have simply been busy…
On equivocal labels
I’ll agree with the commentators pointing out that Nanos’ polling on party labels shows far more trouble for the Cons than for the NDP. But let’s point out another part…
âPennies 4 Katimavikâ Launches Today!
Pennies 4 Katimavik (a campaign spearheaded by Bismah Haq) is officially launching today in Ottawa at 2:30pm (click here for the facebook event.) When I heard about this campaign I…
Rob Ford Could Be Removed From Office In Early September
Mark Sept. 5, 6 and 7 on your calendars. That is when Toronto Mayor Rob Ford will be in court regarding his breach of a conflict of interest law. If…
The Quebec Student Protests: âGoing Internationalâ
A recent article by Stefani Forster, of the Canadian Press, suggests that the Quebec student protests may be starting a larger social movement outside of Quebec. According to the article:…
Moncton On Top
Responding to comments on the Globe and Mail article, Moncton on top after surviving recession, government austerity. Also posted to Moncton Free Press. Bilingualism is an asset. Yes, it means…
Favourite Poems LVIII: And You as Well Must Die, Belovèd Dust | Edna St. Vincent Millay
You sometimes forget about authors. They sort of fall out of your head. Expect more Millay in the future. And You as Well Must Die, Belovèd Dust And you as…
Saturday Photo: The Grass in Greener
I must get out and take more spring pictures. The weather was hot and dry, but the last week we’ve had rain and cool temperatures, which last night dropped below…
The Real Bev Oda Scandal: Politicizing (& Corporatizing) Canadian Foreign Aid
That now-infamous taxpayer-subsidized luxury hotel switcheroo in Mother London? Small potatoes. Don Cayo: nalysis by Fraser Reilly-King, a policy analyst at the non-profit Canadian Council for International Co-operation, shows substantial…
"100 Per Cent Of Canadians Hate The CBC"
Only Sun News network knows that! Read the story and watch the video here.
Boneheaded Britain
The big problem with ideologues is their propensity to do genuinely stupid things that leave others paying the price for years, sometimes decades. With Harper at the helm, Canada has…
âUntrustworthy Tories, socialist NDP, bumbling Grits: Poll puts a pox on allâ
An interesting headline in the Globe and Mail. I tend to agree with the poll results. All three parties need a new leader that people can trust. Read the story…