4557…Hell Hath No Fury Like A Dentist Scorned
Men, women, if you are dating a dentist and then dump her/him find another dentist. Or get used to eating baby food. Your call. Londoner Marek Olszewski dumped his dentist…
April 2012
A Healthy Society – Chapter 1 Discussion
Erin has already excerpted part of Ryan Meili’s new book, A Healthy Society. And I’ll be providing a brief chapter-by-chapter discussion of A Healthy Society in advance of its formal…
CBC: Nova Scotia bill to protect cellphone users
Quebec, Manitoba, Ontario, and now Nova Scotia have introduced or passed legislation to protect Canadians against price-gouging cell phone companies. The bills do not go quite far enough, but they…
More from the Wilrose Bozone Layer
Here. H/T BCL, natch.
Stephen Harper wins the award
Award was given by the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) for being the most secretive government. Very appropriate award for the Mr. Secretive. There is an interesting video on the…
April 29: Understanding protests
The university and college student strike, along with its demonstrations and its confrontations with police, has been making news in Canada, across Europe, and even in Asia. But not in…
Family Ties
You and I were on a video conference when, of a sudden, you stopped talking to me. Your face peered out from my computer screen, but you said nothing. I…
J.K. Galbraith: Inequality and Instability
An analysis of the economic and political context prior to the initiation of the should-have-been-expected recession in 2008, in which the global community continues to find itself and will continue…
Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your weekend. – For much of the relatively recent past, one of the areas of relative consensus in economic theory is that productivity increases would find…
Nicolas Sarkozy does not trust his own people
Watch the video below and you would know what I mean.
The right place at the right time
First off, I’m happy to report that Cindy Lou was found and captured on Friday afternoon as she was running down the Queensway! It’s a miracle she wasn’t killed. Two…
I will fuck this up, I fucking know it
…after all the good things that have happened so far in April, it’s inevitable. It’s the Irish Catholic Theory of Balance. I’ll explain it sometime. Anyhow, that lyric is taken…
Congratulations To The Harper Government
May the Prime Minister and his party enablers wear this award with distinction! P.S. Check out some of the readers’ comments on the site as well. Recommend this Post
South March Highlands Mountain Bikers – Unlikely Trail Heroes
Unlikely, because more often than not the stereotypical view of mountain bikers is more likely to be as trail villains rather than trail heroes. First, we have the well meaning…
4556…Get Ready Racist Losers
Especially the Boston Bruin fans who derided Joel Ward, a Washington Capital from Tronna who broke the hearts of the Beantown fans with his overtime goal in game sept earlier…
4555…Another Great Idea From Ottawa’s Mayor
Jim Watson is just a fount of great ideas. One I came across in Wednesday’s Ottawa Sun was the idea to turn Canada Day into Canada Week. A whole week…
The great unwashed
The expression “the great unwashed” has been attributed to many but was probably first used by Edmund Burke in the 1700’s to refer to the common man, the lower classes,…
The great unwashed
The expression “the great unwashed” has been attributed to many but was probably first used by Edmund Burke in the 1700’s to refer to the common man, the lower classes,…
The great unwashed
The expression “the great unwashed” has been attributed to many but was probably first used by Edmund Burke in the 1700’s to refer to the common man, the lower classes,…
The great unwashed
The expression “the great unwashed” has been attributed to many but was probably first used by Edmund Burke in the 1700’s to refer to the common man, the lower classes,…