Harper’s Canada™: a fitting symbol
How perfectly appropriate. We should replace the maple leaf on our flag with it.
April 2012
Bit Torrent Links
I’m downloading the latest Ubuntu Linux OS to try it out. It’s a free alternative to Windows, and comes in very handy if Windows ever quits working (for one of…
Woody Allen’s Hemingway Is Hilarious
If you haven’t seen Midnight in Paris yet (and if so, shame on you), then these quotes from the movie may be mild spoilers. Hemingway: No subject is terrible if…
Danielle Smith’s “conscience” – in her own words
The Wildrose leader says doctors, nurses, marriage officials and other public officials should be able to make decisions according to their own conscience. So, what does Danielle Smith’s own “conscience”…
On Your Feet, Nurse, the Doctor’s Here!
Should nurses give up their chairs for physicians? A nursing professor named Susan Kieffer writing at NurseTogether.com thinks so: If you have been a nurse for any length of time,…
4462…Happy Birthday Video Game Star
John Madden. He also was a Super Bowl winning coach and one of the greatest TV personalities ever. 76. WFDS
Thomas Mulcair “A Leader” Ad Makes It’s Debut
Fresh off Easter break the NDP has released it’s newest ad, presenting the leader of the Opposition Thomas Mulcair to English speaking Canadians. The video is sharp, and a noticible…
Ocean view #21
Filed under: art, digital, painting Tagged: art, cloud, ocean, painting, seascape, water
Cooking Breakfast and Other Meals for the Ones You Love: Reflections on Craig Claiborne
Frank Bruni has an intersting appreciation of Craig Claiborne, his legacy and his life today. Claiborne was one of the big three inmid-20h century American cooking, the others being James…
You Don’t Say… April 10, 2012
I’m not saying that Peter MacKay is a weasel-faced weasel, but if the shoe fits…he admitted over the weekend that he KNEW about the extra $10 billion that the F-35…
North Korea: Nuclear Proliferation
NBC Nightly News had an interesting piece on North Korea and policies of developing more and more potent nuclear arsenal which also has worldwide reach. This is indeed madness. Visit…
4461…The Earth : Is It Still Spinning? V.2
Boy I really got my 25 cents worth out of The Ottawa Sun today. Warren Kinsella tells the world that if he was back home in Alberta he would be…
Anti-oilpatch "activist" Wiebo Ludwig dies of cancer
Activist? He was convicted of blowing up things — that’s a terrorist to my mind. He was convicted of bombing a Suncor well site near his home. He was also…
4460…The Earth : Is It Still Spinning?
I ask because The Ottawa Sun ran an editorial that asked for accountablility from their darlings, the Stephen Harpers. It is now obvious — through MacKay’s own admission — that…
Call me Tom
After the NDP’s French ad last week, we get the English version: The ad features a collection of what I can only assume are average hard working Canadians: guy in…
Afghanistan Infantry Firefight
A short video from an unspecified rotation by 3rd battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry in Afghanistan. The video is from a helmet-mounted camera worn by a soldier using a…
communications problems.
A half-page advertisement promoting PC candidate Maureen Kubinec in the St. Albert Gazette. One of the most interesting features of the first two weeks of Alberta’s election campaign has been…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, April 10, 2012: Lohan accused of nightclub battery The Charter at 30: Power to the people, via…
Whose “conscience”?
If it’s Wildrose’s “conscience,” get ready for social chaos: Then there’s “conscience rights.” The Wildrose policy book says government should “implement legislation protecting the ‘conscience rights’ of health care professionals.”…
Fracking Banned in Quebec
People love putting oil in things so much that they’ll cause fracking earthquakes. Quebec has decided there’s no fracking way in their province as the hydraulic fracturing method to get…