Satuday Photo: Zen and the Art of Spring Gardening
Actually I think the stone statute isn’t Japanese but is a kind of inukshuk, those Inuit signs of greeting. But the minalist balance of this spring garden is quite lovely,…
May 2012
Homegrown Terrorism
Poster campaign over Khadr’s possible return | Toronto & GTA | News | Toronto Sun. There is nothing about this article that doesn’t repulse me. Look at the poster: 9/11?…
Bernie Farber On The Canadian Museum for Human Rights
A useful corrective, if only because we usually hear about the museum’s various downsides.
To start a real revolution, learn from Iceland first
The people of Iceland forced their corrupt government to resign. They created a public assembly to rewrite the constitution. The banks were nationalized. The people decided not to pay the…
4655…Father Of The Year
WREG-TV in Nashville reports that it is not going to be Desmond Hatchett of Knoxville, Tennessee.Mr. Hatchett is 33 and is very good at one thing. Getting women pregnant. He…
Is It Merely Gross Incompetence or Something Truly Sinister?
Just what does Steve Harper have against British Columbia? He’s hell bent on ruining our pristine coasts with bitumen supertanker traffic routed through some of the most treacherous waters in…
4654…I Was In A Riot Last Night
By legal definition any how. I was in Hull, a bucolic little ville down the street from where I live, a ville that happens to be in Quebec. After the…
Saturday At The Movies
We met Henri a few weeks ago. Here’s the first video in which he explores his angst:
He’s Just Another Politician
Despite the ongoing and very critical coverage of Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair and his myriad leadership failures at the 2010 G20 Summit in Toronto, the truculent top cop refuses…
The Precedent Has Been Set
Yesterday, Ontario Superior Court judge Thomas Lederer overturned the election results in Etobicoke Centre because the number of votes he set aside exceeded the margin of victory for Conservative candidate,…
Okay Everyone, Get Out There and Appreciate Your Sweet Selves!
It’s a long weekend. Your life is waiting for you out there. Go and get it!
Changes in Corner Brook #nlpoli
You’ll get a very good sense of what is going on at Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Limited from Gary Kean’s piece in the Saturday edition of the Western Star. …
Nick Hanauer identifies the cart and the horse…
In his video that the TED series wouldn’t air as being ‘too political’, the venture capitalist Nick Hanauer points out the fallacy in the argument that the wealthy are ‘job…
The Clowns in Quebec are Crying
Actually, the clowns are in public office. First they make it so police can claim a group that is assembled peacefully is illegal (which is a clear violation of Charter…
Oops, sorry
Canadian Press has “corrected” its bullsh*t story about how Paul Martin’s government was more secretive than Harper’s is: “The story’s claim that Commons committees during Martin’s majority of February to…
Who are the real job creators?
This is the TED talk that cause all the commotion: While TED might not have wanted to publish this talk to go public, the basic thesis of the talk is…
Inside the Etobicoke Centre Ruling Overturning Ted Opitz’s Election
If this case can be summarized, in a single observation, it would be that it cannot be good enough to accept that individuals who voted were qualified to do so…
Alexis Tsipras of SYRIZA: Impact of austerity on Greece ‘catastrophic’
In the current Eurozone crisis Greece has been unfairly cast as the “black sheep” of Europe. Greece isn’t alone in being negatively impacted by neoliberal economic policies – policies that…
What are the changes to EI? Harper government says ‘trust us’
I’ve been reading about proposed changes to EI legislation, with speculation rampant that benefits will become harder to qualify for, particularly for those who repeatedly access the program. Okay, fair…