This Is Greatness
Since I was 14, maybe 15, this was my favourite band. 40-years later it still is. This was probably this band at it’s peak – 1978. Magic.
July 2012
Who’s zoomin’ who
The contrast between Heather Mallick’s coverage of the Douglas inquiry and Christie Blatchford’s is getting wider every day.Blatchford decided before the hearing even began that Lori Douglas is virtuous and…
NL wheeling power through Quebec #nlpoli #cdnpoli
From April 2009, here’s Kathy Dunderdale – then the province’s natural resources minister – quoted in a news release on an historic agreement that saw Nalcor wheeling electricity from Churchill…
A dangerous ploy
Asking a judicial officer to recuse themselves is amazingly dangerous. If they say no you are stuck with an angry jurist. If they say yes you have to start trial…
Red Dragon Falling
Has China clipped it’s own economic wings? In previous posts, I have mentioned on more than one occasion how I feel about China and it’s current economic platform. Yes, many…
Nuclear regulator loses radioactive Cesium-137 after training exercise for summer students …
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission launches probe to determine how ‘high-risk radioactive nuclear substance’ was left in Slater Street meeting room for three weeks
A dangerous ploy
Asking a judicial officer to recuse themselves is amazingly dangerous. If they say no you are stuck with an angry jurist. If they say yes you have to start trial…
Water Blogged: Canada’s mass firing of ocean scientists brings ‘silent summer’
Water Blogged: Canada's mass firing of ocean scientists brings 'silent summer'
Water Blogged: Canada’s mass firing of ocean scientists brings ‘silent summer’
Water Blogged: Canada's mass firing of ocean scientists brings 'silent summer'
We get letters: Thursday’s winner
From “Jay” at jc1@bell.net: This is the stupidest website I have ever seen. I have read the comments left by loyal followers of this website, and I can say I…
NYPD brutalized Occupy Wall Street protesters and violated their rights: REPORT
I spend the last five hours digesting the contents of the report on the first systematic look the NYPD’s response to Occupy Wall Street protests. The report is the product…
A non-political blogpost – The Canadian Open should consider joining the European Tour
It’s a tad slow around here politics wise, so with the start of the “RBC Canadian Open” this week (which most people just call the Canadian Open – saying a…
The PMO designer boys and their plane
This is kind of a fun read in so many ways: “Stephen Harper’s Plane: PM’s Staff Fussed Over New Design With Few Results.” Scroll to the bottom to see the…
You Don’t Say… July 26, 2012
I’m not saying that I have any time for the gang warfare and shootings that have been going on in Scarborough this year, but I really don’t think that kicking…
Get Up for the Down Stroke: Sanyika Shakur Responds to Black Liberation in the 21st Century: A Revolutionary Reassessment of Black Nationalism
In Sankyika Shakur’s own words, “i was born Nov 13, 1963. Raised in South Central Los Angeles, by a phenomenal single, working-class, mother. Cut my teeth in the hostile gang…
Cross-Border Deals with Alberta Undermine Clark’s Tougher Stance on Enbridge
Premier Christy Clark has been talking a tough game on Enbridge of late, and reaping some political benefits as a result. But how much of this is mere posturing? Here,…
July 26: a postscript of breaking news…..
….very breaking. For at least a week, I’ve been talking of a world banking crisis as major banks have been caught stealing and manipulating and supporting orgnized crime. The Moncton…