British Columbia’s Political Ambiguity
Of late British Columbians have been plagued by the endless bleating of our unelected and unelectable, outgoing premier, Christie Clark, droning on about how hers is the “free enterprise” government.…
July 2012
4912…What, There Are TWO Sault Ste. Maries?
Marcel Beauparlant of Sudbury should have paid more attention during geography class back in the ’90s. The 30 year old was off to Thunder Bay for a job when he…
Parks and Rec gets screwed … again.
I don’t normally become particularly excised over entertainment industry awards. They are what they are, with politics playing as much a role as performance. But something has to be said…
Saturday Photo: At the Park Jeanne Says ‘Partage!’ Or the Beginnning of the Common Good
This was taken about 7:30 a.m. in a neighborhood park where we’ve spent several lovely afternoons this summer with Jeanne. We go with sand pail and shovel, which she tosses…
4911…Rob Ford Wants To Exile Gang Bangers
But whatcha going to do with the one’s that are born in Canada? Exile them to Northern Ontario. And by Northern Ontario I mean NORTHERN Ontario. Like Moose Factory. Or…
More than 1,500 US turtles slowly escape captivity
Free Willie! Sort of… Story SUMMERVILLE, Georgia – More than 1,500 turtles have made a slow-speed escape from their farm in the U.S.
Gang violence hits home
After Cain had murdered his brother Abel, God asked him where his brother was. Cain answered, “I know not; am I my brother’s keeper?” Cain’s words have come to symbolize…
Black Day in July for Greenland Ice Sheet
How hot is it this year? Maybe the breaking of thousands of temperature records across the USA so far this year didn't get your attention. Perhaps you have yet to…
We’re all climate change idiots!
In a timely follow up to my post below, Beth Gardiner wrote an article in today’s New York Times in which she considers why in the face of so much…
but..politics DID play a role at the Colorado theater massacre.
When is the media going to talk about what everyone is thinking? That the increased radicalization of the far right in America is the main contributing factor in the domestic…
On known unknowns
Others have already weighed in on City Council’s rush to lock in a stadium plan before anybody has a chance to ask serious questions about it. But let’s take a…
Toronto the Good. Really?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Next Saturday, July 28th, is a big day for Faytene Grasseschi as the latest of her big prayer rallies, The Cry…
Our Shamelessly Anti-Canadian Government
It’s pretty clear whose side the Harper government is on and it’s equally clear that’s not the side of Canadians. Senator and featherbedding former media shill, Mike Duffy, dismisses his…
Mixed message
Jason Kenney, July 9, 2012: “(Soldiers) are heroes, but at the time, they’re British subjects,” Kenney said firmly, before explaining that there was no such thing as a Canadian citizen…
Memorial service for Michael Lawson
Friends and family of my father, Michael Lawson are holding a memorial service for him at “the farm” Saturday August 11 at 1pm. All who knew him or know his…
Toronto police investigating after three shootings overnight
It does seem there is a gang war in Toronto: Details here Toronto police are investigating after three shootings in the city overnight, capping off an already tragic week that…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Doug Saunders discusses how corporate cash hoarding is limiting any economic recovery – and what we can do about it: (T)his should be…
June 21: Praise the Lord…….
….and pass the ammunition. That was a Amerian popular song of World War Two. Appropriately, it was about army chaplains who helped to load the guns. I thought of it…
Pillow or cat
Filed under: art, digital, drawing Tagged: 100 cats
More Municipal Ridiculousness
One of my neighbors who just spent a pretty penny to landscape her small front and back yards tells me that our borough administration wouldn’t give her a permit to…