The state of my brain 6
Filed under: digital, drawing, life Tagged: brain, Concussion
September 2012
Q: Where do polar bears vote?
A: The North Poll
On single issues
Apparently today is Stadium Cheerleading Day in the Leader-Post. But in correctly noting that this fall’s election will be decisive in determining whether a stadium goes ahead, Bruce Johnstone seems…
Politicspeak with simultaneous translation
The Guardian’s Polly Toynbee was writing about Nick Clegg and Britain’s Liberal Democrats but she could have been writing about the Campbell/Clark BC Liberals: “a string of the same weary…
Victory for Lucene Charles!
Lucene Charles, the St. Vincent native who has been battling deportation from Canada for some time now because of her failure to fill out the proper immigration papers years ago,…
Six degrees of separation
I caught the last bit of B.C.’s “Carbon Talks” the other day and was quite surprised at the response to what I deem to be a very important question. “If…
Kate Middleton’s topless pictures continue to grab headlines
It is remarkable that how the world is obsessed with Middleton’s topless pictures which were taken in a blatant invasion of privacy of Will and Kate. Now Keli Goff, Author…
Celebrating International Peace Day
Sept. 21, 2012: Actors Gord Tanner, Sara Constible and Tricia Cooper (l-r) in performance at International Peace Day at the Free Press Cafe in Winnipeg. The evening was sponsored by…
Taxes "owed" vs. taxes "paid"
What’s the difference between taxes owed and taxes paid?Everyone is talking about how Romney’s info dump yesterday showed that he did pay taxes between 1990 and 2009.But PricewaterhouseCoopers said in…
Saturday Morning ‘Rider Blogging
It shouldn’t come as much surprised that Drew Willy’s first CFL start – against one of the league’s elite teams – resulted in a loss for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. But…
Homer Votes – 2012
You might as well laugh
The One Reform that Enables All Others
Bill Moyers has the key to restoring democracy to his United States of America. This is a racket, plain and simple. A new report from Moody’s Investor Service says that…
5183…I Am Too Male And Too Pale
My real world friend Rachel Decoste shares this on Facebook.2011 Tufts University study finds “Whites Believe They Are Victims of Racism More Often Than Blacks.”See, told you so.WFDS
Sept. 22: The headline as propaganda…Almost
It’s common in journalism. Headlines often reflect the prejudices (or the ignorances) of their writers – usually news editors. Take, for example, p.1 of NewsToday. “Violent Protests kill 15 in…
5182…Michael Coren On Baseball
The Sun blowhard actually made sense in this morning’s fishwrap. He was writing about the Yunel Escobar controversy, he is the Toronto Blue Jays player who wrote something anti gay…
Homer Simpson votes for Mitt Romney
Poor Homer gets into trouble. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Rick Mercer Is More Effective Than Canada’s Opposition MP’s!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Here is another RMR and although it is clever and cutting comedy it is also dead serious. Democracy is dying in our Canadian Parliament. There should be…
Canada-Russia ’72, game 5: Midnight in Moscow
Game 5, Sept. 22, 1974 This was foreign territory, to put it mildly. Everything about watching live hockey from Moscow seemed odd. Live broadcasts from far away countries were still…
fifty years of alberta ndp.
TweetNew Democrats from across Alberta have gathered in Edmonton this weekend to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their party’s founding. Attendees at this weekend’s annual convention will hear from NDP…