Politics and Entertainment 2012-11-28 14:40:00
Warrior Nation: Rebranding Canada in an Age of Anxiety (by BTLbooks) And you thought things were a bit frightening in Canada. Take a good look if you really want to…
November 2012
CBC’s Peter Mansbridge sings Gangnam Style
Peter Mansbridge busted out his best dance moves in a parody video of the South Korean pop song Gangnam Style, alongside members of the Ontario-based Stratford Shakespeare Festival.UN chief Ban…
5383…Marc Garneau Is In The Race
Or will be by the time you read this. Canada's only astronaut, I think, is taking a shot at being the next leader of Canada's Liberal Party.Greg Hebert, ex of…
A Turbulent Sea of People
Around the world nations are being seriously destabilized by the combined impacts of climate change and food insecurity. One factor in this is population density, the number of people a…
Really Brad?! ….. Really?
"The NDP thinks Saskatchewan's resource industry is a disease."Brad WallPremier of SaskatchewanReally Brad?! ... Really?What diminished level of intellect does someone have to possess in order to believe this ridiculous…
Acceptance of contract by conduct
Heydary Hamilton PC v. Bay St. Documents Inc., 2012 ONCA 832 has a nice passage on accepting a contract by conduct: We disagree with the motion judge's conclusion. On the…
Green byelection blues
Alas, the Green Party didn’t pick any seats up in the Nov 26 Canadian federal by-elections. While their strong showings probably count as a real moral victory, I imagine at…
The Scorpion and the Tortoise.
Based on the story from Aesop’s fables. Told by David Rakoff on “This American Life.” The scorpion was hamstrung, his tail all aquiver, just how would he manage to get…
safety, efficiency, cost of human lives and work
My children watched part of Back to the Future III a few days ago and afterwards expressed surprise at the amount of walking on train tracks that happens in the…
The Lean Debate – A “Wicked Disease”
John Seddon, a British occupational psychologist, has been a lightning rod for Lean promoters (which he refers to as “tool-heads) over his criticism of Lean. Seddon bases his own work…
Do grassroots archives have a future? – Exhibition from archive of activist histories
About 30 people gathered in Toronto last night to discuss what many hope will grow into a movement for archiving grassroots histories. The public meeting was organized by Ulli Diemer…
And the winner is … no one: everybody missed Monday’s biggest story
Alberta families like this one just stayed home Monday and watched TV. Below: Pollster Janet Brown. So who stayed home? While poll analysts and pundits pontificated yesterday about what the…
Save yourself a bundle #nlpoli
A couple of decades ago, Greg Malone made a living lampooning an actor who decided to get into politics. Now the actor and comedian has decided to try his hand…
New affiliate: changes to how one gets accepted here
First off, please welcome the newest affiliate to Progressive Bloggers: Centre and Left Secondly, I’m going to detail how I’ve decided to modify how one gets accepted as an affiliate…
5382…Porn Star Update
Shippensburg University, Texas Woman’s University and the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation have done a study involving 177 female porn actresses, reported in The Ottawa Sun, that has found out…
Review: Orienting Canada
I have noted before on this site that when I go for a stretch of time without reading much history — by which I mean academic or lay writing that…