Remembrance Day 2012 at Queen’s Park,…
Remembrance Day 2012 at Queen’s Park, Toronto This year, since November 11 fell on a Sunday, I managed to attend two Remembrance Day ceremonies at Queen’s Park in Toronto. First…
November 2012
Remembrance Day
I remember my Grandfather who did not speak of his time in the First War. I remember my Uncle who did not speak of his time in the Second War.…
U.S. election polling: Gallup was the worst…
…and some Canadians did well, sayeth Nate Silver: “…Ipsos, which conducted online polls for Reuters, came close to the actual results in most places that it surveyed, as did the…
Could General Petraeus Become Inmate Petraeus?
The United States military takes adultery very seriously. In fact it treats adultery as a criminal offence warranting imprisonment.When CIA director David Petraeus resigned, he pointedly stated that his affair…
It’s Curious How Badly We Don’t Want to Know
The scientific community is warning anyone willing to listen that Hurricane Sandy was just the opening act for even more extreme weather conditions to come. So, what are we doing…
Act of Remembrance
They went with songs to the battle, they were young. Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow. They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted, They fell…
New Jersey’s Dilemma
New Jersey seaside property owners face a dilemma - to rebuild or simply walk away. Faced with increasing sea level rise and predictions of more, potentially destructive storms in the…
First week of work, and a psychotic parrot episode
So far at my new job I’ve been immersing myself in reports and files and getting up to speed on the subject matter and my projects. The subject matter is…
Lest We Forget
United Nations.Soldiers and veterans, those who have fought in wars, have made a dear sacrifice. It is important we remember them and honour them on this day. It is also…
The Great One’s Low Rent Progeny
Wayne Gretzky should have stayed on the ice instead of fathering this, his now notorious party-girl daughter, Paulina. Here's Miss Gretzky posing with an Obama puppet on election night. She…
Nov. 11: Two tales…….
It's Sunday, so there is, as one of the blessings of a Sunday, no Moncton Times and Transcript today. However, there are a couple of interesting stories in the news.…
Skyfall a great romp but a gender bust … not to mention the faint aroma of homophobia
The thing is, I like these films -- for the gorgeous cityscapes of great metropolises (London, Beijing and Macau), for the eerie and yet fascinatingly glimpses into the slick and…
5319…Bill And Barry
I suppose it should be Barry and Bill, eh? Nonetheless Slate had a piece where they postulated that Bill Clinton could be the replacement for his wife in the new…
rtod
Revolutionary thought of the day, this one brought to you by one of the world's more famous revolutionaries.A bayonet is a tool with a worker at both ends.Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Dulce et Decorum Est
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs, And towards our distant rest began…
Canada’s First Remembrance Day
“We will remember” is a call heard at many military memorial ceremonies and parades, but it was only in 1931 that Ottawa passed an act permanently fixing Canada’s national military…
One of Nature’s Hidden Affronts
I assume this requires no commentary from me: H/t janfromthebruce Recommend this Post
Steve and Mitt
Haroon Siddiqui, in this morning's Toronto Star, points to the similarities between Stephen Harper and Mitt Romney -- who was rejected by 51% of American voters last week. Harper was…
A Western Point of View
A guest post by Jared Milne.When the federal Liberals governed Canada, Albertans were often frustrated by what they saw as pork-barrelling, a lack of transparency in government, few checks on…