2012
The Media Versus The People
AllTheRealNews ThatDoesNotFitVille So. I waited on this story for two full days. And now, finally, there is a single proMedia report from Dan McLennan in the massive circulation Campbell River…
Friday night: RIP Etta James
Etta James passed away earlier today at the age of 73. So the set orginally planned for this evening gets bumped to next week. Apparently the song that comes to…
My first iBooks eBook iBooks Author book
Yesterday I downloaded iBooks Author. It kills to spell that in American. While poking about and figuring out the interface and its design sensibilities, I managed to put together a…
Twitter tale – Consultation, Minister Abbott style
There’s been some online discussion about Minister Abbott’s tweet up…seems he wasn’t actually doing the typing…although he was apparently in the room and directing the typist. Here are a few…
Crackers
Need I say more?
240 Days of Rae
It seems the Liberal Party of Canada is better with Bob Rae than without him… After all, it has been approximately 240 days since Bob Rae became the interim leader…
Issues and Themes in the Toronto NDP Federal Leadership Debate
Part one of this blog’s coverage of the Toronto NDP Federal Leadership debate on January 18th gives an overview of the various candidates more on the side of personality, debating…
A Photo-Op Is Not Enough Madame (not)Premier
WatchWhatSheDoes NotWhatSheSaysVille Well, well, well…. Whaddy’a know. Christy Clark has bowed to public pressure and her own ‘internal’ reviews and has announced that there will be new funding for British…
Conservative MP to his South Asian constituents: Do you speak ‘Indian’?
Oh dear. Perhaps he was thinking of Indo-European languages? (The Indo-European languages are a phylum of several hundred related languages including most major current languages of Europe, the Iranian plateau,…
Murder in the name of life
This is, at the very least, irresponsible: wittingly or no, it’s facilitating anti-abortion terrorism. Let SUZANNE FORTIN, of Ottawa, know what you think of that in the comments. If she…
Get Mad At SaskPower
I don’t know why I’m mad today at SaskPower. It’s not like they’ve gone out of their way to piss me off lately. I simply started thinking about how unjust…
OPP Commissioner Chris Lewis has Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair’s back who has Mayor Rob Ford’s back
I think they call this a circle jerk. In a two-sentence letter to Blair today, which Blair released to the media, Lewis wrote: “I have reviewed the three Toronto Police…
Dick Cheney ‘Fears Being Tried For War Crimes’ – He Should!!
… because Dick Cheney IS a war criminal!! ABC News Online (By the way, the Allies did in fact execute Imperial Japanese military officials FOR waterboarding POW’s during WW2!)
The Problem
Filed under: Nibbling on The Empire Tagged: Stephen Harper
Etta James 1938-2012
While I’ve always been a fan of Etta James’ work and the pure emotion that poured out whenever she sang, I was still surprised by the strength of my reaction…
Republicans and Democrats Together on Climate Change…in Florida
It’s easy to forget that climate change hasn’t always been such a partisan issue. This is Mitt Romney, current Republican front-runner, in 2003: “I think the global warming debate is…
SOPA defeat: Don’t celebrate just yet
On Wednesday, the Internet won resoundingly against censorship. A grassroots-style online campaign torpedoed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) an intended internet killing law before the US Congress. And yet, this…
CRTC says Rogers is guilty of Internet openness violations
Breaking news! The CRTC has sent Rogers an ..er… irate letter, informing the big telecom company that it has been found in violation of Internet openness (net neutrality) rules. Rogers…
What the parrot told me
Just a quick update. 1. Oboe’s still making progress. Little baby steps. Today was the first day he didn’t weigh less than the day before. 44 grams, same as yesterday.…