November 11th – Did you remember
The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. Did you remember? Did you take a minute or even just a moment to reflect on all the Canadians…
2012
I’ve never reblogged something before, but this story…
I’ve never reblogged something before, but this story really impressed me so I had to share. alittlecoconuttart: Occupy Group Buys Consumer Debt And Throws It Away November 10, 2012 By…
Shame: 61 million children not in school worldwide
Globally, 61 million children, most of them girls, are denied their birthright to education. They’re discriminated against, marginalized and exploited. Please click here to add your voice to millions around…
Arch Coal Mine Will Destroy Colorado Wilderness in ‘Roadless’ Forest
In a devastating blow to the Colorado wilderness, the U.S. Forest Service has agreed to allow Arch Coal to expand their West Elk mine into 6.5 miles of roadless forest…
Enbridge, the Storyteller & The Breaking of the Social Contract
Enbridge's Al Monaco - The StorytellerJust read Nathan Vanderklippe's interview with Al Monaco, CEO of Enbridge Inc., in Saturday's Globe & Mail. Extracts from the interview:Al Monaco pauses, for a…
Sunday Afternoon ‘Rider Blogging
Since I haven't had a chance to post after the Saskatchewan Roughriders' last two (mostly meaningless) regular-season games, I'll quickly preview today's West semi-final in Calgary.To start with, it's always…
There Will Be Peace ……
There will be peace: when attitudes change;when self-interest is seen as part of common interest;when old wrongs, old scores, old mistakesare deleted from the account;when the aim becomes co-operation and…
The Census is not 100% Accurate
Judging by reading the #tcot twitter stream (“top conservatives on twitter”) and sites like this one (claiming 50,000 hits in less than 2 days online), it appears rather than learning…
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…
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…