Gangnam Style
600 million views may seem like allot, but it really is just 100 million people watching it 6 times on their iPad, Gangnam style. By the way, I found out…
2012
Many legs
I really can’t say what’s going on here. Filed under: art, digital, drawing Tagged: Cat, centipede, legs
Reefer Madness
This will come as a surprise to most British Columbians but criminal charges for marijuana possession in this province have soared 88 per cent over the past decade. But pot…
Mandatory minimum sentences as an inflationary floor
R v Guha 2012 BCCA 423 deals with the difficult question of how mandatory minimum sentences fit with sentences ranges. The Court does not decide but seems inclined to the…
Water Management and Adverse Effects: Nalcor’s Bennett Addresses JM’s Comments
Yesterday’s blog responded to Geoff Meeker’s most recent posting, where he criticized the Newfoundland and Labrador media while misunderstanding the water management issue.. Today’s blog addresses some of the great…
Saturday Photo: Leaves Almost All Gone…
Frost forecast for tomorrow. The season is finally changing…
Susan Riley
Yesterday, Susan Riley published her last column for the Ottawa Citizen; and, in bidding her readers farewell, she revealed a secret: I am not a Liberal, closeted or otherwise, and…
rtod
Revolutionary thought of the day: It is better to vote for what you want and not get it, than to vote for what you don’t want and get it. Eugene…
Reasons to vote
In this week before the U.S. election, noted film maker Errol Morris had a great short film that ran in the New York Times. It’s about voting and is meant…
Christmas Cacophony Curtailed!
I know where I’ll be shopping from now on when in need of a pharmacy! Way to go Shoppers Drug Mart! At least one retail outlet realises that not everyone…
Saturday At The Movies
I don’t know if these are actors or not, but it is an amusing idea:
Gerard Kennedy Cannot Claim OLP Leadership Until He Reclaims Leadership Of Own Hair
You can’t go from being a hair-guy to being a substance guy. It just doesn’t work like that. In fact, it works just the opposite. You go from being a…
Just Because
It’s been one of those weeks. Chester, Chester Arthur Burnett, the legendary Howlin’ Wolf. 6’3″, 300 pounds, nicknamed “Bull Cow” as a kid. The Wolf was known as a devoted…
Ashley Smith and the Cruelty of the Cons
I think this image will haunt me forever.The image of a bound, hooded, 18-year-old Ashley Smith being duct taped into a seat on a plane.Like she was some kind of…
B.C. School Seismic Safety
See article in The Georgia Straight: B.C. schools are still waiting for seismic upgrades According to the B.C. Ministry of Education, 121 seismic projects had been completed as of August…
While I was away from the blog…
I bought a house! The East Coast got slammed with a hurricane The Excited States got ready to elect a president. Somehow, it is considered to be a close race.…
“If there happens to be a trough, there will be pigs”
Pushkin in Dubrovsky
John Laforet: Is 2013 Going To Be The Year of Three Premiers?
Dalton McGuinty has announced his intention to resign as Premier, once the Ontario Liberal Party chooses a successor for him, which is expected to happen at the end of January.…