Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Murray Dobbin connects a pattern of economic trends which has seen more and more wealth concentrated in the hands of fewer and…
2012
Solar storms
Some time ago I ended up on some email list of bloggers. This means I get a litany of emails from various media outlets asking me to review some book…
David Suzuki Foundation supports Idle No More movement
by David Suzuki Foundation: Dear Prime Minister Harper, Two years ago, under your leadership, Canada endorsed the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, despite initially voting against…
Christmas music, if we must
Happy holidays. Stay safe.
Idle No More protests: national chief calls on Canadians to ‘stand with us’
Top: Alberta horseback protest / Center: Attiwapiskat Chief Theresa Spence First Nations has taken a stand against the Harper government’s omnibus budget bill C-45 in protests from coast-to-coast – part…
trials of a student librarian: readers’ advisory, the library thing i love best
Of all the aspects of librarianship that I know about, the piece I’m most excited about is readers’ advisory. Readers’ advisory is the library term for answering that important question……
Responsible Journalism Is Dead
Mission accomplished Canadian Press, you've generated that elusive "buzz", with your "controversial" decision for Newsmaker of the Year. I'm sure someone around the decision desk brought up the absolutely dreadful…
Responsible Journalism Is Dead
Mission accomplished Canadian Press, you’ve generated that elusive “buzz”, with your “controversial” decision for Newsmaker of the Year. I’m sure someone around the decision desk brought up the absolutely dreadful…
Responsible Journalism Is Dead
Mission accomplished Canadian Press, you've generated that elusive "buzz", with your "controversial" decision for Newsmaker of the Year. I'm sure someone around the decision desk brought up the absolutely dreadful…
Responsible Journalism Is Dead
Mission accomplished Canadian Press, you’ve generated that elusive “buzz”, with your “controversial” decision for Newsmaker of the Year. I’m sure someone around the decision desk brought up the absolutely dreadful…
Behind The Numbers
When Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page released a report two weeks ago, which documented the average annual salary of a federal employee as $114,100, there were howls from the usual…
5455…Justin Trudeau Gave His Talk Last Night
It was a speech at the Reviving The Islamic Spirit Convention in T-dot. My Facebook friend and old school journo Ray Heard decried the event for a number of reasons,…
Unwrap this for Christmas!
I wish I could present you with some uplifting and exciting presents on the democracy front at this time of year but I fear it is not to be, there…
Swiss Re Tallies Huge Costs of Climate Inaction
The world’s largest insurers are tallying the costs of climate inaction, and the numbers are staggering. Swiss Re announced recently that total economic losses in 2012 from “natural catastrophes and…
Justin’s Speech…
…to the Reviving the Islamic Spirit conference in Toronto yesterday, which is right here, is really quite good.
tell stephen harper you support chief theresa spence and idle no more
As Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence enters her twelfth day without food, solidarity actions with the IdleNoMore aboriginal movement are growing throughout Canada and around the globe. In Winnipeg, demonstrators blocked…
Oh Lord, Spare Me From The Overly Earnest
For someone like me, who strives not to be crushed by the many cruel absurdities the world has to offer, a sense of humour is a key survival mechanism. In…
Mary, Did You Know
Kathy Mattea performs this traditional Christmas song in Berkeley: