An odds and ends blog, with an SCTV bonus at the end.
It’s odds-and-ends blog time, a fallback position for guys like me who suddenly realize that it’s been a while since they’ve written a blog. Can’t disappoint the followers, can I?…
2012
Saturday Photo: The Season Advances
It’s not even the middle of October, but the Halloween decorations are out, and Reno Depot already is showing some Christmas decorations. But the colour are nice, so I suppose…
walmart workers issue ultimatum, threaten to walk on busiest shopping day of the year
Walmart workers have been trying to reason with their employer and get better working conditions for many, many years. Walmart doesn’t ignore their pleas and demands: it punishes them. Retaliation…
Angus-Reid BC Poll: 49% NDP, 26% BC Lib, 16% BC Con
There’s a new poll out for BC’s provincial scene and its not showing good news for the BC Conservatives, currently wrapped up nice and tight in infighting. Angus-Reid (BC Provincial…
Mr. Coyne
Andrew Coyne’s Dad has passed away. I didn’t know Andrew’s Dad. But when my own Dad died – eight years, three months and 28 days ago – I was drowning…
Who in US Congress support the arts?
Barack Obama by Tyler Streeter Other than the outrage caused by Mitt Romney’s promise to fire Big Bird, there’s been virtually no discussion on arts issues leading up to the…
FDA Approved Stem Cell Autism Treatment Preliminary Study
I was surprised to see that a preliminary study of stem cell treatment of autism disorders is proceeding with FDA approval in the United States. Stem Cells as possible treatments…
How cute! Young Zach Thinks The LPC Will Actually Do Something About Cannibas Decrim … Don’t hold your breath !!
“Another very important development emerged from the Party’s 2012 biennial convention this past January, however. Liberal delegates overwhelming approved a policy pushed by young Liberals in British Columbia advocating the…
Oct. 13: Oh, Brent…..
….it’s at the top of the oped page. Brent Mazerolle’s column. For a moment – alas! just a moment – I thought it was going to be about the contamination…
Hockey Dad lamentation
I am a hockey dad. Forget about this book tour stuff, or politics: I was with Son One at a game on West side of town to almost midnight (we…
No There There
In his review of Thursday night’s debate between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan, Hendrick Hertzberg — in The New Yorker — draws his readers’ attention to the following exchange between…
Thomas Walkom: Harper’s Strategy Behind The Foreign Workers Program
Yesterday, over at Northern Reflections, Owen Gray wrote a post entitled A Lost Generation, a reflection on the discouraging prospects our young people face in establishing themselves in gainful employment,…
Ottawa prison investigating allegations that guards ignored woman who gave birth in jail cell
This is a curious story. Many of the media reports seem to be focused on a suggestion the mother should not have been in remand custody at all. But if…
Christine Sinclair’s ludicrous ban…
…and fine is typical of the corrupt anachronism called FIFA! Like the IOC, it is a cabal of greed and very wealthy individuals who are interested in nothing else but…
Saturday At The Movies
This is fun, whether or not you are Canadian:
There’s always more to see if you look #nlpoli
Watch the raw video of the Thursday news conference in which Premier Kathy Dunderdale, natural resource minister Jerome Kennedy, and finance minister Tom Marshall announced the end of a dispute…
Globe & Mail Pans EU Peace Prize: “War is Peace”
Even by the steadily declining standards of the Globe & Mail, Canada’s “paper of record” hit an unusual low in its angry and Orwellian response to the announcement that the…
How much will you pay to be listened to on Facebook?
Mark Crowley: From my other blog…keep on eye on Facebook, subtle changes are afoot. Originally posted on Computationally Thinking: Facebook is having a Red Barn moment. If you ever played…