A Brief Note: Religion
The street preacher on the corner of Yonge and Dundas yesterday listed both the UFC and AC/DC as being among his “false gods”. He’ll never attract anyone to his cause…
2012
Skinny Dipping: Therapy For A World Careening Towards Climate Chaos
I’ve just returned from an invigorating five day wilderness canoe trip in Woodland Caribou Provincial Park. The Park is part of an bi-provincial bid to become a UNESCO World Heritage…
We Have A Responsibility
As we go about our daily lives, the majority of us, I suspect, share a hierarchy of concerns ranging in priority from the health and well-being of our loved ones,…
Can You See Where This is Headed?
Apparently the world is on the cusp of the “Consumption Revolution.” The developing economies are surging, opening up what could be a $30-trillion a year demand for, well, stuff –…
Vic Toews Gives RCMP Okay to Violate UN Anti-Torture Convention
Vic Toews, Public Safety Minister issues a directive to RCMP, CSIS and Canada Border Services to use information obtained through torture. In 1985, Canada led by then Prime Minister Brian…
Vic Toews Gives RCMP Okay to Violate UN Anti-Torture Convention
Vic Toews, Public Safety Minister issues a directive to RCMP, CSIS and Canada Border Services to use information obtained through torture. In 1985, Canada led by then Prime Minister Brian…
Vic Toews Gives RCMP Okay to Violate UN Anti-Torture Convention
Vic Toews, Public Safety Minister issues a directive to RCMP, CSIS and Canada Border Services to use information obtained through torture. In 1985, Canada led by then Prime Minister Brian…
Vic Toews Gives RCMP Okay to Violate UN Anti-Torture Convention
Vic Toews, Public Safety Minister issues a directive to RCMP, CSIS and Canada Border Services to use information obtained through torture. In 1985, Canada led by then Prime Minister Brian…
Rightist fact-twisters
…I’ve written an entire book on this subject, out in days. Wish I’d seen this before sending in the manuscript!
5095…Breaking Bad Meth Candy
Only available at The Candy Lady in the city the AMC show is based in, Albuquerque, New Mexico, The Associated Press says that the candy is a rock candy with…
The “what I would like seen thrown into the Ottawa River”…
… page has been updated. Check it out. (6) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Stephen Harper: Image Change
….in order to compete with Thomas Mulcair of NDP.
Former Florida GOP Governor Endorses Obama And SLAMS Republican Party For Extreme Right Wing Direction
“An element of their party has pitched so far to the extreme right on issues important to women, immigrants, seniors and students that they’ve proven incapable of governing for the…
August 27: Section A. D.O.A.
First, happy birthday to me. It’s so wonderful to be 25. again. In celebration, I’m off to the shore from Monday afternoon to Wednesday afternoon – and don’t know whether…
Eating Ourselves Out of House and Home….
In the Guardian (UK edition) this morning is an article re food shortages… Food shortages could force world into vegetarianism, warn scientists I think that vegetarianism might be the answer…
A More Eco-Friendly Way to Distribute Beer
Local Toronto brewery Steam Whistle has taken another step to green their beer (previously) by using growlers to serve and distribute their beer. A growler is essentially a large bottle…
A few words on my brother Gary, five years later.
Five years ago today, we lost our brother Gary. It wasn’t a surprise, really. He was definitely on his way out, barely responsive as liver failure slowly shut down his…
This is hilarious!
If there is a reader out there who lives in the Tampa area, running off a few hundred copies of this and plastering it hither and yon wouldn’t be a…
The Case of the Missing Ducklings
For the last several summers we’ve watched with pleasure as ducks raise ducklings in at least one of our neighborhood parks. This photo was taken two years ago when it…
An arrest made in the Toronto body parts case
I did not think this would happen. Well good for the various Police Services. It seems like a lot of hard work paid off.