Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
This is Stephen Lewis’s stirring eulogy at Jack Layton’s funeral, one year ago tomorrow. * “Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day,…
2012
Léger Marketing Shows CAQ Boost, Péquistes First
In opposition to the recent Forum poll, Léger Marketing has come out with a new poll that shows the Parti libéral in third for the first time during this campaign…
The Man in Black Fades to Grey
This was apparently recorded at a small venue in 2003. It is said to be the last recorded performance of Johnny Cash. At this point he’d recorded a few Dylan…
Quote of the day
Michael Tobis’ contribution to the Daily Kos Climate Change SOS: The only game in town is the Last Ton game, where the lower the amount of fossil fuels burnt before…
Hip-hop less hot on Obama: Lupe Fiasco and Lowkey
Barack Obama was famously named “America’s first hip-hop president.” It’s a title that comes off as a little cheesy but back in 2008, the rap connection was a large part…
I know most of the RoC doesn’t care
But a sovereigntist government in Quebec would make running Canada much harder and would hurt the national economy. And doubt it not, if enough referenda are held one will succeed:…
the reverend bruce springsteen and the hands-to-the-sky church: the boss in toronto
On Friday night in Toronto, Bruce Springsteen led the born-again E Street Band and his faithful flock in a rock-and-roll revival meeting. There was soulful rhythm-and-blues, and there was hard-charging…
We get letters: from the Sun web site
I don’t usually pay any attention whatsoever to what’s found below my Sun columns. Life’s too short, etc. And, besides, it’s unkind to laugh at mental defectives. Dunno why, but…
Will British Columbia be Harper’s Waterloo?
British Columbia is shaping up to be the battlefield where the Conservative government will suffer the decisive defeat that will bring it down. BC’ers of all political persuasions are massing…
5088…Ottawa Girl Wants On American Idol
First a moment’s silence for the late, lamented Canadian Idol which produced such stars as, and of course, plus who could ever forget. No Star Academie for certain. American Idol…
A 2C target is largely out of the window
Depressingly, I agree: One of the government’s most senior scientific advisers has said that efforts to stop a sharp rise in global temperatures were now “unrealistic”. Prof Sir Bob Watson…
Continuing Our Heritage Front Project (An Examination of Marc Lemire: Part XI)
We are still continuing our project of documenting the history of the Heritage Front by collecting photographs, letters, and hate propaganda from the period between 1989 and 1994 when the…
Unfettered Capitalism Redux
Ah yes, the joys of the marketplace. Recommend this Post
Why is Eric Davis running in Kitchener-Waterloo?
Here’s a great piece by Kitchener-Waterloo Liberal candidate Eric Davis answering the most basic question that anyone running for public office has to answer: Why are you running? Eric’s two…
Wood Mountain Folk Fest
On this weekend I’m at the Wood Mountain Folk Fest. Last night the air was cool and windy, with a few drops of rain, but dozens of people stuck it…
The 50mm ‘trick’
From the Telegraph: Wind farm developers using ‘tricks’ to make turbines look smaller Wind farm developers make turbines look smaller than they actually are when applying for planning permission in…
From the Twitterverse…
Best Tweet of the day: joebyer 6:13pm via Flipboard Expecting Fox to report on the death of “cyclist Neil Armstrong” any minute now. Retweeted by LadySnarksalot (9) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
To the Moon and Back: Neil Armstrong RIP
Neil Armstrong has passed away, at 82 years of age. He was the first person to walk on the Moon. No one has set foot on the Moon since I…
Rec facility proposals – just the facts, please…
OK, so we’re counting down to Monday night, when councillors will deliberate on the direction they’ll take with recreational facilities. According to my sources, there’s a full-court press on this…
One Last Step For Neil Armstrong
The first human on the moon is now dead. He died at 82, so I think we can rule out space travel as a the cause of death. In case…