4979…Warren Kinsella Predicts
That Prime Minister Trudeau will have to save Canada. Trudeau V.2 that is. You can read about it in the Sunday Sun. WFDS
2012
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More on Walmart
I dashed off yesterday’s post in haste and want to add a few thoughts. I’m not in favour of an economic model in which cheap prices depress wages (and working…
“Just typed ‘better than hanging around the house rating bisexuals’ to a friend. Thanks, autocorrect. Meant ‘eating biscuits.’ ”
I MENTION a certain writer in an e-mail, and the reply comes back: “Comcast McCarthy??? Phoner novelist???” Did I really type “Comcast”? No. The great god Autocorrect has struck again.…
Climate Change – Much Worse Than We thought
James E. Hansen has some very impressive credentials. Not only has he headed the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies for 31 years, he is also an adjunct professor in…
Online notes
Why do students who take courses with me (but colleagues tell me of similar experiences) routinely insist that I scan and post online my very own notes, the hard-to-read, disorganized…
Democracy in Decline
A study into the state of democracy in Britain over the last decade warns it is in “long-term terminal decline” as the power of corporations keeps growing, politicians become less…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt have crept in; forget them as soon as you can.…
Marco Rubio for VP? Part 2
I will now provide the answer to the final question and give the recap as well as the overall score and compare all three VP candidates I have so far…
Marco Rubio for VP? Part 2
I will now provide the answer to the final question and give the recap as well as the overall score and compare all three VP candidates I have so far…
Marco Rubio for VP? Part 2
I will now provide the answer to the final question and give the recap as well as the overall score and compare all three VP candidates I have so far…
Marco Rubio for VP? Part 2
I will now provide the answer to the final question and give the recap as well as the overall score and compare all three VP candidates I have so far…
Photo parade
Some of the animal photos from a collection of emotionally powerful photos: A dog named Leao keeps watch by the the grave of his owner who was killed in a…
Harperland and the Chicken Homophobes
It's hard to believe that this is still happening in Canada, even in a city as diverse as Toronto. It's hard to believe that some crackpots still think that religious…
Problems with their papers? No word yet on Conservative candidates for Calgary Centre
Members of the Calgary Centre Conservative Constituency Association puzzle over nomination papers presented by would-be candidates. Alberta political insiders may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: CPC Candidates Joan Crockatt,…
Huh!
As well as Barak Obama’s birthday, here’s some of the other stuff that happened on August 4: 1892 – Lizzie Borden’s parents are found murdered1914 – Germany invades Belgium; Britain…
Bestsellers – in praise of Walmart
Web of Angels is back on the bestseller list! And no small thanks go to…Walmart, which chose this literary novel about a mom with dissociative identity disorder as its featured…
SFH at Elmdale Tavern in Ottawa tonight, raising money for Pussy Riot
Shot by Lala. Also in attendance: Daly Beauty, James Bowie, Brad Lavigne and Rick Smith!
WTF? Justin Bieber says Aboriginal peoples get free gas in Canada
That’s what the 18-year-old Canadian pop star has told Rolling Stone magazine. The trouble is: our over-produced, over-exposed, man-made spoiled brat claims to have Aboriginal roots. But you know who’s…