What noise wakes you up at the North Pole around March 18?
The crack of dawn!
2012
Sentencing for sexual abuse
R v D.M. 2012 ONCA 894 deals with the appropriate range for sentencing for sexual abuse of minors. The Court held, in reducing a sentence to four years : "….in…
More On Birds, Turtles, And Wind Farms
From Today’s London Free Press: As Conservative Senator Bob Runciman pointed out in a news release, that approval , like so many others, was granted against local wishes. The project…
Pondering Lincoln
Haven’t seen it and not sure I want to after watching David Carr eviscerate Spielberg for it. This is fun.
Industry Self-Regulation – An Update
Yesterday I wrote a post about the plight of Ryan Harrington, the young man who, were it not for a drug called Celontin, would suffer upwards of 200 seizures a…
Mars Rover Self Portrait
The next step is probably self consciousness. “NASA has snapped its most amazing self-portrait yet of the Curiosity rover on Mars, showing the robot posing with its ultimate destination: a…
Great line of the day
Sixth Estate on racist bullshit: … the people presently braying that we get rid of the Indian Act and “make the Indians” modernize are doing exactly the same thing as…
Idle No More and the Bigot Voices
As Chief Theresa Spence enters the 16th day of her hunger strike, with Stephen Harper still refusing to meet her, I see his inaction is causing some old Canadian demons…
Amnesty International Urges Harper to meet with hunger striker Chief Spence
by Amnesty International Canada: Editor’s Intro: In the letter bellow, issued yesterday, Amnesty International urges Prime Minister Stephen Harper to meet with hunger-striker Chief Theresa Spence as her peaceful protest…
5469…Sean Hannity Talks Guns And 1776
Sean Hannity is the afternoon drive host on WABC New York and is syndicated to a bazillion stations in the US of A. He is also on FOX News.My man…
The Grad School Gospels – Part 3: Academe Can’t Be Your Everything
The Grad School Gospels is a series of posts inspired by Dirk Hayhurst‘s The Bullpen Gospels. In the Bullpen Gospels, Hayhurst tells stories from his struggle to self-actualize through professional…
Brother Two’s Christmas card to us
I have talented brothers.
Idle No More
I wanna round dance neath the stars tonight I wanna stand up for what I believe tonight I wanna see peace in the skies tonight I wanna be love neath…
Friday night
Crazy “drop,” as the house peeps put it, but it’s growing on me. I close out the year with….drum roll…Kaskade! Have a good night!
Theresa Spence Hunger Strike: Social Media Conversation on Friday, December 28, 2012
Today, Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence’s indefinite hunger strike, taking place here in Ottawa, enters Day 18. Spence started her peaceful protest on December 11, 2012. She’s demanding a meeting involving…
Musical interlude
Better than Ezra – Desperately Wanting
2012 in Pictures
Mitt Romney tries to humanize himself by going shopping. I think most people feel the same way when they hear Paul Ryan speak Stephen Harper signs a deal with China,…
The Bedside Library
When the books stacked beside the bed get tall enough to hold not only a cup of tea at easy reach, but a plate of toast with no threat of…
Friday night: Trios
You can cover a lot of territory with drums, bass and guitar. This is the Taj Mahal Trio with their version of an old country blues song called Corrina. This…