Alien ship near the sun – an alien spotted
A good close-up of the UFO reveals that there is indeed an alien on the ship. 🙂
2012
Reflections
This has probably been the longest I have gone between blog posts, despite my best intentions, but as I said I have not abandoned you. I have simply been busy…
On equivocal labels
I’ll agree with the commentators pointing out that Nanos’ polling on party labels shows far more trouble for the Cons than for the NDP. But let’s point out another part…
“Pennies 4 Katimavik” Launches Today!
Pennies 4 Katimavik (a campaign spearheaded by Bismah Haq) is officially launching today in Ottawa at 2:30pm (click here for the facebook event.) When I heard about this campaign I…
Rob Ford Could Be Removed From Office In Early September
Mark Sept. 5, 6 and 7 on your calendars. That is when Toronto Mayor Rob Ford will be in court regarding his breach of a conflict of interest law. If…
The Quebec Student Protests: ‘Going International’
A recent article by Stefani Forster, of the Canadian Press, suggests that the Quebec student protests may be starting a larger social movement outside of Quebec. According to the article:…
Moncton On Top
Responding to comments on the Globe and Mail article, Moncton on top after surviving recession, government austerity. Also posted to Moncton Free Press. Bilingualism is an asset. Yes, it means…
Favourite Poems LVIII: And You as Well Must Die, Belovèd Dust | Edna St. Vincent Millay
You sometimes forget about authors. They sort of fall out of your head. Expect more Millay in the future. And You as Well Must Die, Belovèd Dust And you as…
Saturday Photo: The Grass in Greener
I must get out and take more spring pictures. The weather was hot and dry, but the last week we’ve had rain and cool temperatures, which last night dropped below…
The Real Bev Oda Scandal: Politicizing (& Corporatizing) Canadian Foreign Aid
That now-infamous taxpayer-subsidized luxury hotel switcheroo in Mother London? Small potatoes. Don Cayo: nalysis by Fraser Reilly-King, a policy analyst at the non-profit Canadian Council for International Co-operation, shows substantial…
"100 Per Cent Of Canadians Hate The CBC"
Only Sun News network knows that! Read the story and watch the video here.
Boneheaded Britain
The big problem with ideologues is their propensity to do genuinely stupid things that leave others paying the price for years, sometimes decades. With Harper at the helm, Canada has…
“Untrustworthy Tories, socialist NDP, bumbling Grits: Poll puts a pox on all”
An interesting headline in the Globe and Mail. I tend to agree with the poll results. All three parties need a new leader that people can trust. Read the story…
Quebec Students: “Faire Leur Juste Part”
Simon Tremblay-Pepin, an emerging social policy scholar, has recently blogged here (in French) about Quebec tuition fees. He points out that, when one adjusts for inflation, Quebec tuition fees are…
New Global Landgrab Study
Picture a map of the United Kingdom. Now picture eight United Kingdoms. That’s how much prime farmland has been “land grabbed” by investors at rock bottom prices from the world’s…
Israeli Spy Chief Slams Netanyahu, Barak as "Messianic"
The recently retired chief of Israel’s Shin Bet intelligence agency is warning his countrymen not to buy prime minister Netanyahu’s and defence minister Barak’s justifications for bombing Iran. Yuval Diskin…
Corner Brook hospital: follow the money talk #nlpoli
Let’s get something clear up front. The provincial government will build a new hospital in Corner Brook. That much shouldn’t be in doubt. The existing Western Memorial Hospital is long…
Mockery Has Set In
Thomas Mulcair rose in the Commons on Thursday and asked the prime minister, “Will he keep our troops in Afghanistan past 2014, yes or no?” Stephen Harper hasn’t answered a…
Alien ship near the sun?
“Anything getting close to the sun — with temperatures estimated at 9,900 Fahrenheit — would surely burn up. However, if that object were an alien spacecraft it could be equipped…
Why The Star Is The Real ‘Newspaper Of Record’
Those who regularly read The Toronto Star will hardly be surprised to learn that it has just won five National Newspaper Awards for the excellence of its reporting, reporting that…