Sixth Estate’s Patronage List V2 Launches with 600+ Names
As promised, the Sixth Estate Patronage List Project is coming back online, with 600 names up so far. Contrary to its name, this list is not intended as “proof” of…
January 2013
5561…Quebec, Quebec, Quebec
In an Alanis Morrisettian sort of way, i.e. Isn’t It Ironic, Quebec both has the highest amount of couples shacked up, about a third according to Global News, and is…
5560…Penis Measuring App For Yer I Phone
You cannot make this stuff up. Beta.com has a nice little story about an app that the world has been crying for. Apple used to be quite picky about what…
5559…Another Reason The Irish Are Best
It’s Robbie Burns day. That is the big Scottish day that you have to be reminded of every year. I bet you don’t have to be reminded of the big…
Musical interlude
Kaskade feat. Marcus Bently – Let Me Go
vaccines and the selling of fear.
I read an article today about a family in New Zealand where a young boy came down with tetanus. His father is speaking out about their decision not to vaccinate,…
Quote: Middle-class Consciousness
In this they displayed a broader middle-class consciousness engrossed by the personal, the familial, the professional, and the accidental. This is a class consciousness that has an authorizing tendency to…
Dalton McGuinty farewell speech
Well since I’m here on the blog dime, I best say something about the big event of the night. Dalton McGuinty’s sign-off speech is what everyone was here for. The…
In 2012, richest 100 billionaires earned enough to end global poverty 4 times over: Oxfam
by Oxfam International | Jan 19, 2013 Leaders must aim to bring down global inequality at least to 1990 levels An explosion in extreme wealth and income is exacerbating inequality…
Friday night
The Killers remixed and killing it. Have a good night!
Day One Over #olpldr
Today was mostly about registering delegates and getting everyone organized. The vast majority of the time was the tribute to outgoing premier, Dalton McGuinty. Premier McGuinty thanked his family, his…
The Salmon Recipes
The Salmon Recipes: Stories of Our Endangered North Coast Cuisine is not only visually exciting but it exudes an intense and compelling power that is conveyed in an instant, before…
Great speech tonight by a leader with a great legacy
Very pleased to see Dalton McGuinty’s speech tonight at the OLP convention reflecting on the numerous accomplishments since 2003!
Teachers’ Protest And OLPLDR Notes
Looks like they’ve manage to pull in a few 100 protesters. On another note, it looks like some delegates were caught behind that pileup on the 401 and I think…
How SNC-Lavalin Used Some Of The Corporate Tax Cut That Harper And The Conservatives Gave Them ….
“In the sworn statement unsealed by a Quebec court Friday, former officials with the Montreal-based company (SNC-Lavalin) are accused of paying the son of the dictator Moammar Gadhafi $160 million…
Friday night Francine Reed blogging
This is Francine Reed. She takes requests. This first tune is One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show. Apparently she has a right to sing the blues. She certainly has the…
The Harsh Reality End of the Autism Spectrum
If you believe IACC Neurodiversity advocates present and past, Ari Ne’eman and Matthew Carey, autism is not something that should be cured. You won’t see much about the harsher aspects…
The view from behind Sandra, just now
They don’t call us backroomers for nothin’.
Observations from #OLPLDR
Sometimes there are no words.
Another day on the job in Paradise… chapter one
Mayor Ralph “Bosco” Hearne, whistling softly “Everything’s Up to Date in Kansas City” under his breath, gazed at the wood-and-polished-brass, 19th-century front doors of town hall and nodded slightly in…