Saturday Photos: Two fromt the Past, One from the Present
I dug out two pictures of Lukas and Elin, aged about 5 and 9, playing in the snow in front of our house this week to show Jeanne. She wasn’t…
February 2013
Iceland: Every baby’s name must be approved by the government
For example one cannot name a baby which has’ c’ in it as in the Icelandic language letter ‘ c’ does not exist. A girl named “Blaer” was not approved…
Chris Hayes on the Hagel Hearings: “An omnidirectionally embarrassing debacle for everyone involved.”
And how: h/t Digby Filed under: defence policy, US, wingnuts Tagged: Chris Hayes, Chuck Hagel, Hagel hearings, MSNBC
5588…The Day The Music Died
Say a prayer for those who passed on this cold day in 1959. Buddy Holly, J. P. Richardson, Richie Valens. WFDS
Interacting with those we disagree with
What do you do with people you don’t agree with? Do you agree to keep quiet about the topics you disagree on? Do you cut them out of your life?…
One Liberalism Through the Ages
This was originally published at Open Left, I am republishing it here as a starting point to further updates on these topics and themes. – D. Last weekend Paul wrote:…
One Ad You Won’t Be Seeing During Super Bowl and One You Will
Coca Cola and Pepsi weren’t happy with the SodaStream ad that was to have run during the Super Bowl broadcast. And now it’s gone, pulled. Volkswagen seems to have fared…
What If Sun TV Gets on the Public Gravy Train?
What if the CRTC allows FOX North Sun TV a reserved seat at the cablevision banquet table? Does that mean a start-up progressive TV outlet would be entitled to the…
Remembering Peter
Here on the coast we’re gearing up to fight the Northern Gateway and Kinder Morgan bitumen pipeline threats. It’s pretty obvious that, Conservative, New Democrat or Liberal, we’ll be standing…
Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Sunday reading. – The Guardian discusses how the all-too-familiar trend of growing inequality and ever more precarious lives for all but the fabulously wealthy is unsustainable:…
Parting Thoughts from Obama’s Energy Secretary, Steven Chu
Excerpts from a letter by outgoing Obama energy secretary, Steven Chu, to employees of the Department of Energy. “The average temperature of our planet is rising, with majority of the…
A Casino Will Not Bring Mass Tourism to Toronto
To do the little I can do from my low-traffic blog to push back on a deeply stupid and frankly maliciously preposterous lie being pushed on the public, let’s just…
Flash! Margaret Wente Makes Error In Column!
I’m shocked! shocked! And I’d forgotten she’s on the BOD of Energy Probe, which is probably where she picks up most of of anti-renewable nonsense in the first place.
#skndpldr Roundup
As expected, the last week has been a relatively quiet one in the Saskatchewan NDP’s leadership campaign – representing the break between membership recruitment and voter contact. But there have…
Band of the Month: Formalists
Good day readers! Today’s Band of the Month is Formalists. Bridging the gaps between classical, folk, and progressive contemporary, this Thornhill born and raised quartet has been captivating crowds with…
5587…The Ultimate Game Is Today
Super Bowl. Duane Thomas, a running back from Dallas’ Cowboys, played in Super Bowl V and VI, winning VI. In the run up to VI Mr. Thomas was asked what…
6 Questions Submitted To Several Liberal Leadership Teams
I got the questions finished last night and have submitted them to people I know on 4 of the campaigns: George Takach, Marc Garneau, Deborah Coyne and Joyce Murray. I’m…
Concert of the Day: Fusion Cooking
Soft Machine & Allan Holdsworth, Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 1974: Filed under: music, video
The Reckoning
As the present Masters of the Universe survey what they have wrought, they dismiss the young as lazy and pampered. But, Henry Giroux writes that, across that universe, youth are…