Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – The Globe and Mail weighs in on the Lac-Mégantic tragedy by pointing out that we should be far more concerned about public safety…
July 2013
Musical interlude
Paul van Dyk feat. Arty – The Ocean
The Affordability Factor
Old economy Steve thinks that things are going great. Markets no longer have to choose between a stronger economy and easy money. Now they can have both. The baby-boomer wet-dream…
July 13: On renovating your mansion in the correct style
You’ll find this useful article in the Home and Garden section, p. 1. It features Bill Clinton’s home (Georgian style), along with multi, multi million dollar homes in Gothic Revival…
Malala Yousafza gives a speech at U.N.
Malala Yousafza is a very bright young lady. What the Taliban did to her was barbaric. She gave a great speech at the United Nations. However, Obama should give some…
Harper shuffles the deck Monday
I think all the chairs have already been rearranged. I have a sinking feeling the new blood will be no different than the losing hand we’ve already been dealt.
Our oaths and other oddities.
A news story the other day was about three potential Canadian citizens who could not understand why they should swear allegiance to the Queen. They want to become citizens but…
In the at least he’s not a Senator file:
King Anbdullah of Jordan responses to the Harper’s appointment of his body guard as the Ambassador to Jordan with a new appointment of his own. There is a bright side…
Sharknado: Do Cheesy Sci-Fi Movies Cheapen Climate Change Discussion?
If you’ve spent any time on Twitter over the last 48 hours, you’re probably aware of the made-for-TV movie Sharknado that aired on the SyFy channel Thursday night. It is…
Humour Amidst The Darkness
I know that it is never seemly to force humour from tragedy. However, owing to my sometimes rather twisted (and sometimes quite puerile) perspective on life, I offer this story…
On Worry
There were many terrible things in my life and most of them never happened.” ― Montaigne At first I was worried about normal things. Plane crashes. Theft. Okay, maybe kidnapping…
Telly exclusive on SNC Lavalin???? #nlpoli
Screaming headline across the top of the front page of the Saturday Telly: SNC-Lavalin shut out of Hydro-Quebec projects And right underneath, the claim that it is a Telegram exclusive.…
Making mountains out of molehills on “Royal oath”
There is heated debate going on in the comment thread of the Toronto Star story regarding the court case about 3 long-time permanent residents who want to become citizens of…
Ignorance Rules The Roost
Vic Toews is gone. Peter Kent thinks he’s gone. And, Alex Himelfarb writes, Gary Goodyear should be gone: Goodyear, the minister of state for science and technology, has presided over…
Saturday At The Movies
One of the most inspirational speeches in recorded history was given by a comedian by the name of Charlie Chaplin in the movie “The Great Dictator”. If you like what…
CSNY Doing ‘Woodstock" Live On Youtube
…still haven’t found the vid. But this is the first live audio of that tune that I’ve ever heard. Live, the organ plays a bigger role. But the three (count…
How Canadians are using the Internet to debunk Big Telecom Spin
Big Telecom is up to its old tricks again. They’ve invested some of their record profits into an expensive PR campaign, including misleading full page newspaper ads, in a clear…
The Great Con Halloween Drag Show
OMG. This is HUGE.It's the Party of the Year !!!!The Cons are going to hold their convention, and unveil their new look, onHALLOWEEN !!!!! The Conservative Party's national policy convention…
Was Lac Megantic Disaster Caused By Too Much Government Regulation?
Probably not, but I made you look, no? I promised a commenter a more detailed post on an unrelated topic today, but I’m bogged down on that, and in the…
Malala Yousafzai addresses United Nations Youth Assembly [VIDEO]
by: Obert Madondo | Twitter: @Obiemad: Malala Yousafzai (Photo credit: Malala Yousafzai’s Blog) United Nations, New York, 12 July 2013 – Education activist Malala Yousafzai marks her 16th birthday, on…