6205…Better Call Saul
Saul Goodman that is. The oleaginous lawyer to meth dealers and the like on AMC’s Breaking Bad just may be getting spun off that show into his own series. Vince…
July 2013
Rudd, BC Premier’s Seat, and other things.
Teddy here with an update on some seemingly random information. Australia: We have had 4 national polls since Rudd took over Labor’s leadership. I will average them VS the average…
Egypt: Morsi declares war
With my blood The Army stepped in, sending five helicopters with the Egyptian flag dangling below them, to fly over the packed Tahrir square in Cairo, and helicopters – sans…
2013 Prisoner Strikes
For more news about the 2013 prisoner strikes, see: Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Coalition California Prison Focus The Rock Newsletter Some background documents: The New Boss Looks A Lot Like…
Why Is A Free Press Important?
Watch this video of an interview with Glenn Greenwald for part of the answer: H/t Popular Resistance Recommend this Post
6204…Cote Ste. Luc Loves Marois
Wait, no, that is not it. This Canada Day pic is copied from Facebook and was taken in Cote Ste. Luc, a neighbourhood on the north west side of MTL.…
Academic matters not to be determined by Courts
Walia v. University of Manitoba et al., 2013 MBCA 61: Clearly and unquestionably, in my view, the pith and substance of the appellant’s action against the respondents is an academic…
Eight triumphs in Canada’s digital policy landscape
Digital policy expert Michael Geist reviews positive developments in the Canadian digital policy landscape – including the defeat of the government’s 2012 spying bill, protections for user-generated online content, and…
Rafe Mair on Mainstream Media a Decade after Leaving CKNW
It was ten years ago that I was unceremoniously dumped by CKNW, where I had been for 19 years. What does that have to do with an environmental web page?…
‘City looks to protect home of former premier’ – Charlottetown, PEI
That was the article title in The Guardian today, in a piece written about a rezoning on my street. Only thing is …. this is the first mention I’ve heard…
Adios Ernesto
RIP Ernest Hemingway July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961 Your reading assignments for today are: Hemingway’s 1954 Nobel acceptance speech And this: What Lured Hemingway to Ketchum? By Hunter…
Adios Ernesto
RIP Ernest HemingwayJuly 21, 1899 - July 2, 1961Your reading assignments for today are:Hemingway's 1954 Nobel acceptance speechAnd this:What Lured Hemingway to Ketchum? By Hunter S. ThompsonNational Observer, May 25,…
Adios Ernesto
RIP Ernest Hemingway July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961 Your reading assignments for today are: Hemingway’s 1954 Nobel acceptance speech And this: What Lured Hemingway to Ketchum? By Hunter…
Canada Day +1, Our Quiet Genocide
A banner drop during last night’s Canada Day celebration in Toronto’s Mel Lastman Square. (Photo: IdleNoMore.ca) Canadians are so nice. We have such a happy, positive self-concept. This makes it…
Astronaut Chris Hadfield to write “An Astronaut’s Guide to Life”
by: Obert Madondo | @Obiemad: Astronaut Chris Hadfield. (Photo: Canadian Space Agency) On October 29, expect an awesome book penned by recently-retired Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield. The book will be…
6203…Glastonbury Update: Mick And Keith
From The Daily Mail via WRAT FM, New Jersey and Dean Rivando on Facebook comes these two scary monsters. They are still upright and working though which is more than…
U.S. Congressman Grayson has something to say about the secretive TPP texts
Last week, we told you that U.S. Congressional Representatives have finally been given limited access to the drafts of the secretive and extreme Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement. U.S. Congressman Grayson has…
6202…Poor Senator What’s Her Name
That would be "Government Senate Leader Marjory LeBreton......the Senate expenses scandal-which has rocked the government and the Prime Minister's Office for months, has seen the resignations of three Conservative Senators…