20 monsters ebook
20 monsters ebook Now with the release of Mavericks, and iBooks installed on every such Mac, the ebooks I’ve put up at iTunes are also available on your Mac. 20…
October 2013
Wildrose leader Smith admits climate change real, human-caused
RED DEER, Alta. – Alberta Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith, under fire by critics as a weak leader and climate change denier, announced Friday she now believes climate change exists and…
Christie Blatchford’s Creepy Logic As To Why Duffy, Wallin and Brazeau Must Go.
Even for Christie Blatchford this is one for the books. Blatchford struggles to make the case that senators Duffy, Wallin and Brazeau should quietly fall from the face of the…
Watch this before it disappears
One of the most effective reports on business news and, near the end, another revelation of Jim Cramer’s narcissistic idiocy:
Russell Brand’s Frustrations
Although I do not subscribe to the ‘tactic’ of refusing to vote, much of what comedian Russell Brand says in this BBC interview with Jeremy Paxton is worth listening to…
Jeffrey Simpson Takes the Measure of Marc Nadon and Finds Him Seriously Wanting
The Globe’s Jeffrey Simpson neatly sums up why Marc Nadon falls far short of the standard needed for the Supreme Court of Canada. Justice Nadon is undoubtedly a nice man…
Where Canada Is Going
It’s very important to Canada’s economy that we send a resource (we can’t use without killing the planet) to Communist China so their economy can continue to pollute at record…
Ekos Polling the Senate Expenses Scandal, Focus On Stephen Harper
Somebody wants to gauge the depth of Stephen Harper’s vulnerability on the Senate expenses scandal and, in particular, the Wright-Duffy affair. Ekos is running an interesting poll asking respondents whether…
It’s business as usual at CSIS
The Postmedia article reporting it describes it as part of a shakeup in the ranks, but the announcement that Michel Coulombe has been formally named as director at CSIS looks…
I noticed this event on Facebook. November 2, 2013 in…
I noticed this event on Facebook. November 2, 2013 in Toronto: Hill 667 presents “The Good Fight: Remembering Canadian Volunteers of the Spanish Civil War” Film screenings plus speakers and…
Son Two and Three, on the way to the swim meet
Son Three: Dad, did you ever noice 9/11 and nine one one are the same? Is that a coincidence? Son Two, sighing: I find conspiracy theorists so tiresome.
Son Two and Three, on the way to the swim meet
Son Three: Dad, did you ever noice 9/11 and nine one one are the same? Is that a coincidence? Son Two, sighing: I find conspiracy theorists so tiresome.
Oct. 26: Fear, Hatred and Hysteria
It was just a little story in yesterday’s paper, so the the full meaning of it didn’t hit me when I read it. Remember how David Alward said the blokade…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Andrew Coyne highlights the ultimate issue in the Cons’ Senate patronage, scandals and cover-ups: (I)f the prime minister sets the standard, then we…
The Best Fighter Jet in the World?
Russia’s SU-35 seems to be a world beater. Now that supposed stealth invincibility is being rapidly degraded through new technology counter-measures, you have to wonder how a marginal performer like…
Fucking Up Young (Aging Hipster Rewind)
While your’s truly managed to make it out for The Dirty Nil at Fanshawe College last night (an effervescent performance, bee tee dubya), I neglected to take any pics. Which…
Fucking Up Young (Aging Hipster Rewind)
While your’s truly managed to make it out for The Dirty Nil at Fanshawe College last night (an effervescent performance, bee tee dubya), I neglected to take any pics. Which…
A $100,000 dinner not part of democracy.
The other day, Premier Kathleen Wynne defended a $100,000 fund-raising dinner for the Ontario Liberal government. She said that fundraising such as this is all part of democracy. What it…