A Little Pause While We Played with Jeanne and Thomas
Elin and Emmanuel were in Winnipeg over the weekend, taking part in the activities commemorating the 275th anniversary of Fort Rouge and the French presence in Manitoba. This meant that…
2013
Monday Metal: Satan – Life Sentence
Despite a precocious childhood obsession with all things heavy in the 80s, I somehow missed the original incarnation of NWOBHM OG’s Satan the first time ’round (though vaguely recall Pariah).…
Monday Metal: Satan – Life Sentence
Despite a precocious childhood obsession with all things heavy in the 80s, I somehow missed the original incarnation of NWOBHM OG’s Satan the first time ’round (though vaguely recall Pariah).…
The Circuitous Path from Bulge to Budget
If tinkers may have leave to live, And bear the sow-skin budget, Then my account I well may, give, And in the stocks avouch it. Autolycus in The Winter’s Tale,…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, October 28, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, October 28, 2013: Harper to reveal Canada-EU trade deal details Tuesday Wisconsin jails pregnant woman and gives…
Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week. – Frances Russell discusses the dangers of Stephen Harper’s authoritarian democracy. And Michael Harris takes note of Harper’s decision to mete out career executions…
Team Stintz, in three revealing steps (updated)
Step One: I tweet about TTC Chair Karen Stintz’s promise to never, ever run against Rob Ford. Read her lips, etc. Step Two: Someone named “J.P. Boutros” immediately slimes Olivia…
Will Harper weather his winter?
Calgary, at this time of year, already tastes of winter. And as the Conservative Party gathers for its Halloween convention, there is a bite in the air. The real question…
On The Occasion Of The Death Of Mr. Lou Reed
I spent my teenage years lugging The Velvet’s 1969 from house party to house party, trying to get someone to play it, but with little luck. Then in 1980 I…
He Has A Nice Smile
That’s the highest praise I can think to extend to young Justin Trudeau, who many see as the best hope of unseating Mr. Harper in 2015. For those who enthusiastically…
Abandonment
Stephen Harper has abandoned three of his senatorial appointees — including the man he once called “my most valuable senator.” Abandonment defines the man. And in foreign affairs, Joe Clark…
Karen Stintz in her own words: read her lips
More, just because some of her backers are already irritating me (my name won’t be on the ballot, morons). There’s a lot more where this comes from. Link here.
Dedicating Lanes to Transit Speeds Up Cars & Other Seoul Lessons
In a previous post we looked at Seoul's experience with a free market led surface transit "system." Seoul has several other important lessons to teach Toronto though. From that excellent…
Dedicating Lanes to Transit Speeds Up Cars & Other Seoul Lessons
In a previous post we looked at Seoul’s experience with a free market led surface transit “system.” Seoul has several other important lessons to teach Toronto though. From that excellent…
Dedicating Lanes to Transit Speeds Up Cars & Other Seoul Lessons
In a previous post we looked at Seoul's experience with a free market led surface transit "system." Seoul has several other important lessons to teach Toronto though. From that excellent…
Dedicating Lanes to Transit Speeds Up Cars & Other Seoul Lessons
In a previous post we looked at Seoul’s experience with a free market led surface transit “system.” Seoul has several other important lessons to teach Toronto though. From that excellent…
Advice for Cons on Oct 31
A checklist for Cons for the upcoming Con meeting on Oct 31.
Karen Stintz in her own words, a continuing series
Says plenty about (a) her truthfulness and (b) where her true allegiance lies. Link here.
The color of indifference is desaturated
“The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.” ~Richard…
What Americans Do Not Understand about Healthcare
What Americans Do Not Understand about Healthcare I was intrigued to watch Charles Krauthammer’s extended interview with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show the other day. Here’s the link (sorry…