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Rob Ford, Eid Prayer and the Silencing of Dissentby Fizza Mir July 30, 2014 My Eid started out like most, enjoying a morning coffee after a month of abstinence, rushing…
2014
This week’s Liberal direction: lower LNG expectations
Friday, The Common Sense Canadian — a site that usually provides worthwhile journalism — posted an article written by Keith Baldrey for Glacier Media, publisher of numerous community recyclables. Not…
The West’s dangerous game: anti-Russia media hype and the MH-17 blame game
Obama continued with the blame game this week as a raft of new sanctions were introduced against Russia. In remarks directed at Moscow, he said that the ‘destabilization of a…
Shorter
Shorter President Obama on why the United States “tortured some folks’ after 911: When the going gets tough, how could anyone expect America’s leaders to respect its Constitution? Of course,…
Saturday funnies
To start your Saturday, here’s some goat balancing fun: Chèvres en équilibre – goats balancing on a flexible steel ribbon – YouTube:
One More Time For The Night Train
Wouldn’t you have just hated to have been the poor shmucks scheduled to follow James Mother-Effin’-Brown that night? (h/t) Bonus: Filed under: Uncategorized
Former park commissioners: Cetacean captivity at Vancouver Aquarium has outlived its usefulness
From the Straight Editor’s note: Four former Vancouver park board commissioners have signed this letter addressed to the current park board, which on Thursday (July 31) voted to prohibit the…
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Scotland, Gaza, and the Shameful Silence of So Many Canadians
I spent my last day in Scotland in this beautiful highland forest with Sébastien and a group of friends, taking turns leaping into the icy waters of a deep gorge.Celebrating…
Musical interlude
Deftones – Digital Bath
Before taxpayers spend billions on LNG…
Since Paul Taylor’s keys to the public sector were taken away, again, I’ve been waiting for news of his latest landing ground. The Report of the Joint Review Panel (JRP)…
NDP Youth Reject Leaders’ Support of Israel’s Gaza Atrocities
The New Democratic Youth of Canada rejects party leaders’ uncritical support of Israel’s ongoing war crimes in Gaza, demands that Israel “be held accountable for its actions.” The post NDP…
CBC: Justice Minister Peter MacKay snubs Canadian Bar Association
What is Peter MacKay hiding from? Article by Catherine Cullen for the CBC For as long as anyone at the Canadian Bar Association can remember, Canada’s justice minister has attended…
CBC: Guess who’s trying to manipulate Wikipedia
Sometimes, Internet users make things that just make you smile and feel all warm inside. This is one of those occasions. Article by Kady O’Malley for the CBC A Twitter…
Northern Gateway Holds Little Positive Economic Impact for Kitimat, According to City
In spite of the ink that has been devoted to arguing about how many jobs Enbridge Northern Gateway is promising to Kitimat residents, one of the most compelling bits of…
Yeah, yeah. My stuff sucks.
Richard Thompson cartoonist recently of Cul De Sac fame – and a career of illustration and Richards Poor Almanac has an online store at Zazzle. It is worthy of your…