how do you hold a fork and knife? or, in which i discover my table manners are american
As a child, I was taught to use a knife and fork like this: fork in left hand, securing what you want to cut, knife in right hand, cutting. Put…
2020
how do you hold a fork and knife? or, in which i discover my table manners are american
As a child, I was taught to use a knife and fork like this: fork in left hand, securing what you want to cut, knife in right hand, cutting. Put…
how do you hold a fork and knife? or, in which i discover my table manners are american
As a child, I was taught to use a knife and fork like this: fork in left hand, securing what you want to cut, knife in right hand, cutting. Put…
The Rise of the "Useless" Class. How to Survive the 21st Century.
I recently came across an article predicting that critical thinking was/is on its way out. Reality is becoming blurred. The news media has long switched from disseminating information to peddling…
#TBT: ten years ago! Tommy Stinson! The Mats! Me!
…it was ten years ago tonight, Facebook tells me. That is me, beside the Replacements’ (and Guns and Roses’) Tommy Stinson. THE Tommy Stinson. He came with his girlfriend to…
The World’s Most Dangerous Man
There are a lot of unpleasant people running countries these days. North Korea’s Kim Jong-un for example, surrounding himself with nuclear weapons while his people starve. Or China’s Xi Jinping,…
What You Need to Know – Getting Ready for the House to Return
The newest episode of “What You Need to Know” is now up. In this episode Alyson Fair, Geoff Turner, Neil Brodie and I talk about the latest twists and turns…
Margaret ‘s Ghost
It’s time to remember Margaret Chase Smith. Michael Harris writes: She took on Senator Joe McCarthy, denouncing his vicious demagoguery before anyone else had the courage to confront his campaign…
Coronavirus and Canada: nothing to see here, move along
China has 35 million people quarantined while Canada’s Minister of Health says that the #coronarovirus is not a risk to Canadians. Who should be believed? #cdnpoli https://t.co/XDN60qfxlv via @NYTimes —…
NDP closes ranks around Singh.
‘Better the problem we understand’ seems to be the thinking of the leaders of Canada’s new democratic party. They are closing ranks around the leader who cost them almost half…
I Yam What I Yam
A film by Bryan Konefsky TRT 16.5 minutes, Bryan Konefsky 2005 In 1929 monocular vision was not limited to the gaze of telescopes (Edwin Hubble) or movie cameras (Dziga Vertov).…
Another poetry post
Darkest Hour was on, so I was able to watch this great scene again today: Horatius —Thomas Babington Macaulay Then out spake brave Horatius,The Captain of the gate:“To every man…
Leaked BCTF memo details possible path toward provincewide teachers’ strike
The memo may be a glimpse into what may lay ahead for B.C.’s schools if mediator David Schaub withdraws from the dispute. Teri Mooring, president B.C. Teachers Federation. / PNG…
First test of UNDRIP Act and BC Premier Horgan fails-Miserably
BC Premier John Horgan was blanketed last December at the AFN Assembly, lauded for Bill 41, which give legal effect to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous…
New column day
Here, on the Saskatchewan Party’s dangerous focus on privatization and photo-ops rather than the public infrastructure the province needs. For further reading…– Alex MacPherson reported on both the Moe government’s…
Jan. 23: A bad day for this blogger
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/22/worlds-consumption-of-materials-hits-record-100bn-tonnes-a-year______________________________________________________________ https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=23&v=z4FEJJGWMt8&feature=emb_title Not to worry. leading thinkers like Ontario’s Doug Ford and America’s Donald Trump say it ain’t happening. And, like, they know things._________________________________________________________________ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/23/coronavirus-panic-spreads-in-china-with-three-cities-in-lockdown Should we worry about this?…
What in Hades is Going On Here?
Well it seems that this week you can’t go a few hours without some big news coming out of the Conservative Leadership race, and tonight seems to be no different.…
America Lost Its Mind after 9/11. Martin Indyk Wants to Restore Sanity to US Foreign Policy
For years Andrew Bacevich has lamented how his country allowed military force or the threat of military force to displace diplomacy as its principal instrument of foreign policy. It’s no…
‘How is that better?’ Clearing Oppenheimer Park will leave homeless in alleys: commissioner
By Simon Little Global News Posted January 21, 2020 12:39 pm The Vancouver Park Board held its first meeting since the winter break Monday night, but how to deal with…
Ouch…
Strain injury? Arthritis? I want it to go away.