Happy 2015
Three Dog Night – Joy To The World – Live – YouTube:
Cathie from Canada
So dumb that its a classic!
Tom and Lorenzo review the world’s dumbest Christmas movie: Musical Monday: White Christmas , with the worst costumes ever worn on a fake stage.
With A Little Help From My Friends
Joe Cocker, RIP — dead at 70 due to lung cancer.
Another outstanding Harper choice!
Canada’s newest Harper-picked Supreme Court Justice may well turn out to be another Mike Duffy or Pam Wallin in the making.In this Toronto Star article, she sounds like an entitled…
Oh, you shouldn’t have!
Just a little bloggy roundup of some really bad gift ideas from here and there on the web.First, a jolly old elf, from Mock Paper Scissors: From Dr. Grumpy, a…
Shorter
Shorter US torture report: Bush and Cheney corrupted the soul of the United States when they adopted torture as a state policy — and in return all they got was…
Reflections on racism and the police
Two long reads from Gawker, of all places, on racism and police: Why Should Anyone “Respect” the Law?: How can you ask people to respect the law when the law…
Trying to put lipstick on a pig
The Harper Cons are trying to put lipstick on a pig: An aide to Prime Minister Stephen Harper has taken over as chief of staff to embattled Veterans Affairs Minister…
Taken to the cleaners in #Ferguson
Tabitha Southey has a brilliant column in the Globe and Mail Hey, white person, imagine if you were stopped as though you were black : …Let’s imagine, for example, you’re…
#BlackLivesMatter but not in #ferguson
The failure to indict Darren Wilson is a travesty. By Langston Hughes: Ferguson: Chicago: Seattle: New York: Los Angeles: Washington: And in Toronto tomorrow
Fantino "explains" government budgeting
So it has been revealed that Veterans Affairs had $1.1 billion dollars in unused funding over seven years. Now Veterans Affairs minister Julian Fantino is claiming that the Harper Con’s…
Ferguson waits
Decision day in Ferguson will be Monday at the earliest | Toronto Star: “We’re living under a governor’s declared State of Emergency, we’re facing school closures, and we’ve got enough…
Sounds of silence
Just a note that I’m sorry for my silence this month. Some family stuff is keeping me busy, but also I am being distracted by technology — I now have…
Misconduct charges cannot be anonymous
In my previous job, I was involved in dealing with accusations of misconduct. One of the basic principles of procedural fairness is that accusations cannot be taken seriously if they…
Follow-up
Just to follow up on my previous post, Annie Laurie provides links to discuss the Terrorist or Head Case? question.She notes this article from The New Yorker The Line Between…
It isn’t "terrorism", its mental illness
What Canada should always remember about Wednesday was the courage of our politicians — hearing a fusillade of gunfire right outside their meeting room, they armed themselves with flagpoles and…
Saskatoon snatches defeat from the jaws of victory
So you might think that the reluctant LRB ruling both the transit lockout and the pension bylaw illegal would have provided the Saskatoon civic administration with a great opportunity to…
Oh, the humanity
Happy thanksgiving everyone, though somewhat belated. The greatest line in television history: As god is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.
Playing with the big boys
I haven’t written anything about the Harper Cons enthusiastic support for Canada’s participation in Son Of Iraqi Freedom Part Deux because I haven’t really known where I stand on this.I…