Shooting themselves in the foot?
If the NDP pick Brian Topp for their new leader, a man who has never run for public office, are they shooting themselves in the foot?Well... yesterday he compared himself…
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Perspective. Now you have it
Twenty-one-million years ago, a star exploded, turned spectacular, and faded out. And we are now watching it go.
Sorry
Echo seems to be eating my comments tonight -- hopefully it will fix itself by tomorrow.
911 stories
I dreaded the media approach to the tenth anniversary of 9/11 because in 2001 it took me weeks to stop seeing the towers fall every time I closed my eyes.And…
They’re baaaaak!
27-7 in the Labour Day Classic. Good on ya, boys.
Great line of the day
Its a beautiful fall day here today, and my husband described it this way: It lets us know that God hasn't forgotten us just yet.
Unprecedented?
The Toronto Police Board has taken the "unprecedented" step of refusing to promote nine officers who had removed their name tags during the G20 protests in June of 2010. Well,…
How refreshing!
Stephen Harper's new spokesperson Angelo Persichilli has vowed to treat Quebeckers with "utmost respect". Well, that will be a nice change from his former approach, and I'm sure Quebecers will…
Looking for leadership
With both parties looking for leaders, Liberals and NDP have an historic opportunity right now to choose individuals who will cooperate for the good of the country, either informally or…
We hear you now
Jackman Chiu As well as his profoundly inspirational legacy, Jack Layton's death also served another purpose this week -- one I think he would have approved of. His passing was…
It’s officially fall
Dr. Grumpy has posted his annual nightmare at Staples post:When Mrs. Grumpy was wondering when she'd have time to get the school supplies, I volunteered. I figured "How hard can…
I guess they just can’t help it
Every time I start to think that maybe Stephen Harper's government has grown up and become a real Canadian government instead of short-sighted incompetents, we get something like this --…
Oh, please…
Do you think you guys could wait a day or two, maybe until after Jack Layton's funeral, before you start speculating about improbable leadership candidates and concern-trolling the end of…
Update
Our dog Sam died this afternoon -- he just couldn't recover from all the health problems I wrote about.
Jack Layton, Canada’s Happy Warrior
The Happy Warrior:Who is the happy Warrior? Who is he That every man in arms should wish to be? ...'Tis, finally, the Man, who, lifted high, Conspicuous object in a…
Sorry for lack of posts
Sorry for the lack of posts lately. I have had the flu, plus we have been dealing with some health issues for Sam, our black lab (that's Sam in the…
Pining for the fjords
Backward, turn backward, O time in thy flight...I like Steve's comments about re-introducing the "Royal" terminology for our armed forces:. . . in noting the rationalization for the latest regressive…
Houses as Art
Thanks to Hooked on Houses I just learned that this year is the 25th anniversary of The Heidelberg Project in Detroit. See the photos posted by AgilityNut (and look around…
Just because your paranoid…
...doesn't mean someone isn't really out to get you. There sure seems to be a lot of talk lately about how the press should ignore "phoney" civil rights and just…
Finally
I've been waiting for this for more than a year. Finally, a real judge has had the chance to rule on a typical G20 arrest. And, unsurprisingly, the judge has…