You Don’t Say… March 19, 2012
I’m not saying my generation is all talk and a badge, but according to a study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Generation Y (people born between 1982…
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Robocalls and Voter identification – Department of the Bleeding Obivous
My Facebook and Twitter feeds are filled with variants of this CBC story noting that the people robocalled on election day as part of the effort to misdirect voters to…
Robocalls and Voter identification – Department of the Bleeding Obivous
My Facebook and Twitter feeds are filled with variants of this CBC story noting that the people robocalled on election day as part of the effort to misdirect voters to…
Robocalls and Voter identification – Department of the Bleeding Obivous
My Facebook and Twitter feeds are filled with variants of this CBC story noting that the people robocalled on election day as part of the effort to misdirect voters to…
Robocalls and Voter identification – Department of the Bleeding Obivous
My Facebook and Twitter feeds are filled with variants of this CBC story noting that the people robocalled on election day as part of the effort to misdirect voters to…
Music Break
This week’s music break features my favourite heavy metal band, Machine Head. They have been controversial for their whole career, but to me the important thing is that they make…
You Don’t Say… March 14, 2011
I’m not saying that St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto is the best healthcare facility in the world, but it is damn good! Special kudos to the cardiac surgery team and…
On Teacher Austerity
I was watching The Agenda with Steve Paikin last night on TVO and was intrigued by the debate on the ongoing bargaining between the provincial government and Ontario’s teacher’s unions.…
Just a Thought
Wake up each day and be thankful for one thing in your life. Just a thought.
Music Break
This time I am only going to provide 1 video. This is a video for Billy Bragg`s There is Power in a Union. Billy Bragg is a very important voice…
On Bill C-30 and Internet Surveillance
“You’re either with us on this bill, or you’re with the child pornographers.” That was essentially Vic Toews’ sentiment in recent days following all the backlash over bill C-30, which…
The Good, the Bad and the Meh on the February 27, 2012 edition of Monday Night Raw
As per usual these days, my Raw post is a few days late, but better late than never I suppose. Here we go: The Good…The opening standoff between CM Punk…
On Robogate
This is an automated recording for… PRiME MiNiSTER STePHEN HaRper: today’s debates won’t take place in the House of Commons. They will be convened in a court of law and…
Robocalls – Guelph at the centre of the maelstrom
Well, it’s not quite how and why I’d like to see my current hometown in the news, but if it helps expose corruption from the 2011 election, I won’t complain.…
The Good, the Bad and the Meh about the WWE Elimination Chamber PPV
I finally got around to watching the Elimination Chamber PPV and here are my thoughts: The Good…The first elimination chamber match was excellent, despite Chris Jericho getting knocked out too…
Music Break
EDIT: The concert was unbelievable last night! The Murphys played material from all of their albums and were on fire. The crowd was freakin’ mental, too!My only complaint was that…
You Don’t Say… February 21, 2012
I’m not saying that I’m a practicing Catholic any more, but even a lay agnostic-atheist-who-the-hell-knows-what’s-really-out-there like me can appreciate the joys of Mardi Gras. In New Orleans today, one can…
On the Fatal Flaw of The Drummond Report
Below is a link to a great article written for straightgoods.ca on the fatal flaw of the Drummond Report. Essentially, he didn’t have a choice but to recommend deep cuts…
Canada at the breaking point? Justin Trudeau, Le Devoir and Me
Just a quick post this weekend to link to a story in Le Devoir today by Guillaume Bourgault-Côté, occasioned by Justin Trudeau’s recent remarks about how the possibility of living…
Time for a Music Break
Let’s take a little break from the heavy for a while by enjoying some music by one of Canada’s finest rock n’ roll bands: The Headstones. Seen em’ live three…