Notes from ALT-C
“The notion of students as change agents is a relatively new concpt.” — Malcom Ryan Rachel Winston How we can shape the development of a new culture of learning by…
Anthony Weiner: Surprise, surprise – he ends primary bid for Mayor
His parting speech “middle finger”. You can’t say that he is not steadfast. “On primary day, Weiner got into an argument with a woman in Harlem who ridiculed him and…
At Least Tell Us What You Won’t Do.
There’s an orthodoxy among Canada’s political parties that policy must not be disclosed until on the advent of a general election – if then. Election campaigns, however, are really awful…
September 15th—International Day of Democracy
Attention, all you democrats, mark it on your calendars: the International Day of Democracy, Sunday, September 15th—as declared by the UN General Assembly in 2007 with resolution 62/7. Following the…
The other 9/11…
Forty years ago today, a US-backed coup d’état in Chile would have much greater ramifications for the world than the terrorist attacks of a decade ago. General Pinochet not only…
More non-Canadian elections, plus Nova Scotia
Teddy here with a few things to mention. First, I’ve decided to stop introducing myself at the top of each post I do; I think you guys are familiar with…
Ideas for opening Liberal nominations
I’m a big proponent of open riding nominations. During the Liberal leadership race, I was proud when my candidate released an extensive party reform proposal including an open nomination process,…
Daily News Links for Wednesday 11 September 2013
Here are today’s news links: Michael Geist and Jesse Brown Take Questions about the TPP (Macleans) Officials misused US surveillance program (Associated Press) NSA illegally searched 15,000 suspects’ phone records,…
Quebec’s Charter of ‘Values’: 5 things it would do and 5 things it wouldn’t
From reading these 5 things (would & wouldn’t) it is obvious who is targeted. Would 1. Bar public sector employees — including everyone from civil servants to teachers, provincial court…
And Speaking Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction …
Laurence O’Donnell offers a vital history lesson on the United States’ use of napalm: Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy H/t The Raw Story…
Good and Bad People
There’s a Steven Weinberg quote that my atheist friends like to trot out (and I’m likely equally guilty of sharing). With or without it you would have good people doing…
Chileans for Free Education
The movement that erupted in chile in 2011 has maintained its strength into the 2013 academic year, and now the student leaders hold some decisive cards. In the last few…
The nit-pickers always can find something
In high school we parodied For Whom the Bell Tolls relentlessly: “Que va, what a cafeteria lunch that is.” “Truly, it is a cafeteria lunch.” “That is a cafeteria lunch…
Religious Rituals: Killing of chickens and turkeys
An ultra-Orthodox man performs a Jewish ritual called Kaparot in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem on Sept. 10. In the ancient custom of Kaparot, still performed by some Jews…
NHS fails low incomes–and Canadians
Unfortunately the following note to readers from today’s release of the third and final set of data from the National Household Survey by Statistics Canada speaks for itself: Note to…
Japan’s Fukushima radiation crisis: a Good News/Bad News story
Fukushima’s crippled Reactor 4, which contains 1,500 precariously-perched, radioactive fuel rods Addiction experts say the first step toward recovery is recognizing you have a problem. In that sense, perhaps we’re…
A mountain rescued
Filed under: art Tagged: mountain, Popsicolor, procreate app
George Zimmerman and Shellie Zimmerman
Uncanny resemblance. Especially eyes and the stare. They deserve each other.
Hilzoy Speak, You Listen
While still ardent in her conviction to make her cold turkey retirement from blogging a permanent one, beloved ObWi ex-pat Hilzoy sends us this all-too brief dispatch (courtesy Donkeylicious) on…
Hilzoy Speak, You Listen
While still ardent in her conviction to make her cold turkey retirement from blogging a permanent one, beloved ObWi ex-pat Hilzoy sends us this all-too brief dispatch (courtesy Donkeylicious) on…