Thag do meditation!
Every morning before they started the hunt, Thag would sit down away from the others, close his eyes, and listen to the wind. It was more than that, but that…
The foot of Faith by Piero Del Pollaiolo
I’ll be posting in some kind of loose random reverse order images from the trip. Here, Piero Del Pallailo’s foot of the figure of Faith. Once again, rooms in the…
W@AL: how to do a world-class expert frisbee throw
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Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – The Economist takes a look at the effect of a “lean in” philosophy toward work – and finds that we’d get better results…
The environmental waiting games.
The games are endless. Only the representatives of the people change. The current combatants are President Obama of the United States and Prime Minister Harper of Canada. Both have finite…
Dog Days of August
Georges Laraque claims to be an animal lover. But see if he gets PETA’s endorsement once they find out he used to beat up sharks, ducks, and penguins. It’s the…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, August 19, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, August 19, 2013: MLB notes: Lawyer: Yankees misled A-Rod | Baseball | Sports | Toronto Sun Justice…
Hospital overcrowding ‘dangerous’ as bed shortage hits hard
Hospitals are “full to bursting” and bed use is reaching such “dangerous” levels that staff are struggling to maintain the safety and quality of patients’ care, claims an authoritative study.…
Frozen In Time
With the Senate scandal taking its toll, and the Lac Megantic disaster still fresh in the public mind, you would think that Stephen Harper might be engaged in a re-think.…
We Now Pause For This Announcement
I’m out of town today, so let me offer you this inspirational graphic that I ‘borrowed’ from Richard at Cowichan Conversations. Recommend this Post
That was then; this is now
Much of my youth was spent in the coastal mill town of Powell River. Paying excellent wages, the pulp, paper and lumber company directly employed almost 2,500 workers. It hired…
Do they get free roller blades? #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale made a few more appointments on Friday to boost her chances of setting a phenomenal record for shifting people around in the senior ranks of the provincial…
Stephen Harper’s Desperate Great Escape Tour
Well I guess he knew he couldn't hide forever eh?And that he had to get as far away from the media and the Senate scandals as he could, without looking…
Why do people leave early?
I just don’t understand it. Why do people leave before a concert or a game is over? Why would they deliberately miss something they paid good money to see? OK,…
PR: more stable government than FPP
The corporate media and business community offer many stern warnings against the dangers of PR voting reform — despite the fact that 85% of developed countries use the system. Among…
Stability Wars: FPP vs PR
“Granted, some minority or coalition governments do manage to deliver solid, progressive government. But they are rarities. More commonly, governments in proportional systems are divisive, unstable, short-lived and paralyzed by…
Code RED! Hamilton in Crisis in Harper’s Canadian Nightmare
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger By now most of us know that we in Canada are in serious trouble, much of it induced by Steve Harper’s uncaring federal government combined with…
“Show me the money”: The Alberta Medical Association Channels Jerry Maguire
Dr Giuffre & Minister Horne To borrow a phrase from Renee Zellweger in the movie Jerry Maguire, Dr Michael Giuffre had me at hello. He battled Health Minister Fred Horne…