You’re getting a clam!
Yesterday I hit up the Henry Ford, a museum in Detroit which is one of the coolest all-American museums in the US. I about burst into tears when I discovered…
Water lily today
Even the water lilies are looking for some shade.
Aboriginal children used for nutritional experiments – during and after World War II
These kinds of stories are troubling. It gives one a bad feeling about our history and damages the pride of being Canadian. Such experiments were done after World War II.
Wave At Saturn Friday #saturnpic
Are you shy about having your photo taken? What if you’ll be an indistinguishable smudge on a pale blue dot, then are you still shy? If so, don’t go outside…
The NDP – Just Another Political Machine
Although I will likely vote NDP federally in the next election, I am under no illusion that the party is much different from its two major competitors. Indeed, I see…
Administering Colonial Science: Nutrition Research And Human Biomedical Experimentation In Aboriginal Communities And Residential Schools, 1942–1952
The full-text of the paper that everyone is talking about can be found here. The researchers do not come off as being quite as reprehensible as they seem in media…
New column day
Here, on what the Cons’ response to the Lac-Mégantic rail explosion says about their wider concern (or lack thereof) for the safety of Canadians. For further reading…– My earlier posts…
6253…Violin Appreciation Day
It was on this day in the year 64 that Nero fiddled while Rome burned. You could look it up. WFDS
July 18: Why hasn’t Jim Irving visited Lac Megantic?
Mr. Burkhardt, president of the railway that destroyed Lac Megantic and killed some fifty people, took five days to get up, brush his teeth, have a leisurely breakfast, and drop…
Another Pennsylvania Wastewater Treatment Plant Accused of Illegally Disposing Radioactive Fracking Waste
A Pennsylvania industrial wastewater treatment plant has been illegally accepting oil and gas wastewater and polluting the Allegheny river with radioactive waste and other pollutants, according to an environmental group…
6252…Arrest Bonus Of 250 K
Wow being a disgraced pol really pays off. Take the case of Montreal’s ex mayor Michael Applebaum. You may recall that Mr. Applebaum was interim mayor of Canada’s coolest city…
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Boston bomber, on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine
I believe the Boston bomber’s photo on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine was egregious. This kind of notoriety gives other young people incentive to undertake similar actions. It does…
EI Benefits Falling Faster Than Unemployment
Statistics Canada reported today that 12,290 fewer Canadians received Employment Insurance (EI) benefits in May compared to April. EI benefits are shrinking far faster than unemployment. In percentage terms, the…
Stephen Harper Final Goodbye
Will this happen? Canadians will hope soon.
Has Enbridge every lied to you before?
There is no stopping the pipeline people from Enbridge. The Enbridge motto should be “What TransCanada can’t do, Enbridge can do!” With President Obama making the noises that he will…
When is legislation of quasi-constitutional status?
Nunavut (Minister of the Environment) v. WSCC, 2013 NUCJ 11 has a useful analysis of when a statute is to be given special consideration as being of quasi-consititutional status: A.…
Cheap and Easy Ways to Keep Cool Without Air Conditioning
I’m one of those people that can’t handle unrelenting heat and so I’m always looking for ways to stay cool. I’m also one of those people who doesn’t like air…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Plenty more commentators are weighing in on the Harper Cons’ enemy list, including the Star, the Globe and Mail, and Lawrence Martin.…
Duck ducking
Filed under: photo Tagged: duck, la la la, LOL