NWT PEDAM
I’d move to Yellowknife if it didn’t mean I’d be doing it alone! I had a great time in the North West Territories, and I look forward to going back…
Man of Steel Review–at BCHA Blog
Just a quick note that I posted a review of Man of Steel on the BC Humanist Association blog. Make sure to follow that blog for the occasional update. Tl;dr…
Committing Sociology or Climatology
The Prime Minister infamously implored people to not “commit sociology” when Chechen-American thugs blew people up in Boston. The PM’s point was that he didn’t want people analysing the root…
George Galloway warns against western intervention in Syria: speech on video
In this speech George Galloway is in top rhetorical form. He takes a few well aimed shots at western hypocrisy, pointing out that while the U.S. et al are allied…
Scott McKeen, Bev Esslinger enter open city council races
TweetWith three of Edmonton’s City Councillors in the mayoral election and two councillors retiring, there are now five open Ward’s in this year’s municipal election. With five out of twelve…
Another a the same cat
Repeated hand drawn images with cheap stupid silly body noise joke. Filed under: art Tagged: Cat, hiccup
Today’s Sun News Intellectual Thought: By-elections? BY-ELECTIONS!?
This is utterly stupid: It’s about time we stopped wasting millions a year on byelections triggered by nothing other than a politician’s personal interests. Ever since the first session of…
HARD WORK
On Thursday, I had the pleasure of being a guest at the Liberal Party of Canada in Saanich-Gulf Islands‘ Hope and Hard Work goal-setting meeting. Getting together with other Liberals…
Saturday Photo: Roses and Peonies
What good is rain for? For making roses and peonies bloom. I’ve never had such lovely ones as this year, when the temperatures have been cool and the rain has…
Brilliant Analysis of the BC Election by Gary Mason
Christy Clark outworking and outframing Dix If you relish the nitty-gritty of political campaigns, like reading a well-written journalist post, and want to learn why framing cost the BC NFP…
Syrian president Bashar al-Assad mocked in satirical finger puppet performance
From The Guardian: Anonymous Syrian art group Masasit Mati launched the online finger-puppet show Top Goon: Diaries of a Little Dictator in 2011 to lampoon Bashar al-Assad’s oppressive rule. Amid…
Trudeau’s the rubber, Harper the glue.
“I’m rubber, you’re glue. Your words bounce off me and stick to you.” That juvenile little axiom popped into my head today as I contemplated the amazing Rubber Man, Justin…
Rob Ford you are responsible for the province cutting funding
Ontario’s Liberal government is cutting close to $150 million in transfer payments to the City of Toronto. The payments, which are used to fund social programs, will be cut off…
McLaren Workshop app. Eh.
and Two scribbles out of the NFB’s McLaren Workshop IOS app. I am disappointed that it’s so locked into Vimeo, because for some reason iMovie just spins it’s wheels trying…
Saturday At The Movies
It’s graduation time, so here’s Ellen DeGeneres delivering the 2009 commencement address – and great advice for living a good life – at Tulane University.
6174…Gril Guide Cookies For Sale
Courtesy of my cousin Lana Nolan in Perth, Ontario comes this advert for the best cure for over indulging in anti glaucoma medicine. What do you want, good taste or…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Chrystia Freeland writes about the dangers of increased concentration of wealth – particularly when it bears at best a passing relationship to any…
Not All Words Are Equal, or Used Equally
There’s an economic principle known as the rule of fungibility that states a commodity is equivalent to other units of the same commodity. For example, a litre of gasoline is…
June 22: Why?
the big story, front page special report covers the best part of a whole page. Why? It says almost nothing. This is essentially a feel good story about how the…