On that Blatchford column
There has been lots of ink, tweets and blogposts written and spilled over Christie Blatchford’s rather controversial National Post column about the public and media reaction to Jack Layton’s death…
Israel/Palestine Overview
The Israel/Palestine issue is a particularly difficult topic to talk and write about simply because it is such a poignant, polarizing and established issue. Within a few sentences, western commentators…
What I Found in my Garden
A turtle. I remember as a child reading about turtles (or tortoises) in England, where all proper gardens seemed to have one — and being rather charmed by the idea.…
Wednesday Afternoon ‘Rider Blogging
I didn't get around to commenting on the Saskatchewan Roughriders' last loss before its implications were overtaken by subsequent events. But with the 'Riders still having another week and a…
Have Your Say on the 2012-14 Capital Plan
The proposed 2012-14 Capital Plan for the City of Vancouver has gone out for public consultation. You can join in the conversation here - but only until August 31st. This…
Rick Perry: New Star of Repugs
His book “Fed Up” was published recently. In this book he writes “Social Security a “failure and an “illegal Ponzi scheme,”.. Some say his book will haunt him and he…
European and US Working Class Politics: Right, Left and Neutered
The deepening economic crises in Europe and the United States are provoking contrasting socio-political responses from the working and middle classes. In Europe, especially among the Mediterranean countries (Greece, Spain,…
Giant Xstrata Coal Mine Challenged Over Climate Change Impacts
xstrata test pit at wandoan.jpg A GIANT mine planned in Queensland, Australia, is facing a court challenge over the impacts that burning its coal will have on rising sea-levels, global…
I make milk. What’s your superpower?
God, how I love breasts. Got your attention now, don’t I? Bwahaha. SO not going where you were hoping. No, I mean, yeah, they’re aesthetically pleasing if you’re into that sort of…
Jack Layton on This Hour Has 22 Minutes
Jack gets Marg’d. And other choice moments. Lots of Canadian politicians have been great sports about the merciless satire this CBC fake-news show dishes out on their (usually) all-too-deserving heads,…
HST Referendum Shuffle….Elections BC Will Neither Confirm Nor Deny…
ForAConfederacyYouNeedAFewDuncesVille ....When The Flipping Results Will Be Announced Seriously. It's Wednesday, and the results are supposed to be released Thursday, but now they are saying it may be Friday. Or.…
The dirty south…sooo, sooo many movies about denial…
i'm cross-posting these from my okcupid journal. heh. :) i don't think these kinds of posts are helping me meet any "nice" men. ;) hehehehe Disgusting happy deep south racist…
Jack
What a huge loss. I had heard the news early Monday morning from a loved one and then my blackberry started flooding with notes from various political types of the…
Liberals built this!
www.liberalsbuiltthis.ca Had a great time this weekend taking part in the province wide Ontario Young Liberal blitz showing the great investments that the Ontario Liberal Party has made in families…
How to protect your books from zombies – Post-industrial bookcase will also shelter your loved ones from terrorist attacks and GMO crop blight
From artist Alex Féthière: “Don’t think Sinkhold is a bookcase because of its shape and contents. Owing to its stainless steel construction from a series of sinks, it holds many…
G’mornin’…
i like the song. just not sure i need to see that many white men running around completely amok in the world. sort of scary. :) if what you're reading…
Put It On the Kids’ Tab – A Cautionary Tale
We got used to it after WWII, governments borrowing money to be repaid by taxpayers in the future. In an era of foreseeable, sustained growth that wasn't so bad. The…
PM heads to NunAntvut gold mine
Inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/08/24/north-harper-tour.html
3990…I Hate When This Happens
ABC reports that Phillip Seaton went into Louisville Jewish Hospital for a circumsion and came out sans le penis. Dr. John Patterson found inflammation on Mr. Seaton's little head back…