Friday night music: Morgan Finlay "Blessing and burning"
A wonderful tune from Vancouver's Morgan Finlay. New album "Latitude" on the horizon!
Toronto – Shouldn’t the mayor be held to account?
Ford should have known he’d break promises on service cuts and layoffs - The Globe and MailAnd so should the people of Toronto during the election campaign.Excerpt:Mr. Ford ran for…
In hotel rooms around the world Harper continues to negotiate
The man is a tireless negotiator.
Another day, another embarrassing eruption from Mt. Ford | #TOpoli
Honestly, where do you begin?First, Mayor Stupid's dismissing all the folks who spoke at last month's city hall all-nighter as left-wing, NDP, special-interest types trying to protect their free money.…
If you mishandle this situation, you will not be sitting here four years from now
Toronto Spoke: “You’ve been very arbitrary with your choices,” says Jason Adam Robins « Ford For TorontoClick the link to watch the video.Here is the transcription of the video. Jason…
Friday night
Oh, what else would it be!Have a good night.
Rob Ford is asking for solutions
Toronto News: Take buyout or be laid off, Ford warns workers - thestar.com... but, we know (from the past 8 months as an example) that he won't listen.Rob Ford: "If…
Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth Is Clueless
If you're going to riot:dress appropriately Just like everyone else, I'm following the UK riots closely. The commentary coming out from this event is, like all things sociological, tied-in with…
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. James 4:14
I was put in mind of this passage when I heard today of the sudden death of a young woman. I did not know the woman, but I do know…
The lifeblood of parties
What a great blog post at digby's tonight. The post was about intra-party critics and their usefulness, in light of much of the Democratic generated criticism of Obama of late.…
Friday night
I had two of these links stashed away for a while -- kinda laid back, not really blues, but good enough to work with. When I came across a third…
Introducing the Con Klown Hypocrisy Award
Oh dear. What a dilemma eh? I just created my very own Con Klown Hypocrisy Award. But now I can't seem to decide who is this week's winner. So please…
The Geology of Kakakiwaganda Lake (Rock Lake)
Every summer we spend about a week at our favourite Bed and Breakfast Whispering Pines On the Bay which is about half-way between Sudbury and Killarney Provincial Park. Not only…
Is There An Irony To Be Found In David Cameron’s Misspent Youth?
AllTheBadParentingThatFits?BlueBloodVille "....This is not about poverty, it's about culture. A culture that glorifies violence, shows disrespect to authority, and says everything about rights but nothing about responsibilities. In too many…
Auto Labour Costs and Auto Industry Recovery
I was recently invited to speak to the annual management briefing conference sponsored in Michigan by the Center for Automotive Research, a fine outfit which does the best research work…
Market Mayhem
The wild swings in the North American financial markets this week serve as yet another reminder of the weakness of any linkage between levels and changes in financial asset values…
Jennifer S. Bryson: terrorism and the ‘proliferation of pornography’
Since Breivik, I swear the right has gone around the bend. I mean seriously bent.Here's the set up:Pornography is not a necessary cause of terrorism. The abolition of pornography would…
Festive Left Friday Blogging: Who is this?
Anybody recognize this skinny kid? Here’s a hint: 40 years ago as of August 8, he entered the Venezuelan military academy as an officer cadet. His original hope was to…
US Appeals Court Rules Against Health Law Mandate
http://bit.ly/okaVku If the health care legislation is struck down by the Courts there will be no way for President Obama to bring back a modified form with this Congress. By…
Little Help for the Little Guys: Giving small business a fighting chance
Small business and entrepreneurial ventures are a top priority for the Canadian government. In fact, they’re so important that the government has decided to declare 2011 the Year of the…