Teaching gay history becomes law in California
On Wednesday, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a bill that requires all schools in the state to teach students about the contributions of LGBT people throughout history. The…
Shaw to turn the Internet into a two-tier service
openmedia_logo.jpg Shaw will shape the Internet to give preference to its own content July 15, 2011 – After presenting a purportedly pr...
walkom: we sent our soldiers to die to impress our largest trading partner
This is probably the strongest truth-telling about Canada's experience in Afghanistan - and the revolting response to it at home - that I have seen in the mainstream media. Thank…
Swimming in the St. Lawrence: Not So Crazy as You Might Think
As I write this, at shortly after 7 a.m., some hardy souls are gathering on a pier in Montreal's Old Port, getting ready for the Grand Splash. For the seventh…
Toulouse Le Grandfig’s Summer Vacation: Onions
Shattolott City, 1932 The man who loved onions. He loved onions Loved em. Really. He loooved them. If you catch my drift. The authorities frowned on his vegetable affections, but…
Did I say yes to Muskrat? I meant “no”: Jones
Political decisions in Newfoundland and Labrador are apparently like the local weather at least as far as the current crop of party leaders in the province is concerned. Wait a…
Aquaculture centre opened three years behind schedule, more than 100% over budget
Premier Kathy Dunderdale opened an aquaculture centre in the south coast community of St. Alban’s on Thursday three years after it was supposed to be finished and at more than…
Things Which May Be Connected
Kate's Butt.Sun Media's decision to pull out of the Ontario Press Council:The Toronto Sun must be getting too many complaints about its decision to publish that embarrassing Kate Middleton photo.…
Des Nouvelles De L’Avenir
Good day to you, gentlemen, gentleladies and other various gentlepeople. It is I, Professor Flamingo Jones of the University of Oxbridgeshire, writing to you once again. For the next week…
An overdue verdict on Guergis
The Ethics Commissioner has ruled that Helena Guergis did indeed contravene ethics guidelines when she promoted a company that her husband was connected to in a letter to her local…
Rupert Murdoch and the Fox News Gang
For the last two weeks I was lucky to have been in Britain as the Rupert Murdoch / News International scandal hit that country like a massive meteorite, rocking its…
Canadian media’s narrative of the Afghan war suspiciously like a fairy tale
The Intercontinental Hotel, Kabul, as it’s supposed to look: About as real as Canadian reporting on Afghanistan. Below: Helicopters hovering, above the Intercontinental, as shot by Reuters News Service; in…
Shorter
Shorter Eric Bolling: I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard was not what I meant.
Pulpit and Politics soon to be a book
Dennis Gruending, a popular Canadian religion blogger will be publishing a book in the fall, titled after his blog, Pulpit and Politics: I have been struck over the past few…
Packed and ready to go
Have I missed anything? Hope not. I'm mostly ready to go. Of course the last thing is computer related. I managed to wipe out the virtual machine I use to…
Proof That Cowboys Are Kind of Morons
Apparently riding bulls whose nuts have been twisted to drive them into a frenzy of pain and rage is a stupid, fucking thing to do. According to a recent study,…
Today at the Beach
Rare and perfect summer weather–sunny and 26 (79)–lured me to the beach with M & H. We waded in the water; we collected rocks, just a handful of small ones…
Who knew that stuff you learned in school…
...would be useful someday. Well in all seriousness I did, but this made some of the theory a little less theoretical. My bi-monthly edition of SkyNews showed up shortly after…