handwriting is history
One might consider handwriting as a technology — a way to make letters — and conclude that the way of making them is of little moment. But handwriting is bound…
Bringing cheer into the gloom
This was good to see: The town was not on the official royal itinerary, but the royal couple made a special stop with the hope of bringing much-needed cheer to…
Israeli checkpoints kill women in childbirth, says new study…
from The Electronic Intifada, 6 July 2011 An infant is transferred into an ambulance at Qalandiya checkpoint between Ramallah and East Jerusalem; Palestinian ambulances are prevented from freedom of travel.…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for July 7, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Hamas arrests male hairdresser for Gaza woman's haircut (Jon Donnison/BBC) - http://goo.gl/RXz9QNYC readies for start of gay marriage law -…
Toronto City Councilor Records March, Calls For Toronto Pride Defunding (the continuing saga)
Borrowing a page from “Porno” Peter LaBarbera, Toronto city councilor Giorgio “Creepy” Mammoliti made it a point to film Saturday’s Dyke March during Toronto Pride Week festivities, in hopes of…
The Saga Of A Prodigal Son
Bob Hepburn argues, in today's Toronto Star, that Conrad Black should be stripped of his Order of Canada: Strangely though, the advisory council that oversees the Order of Canada once…
Business As Usual Is Over: Value Change Required For Survival
Today’s blog posting was initially posted on 350orbust on June 30, 2010: Chief Oren Lyons said, when speaking about Climate Change at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues…
Letter to Supporters: This is what we’ve been waiting for
When Stop The Meter kicked off in the fall, who would have thought we’d come this far? With your help our historic Stop The Meter campaign pressured all of the…
Mostly competent government
It's been almost exactly a year since then Industry Minister Tony Clement announced that the census long form would no longer be mandatory. Among the lies he told us at…
Ontario
Flew to Toronto on Monday morning, and slept along the way, still only giving me a few hours of sleep, as I was wound up and doing chores I hadn’t…
Cyclist fractures pedestrian’s skull, gets $400 fine
The story below certainly suggests the cyclist could have been charged with a criminal offence - perhaps criminal negligence. But the fact remains accidents, sometimes tragic, do happen. And when…
The Republicans are Getting Old part 3
Other issue's the Republicans stay constant is there obsessive ideology that if you have free markets everything will be okay. Free Market: Is the corner stone of any good Republican.…
Checking in on the Wheat Board plebiscite
A Wheat Board commissioned poll shows support for the single desk system in advance of the plebiscite:According to the CWB's 2011 producer survey, 59 per cent of prairie farmers support…
Orphaned polar bear cub, Qannik, arrives at Louisville Zoo
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The Levels of Drinking Consciousness: A Unified Theory
Yesterday we looked at Larry Miller’s routine, “the five levels of drinking”, which while entertaining, does not look the levels systematically. He also really only discusses the first three levels…
Don Cherry Should Stick to Hockey and Stay Out of Politics
My right-wing followers keep sending me links to Sun TV and to articles by right-wing columnists, but this interview with Don Cherry on Fox News North just makes me incredibly…
Skinner throws AG under bus
Natural resources minister Shawn Skinner threw outgoing Attorney General John Noseworthy under the bus on Wednesday as he contradicted the AG’s claim he can’t get access to some of the…
And there goes another one
Jim Baker, incumbent Conservative in Labrador west announced today he won’t be seeking re-election in the fall. Baker claims he made the decision in 2007. Odds are you’d have a…