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Pacific Rim
I watched “Pacific Rim” after “Super 8″ and was not as impressed by either as I’d hoped to be. First, I can’t hear Pacific Rim any more without thinking Job…
The new epidemic: Death cults and the culture of despair
An article in The Atlantic speaks to the growing death-fetish that is gripping more and more youth. It is a bad omen for the state of modern industrial civilization as…
Democracy at Putney Church, continued
This post continues from my previous post about on the Putney Debates; a debate that took place between Cromwell and the Army Grandees on the one hand, and the representatives…
Frontenanc Community Mental Health a case study in empty promises
You would think these would be the best of times for community health care providers. The Wynne government is freezing base hospital funding and telling Ontarians that they can instead…
Social Determinants: Low income second leading cause of death in Canada
Dr. James Dunn makes it clear that wealth not only is a key determinant of a person’s health, but it is stratified so that each economic level outperforms the one…
Imagine common sense
John Lennon, Imagine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRhq-yO1KN8 Think about how widely loved this song is. Then think about the lyrics and what they say – this is a song that is urging anarchist…
Crack’d: The Cons Behind the Cons
When depraved and corrupt people run our lives and our governments, what options do we have?
The Press Releases Begin to Fly…
The following just arrived in my inbox. The battle lines are being drawn… Friends, This is a sad day for the City of Toronto. As a Torontonian, and as a…
The most important question(s) of the day:
Will Rob Ford’s crack smoking video knock Mike Duffy’s expense scandal off the top of the wires? Which story is worse for the Conservative establishment? How’s that convention going, anyway?
Social Determinants: Have we designed physical activity out of our cities?
OPSEU’s head office is located about a brisk 15 minute walk from the Leslie subway station in Toronto. The building is located in a business park in which thousands of…
Democracy at Putney Church
On October 28, 1647, an extraordinary debate occurred at Putney Church in London. Representatives of the New Model Army rank and file – Agitators – met with members of the…
Senate scandal is now a full-blown government crisis for Stephen Harper
So I said on Sun News today. This isn’t going away and it’s going to deeply hurt the Conservative brand.
It’s Not the End of the World
His mind slid away into the labyrinthine world of doublethink. To know and not to know, to be conscious of complete truthfulness while telling carefully constructed lies, to hold simultaneously…
Mulcair Seems Not to Care…
NDP vows to keep pressure on PM over Senate expenses NDP’s caucus chair speaks to media after meeting with MPs CBC News Posted: Oct 30, 2013 11:07 AM ET Last…
It’s getting dark out there
Fellow cyclists of the world, I implore you to start putting lights on your bikes. Around these parts, the sun doesn’t rise until about 7:30 or so at this time…
It has begun…
I wish I believed in God so that when I say “Dear God” it carried some kind of punch. That aside: Dear God, it has begun. CBC has started it’s…
Voters hardly deserve our governments.
It is a mindless statement of politics that the voters get the government they deserve. That is such a false statement that it should be declared illegal to even say…
How much longer can Ontario dance around nursing home staffing needs?
Ontario has been remarkably resistant to the idea of staffing standards in long-term care. Staffing is a major determinant of quality in long-term care – something even the most casual…
*Yawn* Another ‘Scandal’ Masks the Real Issues
Senator Mike Duffy’s bombshell allegations raise more questions Duffy says PMO coached him to lie about source of $90,000 cheque CBC News Posted: Oct 29, 2013 6:02 AM ET Last…