Posts Tagged: News, Politics, Events
The Friday Chat That Made The Internet What It Is
Posted by on Friday, January 12, 2007 in - 33 comments
If I didn't do Friday chat, the Internet would stop. That is what the voices tell me. • How Canadian are you? What a dumb question to pose in relation to immigration? What is the benchmark? If they asked a group of Haligonians when I was young the answer would be "not much". We didn't think much …
You Be The President
Posted by on Thursday, January 11, 2007 in - 53 comments
Tough to decide four years in to embrace your inner Powell and grasp the importance of civil order but maybe it is not too late: • “President Bush embraced a major tactical shift on Wednesday evening in the war in Iraq when he declared that the only way to quell sectarian violence there was to …
Conrad Black Apparently Human
Posted by on Saturday, January 6, 2007 in - leave a comment
Interesting to read in the Toronto Star that Conrad Black - a man of many troubles including some not of his own making - has actually made a very honest apology: • “In a letter to the editor of the respected literary publication, Black confesses: "On re-reading my review ... I find that … read more »
When Scientists Write The Headlines
Posted by on Thursday, January 4, 2007 in - 3 comments
Nothing gives me faith in the reliability of a source of information than solid technical descriptions of things. Hope it wasn't Whoville. In other news: • “Celebrities have been asked to check their facts before lending support to scientific research and campaigns, rather than risk misleading …
The Final Bullet Point Chat For 2006
Posted by on Friday, December 29, 2006 in - 80 comments
It's here. The last Friday of 2006. Like most, I hate New Year's Eve due to one or two nights of the bad party. Now I plan nothing and always get my way. Once many years ago - for reasons I can't get into and I can't really recall - I ate about five servings of fried clams and shot plastic dart …
Speaking Of Movie Of The Week.
Posted by on Thursday, December 14, 2006 in - 4 comments
I give up. It is nutty news day: • “The world's tallest man has saved two dolphins by using his long arms to reach into their stomachs and pull out dangerous plastic shards. Mongolian herdsman Bao Xishun was called in after the dolphins swallowed plastic used around their pool at an aquarium in …
Remember: Do Not Be Nutty Today
Posted by on Thursday, December 14, 2006 in - 4 comments
Sometimes life does mirror really bad 1980s movies of the week: • “Myriam Bédard, a one-time Canadian Olympic hero, is now a fugitive wanted by police for parental abduction. Quebec City police have issued an arrest warrant for Ms. Bédard, who left for the United States this fall with her spouse …
With Friends Like These...
Posted by on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 in - 10 comments
More confirmation of Australian ties to the proppy-uppery of dictatorship. Should we not now rename the kangaroo the kanga-won't? • “A high-level commission investigating corruption in the United Nations oil-for-food program released a long-awaited report on Monday stating unequivocally that a …
More Nations
Posted by on Monday, November 27, 2006 in - 28 comments
This is the inevitable and obvious implication except for not being in the plural - I understand "nations" is what they are: • “British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell is calling on Ottawa to extend the same acknowledgment of Quebeckers as a nation within Canada to the country's aboriginal …
Jan The Anarchist At Home
Posted by on Sunday, November 26, 2006 in - 1 comment
The BBC has an interesting set of photos on a German anarchist living in a squat in London: • “Jan does not claim benefits and describes himself as a micro-entrepreneur. "Some anarchists are really radical and don’t want money, but they are on the dole. I say, 'How can you do that when you are …
