Link of the Day: Retrontario’s YouTube channel
If you grew up here in Ontario, then this is bound to take you back. It’s a collection of YouTube clips taped from local television during the seventies and eighties. If you ever find yourself missing Mark Dailey, for example, they’ve got a playlist just for him, featuring fully fifty-three videos at the time of […]
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I was joking when I said that Stephen Harper was probably racing to prorogue Parliament before Friday’s budget vote
In the wake of today’s news about the upcoming vote to defeat the budget and trigger an election, I said something that I’d now like to assure you was just a joke, with no evidence available to substantiate it. “The race is on: can the Tories shut the government down again by Friday, in time […]
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You ought to read “I Am the Market”
As long as I’m writing about decent music on a weekly basis, I figure I ought to do the same for good books. Let’s kick it off today with I Am the Market, a book by Italian journalist Luca Rastello that I recently read and thoroughly enjoyed. Subtitled “How to Smuggle Cocaine by the Ton […]
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The budget’s been rejected, and an election’s likely to follow
Following yesterday’s rejection of the budget presented to the House, Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff has announced that he will table a motion against the government later today. A vote on the motion will follow on Friday, with the NDP and the Bloc pledging to support it. “This is a government that’s lost the confidence of […]
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It’s not Friday, but it’s snowing, so here’s the video for “Make You Feel That Way” by Blackalicious
Once again, the skies are full of snow and my Twitter feed is full of people moping about it. Instead of another day of that, how about a bit of this?
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Link of the Day: The Heart and Stroke Foundation
“The Heart and Stroke Foundation, a volunteer-based health charity, leads in eliminating heart disease and stroke and reducing their impact through the advancement of research and its application; the promotion of healthy living; and advocacy.” Do check them out.
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Today is Budget Day; will Election Day soon follow?
“It’s Budget Day today,” the good people at iPolitics noted in their Morning Brief. The “annual staring contest” will begin at 4:00 PM EST, when Finance Minster Jim Flaherty will table the Harper government’s proposed budget in the House. Check out the iPolitics infographic explaining the budget process; it’s one of a number of useful […]
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Link of the Day: mindyourmind
“mindyourmind is a non-profit mental health engagement program that works with youth, emerging adults and the professionals who serve them to develop reliable and relevant resources and communication platforms. These resources are designed using current evidence and research to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness and increase access and use of community support, both […]
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Flawed arguments against the public education system (and wicked roundhouse kicks)
My friend Aaron recently shared a link to an article on WorldNetDaily by martial arts icon, living meme and patriot Chuck Norris. It’s the first in a two-part series on American public schools – or “progressive indoctrination camps,” as Norris prefers to call them. Claiming that “a liberal bias in our academic curricula and system […]
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