CHRIS HADFIELD has captured the worlds heart, judging by the 14m YouTube views of his free-fall rendition of David Bowies “Space Oddity”, recorded on the International Space Station ISS. The Canadian astronauts clear voice and capable guitar-playing were complemented by his facility in moving around in the microgravity of low-earth orbit. But when the man […]
Category Archives: Politics
Rainbow across my electorate
I want to move to this guy’s district, just so I can say I have the coolest MP in the world. Maurice Williamson: Rainbow across my electorate – YouTube.
Posted in Politics
Tagged being-the-change, boat-rockers, civil-rights, great-speeches, hee-hee
Comments closed
Margaret Thatcher – As It Happens
I waited for hours yesterday to hear Billy Bragg’s reaction to Thatcher’s death. (He’s in Calgary and slept through all the cell phone messages relaying the news.) Not disappointed in the final word, courtesy of As It Happens. Margaret Thatcher allowed cynicism and greed to come out from under its ugly stone and become part […]
The Olympics Is a Losers Game
In its ongoing need to be taken seriously as a World Class City – and despite Canada’s almost universal “meh” interest in summer sports – Toronto continually bids for the Summer Games. The city claims it can’t afford to improve our appalling transit service, and cuts civic offerings left right and centre, yet wants to […]
Jason Alexander’s Gun Rant
Jason Alexander wrote an editorial in the wake of the Aurora theatre massacre. Unfortunate pun aside, it’s pretty bang-on. Doubly so with yet another massacre occuring just a week later. Then there are the tweets from the extreme right – these are the folk who believe our government has been corrupted and stolen and that […]
Tell Vic Everything
We Canadians are not very good at protest. We are, however, world-class at grumbling and snark. Legislation that would give police and spies easier access to information about Internet users was introduced this week in Ottawa. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews was an early supporter. This week Twitter went on the attack with a campaign […]
The Bull in Toronto’s China Shop
Christopher Hume excoriates Rob Ford, who continues his trend of doing exactly the wrong thing in any given situation. It’s shameful and embarrassing that our world-class city has to be led by this village-class idiot for the next few years. Claiming to speak for some mythical man in the street, those he meets at Tim […]
The SNP’s Canadian Connection
I caught the tail end of last week’s Sunday Edition, and heard Luke Skipper’s attempts at a Scottish burr. The Walrus wrote this piece on him, the Canadian chief of staff for the Scottish National Party’s Westminster team. It gives a brief look at the new Scottish Independence movement (contrasting it favourably with Québec’s exclusionary […]
Lemony Snicket Occupies Wall Street
I’m no fan of Lemony Snicket – those books were repetitive, smug and ultimately unreadable – but his points “explaining” the lamented Occupy Wall Street movement featured this gem: 11. Historically, a story about people inside impressive buildings ignoring or even taunting people standing outside shouting at them turns out to be a story with […]
Colbert PAC
Stephen Colbert is my hero. This time, he’s taking on the US political PAC system, to prove how corrupt and nefarious it can be. It’s unlikely his campaign will amount to actual reform, but it’s great that he’s planting the seed of knowledge in his viewership, at least. The Daily Show gets a lot more […]