Archives for June 2010
‘Bill Wilson’s Gospel’ and open source mutual aid
David Brooks writes about the "movement" "organization" thingy sometimes jokingly refered to as "Anarchy (in) Action": As Koerner notes, A.A. has been the subject of thousands of studies. … [Read more...]
Post – June 30, 2010 00:24:44
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/Rediscovering+rights/3213470/story.html … [Read more...]
Ann ‘Coulter could not be reached immediately for comment’
Give it another few minutes... University [of Ottawa] records surrounding the Coulter controversy were … [Read more...]
BREAKING: Toronto police chief admits with a smile: he just ‘made up’ rules ‘to keep criminals out’
Congratulations to Toronto's top cop, for guaranteeing that the next event of this kind in the city gets 10x the protesters -- made up of newly radicalized, cynical and pissed off citizens. Ghost of a Flea has the … [Read more...]
Did these Mormons know they were buying, you know, a talk radio station?
SLTrib: Conservative talk-radio giant Sean Hannity likely will be the latest victim of a puritanical purge lunched within LDS Church-owned … [Read more...]
Finally!
Except it should be done NOW: “We’re all living a lot longer than anyone ever expected. And I think that raising the retirement age — going out 20 years, so you’re not affecting anyone close to retirement — and eventually getting … [Read more...]
MY first clue that Canada ‘is falling behind on the tech front and needs a new strategy’?
They declared that at a conference called... "Canada 3.0" (Rejected names for the conference no doubt included "X-CAN," "Can-Ex" and something with the word … [Read more...]
So let’s put Carol Burnett on the Supreme Court
Newsbusters: NYT's Stolberg: Kagan a 'Brilliant Woman...Who Is Also Very Funny and Warm and … [Read more...]
Freedom rally for the ‘Son of Hamas’ in Toronto tonight
7:30 PM, Toronto Zionist Center, 788 Marlee Avenue Details here PLUS: [Read more...]
Shorter Canadian ‘conservatives’:
"You shouldn't have gone downtown in your own city while Obama was there!" The dispute over whether I'm a "teenager" or "middle aged" or magically both continues, I'm informed. I'd rather be either than a typical, trembling old lady desperately chirping, "I think the police are … [Read more...]
Hindu honor killings? (updated)
Phyllis Chesler writes: I was also surprised to read about many Hindu honor killings because Hindu human rights activists, whom I had queried, hotly denied that Hindus ever commit … [Read more...]