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My thoughts and prayers to Jack Layton, wishing him a speedy recovery.

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small dead animals

Bonus: Exxon slips $100,000 to the dark side. ... and speaking of courts (could be the start of a trend) Update: Chewbacca extra ... click.... Read More

XUP

Has this ever happened to you? You’re walking along, minding your own business when suddenly, for no reason, you sneeze? You make a weird noise, spew out a bit of mucous, maybe pee your pants a little and go on your way. But, next time you look in the m... Read More

Macleans.ca » Mark Steyn

Take the disappearing Himalayan glaciers. Turns out that ‘research’ was idle speculation. Read More

Enormous Thriving Plants

Ask.com : What+is+a+puddle+awardCheers also to Kathy Shaidle: May she bask in the warmth of her well-earned glory. Read More

David Akin's On the Hill

"Indeed, [Prime Minister] Harper himself has done far more to delay his own crime legislation, by proroguing Parliament and other stalling tactics, than Liberal senators have ever done.”


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SlyVisions dot Com

According to an article at TimesOnline, Google is developing speech translation for Android, and not just any speech translation, but speech-to-speech translation — the best kind of translation, if you ask us. However, Google is noted as saying that... Read More

Girl On The Right

Perfect Valor, a documentary narrated by former Republican senator and 2008 presidential candidate Fred Thompson and produced by David Bossie and his colleagues at Citizens United Productions recounts the stories of a select group of marines and their fam... Read More

YayaCanada

... Just here for a second to suggest you read the quotes from famous people on education at Activist Teacher. They're funny and sad at the same time. Read More

The Hook Home

Will the 2010 Games mark a “turning point” for crowd-sourced event coverage? Two new websites are aiming high with less than five days until the opening ceremonies. Read more ... Read More

Dawg's Blawg

Readers may remember this case. It broke into public view last year when Hassan Diab, a lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University was abruptly fired by the President, Roseanne Runte, after a complaint by B'nai Brith.D... Read More

The Globe and Mail - Christie Blatchford RSS feed

Stephanie Frasca was one of the first to find Jordan Manners Read More

matthewgood.org

I woke up late. I spent the majority of the day vomiting and sleeping and vomiting and sleeping. I now find myself awake in the middle of the night feeling exhausted but unable to go back to bed. I like pissing you off. I like deleting shit. I find it rat... Read More

Danielle Takacs: Galloping Around the Golden Horseshoe

Here are the results of the last several federal elections (click on the images for better resolution) across the Canadian electorate from two different lenses (wouldn't it be nice if polls always told us how many respondents actually planned to vote):I'm... Read More

The Galloping Beaver

MICHAEL PAUL SMITH makes a miniature world like oh you're so there. That's a 50 or so Chevy behind a 58 or so Edsel station wagon. Check out his slide show for a fine look at post-war U.S.A. Read More

Jay Currie

A pal of mine, despite my warnings about internet magazines/blogs/local media, has launched a Vancouver blog just in time to be Down and Out for the Vancouver Olympics. The best thing, not a word about the Olympics. Trust me, this is a feature not a bug. Read More

Macleans.ca » Andrew Coyne

ANDREW COYNE: Obama’s banking reforms would make the U.S. and Canadian systems even less alike than they are at present... Read More

Michael Geist Blog

The UK government has announced plans to adopt Creative Commons licences for the use of government open data. Read More

Canadian Soapbox

As of tomorrow it will have been 3 weeks since I received the H1N1 shot, and I'm happy to report that all is well. I haven't blogged in a while, but that had nothing to do with getting the vaccine, the only side effect I experienced was a sore right arm.I... Read More

Montreal Simon

When I read about what the bullies did to David Fortin it makes me both sad and angry.Despite being big for his age, David never fought back when other kids teased or hit him. His only friend was a girl who, like him, was often bullied.In elementary schoo... Read More

Ghost of a flea

Mark Steyn has almost certainly violated (some new) English law by publishing the following (via... Read More

Marginalized Action Dinosaur

Re-defining political extremism     By Leonard Stern, The Ottawa CitizenFebruary 5, 2010     Tomorrow’s Super Bowl game is super controversial, and for reasons having nothing to do with sport. The stir is over a TV commercial — a 30-seco... Read More

The Mark News - News Filter Feed

Election officials say Hamas forces likely to prevent Gaza residents from voting. Abbas reiterates he will not seek another term as PLO president; unclear who will succeed him if election not held before his term expires January 25th.

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The Disaffected Lib

I'm betting it was a grease fire or maybe a spark in the storeroom where the make-up artists store Lloyd Robertson's supply of mortician's wax but, either way, a fire last night gutted CTV's Ottawa newsroom. Gone forever is the network's collection of com... Read More

Gen X at 40

We've spent a lot of the last 20 years hearing how that bit of Canada known as the West - the bit between BC and Saskatchewan - isn't understood, doesn't fit and (quite conversely) wants to rule us all. What has that done, all that cultural decentralizati... Read More

Peace, order and good government, eh?

'Cos I feel like I owe you one. This is Gov't Mule.... Read More

DarrenBarefoot.com

I pity anybody who has had to learn English as second (or third or fifth) language. It’s a confusing language to begin with, the regional differences are sometimes staggering (or downright opposing). Take the word crèche, for example. I was introdu... Read More

Public Eye Online

Pivot Legal Society LLP is taking a "perfect logical next step" on the path toward establishing that government is "responsible for ensuring there is adequate shelter" for its citizens. That's the opinion of Catherine Boies-Parker, one... Read More

ColbyCosh.com

Are you keeping up with my Maclean's blog? Because, frankly, I get to see the visitor counts in the server log and I'm not at all convinced that you are! I'm very disappointed. What do you need, an RSS feed?... Read More

Macleans.ca » Paul Wells

Jim Prentice preaches responsibility regarding the oil sands Read More

Miss Vicky's Offhand Remarks

Quite a few things happening over the next week! On Tuesday, February 9, join Miss Vicky at the inaugural meeting of the Hintonburg Environment Committee - 7:30pm at the Hintonburg Community Centre. If you have been thinking of getting more involved i... Read More

daveberta.ca

Here is some recommended reading before tomorrow's provincial budget announcement:Concerning the Frequently Repeated Myth of High Government Spending in Alberta... Read More