Amplifying this tonight, just in case it can get to someone who really needs to see it:
https://elainegrey.dreamwidth.org/990198.html
https://elainegrey.dreamwidth.org/990198.html
Apologies to Matthew Good.
I can't imagine it's good to be him today watching the news from the west coast of Turtle Island. Not having the lyrics of "Last Parade" from the album Vancouver thrown in his face by the news headlines like this.
That smoke will be over Ottawa tomorrow night probably...?
I can't imagine it's good to be him today watching the news from the west coast of Turtle Island. Not having the lyrics of "Last Parade" from the album Vancouver thrown in his face by the news headlines like this.
That smoke will be over Ottawa tomorrow night probably...?
CBC: Ideas - A Search for the Common Good
Sep. 7th, 2020 02:06 pmListening to this one at the moment:
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/our-futurecestors-deserve-a-voice-in-today-s-decisions-says-author-1.5710902
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/our-futurecestors-deserve-a-voice-in-today-s-decisions-says-author-1.5710902
MAIL: A Question
Aug. 15th, 2020 11:30 pmWhy was Canada Post changed from a federal department to a Crown corporation in the first place?
Yes, I can read the official story at their website, or assorted other POVs elsewhere on- or offline. And probably will soon enough. But - inspired by the unholy mess now in progress in the States, of course - I am again somewhat skeptical about the reasoning.
Your thoughts, please?
Yes, I can read the official story at their website, or assorted other POVs elsewhere on- or offline. And probably will soon enough. But - inspired by the unholy mess now in progress in the States, of course - I am again somewhat skeptical about the reasoning.
Your thoughts, please?
NEWS: CBC Radio's _The House_
Apr. 25th, 2020 02:56 pmListening to this from three weeks ago:
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thehouse/cbc-radio-s-the-house-mar-28-2020-1.5512731
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thehouse/cbc-radio-s-the-house-mar-28-2020-1.5512731
Conspiracy Theories 'R' Me
Feb. 12th, 2019 07:13 pmI've got this weird idea in my brain at the moment suggesting that some third party is playing sick games at Trudeau and Wilson-Raybould's joint expense. I've got two, maybe three ideas of varying sketchiness as to who it might be and why.
Maybe it's all the Trump-Russia craziness going on, with a side of Seth Abramson's musings about that being the culmination of decades-long work. Maybe I'm just scared silly.
I want to be wrong about this. And I know my vague theory is extremely vague right now...
Maybe it's all the Trump-Russia craziness going on, with a side of Seth Abramson's musings about that being the culmination of decades-long work. Maybe I'm just scared silly.
I want to be wrong about this. And I know my vague theory is extremely vague right now...
Dots, Connecting: From France to Alberta?
Dec. 8th, 2018 10:52 pmMax Boot on the "gilets jaunes" mess now underway in France, and the alleged connections to Putinists:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2018/12/08/france-online-extremists-put-centrism-torch/
Meanwhile, in Alberta:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-yellow-vest-protests-1.4938333
Is it such a stretch to think there's a direct link between these particular events in France and Alberta this week?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2018/12/08/france-online-extremists-put-centrism-torch/
Meanwhile, in Alberta:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-yellow-vest-protests-1.4938333
Is it such a stretch to think there's a direct link between these particular events in France and Alberta this week?
I had a look at this during the ride home from work. I think Mr. Gurney might need to have a conversation with Madeline Ashby and Shannon Gormley about his capacity for optimism. That aside...
https://globalnews.ca/news/4272091/commentary-still-think-outsourcing-our-national-defence-is-a-good-idea/
https://globalnews.ca/news/4272091/commentary-still-think-outsourcing-our-national-defence-is-a-good-idea/
Bracing for Discovery
Sep. 24th, 2017 12:25 pm"Hotumn" continues in Ottawa-Gatineau. Sweat from scalp to soles is normal-abnormal right now. Sleep continues to be a luxury item by virtue of being a medical necessity.
The Invictus Games are underway in Toronto, as are the German elections, the continuing weather/climate turmoil in the Caribbean Islands, the post-quake trauma in several regions of Mexico...and on it goes. This world continues to be a busy place, defying anyone's ability to fully understand it at any one moment. I can still live with that.
The Big Event for me as a science fiction fan tonight is Star Trek: Discovery's opening episode, "The Vulcan Hello". I can't say that I'm pleased with the idea of the series being available by subscription-streaming over the Net everywhere else on the planet, but at least Canada's managed to avoid that for now via Space Channel.
Also, I'm still getting used to this being the first Trek branch-series filmed on soundstages outside the USA. In Toronto, of all places. Just over four hours away from me by passenger train. This wasn't a thing I'd ever really expected to happen. Sure, I'd imagined branch series created for every language in which Trek is watched these days in the places where those languages were most presently in use. Which was probably less than practical, even nowadays.
Not sure yet about the design aesthetics of the series, but we'll see how it goes. Looking forward to those maps they've been talking about in Lorca's ready room...
The Invictus Games are underway in Toronto, as are the German elections, the continuing weather/climate turmoil in the Caribbean Islands, the post-quake trauma in several regions of Mexico...and on it goes. This world continues to be a busy place, defying anyone's ability to fully understand it at any one moment. I can still live with that.
The Big Event for me as a science fiction fan tonight is Star Trek: Discovery's opening episode, "The Vulcan Hello". I can't say that I'm pleased with the idea of the series being available by subscription-streaming over the Net everywhere else on the planet, but at least Canada's managed to avoid that for now via Space Channel.
Also, I'm still getting used to this being the first Trek branch-series filmed on soundstages outside the USA. In Toronto, of all places. Just over four hours away from me by passenger train. This wasn't a thing I'd ever really expected to happen. Sure, I'd imagined branch series created for every language in which Trek is watched these days in the places where those languages were most presently in use. Which was probably less than practical, even nowadays.
Not sure yet about the design aesthetics of the series, but we'll see how it goes. Looking forward to those maps they've been talking about in Lorca's ready room...
A Cultural Timing Joke?
Jan. 29th, 2017 10:08 pmTonight, CTV - one of the privately-owned TV networks here in Canada - aired Captain America: the Winter Soldier.
I have to wonder about the timing, given the last three months in the real worlds. How long ago would the scheduling choice for this particular night have been made?
I have to wonder about the timing, given the last three months in the real worlds. How long ago would the scheduling choice for this particular night have been made?
Eurasian Linkages of Interest
Jan. 4th, 2017 08:07 amGood morning (Eastern Standard Time), everyone!
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rfmcdonald pointed out a weblog to me years ago that got my attention, called Window on Eurasia. It focuses largely on Russia and her neighbours, which - in the current political context - you might well imagine why people in general might be interested. They may not want to click on the news/opinion/message board links in many cases, particularly the ones ending in *.ru, for the next couple of years...but the material on the blog itself provides some additional context from which to view the situation. Double- and triple-checking is encouraged.
Also, noting from yesterday's Toronto Star, and originally sourced from Andrew Roth at the Washington Post, an article that might suggest worse people than the current management are still a possibility for that country.
More on other topics to follow as the day moves onward.
rfmcdonald pointed out a weblog to me years ago that got my attention, called Window on Eurasia. It focuses largely on Russia and her neighbours, which - in the current political context - you might well imagine why people in general might be interested. They may not want to click on the news/opinion/message board links in many cases, particularly the ones ending in *.ru, for the next couple of years...but the material on the blog itself provides some additional context from which to view the situation. Double- and triple-checking is encouraged.Also, noting from yesterday's Toronto Star, and originally sourced from Andrew Roth at the Washington Post, an article that might suggest worse people than the current management are still a possibility for that country.
More on other topics to follow as the day moves onward.
How seriously should these opinion pieces be taken as?
Der Spiegel Online English: Opinion:Putin's Not Post-Communist, He's Post-Fascist by Jan Fleischhauer
Los Angeles Times Op-Ed: What Vladimir Putin chooses not to know about Russian history
Der Spiegel Online English: Opinion:Putin's Not Post-Communist, He's Post-Fascist by Jan Fleischhauer
Los Angeles Times Op-Ed: What Vladimir Putin chooses not to know about Russian history
Specifically, the ones still in town this weekend:
Good luck to you all.
Good luck to you all.
Open Mic II(or "I've had it today")
Aug. 11th, 2006 02:13 pmYou looked at the front pages of the newspapers?
Fine. There's one of my reasons for being fed up in a nutshell. And I've noticed other sane people by the thousands in a similar state for related reasons.
(And then there's the spam everyone finds themselves coping with, and on and on...)
So, I'm going to do something sane.
I'm posting a link to a particularly pleasing spaceref.com article I read recently. Some good news for today at least.
Then I'm going back to drawing pages whilst leaving the mic open. Share some other good news I may not have heard yet.
Please.
Fine. There's one of my reasons for being fed up in a nutshell. And I've noticed other sane people by the thousands in a similar state for related reasons.
(And then there's the spam everyone finds themselves coping with, and on and on...)
So, I'm going to do something sane.
I'm posting a link to a particularly pleasing spaceref.com article I read recently. Some good news for today at least.
Then I'm going back to drawing pages whilst leaving the mic open. Share some other good news I may not have heard yet.
Please.
