This is pretty sad.
Propaganda being the war of words that it is, this is the Iranian governments public response to the withdrawal of Canadian Ambassador Phillp McKinnon.
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi
on Thursday condemned killing Iranian national Keyvan Tabesh and
injuring the other Amir Aqaei by the Canadian police and the news
blackout imposed on the “criminal [...]

Listen up blog buddies.
Let’s commit a random act of kindness.
And yes, there is something in it for you.
I’m going to beg here because I have no sales skills, and I’ve no problem being shameless for a friend and a friendship I consider priceless. :^)
As you know Rachel Cunliffe of Cre8d designed and set up [...]

Canada’s embassador to Iran Philip MacKinnon has been told to leave.
He will be returning to Canada this week.
Pulling an embassador out of a country is the strongest diplomatic signal of dissatisfaction one country can give to another.
The Iranian government said today that Zahra Kazemi, 54, had been buried in Shiraz, Iran. The Canadian photo [...]

Deputy Prime Minister John Manley has dropped out of the liberal leadership race. That leaves Paul Martin and Sheila Copps.
World Meters
This is oddly compelling. The worldometers ticking out, births, deaths….
You can click over to how many bicycles are being produced, tlcking, clicking.
Food being produced, health…computers being sold…ticking, clicking,
Oddly compelling.
link via The Green Man
LoL. I know [...]

My apologies to three of my favorite people who happen to have law degrees and who happen to be believers, for putting the title in quotes. :^)
It is one thing to be angry for someone, it is quite another to cross a line and be angry at ‘the other’.
I think most of us understand why [...]

The former dictator of Uganda is near death in a Saudi hospital.
Amin is on a respirator in and is not expected to last the night.
Idi Amin was president from 1971 to 1979 and is responsible for the deaths of over 200 thousand people.
He was sent into exile in Libya, then Iraq, and wound up [...]

This article got me thinking, perhaps because it is a bit idealistic.
In reading about Americans who are moving to Canada, I find myself wishing I could talk to the ones interviewed for this article.
I find myself wondering what it is that they are ‘leaving’, and what they may be ‘romanticizing’ about living in Canada.
During the [...]

My twin became a tenant advocate the past few years after having the landlord from ****.
The last few weeks they have not received any mail.
This is the time of year the federal government sends out GST cheques and they didn’t receive theirs.
They don’t know how much mail in total has been stolen. Landlords are required [...]