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If Hallmark Can Create Holidays ... (Greg's DTK) (Progressive Bloggers)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:45:40 GMT

Most of the "holidays" that we celebrate aren't very traditional. I don't think Father's Day really existed until Hallmark invented it as an excuse to sell greeting cards. Following that came Grandparents' Day, Secretary's Day and a host of other things.Simply by making greeting cards celebrating a nonexistent event, Hallmark brings the event in to existence. Hallmark may be the most powerful force...

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Dion / Tiurner (Runesmith's Canadian Content) (Progressive Bloggers)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:45:40 GMT

| Wherein you will find political opinions, rants, movie and television reviews, and the occasional essay on whatever gets my dander up.Thursday, August 21, 2008 Posted by Jennifer Smith at 1 comments: said... Uh.. ok.. and? :) Subscribe to: Runesmith is... Jennifer Smith Milton, Ontario, Canada Left-leaning opinionated writer, singer, woodworker, genealogist, runologist and entrepreneur. OFFICIAL...

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Links on bloggy and copyrighty issues (A BCer in Toronto) (Progressive Bloggers)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:45:39 GMT

*Good news for advocates of copyright reform and fair use, as long as you live in the United States that is:U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel has ruled that fair use -- a complex set of exemptions to copyright meant to allow for commentary, criticism, and parody -- must be taken into consideration before rightsholders request the removal of infringing content from websites like YouTube.Here in Canada,...

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You kids get off my lawn or I'm keeping your laptop! (A BCer in Toronto) (Progressive Bloggers)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:45:39 GMT

I donât subscribe to the theory that blogging will mean the death of the mainstream media. I do, however, think that journalists and media outlets that donât adapt to how the new media is changing journalism will perish and fade away, and some day the rich deposits of those old media journalists running through the ground beneath Toronto will be drilled and used to power our flying cars.I bet Christy...

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The latest from Dion's âGreen by Associationâ Tour (Blogging a Dead Horse) (Progressive Bloggers)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:45:00 GMT

The quickest route to reputation rehabilitation, your publicist will tell you, is association. In other words: be seen with the thing you want to be.If you are a high school geek, be seen with the cool kids. If you are unethical, be seen at church. If you are Lindsay Lohan, be seen with â¦ anyone who isnât Lindsay Lohan.Thatâs the advice the Dion Liberals are taking too.Which is in part why whenever...

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Day 122 of our Green Year: Enjoying cold food (Our Green Year) (Progressive Bloggers)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:35:00 GMT

Layla and I have moved beyond eating meat for the most part. We still have bison burgers on occasion, but it is becoming rare. Well, after we stopped using our microwave because it was hooked up to a faulty breaker, we began to realize that we don't need to use it that much in reality.It was through this that Layla and I discovered the joy of cold food. This is not to say that we will be eating cold...

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He's Baaaaaaaack! (The Gazetteer) (Progressive Bloggers)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:24:00 GMT

Because you can't find a neandercon in a haystack without the proper coordinates.....

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Completely satisfied (Impolitical) (Progressive Bloggers)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:17:00 GMT

A follow-up to one aspect of my Dion event post from last night and some more McVety news below.First, I mentioned Christopher Bird's attendance at the event last night and his question posed to Mr. Dion. Mr. Bird is the author of the wonderful debunking of the McVety crusade against Chief Justice McLachlin. I wrote that I wasn't sure if Bird was satisfied with Dion's response. Well, judge for yourself:From:...

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Meet Obamaâs half brother (Nunc Scio) (Progressive Bloggers)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:57:00 GMT

News to me, but apparently Barack Obama has a whole slew of long-lost brothers, offspring of his father and a local woman known only as ‘Jael’. Â The youngest sibling, George Hussein Onyango Obama, lives in a shantytown. He claims to exist on less than $1 a month. Whoa. He doesn’t admit to being related to his famous older [...]

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City Bike Rental Plan (Driving The Porcelain Bus) (Progressive Bloggers)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:56:00 GMT

The City of Toronto is pondering a large-scale inexpensive bicycle rental program.TheStar.com | GTA | City gears up for bike rental plan

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Cry Me a River of croCondile Tears (Birth Pangs: Save Lives! Regulate Pregnancy) (Progressive Bloggers)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:42:00 GMT

First news item: A major meat recall by a Toronto packing plant has ensnared the Harper government in a controversy over food safety … Liberal agriculture critic Wayne Easter and other opposition MPs are demanding answers from Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz over a leaked cabinet document that outlines plans to give the food industry a greater [...]ShareThis

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keeping that tv off: more reasons to boycott beijing (we move to canada) (Progressive Bloggers)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:14:09 GMT

A little reminder of why I'm not watching the Beijing Olympics. Two elderly Chinese women who applied to hold a protest during the Olympics were ordered to spend a year in a labor camp, a relative said Wednesday. Police later squelched a pro-Tibet demonstration.The women were still at home three days after being officially notified they would have to serve a yearlong term of reeducation through labor,...

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Dawkins Gets Mail (Red Tory) (Progressive Bloggers)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:14:09 GMT

A few years ago, Newsweek religion columnist Rabbi Marc Gellman admitted to occasionally viewing atheists âwith the kind of patient sympathy often shown to me by Christians who canât quite understand why the Good News of Jesusâ death and resurrection has not reached me or my peopleâ and then went on to confess that there [...]

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more smart canadians calling out tony clement (we move to canada) (Progressive Bloggers)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:14:09 GMT

Yesterday the Globe and Mail ran seven letters, all opposing federal Health Minister Tony Clement's wrong-headed stance on safe-injection sites. I expected that today there would be a small flurry of letters from the other side. That's often how it works: news story, followed by letters from one side, followed by a second round of letters in opposition to the first round. Today the G&M ran two more...

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Inflation Hits Wages (Relentlessly Progressive Economics) (Progressive Bloggers)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:14:09 GMT

Comparing todayâs Consumer Price Index figures for July 2008 with Labour Force Survey figures for the same month reveals that the annual increase in Canadaâs average hourly wage (4.0%) barely exceeded the annual increase in Canadian consumer prices (3.4%). As a result, real wages rose by only 0.6% over the past year. In fact, relative to [...]

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An environmental plan devised for or by the oil industry (Just Another Willy Loman) (Progressive Bloggers)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:01:00 GMT

The Prime Ministers Office or PMO is the head office of the government.The corporate board room where the top executives (senior advisers) gather with the CEO (Harper) to devise their strategies and pass down the marching orders to their managers (ministers) and front line troops.Itâs Canadaâs version of the White House.If you want something done in this country, similarly to the corporate world,...

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Old Man in Spaaaaace! (The Skwib) (Progressive Bloggers)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:52:00 GMT

The boomers has screwed him again — not Buck Bannister specifically — but they’d screwed him and everyone else who wasn’t part of their generation. True to form, the baby boomers continued to steal the limelight from younger generations. Once again they had set the tone of the zeitgeist, and this time, it wasn’t [...]

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last night in toronto, tonight in vancouver: let them stay (we move to canada) (Progressive Bloggers)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:45:00 GMT

Last night's meeting in Toronto was well attended and high spirited. I hope many people left with renewed vigor for the fight facing us in the weeks ahead.Tonight in Vancouver, you can attend a similar meeting, to learn more about what the Campaign is facing, and how you can help.When: Thursday, August 21, 8:00 p.m.Where: Lugz Coffee Lounge, 2525 Main, between Broadway and 10th Ave.Why: To make sure...

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93 plus one (Blast Furnace Canada Blog) (Progressive Bloggers)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:13:00 GMT

Three engineers with the Canadian Forces were killed by a roadside bomb today. That makes the total number of personnel wearing the Maple Leaf KIA 93 since 9/11 -- 94, if you include the one civilian killed in the line of duty, a diplomat.This has been a very bad week for NATO. Earlier in the week, 10 soldiers from France and 3 from Poland were also killed. I suppose, indeed I know, casualties are...

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We Will Know Soon (BigCityLib Strikes Back) (Progressive Bloggers)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:05:00 GMT

Hamilton, Ontario (AHN) - Prime Minister Stephen Harper indicated he is close to announcing a decision this week or next week whether to hold a national election by fall.I'm betting he balks. Otherwise, the first week of the campaign is about his broken promise re fixed election dates , the privatization of food inspection, and listeria.Kiss Ontario goodbye, in other words.

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Wikio - Political Blogs

If Hallmark Can Create Holidays ... (Greg's DTK) (Progressive Bloggers)

Dion / Tiurner (Runesmith's Canadian Content) (Progressive Bloggers)

Links on bloggy and copyrighty issues (A BCer in Toronto) (Progressive Bloggers)

You kids get off my lawn or I'm keeping your laptop! (A BCer in Toronto) (Progressive Bloggers)

The latest from Dion's âGreen by Associationâ Tour (Blogging a Dead Horse) (Progressive Bloggers)

Day 122 of our Green Year: Enjoying cold food (Our Green Year) (Progressive Bloggers)

He's Baaaaaaaack! (The Gazetteer) (Progressive Bloggers)

Completely satisfied (Impolitical) (Progressive Bloggers)

Meet Obamaâs half brother (Nunc Scio) (Progressive Bloggers)

City Bike Rental Plan (Driving The Porcelain Bus) (Progressive Bloggers)

Cry Me a River of croCondile Tears (Birth Pangs: Save Lives! Regulate Pregnancy) (Progressive Bloggers)

keeping that tv off: more reasons to boycott beijing (we move to canada) (Progressive Bloggers)

Dawkins Gets Mail (Red Tory) (Progressive Bloggers)

more smart canadians calling out tony clement (we move to canada) (Progressive Bloggers)

Inflation Hits Wages (Relentlessly Progressive Economics) (Progressive Bloggers)

An environmental plan devised for or by the oil industry (Just Another Willy Loman) (Progressive Bloggers)

Old Man in Spaaaaace! (The Skwib) (Progressive Bloggers)

last night in toronto, tonight in vancouver: let them stay (we move to canada) (Progressive Bloggers)

93 plus one (Blast Furnace Canada Blog) (Progressive Bloggers)

We Will Know Soon (BigCityLib Strikes Back) (Progressive Bloggers)

The latest from Dion's âGreen by Associationâ Tour (Blogging a Dead Horse) (Progressive Bloggers)

Meet Obamaâs half brother (Nunc Scio) (Progressive Bloggers)