Sad, isn't it. When this is what occupies our imaginations and dominates public discourse, is it any wonder that so many people don't bother to take the responsibilities of citizenship seriously? Look at the energy it's consuming, for Chrissakes. (Yeah, I know. Mea culpa. Now piss off.)
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Friday night
If the last Friday-night music post was something that aged well over four or five years, well ... give this a spin.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Garrett Styles - The Blue PR machine spins up again | #policeculture
From teh Tumblr.
Lives on the line.
Sudden tragedy.
Lives on the line.
Sudden tragedy.
A sobering reminder.
Heroes in blue.
Gave his life in the performance of his duty.
Officers coming from all over to pay tribute to a fallen comrade.
It’s a mythology with a lot of miles on it. You can practically write this shit in your sleep.
Just one question: even if we allow for the sake of argument that this mindless fetishizing of men in uniform is a good thing, how come we don’t see this kind of blanket, wall-to-wall, 24/7 coverage whenever a Canadian soldier gets killed in Afghanistan?
Yeah, I know. I’m an insensitive bastard.
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- Now watch as a couple of Star reporters get the evidence ...
- That whole 'deserve' thing
- Police chief furious at publication of dying cop's SOS call; wants apology - Winnipeg Free Press »
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Evaluating Mammoliti, redux | #PrideTO #TOpoli
But let's at least give the guy a chance to speak for himself.
Yo, Georgie? You want to tell us what you think your video proves?
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Saturday, July 2, 2011
On second thought, Rob, stay at the cottage | #PrideTO
The whole idea of Mammoliti at the Dyke March just seems ... wrong.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
The capacity for critical thought - how do we build it?
Just as we wind down the first half of 2011 in preparation for Canada Day, three disparate blog posts are jumping out at me:
- At Sixth Estate, Government of Canada Issues Statement Opposing the Alphabet
- At Politics and its Discontents, Sun News Network – Full of Sound And Fury, Signifying Nothing
- At Porcupine Blog, The Hegemony of Authoritarian Ideology and the Vancouver Hockey Riot
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
#RCMP complaints body says it's playing ball with @cancivlib | #G20
Something about the Tumblr / Tweeter interface is not working ... (mumbling obscenities under my breath ... )
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