February 2010
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“To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the...”
– Howard Zinn (via thoughtsdetained)
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“A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.”
– Laozi (via kari-shma) (via hollythiessen)
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January 2010
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Sea and Shadow
taken from “Les Misérables” by Victor Hugo, translated by Norman Denny
“Man overboard!
But the ship does not stop. The wind is blowing and the doom-laden vessel is set on a course from which it cannot depart. It sails on.
The man sinks and reappears, flings up his arms and shouts, but no one hears. The ship, heeling in the wind, is intent upon its business, and passengers and...
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Industrial Agriculture and the Canadian Prairies
by Benjamin Pries
The industrialisation of agriculture on the Canadian prairies is irrevocably damaging fragile ecosystems that have graced our continent for millennia. Over the course of the last century, agriculture has undergone a shift from small family-run operations to increasingly larger commercial farms. This has resulted in an increased application of chemical pesticides and herbicides,...
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Days of Snow Days
by Rick Mercer, originally posted here.
There’s a very good reason why the word prorogue doesn’t come up that often in our society. Why would it? The word has absolutely no resonance with anyone in Canada because the notion that you can shut down anything for months at a time is a total fantasy. That’s the thing about life; it’s relentless. If you are an adult, and live...
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“An armed conflict between nations horrifies us. But the economic war is no...”
– M.K. Gandhi “Non-Violence - The Greatest Force,” 1926
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“I think there is only one answer and it is as follows: man always seeks God. The...”
– Alexandr Menn, July 19, 1990, in an interview on Moscow State Radio. This was his reply to the question, “Does one need to be a Christian, and if one does, then why?” Menn was assassinated two months later.
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