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A truly wonderful and inspiring address from the very talented and prolific Neil Gaiman.

 

So the real costs of the F-35 program continues to make news, while from the opposition we hear calls for the resignation and/or firing of the Defense Minister who is described by Liberal House leader Marc Garneau as being, "...either incompetent or not too bright!" I don't see why it's an either/or situation. It could be both. I'll admit it also could be neither. Perhaps the Minister simply lied. Those numbers are pretty much the same as the ones the PBO announced them back in March of 2012.


So where are the media at currently on...

Figured I should drop by and post some... stuff. You know, for the fun of it!

Okay, let's start today with the difference between climate and weather, trends and vagaries... 

How about the difference between people who put effort into thought and conservatives? No really. Here's a link to a study by an esteemed publication of original empirical papers in all areas of personality and social psychology (most of it hidden behind a subscription wall) but details of experiments and parameters are there as well as the conclusions, which are unmistakeable: "...when...

Happy 2012! Thanks for dropping by - here's the link to the petition to to keep Jasper National Park public and safe from harmful development by private companies. Talk tomorrow - let me know if you want more news links posted regularly by emailing me at oldpunk@cjlo.com.

On this morning's program I'm playing the interview that took place on William F. Buckley's program 'Firing Line.' Below is the embed from the Crooks and Liars sister website Newstalgia. It's remarkable, provocative and absolutely the kind of interview that would never take place in today's media environment. Enjoy and please feel free to comment and tell me what you thought of it. (For some reason the player doesn't work on firefox but it does work on IE - so if you don't like IE go to this link: http://newstalgia.crooksandliars.com/gordonskene/newstalgia-reference-ro... )

 

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