Song of the day – Feb.20

Friday, 20 February 2009, 10:32 | Category : Song of the day
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QUEBECOIS HIP-HOP CHALLENGE: DAY 6 Algonquin rapper Samian grew up on the Pikogan Indian Reserve near Amos, in Abitibi. It was Manon Barbeau, of the Wapikoni Mobile project (a production studio on wheels that works with young people in Native communities), who first saw Samian’s potential, five years ago, and told him to go ahead [...]

Happy Inauguration, y'all

Tuesday, 20 January 2009, 8:55 | Category : Uncategorized
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Here are a few of my favorite Obama-related images. While I am still not convinced the Obama Presidency will be all that good, we can at least rest assured it will look mighty fine. Happy Inauguration, people. May warm, fuzzy feelings abound.

Orwell, 62 years later

Monday, 19 January 2009, 20:06 | Category : Uncategorized
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Citizens of the world, rejoice! Tomorrow, George W. Bush will be out of office and the members of his unsavory Administration, responsible for bringing you Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, nuclear proliferation, rendition programs, water boarding, warrantless domestic wiretapping programs and countless other horrors, will at long last lose the power to inflict more distress [...]