Archive for January, 2007

BAGHDAD ON THE CATARAQUI — JANUARY 29, 2007

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

OH, THE GLORY OF KINGSTON IN THE WINTER, the exhaust fumes from cars stacked up behind Tim Horton’s, their drivers’ waiting for their morning (or any-time-of-day fixes) that will keep them going….”global warming be damned, I’m going to get my Tim’s, else I’ll not be able to make it through the day.” YOUR SCRIBE […]

A SENSIBLE VIEW OF 9/11, WHERE BUSH RAN OFF IN A DITHER…..

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

HERE IS AN OP-ED FROM THE LA TIMES THAT MAKES FOR CONSTRUCTIVE READING IN LIGHT OF DEVELOPMENTS SINCE 9/11. YOU’LL RECALL THAT MY ARGUMENT THAT THE ATTACKS WERE CRIMINAL AND NOT AN ACT OF WAR, WOULD HAVE PUT THE INCIDENTS INTO THE GLOBAL ARENA, INVOLVING COURTS AND POLICE FORCES, NOT ARMIES. BY GOING […]

WHERE I CAME FROM, WITH APOLOGIES TO JOAN DIDION….

Monday, January 29th, 2007

REALLY COLD TODAY, A PERFECT TIME TO SKIM THE NET AND RETURN TO ROOTS (?) WITH WARMTH, I.E. THE TOWN OF HILLSBOROUGH, WHERE I GREW UP FAR FROM THE CENTRE OF RICHES, BUT CLOSE ENOUGH TO SMILE AND SAY, “WHAT A GREAT TOWN TO LEAVE” FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE……”YES,” FITZGERALD TOLD HEMINGWAY, “THE […]

WE KNEW “AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH” WAS FULL OF GORE, BUT THIS??

Friday, January 26th, 2007

HERE WE HAVE A VERY SAD STORY, SAD BECAUSE IT MAKES ME THINK THAT GEORGE W. BUSH MIGHT HAVE THE SAME ATTITUDE TOWARD THE MIDDLE EAST IMBROGLIO AS THE PIOUS DAD IN THIS CASE TOWARD GLOBAL WARMING….
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Gore’s ‘Truth’ given cold reception in Seattle
Father gets schools to demand balance on global warming
Blaine Harden, Washington Post
Friday, January […]

BAGHDAD ON THE CATARAQUI — JANUARY 26, 2007

Friday, January 26th, 2007

JUST A GORGEOUS morning in the city at the mouth of St. Lawrence, so crisp and clear and cold one marvels that anyone can move around at all; the kind of weather where spit freezes before hitting the sidewalk, and the north/west winds bring tears to the eyes and make noses outlets for the unmentionable. […]

LUKE’S IS ONE HELLUVA RESTAURANT!

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007

HEAD FOR THE NEWS SECTION ON THIS WEBSITE TO SEE ONE OF THE BEST-KEPT SECRETS IN TOWN–KINGSTON HAS A WORLD-CLASS RESTAURANT AND MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE FINDING OUT ABOUT IT. LUKE’S TAKES ITS PLACE ASIDE THE PIG, CASA, WOODENHEADS, AND CHIEN NOIR AS A PLACE TO GO IN KINGSTON.

WHITE MEN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROGRAM ENDS……

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007

THIS LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF THE TORONTO GLOBE AND MAIL THIS MORNING……
FROM MY INSIGHTFUL PARTNER………SAYS IT ALL……..
To: letters@globeandmail.com
From: Roberta Hamilton
Subject: Clinton and Obama
The editors’spirited declaration that Hilary Rodham Clinton and
Barack Obama should be judged on their ideas not their race or sex
in their campaigns for the Democratic presidential nomination
(Jan. 23) misses the real news. […]