Three Approved GMOs Linked to Organ Damage

Three Approved GMOs Linked to Organ Damage

Italian canine lifeguards leap from speeding boats to save swimmers - thestar.com

Italian canine lifeguards leap from speeding boats to save swimmers - thestar.com

This post has absolutely nothing to do with running… « In Pursuit of Happy Hips Part II

This post has absolutely nothing to do with running… « In Pursuit of Happy Hips Part II

This is one of the most beautiful, inspiring, life-affirming blog entries I've ever read, and I hope you make the time to read it.

A know-nothing strain of conservatism - Andrew Coyne - Macleans.ca

A know-nothing strain of conservatism - Andrew Coyne - Macleans.ca: "It isn’t just that the Tories habitually ignore the expert consensus on a wide range of issues—crime, taxes, climate change—it’s that they want to be seen to be ignoring it. It’s the overt antagonism to experts, and by extension the educated classes, that marks the Tory style. In its own way, it’s a form of class war.

You can see it in the sneering references to Michael Ignatieff’s Harvard tenure, in the repeated denunciations of “elites” and “intellectuals.” In the partial dismantling of the census, we reach the final stage: not just hostile to experts, but to knowledge."

Daily Kos: Judging Obama

Truly insightful, worth the full read.: "The debate on whether it is more appropriate to say that Obama has done a lot or that he has done too little regularly divides DailyKos, and I'd like to tackle it from a slightly different perspective, to say that this is not really about Obama, but about the perspective of the different groups about our civilisation.

I would like to propose that those who think that Obama has not done enough consider that the current system is profoundly failing, and that it is time for systemic changes, instead of the tinkering they see Obama doing, whereas those that tend to focus on what Obama has done think that the system is flawed, but mendable, and that Obama is doing just that, moving things back in the right direction.

And the fact is - we don't know yet what group is right, and we may not know for a few more years."

The Perseid Meteor Showers

Just back from an observatory where 100s of people sprawled out on the grass to catch the Perseid meteor showers. I only saw the occasional "falling star", but the experience of so many races & cultures coming together to peacefully enjoy this celestial display - and the spontaneous rounds of applause it elicited - were 100% worth it. I ♥ Canada.

Royalty Free Music

This quirky, sombre snippet makes me want to use it as the soundtrack for a movie I had no previous intention of making.