March 2012
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Hackers attack NDP →
Thomas Mulcair won on the fourth ballot, with his victory coming after 9 o’clock Saturday night. Had everything gone according to plan, Mr. Mulcair’s victory should have been announced in late afternoon, which would have generated more media attention.
Because of the delays, many members had already left the convention hall ahead of Mr. Mulcair’s victory speech.
I know it’s absurd...
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Not sure if serious...
Ethnic celebrations like these are never a good idea. The Irish are insular and marginalized enough without these displays. Frankly it’s no wonder they act out like this, they are so often uneducated and unemployed.
We should be encouraging them to integrate into society and participate in building the country (however limited that participation may be at first). Enough with these...
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Lansdowne Park: "bland, characterless" →
“There’s a whole cultural layer that’s been taken off. It’s now a fairly straightforward commercial project, whereas before it seemed to have aspirations to elevate it beyond that to be a true public place.”
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The Big Decision →
But one reason The Big Decision is not great TV is its slavish devotion to the billionaire-hero myth. The iconography is groan-inducing – the billionaire in the sky looking down on us, and the possible recipients of his largesse are like hand-wringing serfs hoping to please the god or the king, or whatever it is that the billionaire is supposed to represent.
This is the Ayn Randian sensibility,...
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