- U.S. World Cup jersey revealed. When is Canada’s jersey coming out? Oh right… never.
- Judge declare that English player is the world’s worst tennis pro :: A British tennis player who took libel action against a newspaper for claiming he was the "world’s worst tennis pro" lost his case in court earlier this week when the judge confirmed that he was, indeed, the worst tennis player on the globe.
- How did the media miss John Edwards dark side? After covering John Edwards — and liking him — for years, what I thought I knew about him was wrong. But reporters often misjudge candidates.
- Is the U.S. Federal Reserve hiding over $1 trillion in bad bank debt? But since August 2008, these bank reserves held at the Fed have exploded to more than $1.2 trillion (as of March 2010), even though only $65.6 billion was required to be deposited by law.
- Jack Layton calls for an emergency hearing on Arctic drilling in light of the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
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- According to this graph prepared by the Department of Energy the world is running out of oil. Quickly. The Guardian has more on the story.
- Wendy writes about our weekend at the cabin.
- Tom Flanagan and I don’t agree on a lot but he’s right in calling for the House of Commons to turn over MPs records to the Auditor General. The more MPs insist they have nothing to hide, the more I think they are hiding something.
- Norm Spector thinks we will have an election over the Afghan detainee documents.
- Five ways the Google Book Settlement will change the future of reading (what happened to “Don’t Be Evil”)
- Ted Leonsis acquires the Washington Wizards. If I was a Wizards fan, I would be thrilled considering the job he did turning around the sorry Washington Capitals. If I was a Washington Redskins fan, I would be hoping Dan Snyder sells to Leonsis as well.
- Canadian housing bubble to burst? Price correction of 20% forecasted.
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- Elaine Hnatyshyn has some thoughts on the waterline replacement cost that I agree with
- Why publishers prefer Apple to the Kindle right now
- Will we see Middle East peace in our time? Can the world’s biggest borrower continue to be the world’s greatest power?
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- If you are a football fan, you need to read Peter King on Ben Roethlisberger’s woes in Pittsburgh :: One last point: However it happened, and finger-pointing aside, at least two women have come forward in the last nine months and accused Roethlisberger of taking advantage of them — in graphic, sordid detail. That’s why Goodell’s punishment can’t just be four, six or eight games. It has to include some mandatory counseling. If Roethlisberger’s serious about changing his life, there’s some evidence there that he needs to change how he treats women, and that should include figuring out why he keeps ending up in this spot.
- Banking water underground :: In the driest capital city south of the Sahara, water engineers are "banking" ground water to meet future demand, but the enormous costs might sink the project before water can be harvested.
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- Sean Shaw shares a broader perspective of the South Caswell Neighborhood Plan. He also has a great blow by blow post on the Lake Placid/River Landing debate.
- Not sure how I feel about this… Saskatoon has a mandatory lead pipe upgrade. That’s… umm awesome. I get unsafe drinking water for the foreseeable future and if/when the city gets motivated to do anything about it in Mayfair, I get a $2000.00 bill as part of my mandatory upgrade. C’mon, the city can do better. Get a plan, find the worst sections in town, do the job systematically and on a schedule (which would allow home owners to save up the cost) from the worst neighborhood water quality to the best.
- I wrote a bit about Neuragen over at Jordon Cooper Outfitters today. Yesterday I highlighted the Sierra Designs One Person Tent.
- Walking as a spiritual discipline :: Jason is totally right.
- Bosh is considering staying, if he gets more help :: Let’s be straight. CB4 is a great #2 but as the guy to build around, I don’t really know. Right now the Raps are a team of jump shooters who play weak defense. Not exactly a championship contender. Dave Perkins says that the future is bleak with or without Chris Bosh.
- The Pittsburgh Steelers are surprised how the Pittsburgh fan base has turned against their franchise quarterback.
- Calgary Grit has a new slogan for the Alberta Liberal Party. Daveberta has more.
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- When the media has gone too far :: The comments are worth reading as well
- Larry Brown has lost his mind :: He coached the Clippers once and he actually wants to go back?
- Take a look at the empty seats at the Rogers Centre :: You would think the Jays were rebuilding again or something. Speaking of which, where do sports fans in Toronto go to see a good game in any league?
- Wendy discovers the joy of watching Pawn Stars.
- One of New York subway’s hidden subway exits is hidden in a Brooklyn brownstone house.
- Pepsi struggles to design the “uncola”
- Twitter has 105 million registered users and is adding 300k new users a day.
- The next generation of Google Docs
- The coming collapse of the foreign aid system
- Some thoughts on comments by Fred Wilson
- Stephen Shields waves goodbye to the emerging church
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- It’s all Olli’s fault for what happened in Calgary
- Les Stroud’s newsletter linked to this today at Jordon Cooper Outfitters. 1000 quick hits later…
- I admit failure on building the cement patio at the cabin. As Wendy writes, a wooden deck will go in it’s place.
- Can it get any lower for Rahim Jaffer… I mean after this story that is. “Conservative sources said Mr. Jaffer, former national caucus chair, had been arguing with some MPs over his management of a small fund that paid for snacks and social events for caucus members.”
- Don Martin feels Jaffer’s wife, Helena Guegis will be demoted Friday evening. Funny cartoon to go along with his column as well. It’s been a bad, bad week for both of them.
- Warren Kinsella has grown tired of politics and is now selling new financial products. Not to judge Warren as I have done the same but I find it odd that it is okay to film a YouTube segment while driving but driving and talking on the phone without a Bluetooth device isn’t allowed.
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- Sullivan: Obama not only rescued the U.S. economy, he passed the biggest piece of social legislation in decades
- Obama and Republicans both plan blitz to spin reform’s meaning
- Six billion dollars later, the Afghan police force is inadequate, “riddled with corruption,” and absolutely necessary
- The economics of the mushy middle
- From everything I have heard, the Aerobie Aeropress Coffee Maker makes the world’s best coffee for around $25.
- Warren Kinsella points out that the most passionate debate on his weblog has revolved around Kraft Dinner which makes sense as KD is a uniter, not a divider.
- Krugman on the contrast between how Republicans and Democrats see health care
- U-2 makes a comeback. Not not that U2, this U-2.
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- The Sleaziest Coach in a Sleazy Game
- The world’s first skyscraper with built in wind turbines approaches completion :: It’s hard to believe this hasn’t been done already.
- Paris in 26 Gigapixels
- We did manage to get up to the cabin for a couple of hours last Saturday, here are the photos.
- I concur, Tiger’s return is not good for Augusta. Then again, who really cares what is good for a bunch of rich multi-millionaires who were slow to accept black members and refuse to accept women?
- Does anyone else remember these classic Swatch watches? Anyone remember the funky Swatch watch protectors?
- How in the world does a quarterback who had worse numbers than I would have in the Cleveland offense get this kind of contract? The easy answer is Arizona is mad but if they are mad, how do I get in on it? Seriously, where do I sign up? Anyone?
- For all of you who have never been to Saskatchewan, let me introduce you to some typical Saskatchewan scenery in March. This is what it looks like driving out to the lake along Highway 16.
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- Charles Robinson is right on, Chicago’s spending spree is a sign that both the coaches and management are fearful of losing their job. $91.5 million for Julius Peppers is insane.
- If I am Jake Delhomme or Troy Smith, Denver may be an attractive landing spot for me. Chris Simms didn’t impress anyone. The coaches apparently weren’t happy with how Tom Brandstater ran the scout team last season, and Kyle Orton doesn’t exactly have a lock on his job.
- CBC hasn’t really jumped on the HD bandwagon. They broadcast no regular HDTV games in HD and the occasional special game they do, isn’t available in Saskatchewan (aka, the breadbasket of hockey). Meanwhile Sportsnet regularly shows games in HD and believe me, watching a hockey game in HD is a big improvement in viewing experience. I don’t know why the NHL doesn’t push them to broadcast more in HD. Oh right, it’s the NHL.
- I am not a big Brandon Marshall fan but how much did being the target of the Darrian Durrant murder affect him. I know it would be affect me quite a bit. Anyways, he didn’t sign an offer sheet while in Seattle as I think giving up their number six draft pick would be a pretty big gamble for a pretty enigmatic player.
- Holmgren wants to trade for Seneca Wallace. How desperate is Big Mike? He has made several calls about me today as well. There are theories out there that Seneca Wallace is Holmgren’s Trent Dilfer and Brady Quinn could be his Matt Hasselback.
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- Over at Jordon Cooper Outfitters, my friend Dave King has posted about the Trixter X-Bike 1000 which is pretty cool and Wendy has posted about the Rudy Project Sunglasses. I took some time to post about the $6000 cabin which the first of a couple of posts in the pipeline about inexpensive housing.
Speaking of Jordon Cooper Outfitters, it is now listed at Outdoors.Alltop.com where as the badge says, part of the best of the best. - Tips on attending a Baptist church without embarrassing yourself.
- So why did AIG get a bailout of $180 billion instead of letting it fail? Look who it owed money to? Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, UBS, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, Barclays… according to the New York Times, it was a backdoor bailout of the banks. Of course Bloomberg wonders if there isn’t a secret banking cabal at work.
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The Secret Life of Radovan Karadzic :: A 45 minute documentary made by Rageh Omaar who travels to Serbia and Bosnia to investigate the decade-long period the former president of the Republika Srpska spent in hiding and examines his legacy in present-day Bosnia and beyond. (Warning: graphic and disturbing in parts).
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Anyone else find it weird that an American multinational has to be the one that creates a commercial showing Canadians how much we love the game of hockey. I am just saying that it’s weird. via
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- Why so few MP’s are capable of actually cutting a provincial or federal deficit :: Also, fighting deficits require pain.
- While reading about Ian Fleming, I found out that there are quite a few conspiracy theories about Rudolph Hess’ life and death. On a related note, check out the Wikipedia entry on Spandau Prison. I don’t know about you but I found myself smirking while reading how the imprisoned Nazi’s couldn’t get along with each other. I also found it interesting that Albert Speer designed a California summer home for a guard.
- I’ll just say it, Michael Jordan will be a horrible owner. He is a horrible personnel man, he was a horrible team president in Washington and his minority ownership in Charlotte has amounted to nothing. I feel sorry for Charlotte basketball fans… actually I don’t since they can always watch Duke, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Wake Forest, NASCAR… it’s a tough market for the NBA since college basketball is so huge.
- Brandon Marshall was the real target of Darrent Williams’ killer :: It explains some of his difficulties he has had in Denver since then.
- When 13 pounds could mean millions of dollars :: I put on 13 pounds and I have to go and buy a new pair of pants. Sam Bradford puts on 13 pounds and it could mean tens of millions of dollars.
- Al Gore has an Op-Ed in the New York Times :: "Of course, we would still need to deal with the national security risks of our growing dependence on a global oil market dominated by dwindling reserves in the most unstable region of the world, and the economic risks of sending hundreds of billions of dollars a year overseas in return for that oil. And we would still trail China in the race to develop smart grids, fast trains, solar power, wind, geothermal and other renewable sources of energy — the most important sources of new jobs in the 21st century."
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- “We Pretend to be Christians” so our kids won’t be ostracized :: While other blogs think it is so sad that they are pretending to be Christian, how sad is it that they feel that they have to just to be accepted by their “Christian” neighbors.
- How Genetics Works
- Okay, here is one of my favorite watches of all time. I was a little disappointed that the remote detonator doesn’t come included with it. It’s a special MI6 add on.
- I know this is a great hammock for two and made out of top quality materials but I can’t think of anything less comfortable than sleeping in a hammock for two.
- Killer whale fatally attacks SeaWorld trainer, the third time the whale has been involved in a person’s death :: So how many times does a Orca get to kill someone before you realize it may not be suited to be around humans. I don’t agree with much of what PETA has to say but putting a massive and intelligent killer whale in something the size of a small pond seems to lend itself to something going horribly wrong.
- I am no fan of Mark McGuire and the damage he did to MLB but I agree with him that it must be hard to have his brother sell out their relationship with a book deal.
- Why climate change legislation in the U.S. is dead in the Senate :: Obama has long advocated for comprehensive legislation that would put a price on carbon to encourage polluters to invest in cleaner resources and practices. But he’s probably right that the Senate won’t choose that path. The most likely outcome is not a climate-change bill but energy legislation that doesn’t cap greenhouse-gas emissions or penalize polluters. Why? Because Republican Sen. Scott Brown’s filibuster-reinforcing election in Massachusetts means Democrats need GOP votes more than ever. But with the exception of Lindsey Graham (S.C.), Senate Republicans don’t seem motivated by global warming.
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- Tiger Woods mistresses want him to apologize to them :: Maybe if they hadn’t sold their stories to the tabloids and are all now writing books about it I would have more sympathy. Tiger was a cad but they knew what they were getting into, in some cases, they were paid to be available.
- Alexander Haig has died :: I have long followed the careers of the Cold War warriors but for me, Alexander Haig’s contributions have been greatly overstated. He was a hawk and a soldier. He did a great job of carrying out orders but I wouldn’t want him calling the shots.
- Named one of the most innovative companies of 2010, how Wal-Mart triggers significant, positive change.
- Analysis: What makes cities happy.
- Obama feigns interest in mundane things :: The funny thing about the slideshow is that the snarky comments are probably true. I never had thought about how boring these photo ops are to politicians. My hope is somehow Jean Chretien sees this slideshow and publishes his own slideshow with him comments. That would be awesome.
- Gamblers are too busy gambling to be studied by psychologists
- He had lost 10 pounds but had suffered from neither frostbite nor hypothermia. How to survive disasters
- Why I don’t climb mountains in blizzards (more about the tents at Jordon Cooper Outfitters)
- Star Trek’s Warp Speed would kill According to a recent presentation and paper by William A. Edelstein, Ph.D.
- How to sell in a recession or, how to talk someone into buying a $30,000 watch
- The New York Times on how to book a cheap flight
- Bill Kinnon reminds bloggers that they are whoring out for publishers
- The Falkland Islands are in the news and the players are the same as they were in 1982
- The Decade Ahead in Jobs :: via
- For 60 years, a mysterious visitor dressed in black has left roses and a half-bottle of cognac on Edgar Allen Poe’s grave on his birthday – until this year, when he didn’t show up :: via
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- "The idea that China was one day going to be a lucrative market for foreign companies was just an illusion."
- China orders retreat from risky investments :: "When the world’s biggest investor turns risk-averse, that is something you take notice of. We think this could become the new theme for the markets in the medium-term”
- How a new jobless economy will reshape America :: The worst effects of pervasive joblessness—on family, politics, society—take time to incubate, and they show themselves only slowly. But ultimately, they leave deep marks that endure long after boom times have returned. Some of these marks are just now becoming visible, and even if the economy magically and fully recovers tomorrow, new ones will continue to appear. The longer our economic slump lasts, the deeper they’ll be.
- The Chinese government has started demanding guarantees for the $700bn of US Treasury bills on its books :: So reliant is America on funding from Beijing that, by turning off the cash taps, China could spark an instant run on the dollar… Last year, the US sold bonds to cover its $460bn deficit – around $200bn to foreigners, with China taking the lion’s share. But America is on course to issue a staggering $2,000bn of debt in each of the next two years.
- The Golden Age of Roger Ebert :: It’s a wonderfully well written look at how cancer has changed Roger Ebert.
- Video of a horrible bus crash on a Taiwan highway :: It looks like a segment from Grand Theft Auto at first.
