Monthly Archives: November 2004

MORE SATURDAY REMAINDERS

Some interesting finds from the last week to ponder: Saving the Land: John Taylor Gatto, who had the courage to challenge the entire process we call ‘formal education’, now lives simply in nature. He has learned that ‘improving’ the land … Continue reading

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THE POWER OF MANY, AND THE JARRING LEAP FROM ONLINE TO THE FRONT PORCH

Christian Crumlish, multi-site blogger and founder of Salon’s own Radio Free Blogistan, has a new book out called The Power of Many: How the Living Web is Transforming Politics, Business, and Everyday Life. Xian is a charming and engaging writer, … Continue reading

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THINKING OF MOVING TO CANADA?

If you’re thinking of moving to Canada, we can help you. A dozen Canadian bloggers from coast to coast have started a new group blog called Moving to Canada, Eh? It will be a place to find information, contacts, and … Continue reading

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THE ELEMENTS OF A GOOD STORY

As many of you know, I’m struggling to write a novel entitled The Only Life We Know. The novel consists of twelve stories, set in Earth’s future after a virus has reduced human population to 150 million people. For reasons … Continue reading

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TERRORIST STRATEGY 101

This is important, and brilliantly written. If you want to understand what’s going on in the mind of Al Qaeda’s leaders, and what’s going to happen next, please read it carefully. Thanks to Rayne for the link.

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WHY NOT JUST ASK THE PEOPLE?

Since I wrote about the work that blackboxvoting is doing to unearth and investigate possible fraud in the recent election, quite a few people have sent me links to other investigative work on this subject. While awaiting detailed information from … Continue reading

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HUNTING FOR INTELLIGENCE

Last week’s New Yorker featured an article by Elsa Walsh entitled “Learning to Spy”. It was about Maureen Baginski, the woman who’s been brought in to clean up and modernize key functions of the FBI. She puts the FBI’s intelligence … Continue reading

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WE’LL TAKE TURNS BEING STRONG: THE EIGHT FRONTS OF RESISTANCE TO BUSH

Are you ready for this?: Elimination of environmental & labour protections; total deregulation of business, and the selling off of most remaining public land and resources for commercial purposes Encouragement as ‘natural and inevitable’ the outsourcing and offshoring of millions … Continue reading

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WHY I SOMETIMES DON’T MAKE ‘SENSE’

I write about so many topics that my audience is quite diverse, which is why I have the six categories listed at right, each individually subscribable and each with its own Table of Contents. About 70% of my readers tend … Continue reading

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EVEN SCARIER

Here’s one more map, courtesy of U.Mich via Christa at Not Watching Television. Red is Bush, Blue is Kerry, Purple is in between, by county, with county size weighted by population. Maybe my imagination is working overtime, but to me … Continue reading

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