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PASTOR MANSBRIDGE HEARING CONFESSION – SAY TWO HAIL MARY’S AND CONTINUE TO COLLECT YOUR $150,000 PAM… BY ‘CUPPA’ JOE SIMONSKY IN VANCOUVER – FOR THE SHRIKE.ME Vancouver – Well, Pamela, my dear. Here’s the thing. You’re not taking full responsibility. If you were taking full responsibility for your actions and your wanton irresponsibility? You would [...]
A Cuppa Joe morning breather… from Funny or Die CUPPA JOE – JOE SIMONSKY We welcome Cuppa Joe Simonsky back to the Shrike fold after a long hiatus. Cuppa Joe is a Vancouver humorist and investigative journalist who used to be a regular contributor to the Shrike. He recently returned from an extended hiatus on [...]
Renny Gleeson on antisocial phone tricks Losing context on your phone. Renny Gleeson says we are creating the technology that is going to create the new shared experience which is going to create the new world… order. In this short TED talk humorist, PR guy and advertising guru Renny Gleeson attempts to explain our shared [...]
TERRANCE GAVAN – EDITOR I play a lot of tennis and after watching this video I suddenly recalled how many times in the course of a 2 hour match I have had to kneel down and retie my shoes. Sometimes, after a long rally during an excruciating set, I pretend to tie my shoes just [...]
GEOFFERY CANADA IS MAD… BECAUSE EDUCATION IS FAILING ITS STAKEHOLDERS I’m a little nervous, because my wife Yvonne said to me,she said, “Geoff, you watch the TED Talks.” I said, “Yes, honey, I love TED Talks.” She said, “You know, they’re like, really smart, talented — “ I said, “I know, I know.” (Laughter) She [...]
BRUNO MAISONNIER – VISION AND ROBOTICS Bruno Maisonnier works at Aldebaran Robotics, maker of the tiny, compelling humanoid Nao. Why you should listen to him: “The same thing is happening with robots as it did with microcomputers,” says Bruno Maisonnier, founder and director of Aldebaran Robotics. “This means that hundreds of thousands of the young [...]
HUNTER – ESQUE GAVAN – GONZO JOURNALIST I love tennis and thus am in thrall this week. The French Open is on and some great stuff is goin’ down daily. You have to play tennis and know tennis to love it the way I do. It’s marvelous to watch these young men and women sweep [...]
“You’re out of order… you’re out of order…. you’re out of order…everybody’s fucking out of order!”… Me…. channeling my inner Pacino, because what the fuck else can one do when facing dick limp leaders who won’t explain their shit to the people, that pay their freight… in Canada, Toronto and Dildo, NFLD. SEAMUS O’BRADAIGH [...]
REPRINTED FROM GAWKER.COM Story by Editor John Cook – Gawker.com The following is a breaking story alleging Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is a crack cocaine user. Editor John Cook says the video detailing Ford smoking from a crack pipe has also been seen by Toronto Star Reporters but the dealer reputed to be a crack [...]
TERRANCE GAVAN – HIGHLANDER RANTS From cbc.ca… Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s chief of staff Nigel Wright wrote a personal cheque worth more than $90,000 to pay back Senator Mike Duffy’s living expenses, Harper’s office confirmed Wednesday. “Mr. Duffy agreed to repay the expenses because it was the right thing to do,” Harper’s spokesman Andrew MacDougall said [...]
GEOFFERY CANADA – Education – TED Talk – millions of children lost per year
GEOFFERY CANADA IS MAD… BECAUSE EDUCATION IS FAILING ITS STAKEHOLDERS I’m a little nervous, because my wife Yvonne said to me,she said, “Geoff, you watch the TED Talks.” I said, “Yes, honey, I love TED Talks.” She said, “You know, they’re like, really smart, talented — “ I said, “I know, I know.” (Laughter) She [...]
It’s all about the flow – says Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (TED Video)
TED TALK – SECRET TO HAPPINESS? Why you should listen to him: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi says creativity is a central source of meaning in our lives. A leading researcher in positive psychology, he has devoted his life to studying what makes people truly happy: “When we are involved in [creativity], we feel that we are living [...]
Deny Deny Deny!!! Peter Mansbridge – as unplugged as he gets… Meh!
From CBC.CA Website / The Mansbridge files… Meh!!! Again By Mark Bulgutch and Peter Mansbridge You don’t even have to have a particularly sharp nose to pick up the whiff of scandal these days. It’s all over the news. Every news cycle seems to bring a fresh angle to an on-going scandal, or gives birth [...]
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