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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
HUNTER-ESQUE GAVAN – GONZO JOURNALIST Prime Minister Stephen Harper faced pointed questions in the House of Commons Wednesday over what he or his office knew about his former chief of staff’s arrangement to repay expenses claimed by Senator Mike Duffy, a day after a Senate committee voted to refer the matter to the RCMP. For [...]
“Why aren’t the bathrooms at the tennis courts open?” “Why is the second gate to the tennis court locked?” “Do they think that people come to the park wearing adult diapers or do they just not care?” All quotes from JK… a visitor from North Vancouver who was out last weekend trying to enjoy a [...]
“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 [...]
We went to a hockey game and… found some low hanging fruit TERRANCE GAVAN – CRAP JOURNALIST Okay so not much to say about this. We know what Crosby Stills Nash and Young would have to say. Oh crap? Do I really have to explain it? Really? “Teach your children well,” you hip hop chauvinists. [...]
FREEDOM OF INFO REQUEST UNEARTHS SOME TRULY DISTURBING EINSTEIN PORTRAITS TERRANCE GAVAN – EDITOR SHRIKE EXCLUSIVE We have access to the records of Albert Einstein through a ruse played with freedom of information and what we’ve found in his formerly sealed files is literally mind-popping. Albert Einstein was a closet artist and after an exhaustive [...]
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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