tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752369Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:09:59 +0000This is a general, all-purpose blog that we have been experimenting with for a couple of years. Mostly, it's an eclectic collection of things (articles, definitions, etc.) that were/are of interest to us.http://knowmark.ca/blogger.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steve)Blogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752369.post-115482987204581271Sun, 06 Aug 2006 01:59:00 +00002006-08-05T22:12:05.623-04:00Finally, some commentary that makes sense of this senseless incident ...Tabatha Southey in the Globe & Mail:   Three weeks after Italy took the World Cup from France, after witnessing first-hand the joy on College Street in Toronto, having heard the chart-topping Head-Butt Song (Coupe de Boule) with which the French are currently consoling themselves and after considerable reflection, I realized http://knowmark.ca/2006/08/whores-hamsters-and-head-butts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steve)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752369.post-115215726404050942Thu, 06 Jul 2006 03:41:00 +00002006-07-05T23:41:04.100-04:00Richard Rathwell at Blue Orange: "The solution to this problem would be to first temporarily close the US borders to prevent egress."http://knowmark.ca/2006/07/images-will-not-be-displayed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steve)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752369.post-112687690729208402Fri, 16 Sep 2005 13:21:00 +00002005-09-16T09:21:47.296-04:00Günter Grass in The Guardian: "The chancellor and foreign minister were not swayed. To this day, they have stood by this responsible decision and at the same time shown themselves to be loyal to the role of the UN."http://knowmark.ca/2005/09/we-must-not-be-blackmailed-by-merkels.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steve)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752369.post-112101044485846337Sun, 10 Jul 2005 15:44:00 +00002005-07-10T11:49:46.123-04:00Richard Rathwell in A Partisan Diary: "One man in parliament mentioned the war. He was called a serpent with his tongue in a poison pool. That seemed excessive. A placard at the parliament building linked the bombs here with the bombs there."http://knowmark.ca/2005/07/everything-we-heard-and-saw-until-dead.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steve)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752369.post-111098117306869020Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:52:00 +00002005-03-16T08:52:53.070-05:00Andrew Murray in The Guardian: "First, we must bear witness to the fact that on every point, the 2 million people who demonstrated against aggression on February 15 2003 have been shown to be correct, while those making the case for the war have been proved disastrously mistaken at best, reckless liars at worst."http://knowmark.ca/2005/03/no-escape-from-war.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steve)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752369.post-110927429677206837Thu, 24 Feb 2005 19:44:00 +00002005-02-24T14:49:00.006-05:00Victoria Brittain in the Guardian: "Why has no public figure had the honesty to admit that the democracy and freedom promised for the Middle East are fake and mask US plans to leave Washington dominant in the area?"http://knowmark.ca/2005/02/why-are-we-welcoming-this-torturer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steve)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752369.post-110235115480772214Mon, 06 Dec 2004 16:39:00 +00002004-12-06T11:39:14.806-05:00Max Hastings in the Guardian: "Christian Crusaders were a menace to international peace in the 12th and 13th centuries, Christian missionaries in the 19th. God spare us from assertively Christian - or Muslim or Jewish - national leaders in the 21st ..."http://knowmark.ca/2004/12/save-us-from-politicians-who-have-god.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steve)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752369.post-109840261872377710Thu, 21 Oct 2004 23:50:00 +00002004-10-21T19:50:18.723-04:00Kathryn Hughes in the Guardian: ". . . keeping hydrated is now such an urgent operation that no one, especially not an academic offering insights into the Peasants' Revolt, can risk being separated from his water supply for more than a few seconds."http://knowmark.ca/2004/10/sip-sip-sip.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steve)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752369.post-109724115177981990Fri, 08 Oct 2004 13:12:00 +00002004-10-08T09:15:27.106-04:00Jonathan Freedland in the Guardian: "The ISG report should prompt fury about the war, not yawns"http://knowmark.ca/2004/10/sorry-someone-has-to-be-man-in-egg.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steve)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752369.post-109547805959458146Sat, 18 Sep 2004 03:27:00 +00002004-09-17T23:27:39.596-04:00From CBC News: "One of the world's leading news agencies, Reuters, said CanWest newspapers have been altering words and phrases in stories dealing with the war in Iraq and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."http://knowmark.ca/2004/09/newspapers-accused-of-misusing-word.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steve)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752369.post-109302907110896550Fri, 20 Aug 2004 19:11:00 +00002006-03-23T09:12:00.870-05:00From Scotsman.com News (by way of la.imc): Members of the Iraqi Olympic soccer team branded US President George Bush a “criminal” and called for American troops to pull out of the war-torn country.Speaking after winning their group stage at the Games in Greece, one player said he would take up arms against US troops in his country.And the team attacked Mr Bush for running re-election campaign http://knowmark.ca/2004/08/iraqi-soccer-players-slam-criminal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steve)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752369.post-109118877125607400Fri, 30 Jul 2004 11:59:00 +00002004-07-30T07:59:31.256-04:00Ernie Regehr and Gerry Barr in The Globe and Mail: "The development of the U.S. missile shield undermines our security as it re-energizes the development of weapons systems around the world."http://knowmark.ca/2004/07/just-say-no-canada-to-ballistic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steve)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752369.post-109019675123306963Mon, 19 Jul 2004 00:25:00 +00002004-07-18T20:28:25.893-04:00Linda McQuaig in The Toronto Star: "With Iraq expected to be key to President George Bush's re-election chances this fall, the rewriting of history has begun in earnest; events leading up to the war have been given an extensive nip and tuck, leaving them barely recognizable. Perhaps you recall how eager the Bush administration was to invade Iraq last year? If so, you're mistaken. Senior http://knowmark.ca/2004/07/bush-administration-has-cast-itself-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steve)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752369.post-108865424591381563Thu, 01 Jul 2004 03:57:00 +00002004-06-30T23:57:25.913-04:00From Peterborough This Week: "I have been performing my duties as your lawn jockey for years, in rain and snow. I think it's time for me to take a much-needed vacation."http://knowmark.ca/2004/06/well-traveled-larry-has-again-flown.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steve)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752369.post-108804299144695461Thu, 24 Jun 2004 02:09:00 +00002004-06-23T22:09:51.446-04:00The Globe and Mail - Essay (Herb Kells): "The charm and dignity of baseball were gone and in its place were millionaires of extraordinary talent trying to play in a setting where no conversation was possible and wild music and cries for spectators to 'get crazy' filled every moment the ball was not in play. A row of large speakers set on full volume ringed the top of the stadium."http://knowmark.ca/2004/06/balking-at-baseballs-insistent-high.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steve)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752369.post-108799672306827958Wed, 23 Jun 2004 13:18:00 +00002004-06-23T10:23:02.300-04:00Guardian daily comment (Martin Jacques): "Democracy is viewed by the west in a strangely ahistorical way. It is seen as eternal and unchanging, neither historically nor culturally specific, but a kind of universal truth. But, of course, nothing is eternal. The western model of democracy, like everything else, is a distinct phase in history, which depends upon certain conditions for its existence.http://knowmark.ca/2004/06/democracy-isnt-working.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steve)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752369.post-108680303892079694Wed, 09 Jun 2004 17:43:00 +00002004-06-23T10:24:08.150-04:00Guardian daily comment (Paul Foot): "Obviously Uzbekistan should be next in line for liberation by Tony Blair and his armed forces."http://knowmark.ca/2004/06/our-kind-of-dictators.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steve)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752369.post-108329672345866419Fri, 30 Apr 2004 03:45:00 +00002004-04-29T23:48:32.153-04:00FT.com / Business / US: "'Google is not a conventional company. We do not intend to become one.'"http://knowmark.ca/2004/04/triumvirate-determined-to-do-things.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steve)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752369.post-108268216971881791Fri, 23 Apr 2004 01:02:00 +00002004-04-22T21:05:49.403-04:00Letter to The Globe and Mail: "The decision to remove Spanish troops from Iraq has nothing to do with any terrorist threat, but fulfills a very important and formal electoral pledge and complies with the will of the Spanish people."http://knowmark.ca/2004/04/jos-ignacio-carbajal-spanish.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steve)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752369.post-108035351074055472Sat, 27 Mar 2004 02:11:00 +00002004-03-26T21:14:23.296-05:00Bush's Iraq WMDs joke backfireshttp://knowmark.ca/2004/03/bushs-iraq-wmds-joke-backfires.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steve)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752369.post-107975469208218014Sat, 20 Mar 2004 03:51:00 +00002004-03-20T08:39:39.170-05:00From the Globe and Mail: "A true democracy"http://knowmark.ca/2004/03/letter-from-jos-ignacio-carbajal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steve)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752369.post-107958410171394741Thu, 18 Mar 2004 04:28:00 +00002004-03-17T23:30:45.123-05:00The Globe and Mail: "The incoming prime minister's policy -- making fighting terrorism his first priority without being embroiled in Iraq, and pushing for UN leadership for the Iraqi transition -- is exactly what's needed to make the world safer."http://knowmark.ca/2004/03/spain-example-for-us-all.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steve)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752369.post-107258390291573754Sun, 28 Dec 2003 03:58:00 +00002004-11-09T20:20:42.933-05:00The Bottom of the Barrel: "I refuse to believe that there is not a better means of averting disaster than this. I refuse to believe that human beings are collectively incapable of making rational decisions. But I am beginning to wonder what the basis of my belief might be"http://knowmark.ca/2003/12/oil-is-running-out-but-no-one-wants-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steve)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752369.post-107248516771846323Sat, 27 Dec 2003 00:32:00 +00002003-12-26T19:33:49.233-05:00Peterborough Clear Sky Clock: "What is it? At a glance, it shows when it will be cloudy or clear for up to the next two days. It's a prediction of when Peterborough, Ontario, will have good weather for astronomical observing."http://knowmark.ca/2003/12/peterborough-clear-sky-clock.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steve)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752369.post-107228503184682781Wed, 24 Dec 2003 16:57:00 +00002003-12-24T11:58:10.623-05:00ESA - Mars Express: "At 12:00 CET today, the Mars Express orbiter was 169 000 kilometres from Mars and 156 167 000 kilometres from Earth."http://knowmark.ca/2003/12/esa-mars-express.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Steve)0