The Blork Blog

Deetjen’s Big Sur Inn is one of the beautiful properties under threat from the wildfires raging along the central California coast. According to this article, the inn was evacuated on Sunday, and the fire was so close that a burning log rolled into one of the rustic cabins, although it was quickly extinguished by fire […]

Unless you’ve been living on the moon, you’re aware that we’ve recently seen the end of a five year battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to secure the Presidential nomination for the U.S. Democrats. (OK, it was actually about 16 months, but it felt like five years.) Although the campaign itself was excruciating and […]

The week started off well, with Martin Luther King Day in the US. However, that’s a “federal” holiday, meaning it’s pretty much just civil servants who get the day off. In other words, my American overlords were all at work that day, so I couldn’t spend the afternoon napping under my desk. So much for […]

A few months ago, when asked what I thought about Saddam Hussein facing the death penalty, I said “I’m against the death penalty, but I’m not going to cry over this one.” Now, with Saddam’s hanging imminent, I have taken a different position.
I am against the death penalty for Saddam Hussein, and I will be […]

In many of the discussions about the conflict in Lebanon last summer, a few important facts seem to get left out. These are not unknown or unreported facts – indeed, they have been fairly widely reported – yet the ongoing rhetorical discussions and pissing matches about the events seem to make little reference to them.
As […]

Note: this post does not contain any new information about the shootings at Dawson College today. If you’re looking for news or eye-witness reports, you should look elsewhere. Like here, for example.

As I was eating my lunch, I heard a lot of sirens outside on Boul. de Maisonneuve (I work at de Maisonneuve and McGill-College, […]

There have been rumours that Condoleeza Rice and Peter MacKay – both single and supposedly “sophisticated and good looking” conservative government high-rollers – have a bit of a thing going. Those rumours have been refueled this week by Condi’s trip to Peter’s hometown of Stellarton, Nova Scotia.
According to the New York Times, Peter took Condi […]