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In total, approximately $85.2 million of the $121 million ordered for victims by the independent adjudicator Global Resolutions Inc. has been distributed.
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Having had a version of this experience with just about every major Canadian media company, let me take you behind the curtain for a moment to my most recent on the double standard in Canadian media when it comes to talking about Israel vs. Russia.
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Reason to love Chicago #333: such pulsating, professional, live theater, so easily available.
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The before and after pics of Georgia's 8 constitutional officers is remarkable.
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Tired of the election map? The yellow states are the states where you can legally own an otter.
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'No process will ever make right the terrible things that happened here,' says survivors' lawyer, Geoff Budden
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I can’t stop thinking, tonight, about this Louise Glück poem, just astounded at how sad it is, and yet still how in love with the world
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Today, Robert E. Hall was awarded the 2026 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
This is from a statement he released after the announcement:
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If your kids are in school they’re constantly being prompted to “relate” to some text… listen to Anne
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“It implies that Israel created the conditions that brought about October 7 itself.”
Uh yeah Israel did create the conditions that brought about October 7 itself. Only someone who thinks Palestinians are zoo animals would dispute it.
I take issue with much of the criticism leveled at Mayor Mamdani’s October 7 statement—not because it is undeserved, but because I believe it misses the deeper implication and is therefore far too mild.
His assertion that “the suffering did not begin nor end that day,” coupled with his references to occupation and apartheid, reads to me as more than a condemnation of Israel’s response. It implies that Israel created the conditions that brought about October 7 itself.
That implicit assignment of blame to the victims is what deserves the strongest condemnation.
Mamdani blames Israel (!) for October 7th itself.
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Take a moment, stop scrolling, and read a poem.
This poem, by the great and grossly misunderstood Emily Dickinson, is one of my favorites and one of the few poems I have memorized.
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I remember being at the 2001 Labour Party conference after 9/11 when Blair famously said he would make fighting for justice for Gaza one of his causes.
Today this dishonest, greedy man with so much Arab blood on his hands pushes pro-Israel, pro-genocide narratives about Gaza.
Tony Blair on Gaza:
There is talk of free Palestine, but for Palestinians living in Gaza, they don't need a slogan; they need a solution.
To be free, Gaza must live in peace with its neighbors and with itself.
And this cannot happen if it's governed by those who use Gaza as a base for war against a neighbor it has no chance of defeating.
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Athletics Canada is sharing this statement from the family of National Team Trail Runner, Kalie McCrystal who went missing climbing the Matterhorn in Italy. She was last seen September 1st.
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Femicide does not require a specific number - it is how and why a woman is killed.
@UN_Women @UNODC: unwomen.org/sites/default/fi…
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The Routledge International Handbook of #Femicide & #Feminicide buff.ly/45vPjLw
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#CallItFemicide
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Kalie McCrystal, 38, a lawyer from Squamish BC is currently missing on the Matterhorn in the Alps.
Kalie is a friend from law school. She’s a world class athlete, an experienced mountaineer and one of the best sky runners in the world. She was training to beat her own world record when she went missing on Tuesday, September 1.
Kalie is a beloved member of the BC bar, a sister, a respected member of the international sky running community and we ask for your prayers that Kalie returns home safely.
We are grateful to the Italian, Swiss, and French authorities as well as Global Affairs Canada for their ongoing efforts.
Kalie is an elite athlete who trains for these conditions and we know in our hearts she is a survivor.
Please pray with us for the safe return of Kalie McCrystal.
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Geoff Budden retweeted
Jay Leno: When I was doing The Tonight Show, I was making 30 million a year, which was ridiculous. Okay, and NBC said, "Well, we're going to have to cut half the crew."
You know, so we had a big meeting and I said, "All right, by a show of hands, how many feel I should take a 50% pay cut so we can keep everybody?" Well, I got outvoted.
Boy, I got screwed on that one. But really, I already have $15 million. I'm doing pretty good, you know, I never thought I'd get this far.
And you know something? They were the best crew for the rest of the days. You know, everything was always terrific. It was a union crew, everybody made a good living.
You know, guys would come up and show me the car they bought or the house they got around the corner or whatever it might be.
And it didn't cost me anything, really, because I had plenty of money. I was making plenty of money.
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C. P. Cavafy, translated by Daniel Mendelsohn
ALT BIRTH OF A POEM One night when the beautiful light of the moon poured into my room . . . imagination, taking something from life: some very scanty thing – a distant scene, a distant pleasure – brought a vision all its own of flesh, a vision all its own to a sensual bed . . .