This just in from the Toronto Star: Feds rule out ban on abattoir waste in cattle feed: Federal officials have ruled out a ban on feeding slaughterhouse waste to cattle even though some government scientists say such a ban is the only way to be sure of stopping mad cow disease. The reasoning — once […]
Yes, it’s warmer again, the snow is a slushy memory, the grass is green again, no more hats, no more scarves, but really dirty wet dogs instead. One thing in favour of icy snowy cold is its dryness: low on the ground dogs don’t hoover up mud and city dirt, they stay clean in cold […]
The International Herald Tribune carried an article by Diana Pinto today that I thought was one of the smartest commentaries I’ve yet read on the French ban of religious dress and symbolism (aka “the head scarf ban”): The long, bloody path that led to French securalism: Head scarves and history. Pinto writes that a militantly […]
We’ve had snow. Lots of snow. And it has been cold. Very cold. This is not what I moved here for, but the high-low extreme climate spikes seem to be more routine these days no matter where you go — last June we had a 3-day heat wave that sent 35++Celsius temps our way. Might […]
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