January 2012
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“Let’s get one thing out of the way: Mexican immigration is an oxymoron. Mexicans...”
– Sherman Alexie is a poet, short story writer, novelist, and filmmaker. His book “The Lone Ranger and Tonto’s Fist Fight in Heaven,” was on the banned curriculum of the Mexican American Studies Program. http://progressive.org/sherman-alexie (via chicanainchoos)
Jan 31st
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Jan 31st
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Jan 31st
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Jan 31st
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Jan 31st
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Jan 31st
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Jan 30th
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Jan 30th
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Jan 30th
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Jan 30th
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Jan 30th
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Jan 29th
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Jan 28th
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Jan 28th
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Jan 26th
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Jan 26th
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Jan 26th
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Jan 26th
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Jan 26th
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Jan 25th
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Jan 25th
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A Raging Solar Storm Is Hitting the Earth Right... →
Northern Lights!: “unless something extraordinary happens, you shouldn’t worry about the world ending tomorrow. It won’t. But keep your eyes open for auroras happening near you. Those living up north in particular should have a great show over the next two days.”
Jan 25th
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Jan 25th
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“I’m not sure exactly the kind of meeting we are going to because some meetings...”
– Chief Darrell McCallum of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation on preparing for a meeting of Canadian Chiefs and the Prime Minister of Canada. Yeah, that’s right. The government tells us they consult with Natives on national and provincial issues, but really our Chiefs were basically told to sit there...
Jan 24th
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Jan 24th
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Jan 24th
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Jan 24th
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Jan 23rd
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Jan 23rd
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Jan 23rd
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Jan 23rd
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Jan 23rd
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Jan 22nd
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“A library in the middle of a community is a cross between an emergency exit, a...”
– Caitlin Moran, The Times newspaper, 8th December 2011. Seen in the CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals) magazine, CILIP Update, Jan 2012 edition. (via leftinthelibrary)
Jan 21st
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Jan 20th
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Degrassi High | Beaver Hour Index | The A.V. Club... →
A great quasi-academic analysis of Degrassi: “Legacy: Excepting the bloated spin-off series, Degrassi’s legacy would be this air of modesty it cultivated. Looking back without the rose-coloured lenses of nostalgia, Degrassi looks humble, even downright cruddy, even for Canadian TV. It has that flat, Peanut Butter Solution-ish quality that makes it seem not just cheap, but almost illicit. Of...
Jan 18th
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Jan 18th
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Jan 18th
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Jan 17th
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Jan 17th
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Dear Edmonton:
ayiman: Wind chill values of less than -40 degrees Celsius means that frostbite may occur on exposed skin in less than 10 minutes. Please keep warm, and consider donating any winter coats you don’t need to a winter coat drive, or somewhere like the Boyle Street Co-op.  
Jan 17th
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Jan 16th
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