Weekly round up: July 11 - 17

17 July 2011

Articles

The Day Jeter Hit 3,000 from SI.com

Fighting the dangerous creep of republicanism from Ottawa Citizen

We're all in the royal family from Macleans

FED #86: The Business Dean (Roger Martin) from Porkosity (via Heather)

Core Services Review: Hard Times Redux? from Toronto Standard

Deal tries to hush up disgrace of Caledonia from National Post

Census decision a slow-motion train wreck from The Globe and Mail

Every road has its thorn: beware the rural menaces from The Globe and Mail

Sgt. Ryan Russell Park Unveiled from The Star

Austrian Man Wins Right To Wear Pasta Strainer In License Photo from NPR

Why we publish Conrad Black from National Post

Skeleton May Help Solve Mystery of Doomed Franklin Expedition from ScienceNOW (via Heather)

Tweets

https://twitter.com/mikepmoffatt/status/90597557188833280

A single tree can produce 9 pieces of paper, maximum: Journalist https://t.co/LQ8gFMZ

— Benjamin Oliphant (@BenOliphant) July 13, 2011

That point in the paper where you realize you might not know what you're talking about. #AcademicWritingProcesses

— Emmett Macfarlane (@EmmMacfarlane) July 15, 2011

CON Govt failing FN communities 39% water systems put health at High Risk https://bit.ly/psPC38 Check the always impressive @APTN #cdnpoli

— Carolyn Bennett (@Carolyn_Bennett) July 15, 2011

^ And Carolyn Bennett's beloved Liberals before the Conservatives and the PCs before the Liberals and the Liberals before the PCs... I think you get the idea.

Videos

Bringing light to the poor, one liter at a time from Reuters

^ Embarrassing video from the opening of SkyDome via DrunkJaysFan

Ben Revere's triple via Getting Blanked

Image

Strange buzz wordy ad from Safeway that I saw on the Calgary Herald.

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