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Monthly Archives: August 2012
Faux Pas Friday
More than any other time of year, election season is rife with embarrassing, insulting, and at times, downright scary faux pas. What’s worse is that these faux pas often go uncorrected. Politicians and pundits spew lie after lie, hoping that … Continue reading
Up on That Film Horizon!
By Geo Ong Hey, you! What are you doing on Saturday night? Because I’ll tell what I’ll be doing. I’ll be going to the movies. There are three new movies out that have caught my attention, and most likely I’ll … Continue reading
Shows You Should Try: Downton Abbey
By Sarah JostI am a bit late to the Downton Abbey party. The British drama is about to enter its third season and I’m just barely digging into season one. I had been hearing, and not knowing whether to believe, … Continue reading
Posted in Film & Television, Sarah
Tagged American version, British television, Dame Maggie Smith, downton abbey, Julian Fellows, nuance, PBS
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Shell Needs More Time/Oil from the Chukchi Sea
By Margaret Hedderman Shell Oil Co. is seeking to extend its drilling exploration permit in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea by another two weeks. Due to estimates of sea ice forming by November 1st, the oil company’s permit currently only allows for … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged arctic ocean, beaufort sea, chukchi sea, chukchi sea drilling, shell oil drilling permit
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Let the Debating Begin: Three Anticipated Election Topics
As we wait for this year’s US Presidential Election to kick into high gear, we Urchins ponder the topics we are most excited about being discussed in the upcoming televised debates. Here are three of them: Gun Laws I wrote … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Politics & Global Issues
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High Noon Urchins
This week’s theme: Tragic Sarah Geo Next week: Memes
Posted in Collaborative, High Noon Urchins
Tagged blinds, Geo Ong, High Noon Urchins, laziness, sarah jost, scrunchie, tragic, tragic blinds, tragic scrunchie
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That’s What He Said
What I think these comments do underscore is why we shouldn’t have a bunch of politicians, a majority of whom are men, making health care decisions on behalf of women. -President Obama on Rep. Todd Akin’s comments on ‘legitimate rape’
The Road Yet Taken
By Geo Ong One day, while doing some research on an essay about Los Angeles and Brooklyn, I looked up the distance between these two homes on a Google map. The two cities are 4,480 kilometres (2,784 miles) apart. The … Continue reading
Posted in Geo, Travel
Tagged america, cross country road trip, driving, expectations, road trip
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Our Favourite Things Obama Has Done in the Past Four Years
With election season getting into full swing, it’s time for us here at the Urchin Movement to get political(er.) To kick things off, we’ve each picked our favourite thing President Obama has done while in office. He was able to … Continue reading
Gun Violence in the U.S.: Tragedy in Colorado, Crisis in Chicago, but Who Will Act?
By Sarah Jost I was visiting a friend in Sweden when 12 people were shot and killed and 21 wounded at a movie theatre in Colorado this summer. Everyone I spoke to was shocked such a thing could happen. I … Continue reading
