News Views Noticed Footnotes News 1. Ain’t no Black in the Union Jack,  lotsa thief in the Maple Leaf… The Royal Nova Scotia Tattoo opens next week. This is interesting to me in light of the recent stories about removing the Confederate flag from Nova Scotia. I went with my mother to the Tattoo once.  […]

News Views Noticed Footnotes News 1. Black people, anger, forgiveness, and justice. Last week, a reader accused me of being “anti-white.” I wasn’t bothered by this, other than I was planning on doing an edition of Morning File where I exclusively did news about baby deer in the South End and suggested that now white […]

News Views Noticed Footnotes News 1. What about your dog, Peter? Oh, how I wish this image weren’t metaphorical… Peter MacKay was in Stellarton to talk to students about cyberbullying. “MacKay told the students he wouldn’t be where he is today if some of his actions as a teen were posted on the internet, encouraging the students to […]

News Views Noticed Footnotes News 1. But did they try to sell Snoop the rapping monkey? Snoop is in Truro. Apparently there’s a  top secret “rap off” between Snoop and Bubbles: HAHAHAHA Black men are so funny!! Weed! Rap! Loveable stereotypes! Oh shit, he came onto a white woman. (Don’t fuck with miscegenation in Nova Scotia, Snoop.) But really, […]

News Views Noticed Footnotes News 1.  If People Wrote About Canada the Same Way they Write About Africa… In a shocking blow to Canada’s beleaguered democracy, Justice Minister Peter Mackay resigned Friday from the scandal-plagued ruling party. Amid allegations of corruption, Mackay has been accused of suborning the court system and using his political office to […]

Note: Starting today, El Jones will write each Saturday’s Morning File. News Views Noticed Footnotes News 1. Stephen Harper Comes to Truro. I don’t know if this picture is less disturbing than the threatened shitbomb images from the last time I posted… Stephen Harper and Peter MacKay came to Truro Thursday night. To a large […]

Today’s guest editor is El Jones.  News Views Government On campus Noticed In the harbour Footnotes News 1.  Fire in the Hole! Aren’t you glad I used this dry old picture of Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility and not a picture of a shitbomb to start off your morning? The story behind this: According to […]