A ‘buck a beer’ campaign is a desperate plot playing to a base of people that should understand just how destructive the promise actually is.
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Excited Delirium: Why Traditional Media Is Failing
Here’s a timely article from the Financial Post (owned by PostMedia, which I’ll get to in a second) that slams the current BC government for having been the least friendly towards the oil and gas industry in Canada. Frankly, if I were in BC, I would be PROUD of this headline
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Harper’s Turd Continues to Stink
Phoenix is a nasty ‘gift’ from Stephen Harper and his pals that keeps on giving. Time to hang it up.
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Proof That Science and Money Don’t Mix?
The mix of governments, private companies and the medical community puts one thing in last place: the health of the general public.
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Toronto MPP Proposes a Tax on Walking
A fine for not looking every way but Sunday when walking amounts to nothing more than a tax on walking.
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Questioning the Direction of Public Spending
Hundreds of billions spent on roads and defense while people are still getting whacked by trains and kids suffer in hot classrooms like puppies in a locked car. Our priorities are a mess.
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Sports = Tribalism = Politics
The idea of modern sports is actually very tribal in its nature, pitting ‘us’ against ‘them’. Therefore, sports events that feature rivals from different countries or regions are by definition political.
Continue readingExcited Delirium: When Science Isn’t Science, The Wiarton Willie Edition
Will science might have a chance now that Wiarton Willie is dead?
Continue readingExcited Delirium: When Is Science Not Science?
Science isn’t really science when there’s an agenda attached to it. Welcome to the 20th century cycle of ignorance.
Continue readingExcited Delirium: The House Covers the Opioid Crisis
I cringed as I listened to ‘The House’ on CBC doing a special on Canada’s opioid crisis. Scratch the surface on this folks: we need to go after the companies that are profiting from the original drugs AND the apparent solution.
Continue readingExcited Delirium: They Must Be High
Wynne’s plan to control the sale and distribution of marijuana in Ontario will be a complete waste of taxpayer dollars and will only frustrate voters.
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Follow the Law or the Law will Follow You
Taser torturing a teen for what purpose?
Continue readingExcited Delirium: The Needle and Damage Done
The opioid crisis that was manufactured by pharmaceuticals is just another reason why ‘science’ doesn’t mix well with ‘business’.
Continue readingExcited Delirium: A Reminder That ‘Science’ Can Be Bad As Well As Good …
Science should just be science, but unfortunately, a LOT of it is funded by different special interest groups. How are we supposed to know when we’re being informed proactively versus being manipulated for profit?
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Media’s Right-Wing Bias
Does Canada’s media have a right-wing bias? If yes, how do we address it?
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Khadr: Getting Facts Straight
The Khadr payout is not about guilt or innocence of a single person. It’s about the guilt of our government concerning the protection of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Say No To Mainstream Media Bailout, Saskatchewan Version
Should mainstream media get public bailouts when they fail to shout at Brad Wall’s struggling Saskatchewan government?
Continue readingExcited Delirium: This is Why Canadian Mainstream Media Needs a Public Handout?
Canadian mainstream media needs to put a sock in it and stop whining about getting public funds to stay afloat.
Continue readingExcited Delirium: The (20) Million Muslim March Mainstream Media Missed
In Karbala, Iraq, millions of Muslims marched against ISIS this past weekend. “Women, men, elderly, and children made their way to the city of Karbala on Sunday and Monday last week for the holy day of Arbaeen. Arbaeen is the event which marks the end of the 40-day mourning period
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Health: Matters of Choice … Or Not
A case going to court may wind up protecting the rights of physicians when it comes to religious beliefs. A law passed by the Ontario government eliminates my right to protect my own health or that of my child.
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