A double-quick quiz to see if need to read this article or not – Is the following statement true? – Egalitarian societies are in general are more economically, socially and politically sound than those where inequality more pronounced. If you answered false go here and evaluate the evidence for
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Dead Wild Roses: War in the North – Happily Beating Down Orcs – For the Love of Co-op Gaming (Part 1)
I have a great many weaknesses, but one of the more prominent lies in the area of cooperative gaming. Oh, how I miss the blocky good times. I remember, back in the day, that occasionally Blades of Steel (hockey) on the 8-bit NES, a glitch would occur and somehow you
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Why America Fails – The New War on Elmo and Big Bird
The amazing juxtaposition of reality and “american reality” never fails to amaze me. The onslaught of liberal values on TV is just horrible, and the mouthpieces of the Liberal conspiracy are Elmo and Big Bird. The American right is like a crazy guy with scissors in a rubber life
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Relgious Disservice: The Office of Religious Freedom? – Captain, set the “stupid” to Full!
We believe in spending your money on departments whose focus is the encouragement of illusion over reality. That is all. Where to begin with such a malodorous concept? Starting with irony is always good, so… for instance how about the blinding irony of the Conservatives dedication to ‘austerity and smaller
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Intriguing Science Video – Enter the Black Hole
I’m writing this a week ago, but I’ll watch this again today as it is just that interesting. Filed under: Science Tagged: Black Holes, Cosmology, Science, Speed of Light
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Carl Sagan – On Irony
Yea us! *sigh* Filed under: Science Tagged: Carl Sagan, Humanity, Irony
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Classical Music Interlude – Mahler Symphony No.3
In its final form, the work has six movements, grouped into two Parts: Kräftig. Entschieden (Strong and decisive) [D minor to F major] Tempo di Menuetto (In the tempo of a minuet) [A major] Comodo (Scherzando) (Comfortably, like a scherzo) [C minor to C major] Sehr langsam—Misterioso (Very slowly, mysteriously)
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Tell me again why Pro-Life isn’t Pro-Stupid?
Facts and science be damned! We have Jebus on our side… (and there was rejoicing). Well, at least the anti-woman crowd still has icky-graphical signs to wave around because they have lost yet another scientific leg to stand on. Thanks to the Guttmacher institute for advancing the rights of women,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: ThunderF00t – Why make a fuss about religion?
The title of the video is actually called “Thunderf00t Unmasked” as it deals with some of the nasty things zealots have and continue to do. It is a little slice of youtube drama, but at the same time the argument Thunderf00t makes against religion is remarkably cogent and clear and
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: My Printer hates me, now with Proof.
I enjoy breaking my computer on a fairly regular basis. I install something, or upgrade or some variation of the two and then the stuff hits the fan. No biggie, backtrack mess with things and everything is good once again. Printing documents though is different. Printing is High Stakes, High
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Canadian Conservative – The Anti-Science Crusade Continues…
Hey, you in the lab coat. Stop your filthy science right now, I have policy to fabricate! If Steven Harper was a puppy, he would be getting a firm “NO” and a being ignored right now when it comes to his views on science and the dissemination of scientific knowledge
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Fleecing the Apple Faithful – The Ipad 3 errr…or Ipad.
Apple Sheep – fall in! The next exceedingly incremental step of the latest Apple generative tech monolith is available. Blah blah blah better video, better camera. But hoo-boy, if you like the Ipad(3?) then just wait till the ipad(s?) comes out. I would have focused more on the generative
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – Atheist Conversations
Why do atheists hate so much? Is it some sort of unnatural compulsion to blasphemy and make the religious feel uncomfortable? Well, not really. The message from this part of the atheist community is clear: believing in the supernatural is not rational and basing decisions that affect people and institutions
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Daylight Savings? – Meh, at best.
The origin of another useless man-made artifice. Filed under: Humour Tagged: Daylight Savings?, Humour, Waste of time
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Just in Case You Forgot that the CPC is Pushing its Idelogical Agenda
The Long Gun Registry, More Prisons, and of course, lets not forget the long form census… Filed under: Canada, Humour, Politics Tagged: Conservative Tom-Foolery, Humour, Long form Census, Rick Mercer
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Friday Musical Interlude – Somewhere over the Rainbow
It has been a long winter here in Canada. Not particularly cold, but the washed out monotones of the season begun to wear on even the most study of us by March. The answer, the magic tonic, is great music, great musicians and verdently great scenery from Hawaii, no less!
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Conservative RoboCalls – Set The Bar Any Lower, and We’ll Drown.
I’m with Rick on this one. Voter turnout it at an all time low in Canada, let’s not increase that number anymore okay Steve? Filed under: Canada, Humour, Politics Tagged: Canadian Politics, Conservative Tom-Foolery, Rick Mercer Rant, RoboCall
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Republican Hypocrisy on Contraception, Liberty, Et Cetera
The government should not impose its values on the people of American, unless of course, its christian religious values. I wonder if anyone in the GOP has read George Orwell’s 1984, because they certainly seem to be running from the same playbook as the Party…. Jon Stewart and the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: I hate Elevators…Francis from L4Dead2
My friends and I have been hitting the Left 4 Dead pretty hard as of late. Lo and behold, youtube can further feed the fires. This clip won’t make much sense to those who have not played L4Dead, but suffice to say, Francis is one of my favourite characters
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Some Days, you go for it.
It is talent night for my choir this evening and gee-wilkers, I’m excited. I’ve been practising my solo piece and my part for the group ensemble we’re doing. Things went/and are going pretty well actually. But then I got to thinking(cue foreboding music), we need something to end our
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