Skydiving with a cello = Awesome. “Happy Together” is a 1967 song from The Turtles‘ album of the same name. Released in February 1967, the song knocked The Beatles‘ “Penny Lane” out of the #1 slot for three weeks on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] It was the group’s only chart-topper.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: CBC Truculence: Too Little, Too Late
About a year ago, I lamented the fact that the CBC, through Peter Mansbridge, seemed to be following a policy of appeasement toward the Harper government, probably in the forlorn hope of avoiding further decimation of its funding. Quite predictably, as we learned last week, that policy has proven to
Continue readingknitnut.net: A long hard week with a happy ending
Thursday was one of those days. I’m still figuring out the buses on my commute to and from work, and I somehow got myself turned around at the Billings Bridge Transitway and ended up taking the 148 in the wrong direction. And then, when I got to work, I realized
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Tori Stafford trial: If Michael Rafferty didn’t kill her how can he be guilty of murder?
Terri-Lynne McClintic says shen and not Michael Rafferty, killed Tori Stafford. So why is he on trial for murder? Can Rafferty be guilty of murder if he didn't kill Stafford? Yes, depending on the facts proved at trial. One of the ways murder occurs is when a person, "for an
Continue readingJimBobby Sez: CBC’s Power & Politics… after the budget cuts
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, I cobbled up another video. This time, I’m takin’ a shot at the budget cuts to the CBC. It’s kinda long so I won’t blather on too much about it. Here it is:
Continue readingJimBobby Sez: CBC’s Power & Politics… after the budget cuts
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, I cobbled up another video. This time, I’m takin’ a shot at the budget cuts to the CBC. It’s kinda long so I won’t blather on too much about it. Here it is:
Continue readingJimBobby Sez: CBC’s Power & Politics… after the budget cuts
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, I cobbled up another video. This time, I’m takin’ a shot at the budget cuts to the CBC. It’s kinda long so I won’t blather on too much about it. Here it is:
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: The Conservative Coalition
I haven’t bothered to double check this little amusing fact, because I have no reason to assume it’s incorrect. There is only one federal party in Canada that calls for the creation of a coalition. Of the four major political organizations, there is only one that has in its constitution
Continue readingeaves.ca: Beautiful Maps – Google Maps in Water Colours
You know, really never know what the web is going to throw at you next. The great people over at Stamen Design (if you’ve never heard of Stamen you are really missing out – they are probably the best data visualization company I know) have created a watercolor version of
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: WildRose Candidate Once Ran Afoul Of Human Rights Commision
After posting this on the 1999 meetup of Wildrose candidate Link Byfield and White Nationalist Paul Fromm, I got to thinking of an old on-line document I stumbled over once while doing something else. This one in particular. It pertains to a 2002 Alberta HRCC (Human Rights and Citizenship Commission) complaint brought
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: Two Julian Fantino Campaign Backers Exceeded Donation Limits by 60,000%
Since the election fraud story appears to be dying an entirely undeserved death at the hands of the perennially moronic professional media, I thought I’d stir the pot a little with this post. As you may be aware, our country has strict limits on election financing. You can donate up
Continue readingwmtc: latest threat to internet freedom from u.s. corporatocracy: stop cispa
The US Congress and its corporate partners want the right of warrantless spying on every internet user, anywhere in the world. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) would give corporations the right to collect information on our online activities and share it with the US government, without notifying
Continue readingWelcome to the Corporate Confederation of Canada
“We could continue with this incremental approach to backlog reduction and eventually by about 2018 we would get to a working inventory. By returning these applications now we’ll get to the working inventory in about 18 months’ time,” Jason Kenney That was Kenney’s explanation from a Globe article for arbitrarily
Continue readingbastard.logic: On Strike? Nope. I’m back.
@fernhilldammit @DrDawg @Heading_West @Prog_Blog You’re supposedly adults too. Witch hunts against fellow progbloggers is so 2006. — Saskboy K. (@saskboy) April 6, 2012 Some things (and some douche-sombreros) never change. Y’know what else is “so 2006″? Blog aggregators. Cough.* But enough about buggy-whips and the fauxgressives who stubbornly wield them
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Conservatives’ credibility in tatters if the Auditor-General is right about F-35s
http://www.nationalpost.com/m/news/blog.html?b=fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/04/05/michael-den-tandt-conservatives-credibility-in-tatters-if-the-auditor-general-is-right-about-f-35s "So that's it then: They knew and they lied. To Parliament. To all of us. If Auditor-General Michael Ferguson's word is to be believed — and there is no reason to think that it isn't — then the federal cabinet and by extension the prime minister, and not just
Continue reading350 or bust: A Cry For Change
Reposted from April 4, 2010. Brian McClaren‘s Holy Week: Meditation 6: Wherever there is death … wherever hope is buried … wherever evil triumphs over law, and wherever law triumphs over grace … wherever injustice, unkindness, and arrogance are winning … just wait. It’s not over yet. * More links:
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Way To Stand Out!
The Alberta Liberals released there platform for the upcoming election in 2012. In the platform is a radical policy (at least I think) to try and reduce tuition cost of universities, and apparently try to completely eliminate it by 2025. Alberta tuition is the 4th highest in the world. Now I do think that tuition in Alberta should
Continue readingTrashy's World: What hockey season?
Go Blue Jays!!!!!! Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Continue readingImpolitical: Auditor General #F35 fallout
Terry Milewski’s report on yesterday’s remarks by the Auditor General and the reactions those remarks set off, above. It is helpful to see whose eyes are grave, whose eyes are dead and whose eyes are lit up. More on the AG’s remarks and DND apparently getting restless at holding the
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Patronage and seals… #nlpoli
Thursday’s announcement by fisheries minister Darin King should give you a pretty big reminder that the local political scene remains mired in the past. The provincial government is giving a private sector company a $3.6 million. They are calling it a loan. In effect, the provincial government is going to
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