And more to the point, who orders that done? I don’t for an instant believe it starts and stops with the dude who was offered to the bus wheels this afternoon. It seems like it’s way bigger than just what Michael Sona is purported to have arranged.
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Republic Report Slams Media Obsession With Shiny Penny In Heartland DenialGate Coverage
Republic Report.png Lee Fang at the Republic Report has a great post noting the media's obsession with the shiny penny of the who/how story surrounding the leaked documents chronicling the Heartland Institute's planned attacks on science and democracy. While groups like Greenpeace, The Climate Reality Project and Forecast the Facts
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Old fashioned Friday night blues blogging
Want Ad Blues, which is the real title, was written and recorded by John Lee Hooker. This is Rory Gallagher flying solo on what appears to be an original National Steel guitar. This piece is from an instructional video. I certainly found it instructive. This is Roy Rogers with The
Continue readingVaginia, I mean Virginia, backs off on State-Enforced Vaginal Probe Law
Apparently a law mandating non-consensual (ie. forced) vaginal probing isn’t something a Vice Presidential hopeful wants on his resume. Accordingly, Virginia Governor and Vice Presidential wet-dreamer Bob McDonnell has backed away from the bill that’s come to be known by names like “The State-Enforced Transvaginal Probe Law”. Because, well dangit,
Continue readingSong of the Watermelon: Pushing the Envelope on Palestinian Sovereignty
There has not been much movement of late on the Israeli-Palestinian front. This may partly be explained by the relative lack of violent activity by Palestinian groups. The conflict has dropped off the radar for most of the Israeli public, and the only constituency the government needs to worry about
Continue readingImpolitical: For your clean and ethical government needs
Scandal Scrubber will attempt to rub out those pesky stains that may tar a “clean and ethical” government. Not recommended for use at home. (h/t old friend the Wingnuterer)
Continue readingThose Emergency Blues: Friday Night Flicks: Bottle
Lovely and not quite what you expect. [Couch mode here.] Filed under: Friday Night Flicks Tagged: short films
Continue readingGonzo Week Cont’d…Was Hunter Thompson The First Blogger?
ButHeNeverDidItInPyjamas PlayerOneVille So. Do you think all this stuff about how the Mainstream Media doesn’t cover enough actual news, and/or get to the heart of the matter, is a new thing? Think again. Because here’s vintage, pre-fame Hunter Thompson, circa 1968, writing to the general manager of his local television
Continue readingTrashy's World: This would be…
… my Dad. Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Adams is at it again #nlpoli
Energy analyst Tom Adams is at it again. He’s sent a bunch of technical questions to the consumer advocate to ship along to Nalcor about the Muskrat Falls proposal. Let’s see what happens. – srbp –
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: PIAC: Rumoured Cap in Spectrum Auction Would Threaten Competition
This latest press release by the Public Interest Advocacy Center (PIAC), is related to OpenMedia.ca’s mission to keep the Internet open and accessible for all Canadians. A necessary step to achieving that goal is ensuring Canada has a competitive market by setting aside crucial infrastructure for smaller telecoms, called spectrum.
Continue readingFestive Left Friday Blogging: Playing catch-up with El Ecuadorable
Sigh. What’s a girl to do when she’s looking for Latin American lefty-porn to give her readers their Friday fix of progressive pulchritude? All the news is full of Chavecito and his maybe-recurred cancer (or maybe-just-scar-tissue, did-THAT-ever-occur-to-you-crapaganda-whores?). And we all know what naughtiness Evo has been up to lately (yawwwwwwwwwwwn).
Continue readingTerahertz: Teach safe sex
I was sent this neat info-graphic that discusses the need for comprehensive sex ed in the USA. We can be a bit more smug here in Canada, but we must remain eternally vigilant that our education system relies on the best available information. Created by: PublicHealthDegree.com
Continue readingwmtc: in which we kick peel’s butt!
Win? That doesn’t even begin to describe it. This was a rout. When the smoke cleared, we were celebrating and they were gasping for air. $429 and change that we should never have been charged? Check. $175 in court costs? Check. But wait, there’s more… $100 for our preparation time,
Continue readingthe woodshed: Loyal retainer is loyal
So Michael Sona has done what he was hired for and fallen on his sword to deflect blame from his masters. If you honestly believe a 23-year-old communications assistant for a failed CPC candidate managed to organize, fund, co-ordinate and execute the entire “robocall” affair, please write to me. I
Continue readingkirbycairo: Robogate and lackey Scapegoats. . . .
Saint Stephen on Robogate Yesterday Pat Martin said on CBC that the Conservatives were “laying the foundation for throwing some kid under the bus,” as a result of the massive conspiracy that is Robogate. Well, it didn’t take long did it? Look here to see the scapegoat that the Conservatives
Continue readingThe Cons lighten the troika
A young Conservative imbecile is tossed off the sled to the wolves. One kid, responsible for a robofraud program that stretched over 27 ridings? Stay hungry, wolves. Please.
Continue readingCathiefromCanada: Everyone does it? No they don’t
Here we go again. The Harper Conservatives get nailed for their dirty tricks and ratfucking and all of a sudden “everybody” does it and “everyone” has to clean up their act — yeah, because Pierre Trudeau bringing in wage and price controls 40 years ago is somehow exactly the same
Continue readingImpolitical: Let’s not overlook Peter MacKay today
Must read post from Dave at Galloping Beaver: “Airshow” MacKay is now well over the line. On Peter MacKay’s abuse of his position by asking military personnel to provide him with political ammunition against a member of the opposition who questioned MacKay’s personal use of military assets. Dave, with military
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Dark Master Speaks
Regarding the robo-call criminal acts, did Stephen Harper actually deny any involvement with a straight face? Meanwhile, a young Tory staffer has apparently been chosen to take the fall. Recommend this Post
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