In the history of the world there has probably never been a nation that didn’t sometimes intentionally torture prisoners and secretly use the information so obtained, however unreliable.But at least we used to be ashamed of it.Not any more.
Continue readingWTF is going on in Panama?
Anonymous Panama has declared war on the Martinelli Government™. Why? Well, for starters, Martinelli & Co. are corporatist to the teeth. Yes, kiddies, the F-word applies. Fascism has come to Panama. And with it come all the usual horrors we associate with that word. Including, you guessed it, GENOCIDE: Ricardo
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Dickens @ 200
Nifty little animated biography of Charles Dickens, the brilliant Victorian novelist who would have been 200 years old today, had he not died 142 years previously. Though not his greatest literary achievement by any means, my personal favourite of all his works is “The Pickwick Papers”… such a delightfully curious
Continue readingDany Morin on his upcoming bill and new committee duties
As I continue with my round-up of queer MPs at the start of the winter sitting, I caught up with NDP MP Dany Morin after QP today. Q: What were you up to over the break? A: A lot of time with my constituents. I launched for 2012 a monthly
Continue readingCheryl Gallant Dives Head First To Join Fellow Fetus Fetishist MPs
Move over Stephen Woodsworth! Heeere’s Cheryl!! Cheryl Gallant, who often shits where she eats, let’s out a doozy today. In fact, if that’s even possible, she sounded wackier than Michelle Bachman. Conservative MP Cheryl Gallant is getting herself into hot water again, this time drawing a parallel between abortion and
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4191…This Is Yer Capital, Ottawa
Prime Minister Harper is selling out our Seniors here in Canada and is in China selling out our economy. Quebec, a third of the National Capital Region, is Quebec. Yet tomorrow the front page of, at minimum, the Ottawa Sun, will be all about the Ottawa Senators losing their seventh
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Costs of Crime Report
The 2008 report was recently released from the Department of Justice. No other years appear to have been reported. Note, these figures will be very significantly impacted by the recent crime bills. Total Prosecution Costs: $528,249,551 Total Criminal Court Costs: $672,392,760 Total Correction Costs: $4,836,224,546 Total Police Expenditures: $11,448,937,000 Total
Continue readingTropes
…are figures of speech. They are NOT themes, motifs or recurring images. “Mystical pregnancy,” the “magical Negro,” etc., are not tropes. The sexism and racism being analyzed are real enough, the analysis is at least adequate, but the term used is plain wrong. Please, world, stop doing this. The word
Continue readingcartoon life: 8 Panels again
Better pictures. Better white balance, though there’s just a bit too much colour in some of the white areas. But, I paint in the basement, and these are the first time I’ve seen them outside in proper light. If you’ve seen the landscape collages, the major forms are recycled from
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Don’t stress over Valentines Day, talk it over
I guess it all depends on the lady in your life, but holidays like Valentines can be incredibly stressful. Women have it easy, just buy some sexy lingerie for yourself and we’ll be very happy, so long you wear it and we get to do the errrr, unwrapping. But for men,
Continue readingopenalex: Community Scale Solar: Portland (OR) and Durban (South Africa)
[A piece I wrote is running in the most recent edition of UN-Habitat’s Urban World magazine. The article covers a gutsy and successful residential solar project in Portland (OR), and a similar project that I gave a hand with in Durban (South Africa). OK, I admit I’m a bit late
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Solar-powered cats.
Continue readingcmkl: Crèpes – my fabulous birthday
So to cap off a lovely birthday, Irene Mallory and I had a lovely meal at Da Sergio and then went home for presents. The day actually began with presents too. All my presents were lovely, and Irene went above and beyond with the present pictured here. See sometimes for
Continue readingIs Christy Clark Letting The Rio Theatre’s Jobs Die…
. ….To Keep Her Own Slim Hopes Alive In The Bible Belt? Charlie Smith of the GStraight thinks so: …The owner of the Rio, Corinne Lea, has been told that because she has a liquor licence, she is not permitted to screen films at the cinema—even if Lea agrees to
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Monstrous Depravity of the Harper Cons
Like the decaying painting of Dorian Gray he stares out at us, with all his moral ugliness and sheer depravity revealed for all to see. We already knew that he heads the most sinister and evil government in Canadian history. But just when you think his grotesque Cons can go
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: We’re surprised that anybody is surprised by Larry Miller’s comparison of gun control supporters to Hitler
Following gun control issues as we do, we’re not really surprised that Conservative MP Larry Miller chose to compare gun registry supporters to Hitler. After all, Miller is just reflecting a common point view among gun control opponents. And he isn’t even the first person associated with Harper Tories to
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: The Universal Student Transit Pass
I have an opinion piece out on the City of Ottawa’s universal, student transit pass–also known as “the U-Pass.” Points raised in the op-ed include the following: -U-Pass programs exist for roughly 30 universities and colleges across Canada. -For a U-Pass program to be introduced, students typically must vote in
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4190…Toronto Danforth: The Beginning
Of the end for the Dippers methinks. Andrew Lang, the Liberal candidate that got torched by Jack Layton twice, was quoted by Tobi Cohen of Postmedia as saying that “The fact that the NDP picked a dud of a candidate really opens this wide open for us to take this
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2012 Roundup
A few leadership notes covering the gap between Sunday’s informal debate and tonight’s version in Saskatoon… – Niki Ashton unveiled her justice platform, proposing a “judicare” program to ensure greater access to the legal system as well as soft drug decriminalization. – Nathan Cullen took questions from Aaron Wherry, featuring
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