I don’t think I seated it properly. At least I hope that’s where the water’s coming from now. The alternative explanation has a far worse solution.
Continue readingMessage From South Carolina…
. ….May The Best Race-Baiter Win! And so, in the end, it was done. CHARLESTON, S.C. — Surprising his rivals and upending the Republican race for the presidency, Newt Gingrich won the pivotal South Carolina primary Saturday, 10 days after a fourth-place finish in New Hampshire left the impression his
Continue readingWankers of the Week: Out of the ship and into the SOPA
Crappy weekend, everyone! And there goes another one into the drink, just like those poor souls on that ship with the dipshit captain. If you feel like your world is being piloted by fucking incompetents and self-centred bastards on just such a level, pat yourself on the back…it is. And
Continue readingMind of Dan: Chimp Vocalizations
Chimpanzee vocalizations in Kibale National Park, Uganda. Related posts (randomly generated) A day with my closest living relatives… Plan to Sell U.S. Nat’l Parks to Energy Industry Spurs Opposition How old is the Grand Canyon? Park rangers ordered not to tell — might offend creationists Mae Sariang Paradise Lost
Continue readingWhere’s stageleft
I certainly hope this doesn’t mean anything other than technical issues…
Continue readingFish Farm Fine Revisited
FillingTheWurlitzer’sCrankCaseWithSand (Almost)CompleteMediaBlack-OutVille It is now three days after the ruling against the fish farm company ‘Marine Harvest’ for not returning wild fish to the ‘wild’. Yesterday, we mentioned that only one proMedia organ, the Campbell River Courier-Islander had reported on the matter. Well. There are now two reports. The following
Continue readingExit Stage Left
So yesterday I officially withdrew my support of Peggy Nash as leader of the NDP. My reasons are as follows: I felt she was weak on policy. I was not impressed with the lack of raw numbers in her policy statements. After some consideration I feel that she represents the
Continue readingA Blog By James Curran: The First Person to Officially Announce for Liberal Leadership is…
…Scott Yee! Eat your heart out Bob Rae. Scott beat you to it. Here’s his presser: Message flagged Friday, January 20, 2012 4:00:04 AM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1:00 A.M. PST, January 20, 2012 SCOTT YEE ANNOUNCES HIS BID FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF THE LIBERAL PARTY OF CANADA VANCOUVER – 29
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: The N-Party Problem
There is a famous problem in classical mechanics, a branch of physics, called the n-body problem. While interesting in its own right, the problem can be used as an analogy that is illustrative towards politics; in particular, the issue of predicting long term trends of political systems with two or
Continue readingExponential Book: Education disadvantage
If a cash-strapped province or state had to make painful cuts to public services, the immediately noticeable effect would be the outright elimination of some of them. One would not think of, say, laying off a fraction of all bus drivers and asking the remaining ones to work longer hours,
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2012 Roundup
Yes, we’re at the point in the campaign where we can’t go a couple of days without plenty of developments – even in the absence of formal debates or other major events. So let’s take a look at how the week ended on the campaign trail. – Niki Ashton received
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Mythologizing the Past and the Future
Our regular readers will know that we have often been puzzled by Paulie's odd desire to be associated by horses. We are no longer all that puzzled: Aside from the fact that the face here has been photoshopped very poorly (though Paulie doesn't seem to realize this), it's clear that
Continue readingDoes Anyone Really Think Those ConglomerNet Bills Are Dead?
AllTheLobShopsThatFit MrHollywoodGoesToWashingtonVille Because if they do they’re crazy. Here’s the lede of Richard Verrier’s story on the matter in the LA Times today: After a week in which their anti-piracy legislation got derailed by the full force of the Internet lobby, the mood in Hollywood was one of anger, frustration
Continue readingMind of Dan: About those radical foreign interests opposed to the latest tar-sand pipeline
Rick Mercer injects a whack of sanity and hilarity to the absurd notion that opposition to the Northern Enbridge is driven by “foreign interests” If you are not sure what all of this is about watch this video filled with unintentional hilarity from the slimy ethical oil spokeswomen Kathryn Marshall.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Take your Daughter to Work Day
And I thought teaching was a tough gig. Poor Gary. Filed under: Humour Tagged: Humour, Robot Chicken, Star Wars, Take your daughter to work day
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: Jan. 21: let’s be nice today…
Let’s not talk about the rather important stories that the TandT didn’t notice. We won’t talk about their recent report of Harper announcing his crushing fear of an Iranian nuclear bomb – and how the TandT (and Harper, I guess) – did not notice the Jan. 19 story in the
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Trost Drops Hints?
Inertia and piecemeal solutions are the order of the day, unfortunately. Something major needs to be done. Getting rid of the Indian Act would be a good start. If legislation was passed sun setting the Indian Act and forcing a major overhaul of the Department of Aboriginal Affairs, we might
Continue readingA Novelist's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: Edev värk / Fetching stuff
Edev värk / Fetching stuff – Animal & Insect Photos – Vaido’s Photoblog. Filed under: Beautiful Tagged: nature photography
Continue readingCops Behaving Badly: Doubleplusungood
Today’s entry in the annals of rotten cop behavior is a two-fer. First, from Florida, a disturbing case of racist elder abuse, caught on dashcam (despite the cop’s efforts to switch the camera off): Details from Raw Story: Technicians in Florida have recovered dashcam video of a Melbourne police officer
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Wall Strikes Out on Fiscal Federalism
Saskatchewan’s Brad Wall recently issued a statement exhorting his fellow Premiers to blaze largely unspecified new trails on healthcare, Employment Insurance and Equalization. Unfortunately, he misses the ball on all three issues. Greg Fingas and Verda Petry have already refuted Wall’s call for further healthcare privatization. On Employment Insurance, Wall
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