A fellow blogger recently speculated that Jonathan Kay is actually one of the more moderate Conservative writers. I had my doubts but nodded reluctantly. I wish I had read this before that comment so I could have something with which to laugh down such a preposterous claim. Thankfully, PZ Myers has done
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: liberal party of canada convention 2012 – renewal past the tipping point.
Zack Siezmagraff Guest Post by Zack Siezmagraff I am confident that the LPC convention this past weekend, which I attended as a delegate and past candidate for AB-Yellowhead , is an event that I will look back at in 50 years and tell people, “I was there”. For those of you
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Latter-day Saints praised
In the current First Things, a highly influential if somewhat obscure journal of intellectual religious conservatives (generally Roman Catholic), there is a brief Opinion piece entitled "Mormonism Obsessed with Christ". I had expected the piece to be harsh towards the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints. It is
Continue readingPhotoshop du jour: A dream jam session
You say you want a revolution? You got it: “Imagínate que no hay cielo…” Can’t you just hear it?
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Jim Stanford highlights a trend of employers forcing work stoppages in order to force massive concessions out of their employees – and notes that the Harper Cons seem to be entirely in favour of that kind of economic disruption as long as it’s
Continue readingThose Emergency Blues: Favourite Poems XLIV
To a Locomotive in Winter Thee for my recitative, Thee in the driving storm even as now, the snow, the winter-day declining, Thee in thy panoply, thy measur’d dual throbbing and thy beat convulsive, Thy black cylindric body, golden brass and silvery steel, Thy ponderous side-bars, parallel and connecting rods,
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Two juries for every murder trial?
Richard Dawkins has a very interesting piece in the current New Statesman. He says, if trials really require proof beyond reasonable doubt, there would seldom is ever be any question as to the result of a trial. It would be obvious to anyone who heard all the evidence. Of course
Continue readingCanada II: Digging Deeper on Keystone XL
We are seeing a lot of headlines concerning pipelines these days. Here are some articles that should help shed light on what is actually happening with respect to the XL project. California Awaits Tar Sands Legal Ruling California’s low-carbon fuel standard is the world’s first attempt to require oil suppliers
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Blowing Hot Hair
Tom Walkom has a way of pricking the hot air balloons which the Harper Conservatives keep trying to launch. In today’s Toronto Star, he writes that Canada’s current international swagger is firmly rooted in hot air: It depends on one commodity and one country. The commodity is oil; the country
Continue readingFar and Wide: Take "Third Party" Advocacy Out Of Canadian Politics
Andrew Coyne’s thoughtful piece on political contributions, third party inputs, offers a compromise solution between a purely libertarian view and the interventionist, managed model. I see a disconnect between the philosophy and practical, which challenges the equality Coyne seeks: In terms of the present argument, they should each be able
Continue reading"Obama’s white half tries to sing"
The latest from the wonderfully transparent Kathy Shaidle, as noted by Alicublog.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Illusion of Choice – George Carlin
Wading through politics in North America one can get the idea that we have a lot of choice when it comes to running our countries and determining our social policies. It takes the brilliant thoughts of a late comedian to crystallize what our societies have become. Agree or disagree, Carlin’s
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Should the National Citizens Coalition Lose Its Tax Exempt Status?
When it was learned this week that Bob Rae is now polling 24 points ahead of Stephen Harper, many of us wondered when the Harper attack ads would begin. It took exactly 17 minutes and 43 seconds (Actually, they were already running them). Careful not to make it appear that
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: We can’t fix the CBC if it doesn’t exist
Columnist says taxpayers will continue to pay for the CBC, not just because they have no choice, but because they still care and hope that it will get better.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: One Step Closer To The Totalitarian State: Chris Hedges On The National Defense Authorization Act
Although I have a somewhat jaundiced view of the intellectual capacity of many Americans, one who I consistently hold in high esteem is Chris Hedges. Please watch the following video in which he offers his objections to Obama’s enthusiasm for the National Defense Authorization Act, a law that allows for
Continue reading350 or bust: Saturday At The Movies
Just for fun: what news anchors do during commercial breaks.
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Why don’t sea gulls fly over Frobisher Bay?
Because then they’d be Bagels (Bay Gulls). Hahahahahahahahaha
Continue readingMorton's Musings: A drug addict steals $21,000 a week to feed their habit
Vancouver Police Chief Jim Chu said drug addicts sell stolen goods for about 10 cents on the dollar; "add up how much they have to steal in order to feed a drug habit" he asks? Well, let's do that. A typical crack/heroin addiction costs about $300/day. If funded by stolen
Continue readingMorton's Musings: A drug addict steals $21,000 a week to feed their habit
Vancouver Police Chief Jim Chu said drug addicts sell stolen goods for about 10 cents on the dollar; "add up how much they have to steal in order to feed a drug habit" he asks? Well, let's do that. A typical crack/heroin addiction costs about $300/day. If funded by stolen
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