This week, while enjoying a little down time, I’ve been peeking online from time to time to see what has been going on with the Go Daddy boycott. For those who haven’t been following the story, Go Daddy, a internet domain registration company, came out in support of SOPA –
Continue readingImpolitical: Friday night
Something different, a departure from the house music tonight. Have a great night!
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Friday night
The opening song was recorded at Studio City Sound in Los Angeles. It seemed worth mentioning since Kara Grainger is Australian. This is Sky is Falling. This next tune is called Family Tree. The guitarist and singer (and songwriter, if I’m not mistaken) is Darrell Scott and as he’ll inform
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Dear Mr. Rob Ford
The folks from 911 are not your personal marriage counselors. You’re supposed to get those from the private sector. That is all.
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Newmarket Couple Targeted With Racial Harassment
Before we post the "Toronto Star" article, we've learned that our friend John Marleau might be in a little trouble with the law again. We received a not from a reader saying that they saw Marleau at the court house (we assume the one downtown) and he looked less than
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Vancouver Sun practices conscious deceit
Elmer Derrick and Enbridge VP Janet Holder IS IT TRUE ELMER DERRICK IS “THE” GITXSAN HEREDITARY CHIEF? Commentary by Merv Ritchie, Terrace Daily, Dec. 11, 2011 This is the claim recently made in a commentary Elmer Derrick submitted and had published in the Vancouver Sun, “Elmer Derrick is the hereditary
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: The Year In Dirty Energy: Keystone XL
tarsands protests.jpg This year, a deal between TransCanada and the U.S. government almost allowed one of the most disastrous plans in energy history to win aproval. The deal would have allowed TransCanada to build the Keystone XL pipeline across the U.S. border to carry an exceptionally dirty form of oil
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Rob Ford and the Big Lie
Well at least we know one thing eh? When Rob Ford called 911 because he felt threatened by the comedian Marg Delahunty. And then used the F-word when talking to a dispatcher, because police didn’t come quickly enough. It wasn’t because they didn’t know where he lived. According to numerous
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2012 Candidate Profile – Niki Ashton
The final candidate to enter the NDP’s leadership race was Niki Ashton. And initially, far too many observers seem to have been eager to write off her candidacy. But while there’s little doubt that Ashton faces some hurdles in her candidacy, she’s done plenty to establish herself as a strong
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Harper’s boondoggles
F-35 production a troubling example of Pentagon spending, Walter Pincus, Washington Post, Dec. 26, 2011: “Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) took the Senate floor on Dec. 15 and described the F-35 fighter program as “a mess.” “What upset the senator was not just that the cost of each plane had risen
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Is This Actually BC? Part Deux
Thanks to commenter bobljeffries who pointed me in the direction of this NRG Research poll conducted just awhile back, after the Forum poll, which gave these numbers: 36% BC NDP32% BC Liberal19% BC Conservative13% “Other”They also give a wrongly colour-coded chart which breaks down the numbers for three regions of
Continue readingAmericans OK with taxes but not with the system
I admit to some surprise. Listening to the Republican contenders for the presidential nomination, you might think Americans wanted nothing more than to pay less taxes. In fact, according to a recent Pew Research Centre survey, most Americans (52 per cent) believe they pay about the right amount of tax.
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Familiar Furrows #nlpoli
Kathy Dunderdale spent most of her time in year-end interviews lamenting her critics. No accomplishments. No vision thing. Just a lot of carping. Lots of grousing about her critics and even a reference to the problems free speech in the legislature are causing her. She said she kept the House
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Let’s Hope She Takes Losing Well
Michelle Bachmann, just one of the nutjobs running for the Republican presidential nomination, is reported to be in trouble. One of her Iowa campaign chiefs bolted to Ron Paul and another was sacked after contradicting Bachmann’s claim the defector was paid to jump ship. It’s looking like the Iowa primary
Continue readingwmtc: we like lists: list # 13: it was the best of lists, it was the worst of lists
Few things in life are all good or all bad. Even though I dislike Christmas, I’m happy to enjoy some paid time off, and this year I reaped the benefits of holiday overtime. Sometimes, the negative so grossly outweighs the positive that there’s no point in searching for a shred
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Stephen Demitroff has died
Time passes without us really noticing. Thirty-one years ago (!) I shared an apartment with a young man who was studying for the clergy. He devoted his life to God and today I learned, sadly, he has died. His beloved wife Ruth has survived him and in the last year
Continue readingknitnut.net: Ravenous cat refuses to cooperate
Good old Duncan. He likes going to the vet because they have good treats, but he doesn’t relinquish his blood or urine without a fight. The vet actually had to anaesthetize him yesterday, just to get some samples. We were there for two hours. It was one of those crazy
Continue readingLeDaro: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Frequently Calling/Abusing 911
Photo from Toronto Star What were Torontonians thinking when they elected this bozo to be their mayor? An American friend of mine used to ask me why you call your mayors “your horses@#t”? Now I understand what he meant. Click here for the story.
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BowlandWho? SafetyFirst!Ville When the German-built ‘Coastal Inspiration’ crashed into the dock at Duke Point last week BC Ferries spokesthingy Deborah Marshall told us not to worry our pretty little heads about it because: A) BC Ferries hardly has any ‘hard landings’ at all (i.e. only about a dozen per year).
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Fapfapfapfapfapfapfap! The Blogosphere just got a little less fappier, the Culture of Death a little zestier, and this blog a little less mocking, derisive and occasionally hilarious, as one of my favourite sources of material over the years shuts down. On the upside, I no longer have to worry about
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