After a heroic effort, the Mind of Dan has been rebuilt… well almost rebuilt. There are still a few kinks to work out, but they will be ironed out in the next little while. Hey building an entire mind is not easy! Please Let me know what you think of
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Voters trounce P3 proposal
One interesting result from Saturday’s municipal elections was Abbotsford voters’ indisputable rejection of water supply privatization. New mayor Bruce Banman, an opponent of water delivery through a proposed P3, believes the single most important message was that citizens wanted, “a more open, transparent government and more public involvement in important
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: Polling Company Trying to Discredit Liberal MP Has Conservative Ties
As you may have heard by now, a polling company has been phoning around Montreal, claiming that Liberal MP Irwin Cotler is about to resign and asking who they plan to vote for in the upcoming by-election. The first problem is that Cotler hasn’t resigned and there isn’t (as yet)
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: A Perspective on the Heritage Front and Grant Bristow From Someone Who Was There
First, while we are not a commercial website, we would like to promote a novel written by Elisa Hategan. Her novel, Race Traitor can be found at amazon.ca and the Kindle ebook can be purchased here. The novel has been independently published but has received very favorable reviews. While it
Continue readingThe Power And All The Glory Of The Kids At UC Davis
NonViolence ReallyMattersVille When I saw the footage of the campus police macing the faces of non-violent kids sitting in a row on the Quad at UC Davis the other day I was amazed at their restraint. The restraint of the kids, I mean. Well, they turned that restraint, and their
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Never mind non-disclosure claims or Bill 24: Albertans still deserve an independent judge-run health inquiry
Zipp it! You have a non-disclosure agreement. Below: Premier Alison Redford; Dr. John Cowell of the Alberta Health Quality Council. Albertans who want to see a judicial inquiry into allegations of intimidation and bullying against physicians, line jumping and political meddling in the Alberta health care system are being subjected
Continue readingDismantling Isn’t Giving Up!
I continue to be skeptical that the Occupy Canada protests really are relating to any of the middle class, regardless of how many facts there are on the ground. I support the message of ending wage inequality and I support the idea that corporations have had it too easy for
Continue readingMind of Dan: The science behind a climate headline
The scope of the science that goes behind a single headline is greater than almost anyone realizes. Related Posts (auto generated and almost random): Sea will rise ‘to levels of last Ice Age’? Warner music drops DRM; Sony BMG now lone DRM hold-out UK Woman Charged As Terrorist For Computer
Continue readingI Can See Lieutenant Pike Doing That
Indeed I think that’s exactly how Georges Seurat would’ve visualized ol’ Lieutenant Pike. As Jymn said, he is definitely UC Davis’ answer to Toronto’s Officer Bubbles. Other fun images of ol’ Lieutenant Pike can be found here. H/T Jymn
Continue readingCathiefromCanada: That was then and this is now
I was thinking this morning about what Canada was like on November 20, 2005.Paul Martin was Prime Minister. He had negotiated a national day-care program and the Kelowna Accord. With 12 straight years in power, the federal Liberals had implemented progressive legislation like gay marriage and banning corporate political donations,
Continue readingHarper and his Omni-crime Bill
The Stephen Harper Conservatives are about to add to the cost of government. Justice will soon cost us much more than it does now. We all have heard about the cost to build new prisons and housing the new influx of prisoners due to minimum sentences contained in Bill C-10, the
Continue readingLt. John Pike, UC Davis Police: Little Eichmann of the Day
Time to revive a dormant feature. Here’s the tough guy, pepper-spraying unarmed students. Can’t help but notice the contrast: students sitting peacefully and silently get pepper-sprayed in the face. Students trashing their campus and destroying vehicles because a child-rapist football coach got fired get … a stern frown? Full story
Continue readingA Clever Creative Post Eviction Idea From Occupy Wall Street
As occupy encampments are being cleared out by bruit force all across the US and eviction notices have been handed out in Canada (some have been or are being challenged through the courts, many ask, “what’s next?”. Is there life after the tent cities? Personally, I have reservations, which I
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Occupiers hold NYC park by force
NYPD Occupying Liberty Square; Demands Unclear “New York, NY — The NYPD have been occupying Liberty Square since 1:00am Tuesday morning, with the brand new occupation now set to enter its second day in just a few short hours. But will anyone listen to them when their message is so
Continue readingPaul S. Graham: 10 Reasons to Oppose Bill C-10
Occupy Winnipeg took its opposition to Bill C-10, the so-called Safe Streets and Communities Act, to Winnipeg’s West End Library and then proceeded to occupy the constituency office of Manitoba’s Justice Minister, Andrew Swan for 24 hours. Before doing so, an Occupy Winnipeg spokesperson read the November 17, 2011 statement
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: We Are The Many
By now, you’ve probably heard about the artist Makana, who played We Are The Many to a room full of the handmaidens of the 1% (politicians), most of whom did not notice. It is a lovely song, and not to hard to play. Here are the lyrics and my version of
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Occupy Canada and the Silence of the Lambs
I’m going to miss the Occupy Toronto campsite, this colourful little progressive utopia in the heart of a cold grey city. For by tomorrow night it will almost surely be destroyed. I’m going to miss the endless discussions about how to change the world and make it a better place.
Continue readingLieutenant Pike as imagined by Georges Seurat
UPDATE: Here’s a collection of the best of the Lieutenant Pike meme.
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