This is a Finnish instructional video from 1979. Click on the red CC if you want the subtitles. Oh my god, don’t leaving me hanging like that rocking 70s mustache man! How the hell do I look awesome if the door opens towards me? Now, is it me, or is the rocking 70s mustache man […]
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Not Yeti (At Least Not Yet)
Loren Coleman debunks news from Siberia claiming “indisputable proof” of the Abominable Snowman:No DNA analysis has been conducted. No results have been confirmed or published.One footprint, allegedly.One clump of moss said to be a bed, …
Continue readingknitnut.net: Jack is not his real name
I’ve known Jack (not his real name) a long time. We were room-mates when I was still in high school and he was in university. He was never a shining example of robust mental health, but he always maintained at least a half-hearted grip on his sanity, despite his contention that sanity was over-rated.
I used […]
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Once And For All: The Precautionary Principle is Not Unscientific
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Some conservatives are immensely more fun to debate than others.
In the past month, a debate over left-right science abuse with Kenneth Green of the American Enterprise Insti…
Impolitical: Listening!
Harper, August 26th: “We remain the government because we maintain the confidence of the Canadian population. That involves listening to the population and involves listening to the opposition,” he said.Canada Wheat Board plebiscite results, September …
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: A house divided #nlpoli #nlvotes
In the west end of St. John’s, one house shows the drama of the struggle between the forces of Blue and the forces of Orange for control of Capital City. The first candidate who came to the door canvassing for votes turned out to be Paul Boundridg…
Continue readingLisa Raitt puts her foot down
Economy in crisis! A potential strike from
Air Canada flight attendants has the Labour Minister on the warpath, insisting
that she will not allow a strike to happen. Will she recall the House of
Commons during a constituency week to push th…
eaves.ca: International Open Data Hackathon 2011: Better Tools, More Data, Bigger Fun
Last year, with only a month of notice, a small group passionate people announced we’d like to do an international open data hackathon and invited the world to participate. We were thinking small but fun. Maybe 5 or 6 cities. We got it wrong. In the end people from over 75 cities around the world […]
Continue readingThe Enlightened Savage: Cabinet Calls
Nation, Premier Alison Redford told her caucus late last week that the new cabinet would be notified on Tuesday of this week, the day before being sworn in. Her instruction to all was to “Not worry about it, and enjoy your weekend with family”.Well, I …
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Koch Brothers Exposed: Cancer Risk In Crossett Arkansas Blamed On Georgia Pacific
Brave New Foundation, which is producing a series of videos called "Koch Brothers Exposed" taking a close look at many aspects of the billionaire Koch Brothers' business interests, just released a new installment probing the link between …
Continue readingThe Adventures of Diva Rachel: Canadians show ambiguity towards multiculturalism
On the 40th anniversary of Canadian multiculturalism, there is much to admire about the country's approach to diversity and pluralism. The model, articulated by then-prime minister Pierre Trudeau on Oct. 8, 1971 and later enshrined in the Constitut…
Continue readingHere’s To The State Of The Golden Era….Verse 4
.Here’s to the Land of the People Rising…Who see the Golden Era….Now is cached with rust…”Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty told reporters Wednesday that he expects British Columbia to repay $1.6 billion it received from Ottawa to implement t…
Continue readingMurray Dobbin: We’re Seeing How Badly Harper Misread Canadians
Posted as is from Thetyee.ca. All publications are the right of the poster, Murray Dobbin, Greg Perry (cartoonist) and The Tyee. We’re Seeing How Badly Harper Misread Canadians Occupy Wall Street — and now Bay Street? The 99 per cent? Conse…
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: A History of Violence: 1989 – 2011
Well, here it is. We think that most will agree that this will be the best article posted on the blog, or at the very minimum the most informative and perhaps most useful. The following is a living document. We will continue to add information as we co…
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Whatever became of the investigation into the PC Party’s purloined list?
The Tory membership list, purloined again! Alberta Conservative campaign strategists may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: Premier Alison Redford; PC Party President Bill Smith.Now that the Alberta Progressive Conservatives have chosen a new leader…
Continue readingOctober Is Women’s History Month
Reposted from rabble.ca. All credit for this publication goes to National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) Women continue to raise our social conscience, give voice to issues of inequality and work to build a future free of discrimination…
Continue readingHarper Valley: Occupy , October 15th
Filed under: Political Humour Tagged: occupy, october 15, poster, sign, vancouver
Continue readingCanadian Political Viewpoints: A Notice
Hello all,I suppose with the writ dropped for the Saskatchewan election, many of you are expecting this blog to become a wildfire place for information and the like…However, I must sadly suggest that this will not occur. Allow me to explain, before e…
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Giving Thanks For Campaigns
It’s a holiday, so I almost forgot to blog anything. But some newsworthy things are underfood, err, underfoot. CNET.com was a trustworthy download site for more than a decade, but has fallen to the spyware wolves. Avoid download.com and cnet.com or lose your computer to the wolves. == And the Saskatchewan election campaign isn’t even […]
CathiefromCanada: Lese-majeste
The Globe and Mail reports on the implications of the Insite decision : The Insite ruling forged a new means to strike down laws if there is scientific or statistical evidence showing that a regulation worsened the danger that an individual or group f…
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