A big thank you to PZ Myers for finding this video on youtube. Reposted here so the intrepid DWR audience can calmly sit and watch the spectacle of smart and rational people spout silliness and spin in rhetorical circles, all the while, making up bullshite stories to justify their belief in magic and vainly attempting to […]
350 or bust: Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
I believe a blade of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars. ~ Walt Whitman
Continue readingMichael Coren: “It’s not about race. It’s about culture”. Bullshit.
Dawg posted a video tonight I wish I had never seen. No, not a clip from the latest slasher flick. Worse. Michael Coren, using the meme begun by disgraced ‘historian’ David Starkey that it’s ‘not racism, it’s culture’, went on a riot of his own on Fox News North with Brian Lilley gleefully cheering him on. His rampage . . . → Read More: Michael Coren: “It’s not about race. It’s about culture”. Bullshit.
Continue readingPaper Dynamite Online: Paul Martin Interviewed On The Current
Former Prime Minister Paul Martin discusses the global economic crisis, the downgrade of the U.S. credit rating and what Canada needs to do now to ensure future prosperity, in this interview from Thursday’s edition of The Current.
Continue readingTrashy's World: Good on the OCDSB…
… for the largely symbolic move to take part in Ottawa’s pride parade later this month. I say largely symbolic because “inclusive” policies at the Board are already in place and staff and Board members consider intolerance toward any students for whatever reason as inexcusable. Forward thinking stuff. But symbolic actions are important; especially in […]
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Iowa Straw Poll
The results of the Iowa Straw poll are in, and Michele Bachman wins the Iowa straw poll by just 150 votes. Ron Paul got a very strong second place showing with 4671. This isn’t much of a surprise. Ron Paul and Michele Bachman were reall…
Continue readingImpolitical: Sunday drive-by blogging
1. Here’s your what-kind-of-democracy-is-this-we’re-living-in item of the day: “Barring the media bad move by PC candidate.” The Tory candidate in Lambton-Kent Middlesex, Monte McNaughton, barred the media from a town hall meeting the other night. Wher…
Continue readingKitchener liberals on the move, local MP John Milloy opens Campaign Office
My Saturday began badly. While
running an errand, I had locked myself out of my car and left the keys in the
ignition. The engine was running and I had about thirty minutes to make it on
time for the grand opening of my local liberal MP’s electi…
An Open Letter To Harper From The Women Of Honduras
OPEN LETTERCholoma, Cortés, August 12, 2011TO:The Right Honourable Stephen Joseph Harper, Prime Minister of Canada;Mr. Porfirio Lobo Sosa, President of Honduras;Mr. Africo Madrid, Secretary of State for the Interior;The International Community;Especia…
Continue readingCanadian Political Viewpoints: Random Thoughts and Musings
A lot has happened since I took a bit of a sabbatical with the dawn of summer; and many of those events are worth talking about. Jack Layton’s temporary leave of absence to battle cancer (and our best thoughts are with Jack as he goes through this); th…
Continue readingMichael Coren: "It’s not about race. It’s about culture". Bullshit.
Dawg posted a video tonight I wish I had never seen. No, not a clip from the latest slasher flick. Worse. Michael Coren, using the meme begun by disgraced ‘historian’ David Starkey that it’s ‘not racism, it’s culture’, went on a riot of his o…
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Bachmann Voted “Most Crazy” in Straw Poll
Unsurprisingly, God-bothering lunatic Michele Bachmann emerged triumphant in today’s Ames, Iowa straw poll winning 28.6 percent of the nearly 17,000 votes cast, narrowly edging out libertarian Ron Paul by 152 votes. Former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty finished a distant third … Continue reading →
The Political Road Map: Where are we heading?Entry 2 -=- The Political RoadMap
Where are we heading 2.0: The economy, our political state and you on a daily basis. Some people may say…politics does not affect me, they talk and talk, but nothing they ever do will change my daily routine, how I think or more importantly how I choose to live my
Continue readingThe Wandering Joe: Repost: Destiny and Choice, and Battlestar Galactica
Ok, excuse me for a moment while I get something geeky off my chest. Battlestar Galactica recently wrapped up after a tumultuous four-year run. Much to my surprise, the finale, which I considered some of the best made television I’ve ever seen, has been met by widespread frustration. For those
Continue readingThe Wandering Joe: A curse for Doug Ford
… with apologies to all of my Christian friends, and Laurence Stern. Yes, I know I recently offered this on Facebook with Stephen Harper’s name inserted, but I’m beginning to hate Doug Ford with the same level of intensity. Here goes:
Continue readingThe Wandering Joe: Some Housekeeping
In addition to a new database this blog also features an entirely new design that was cobbled together like Peter Boyle in Young Frankenstein. I want to take this time to thank the various sources of creative content I used to put this monstrosity together. First, the theme is built
Continue readingThe Wandering Joe: Official Relaunch
Consider this the official relaunch of my blog, and in a half-hearted way my re-engagement with politics. That may seem like a fairly empty gesture… but that’s largely because it is. I haven’t stopped having opinions in the last two years (or even stopped sharing them in a condescending fashion),
Continue readingRetiring senior Toronto cop calls #G20 reaction overblown
Toronto News: Retiring deputy chief calls G20 reaction overblown – thestar.comYou know where I’m going with this, so I’ll just let thwap and Lorne carry the ball on this one. They say it better than I can anyway.Hey, Tony? Don’t go away mad. Just go aw…
Continue readingThe Wandering Joe: The Wandering Jew
This may seem like an odd name for a blog, or at the very least a dire one so I figure it is probably a good idea to offer some insight. I chose the name “The Wandering Joe” for a couple of reasons; the name tickled me for certain, but
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