Was this dude even remotely aware of the irony of what he was doing? If not, he is now: Sgt. Jerry Goodin, public information officer with the Indiana State Police Post at Sellersburg said Seymour Police Officer John C. Newcomb, 38, of Salem was arrested after the 1992 Ford Ranger he was driving north on […]
Continue readingShort ‘n’ Stubby: After Oslo, and before the next big fascist terror attack
Ms. Manx has a terrible confession to make: She’s worried! Yes, our eternally merry and sweetly skeptical cyberkitty is seriously bothered about Oslo…and not just because of all the carnage (although that, in itself, is terribly upsetting, too.) Beyond the immediate shock and grief, there are so many larger implications that she wants me to […]
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: In Defense of an Elected Senate
Canada needs an elected Senate. America has an elected Senate and look at how great they’re doing, well not particularly at this moment, but look when their Senate isn’t causing deadlock that could devastate the world economy. How does 2018 sound? Yeah…
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Association for Reformed Political Action not happy with media attention
The Executive Director of the Association for Reformed Political Action says bloggers and media are playing ‘gotcha’ politics. Why? Mark Penninga is upset there is public quoting and attention to an article on his website about Tim Hudak’s stance on abortion. … Continue reading →
Continue readingTerahertz: Someone take May’s shovel away
After erupting on Twitter yesterday, Green Party leader Elizabeth May is trying to defend her comments on her blog. She repeatedly falls back on the “precautionary principle,” stating that if we don’t really know if Wi-Fi is safe, then we should be careful. Never mind the similarities between this and the “teach the controversy” or […]
Continue readingTen years later
…former Preznit Georgie W Bush finally explains the embarrassingly protracted 7-minute-long brain fart that was his response to the news that New York City and the Pentagon were in utter devastation and the nation was under attack: Former U.S. President George W. Bush says his apparent lack of reaction to the first news of the […]
My Canada Includes Justice: A Reminder for Rob Ford Supporters
“No service cuts, guaranteed!”- Mayor Rob Ford”No major service cuts.”- Mayor Rob Ford”No service cuts in 2011.”- Mayor Rob Ford”These are not service cuts but efficiencies.”- Mayor Rob Ford
Continue readingMy Canada Includes Justice: A Reminder for Rob Ford Supporters
"No service cuts, guaranteed!"- Mayor Rob Ford"No major service cuts."- Mayor Rob Ford"No service cuts in 2011."- Mayor Rob Ford"These are not service cuts but efficiencies."- Mayor Rob Ford
Continue readingMy Canada Includes Justice: A Reminder for Rob Ford Supporters
“No service cuts, guaranteed!”- Mayor Rob Ford”No major service cuts.”- Mayor Rob Ford”No service cuts in 2011.”- Mayor Rob Ford”These are not service cuts but efficiencies.”- Mayor Rob Ford
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 3955…Don’t Eat Any Meat That Is Shiny
That was the advice that the Fit Chicks, Laura Jackson and Amanda Quinn, gave me this morning on 93.1 CKCU.And they were negative towards KFC, Mickey D and fried foods.Just thought I would pass this on.WFDS
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Rob Ford sleeps through deputations
Just saw this on FB via Mark B “Rob Ford sleeps through … on TwitpicOn July 28, 2011, The Executive Committee of Toronto City Council, agreed to hear citizen deputations, as invited by the mayor, Rob Ford. 344 people managed to register to speak. Ori…
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Religion’s Changing Domain of Knowledge
Religion has long claimed ultimate Truth in two differing domains of knowledge: what is, and what ought to be; descriptive and normative; knowledge about the nature of the universe and knowledge of the morality of the universe. But these claims to know…
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: what to make of the wildrose drop, the ndp growth, and the tory restoration?
I am not the first political watcher to weigh in with my views on the Calgary Herald-Edmonton Journal poll conducted by Environics that I mentioned on my blog yesterday morning, but I am going to offer my thoughts nonetheless. The poll of 900 Albertans showed that the Progressive Conservatives have once again risen to a […]
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Norway’s Bloodied Youth and the Porcelain Unicorn
When I think about the traumatized youth of Norway, and what a right-wing monster did to so many of their finest future leaders.I can’t help wondering why oh why couldn’t the police get there sooner?But then I read this story.And the anwer seems o…
Continue readingAmplifying the voices of CA prisoners on hunger strike…
Prisoner Hunger Strike SolidaritySign the Online Petition NOW!if what you’re reading here grips you, holds you, fascinates you, provokes you, emboldens you, pushes you, galvanizes you, discomfits you, tickles you, enrages you so much that you find your…
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Congratulations to the Tea Party
House leader Boehner has hit a brick wall:The postponement was announced just minutes before the planned 6 p.m. vote. The House instead moved to consider a far less controversial measure — to rename a post office in Peoria, Ill.Republicans had been wo…
Continue readingGood Question Of The Day…
TheWeeBitOfNewsThatDoesn’tQuiteFitButMightActuallyMatterVille____Update: Kevin Falcon and the Snowblind Snowmen (that’s us!) latest highly partisan, not to mention highly political, HST-assisted highwire act is detailed at the bottom of the post…____…
Continue readingBuckdog: If You Aren’t Familiar With New Democrat Party Prez Brian Topp … you soon will be
Brian Topp is President of the New Democratic Party of Canada. He is from Montreal and is fully bilingual. His experiences and political skill are impeccable. If you aren’t familiar with him … I have a sneaking suspicion that you soon will be. Brian …
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Revelations Of Further Charter Rights’ Violation At G20 Summit
In what has become almost a routine posting to my blog, the Toronto Star has revealed yet another violation of rights arising from last year’s federally and provincially supported G20 Summit. An article entitled Police wrong to question man with crossb…
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