Q. Faced with the depressing prospect of another term with Harper – what to do?A. Get out on the streets and demonstrate.Four days after our election, demonstrations were held across the country to demand that Harper honour the wishes of the majority…
Continue readingCanada Votes 2008: Pollster Winners, and the next Liberal Leader
Well, it appears that Angus Reid is this year’s pollster winner, coming within a percentage point of the actual popular vote totals!
Though, as for seat projection, most sites (including the Election Prediction Project and the UBC Election Stock Mark…
Continue readingUpdated Election Prediction
My original crazy prediction of a Liberal resurgence and Bloc collapse will be totally wrong in all likelihood. I therefore give you my new (less) crazy prediction: Conservatives: 148 Liberals: 83 NDP: 32 Bloc: 43 Green: 0 Independents: 2 Turnout: 68% …
Continue readingMy Canada Includes Justice: How would you describe Stephen Harper?
Come on, people, we need a good adjective. Or a noun. I’m so tired of reading about all of the offensive things he’s said and done, and getting more and more frustrated. The idea of another term is discouraging, but in the event we get another tory …
Continue readingResponsibility for the Financial Crisis
Much has been made of the White House’s supposed role in creating the current financial crisis. While I don’t understand the causes well enough to attribute blame, it should be noted that the administration did try to pass these changes 5 years ago and…
Continue readingThus Prate the Pundit » Social Critique: Vote Swapping Breaks Democracy
I’ve always thought the concept of vote-swapping was problematic. Not only is it flawed in its own right but treating it as an acceptable strategy is like snuggling up to the idea that one party can function as a spoiler and that somehow, certain parties are entitled to votes. This
Continue readingThus Prate the Pundit » Social Critique: Unravelling Dion’s Political Strategy
Though my attention is tuned to our federal election, this post doesn’t continue the IP political issues I wrote detailing a stance against certain sorts of “intellectual property” regulation (NDP seems to address it best, though Dion provided a reasonable response to my letter). I’ll go on a tangent today:
Continue readingThe Church Of Mothra - Home Of The Breakfast Mojito! ©: Sarah Palin, Harbinger Of The Apocalypse
As someone who has sat back and watched US Federal politics for a long time, and as someone who has prayed for the change I had hoped Barack Obama would bring, I am now officially putting my hopes for a better world in the freezer for the next few years.
Continue readingThe Church Of Mothra - Home Of The Breakfast Mojito! ©: Sarah Palin, Harbinger Of The Apocalypse
As someone who has sat back and watched US Federal politics for a long time, and as someone who has prayed for the change I had hoped Barack Obama would bring, I am now officially putting my hopes for a better world in the freezer for the next few years.
Continue readingThe Church Of Mothra - Home Of The Breakfast Mojito! ©: Sarah Palin, Harbinger Of The Apocalypse
As someone who has sat back and watched US Federal politics for a long time, and as someone who has prayed for the change I had hoped Barack Obama would bring, I am now officially putting my hopes for a better world in the freezer for the next few year…
Continue readingThe Church Of Mothra - Home Of The Breakfast Mojito! ©: Recurring Thoughts While Watching CNN’s Coverage Of The Democratic Convention
Soledad O’BrienYour analysis is weakBut I want you babe..
Continue readingThe Church Of Mothra - Home Of The Breakfast Mojito! ©: Recurring Thoughts While Watching CNN’s Coverage Of The Democratic Convention
Soledad O’BrienYour analysis is weakBut I want you babe. .
Continue readingThe Church Of Mothra - Home Of The Breakfast Mojito! ©: Recurring Thoughts While Watching CNN’s Coverage Of The Democratic Convention
Soledad O’BrienYour analysis is weakBut I want you babe. .
Continue readingThe Church Of Mothra - Home Of The Breakfast Mojito! ©: And The Obama VP Nominee Is…
Recently I have exposed myself (partly by choice, partly by circumstance) to more CNN than usual, and a lot more Fox News. I’ve learned a lot about the news this way. Apparently, all one has to do is get to the “facts” first and then have a couple of people
Continue readingThe Church Of Mothra - Home Of The Breakfast Mojito! ©: And The Obama VP Nominee Is…
Recently I have exposed myself (partly by choice, partly by circumstance) to more CNN than usual, and a lot more Fox News. I’ve learned a lot about the news this way. Apparently, all one has to do is get to the “facts” first and then have a couple of people
Continue readingThe Church Of Mothra - Home Of The Breakfast Mojito! ©: And The Obama VP Nominee Is…
Recently I have exposed myself (partly by choice, partly by circumstance) to more CNN than usual, and a lot more Fox News. I’ve learned a lot about the news this way. Apparently, all one has to do is get to the “facts” first and then have a couple of p…
Continue readingThe Church Of Mothra - Home Of The Breakfast Mojito! ©: Bill O’Reilly The Impaler Vs. Fictional European History
Bram Stoker based the character of Dracula on the historical Vlad, who was notorious for his cruelty. Some examples:
-Vlad The Impaler got his nickname from his habit of impaling his enemies… men, women, children… basically anyone who pissed him off. Among other atrocities, Vlad was noted for “The Forest Of The Impaled,” which consisted of thousands of impaled Turkish soldiers lining the roadways. This was done to scare off the Ottoman Empire. You know… Muslims. He was also once greeted by three Turkish diplomats, who refused to remove their fezzes at Vlad’s court (not doing so being a cultural sign of respect for Muslims at the time). So The Impaler had their fezzes nailed onto their heads and sent the Turks home.
-Vlad also allegedly invited hundreds of the poor and indigent to a great feast. Vlad nailed the doors of the hall shut once it was full and burned the place down. Furthermore, in his capital city, Târgovişte, there was a fountain with a solid gold cup that anyone could drink from… and supposedly never got stolen, because Vlad was so tough on crime.
Dracula, was merely defending his land and way of life from Moslems and freeloaders. Vladimir Putin, on the other hand, is a very wealthy man in a position of power, who has a fondness for using force and having his enemies killed, often by sneaky and unusual assassination techniques.
Get your metaphors right, Bill. Vladimir Putin isn’t “Vlad The Impaler”… he’s a James Bond villain.
Based on foreign and domestic policy, Vlad The Impaler was obviously a neocon.
The Church Of Mothra - Home Of The Breakfast Mojito! ©: Bill O’Reilly The Impaler Vs. Fictional European History
On today’s Billoreilly.com, Bill shows off his historical knowledge (which is a momentary break from his utter mangling of current events) by comparing Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to Vlad Tepeş, AKA Vlad The Impaler, AKA Dracula. Bram Stoker based the character of Dracula on the historical Vlad, who was
Continue readingThe Church Of Mothra - Home Of The Breakfast Mojito! ©: Bill O’Reilly The Impaler Vs. Fictional European History
On today’s Billoreilly.com, Bill shows off his historical knowledge (which is a momentary break from his utter mangling of current events) by comparing Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to Vlad Tepeş, AKA Vlad The Impaler, AKA Dracula. Bram Stoker based the character of Dracula on the historical Vlad, who was
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