Alice laughed. ‘One can’t believe impossible things.’ ‘I dare say you haven’t had much practice,’ said the Queen…’Why, sometimes I’ve believed in as many as six impossible things before breakfast.’—Lewis Carrol, Alice Through the Looking-Glass Jason Kenney is on the final lap of his political career. He’s working hard to
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mark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: Indicia
Cindy Three Hats lived in a small bedroom community called Large Intestine. She had a fondness for cinnamon pain tea, inappropriate neckware, and reading from the Collected Works of Antoine Toast-mangler. Then one morning it happened: jackalope. Alltop thinks it’s … Continue reading →
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Wonderland Nightmare
He must think he can get away with anything. He must think he can say anything and Canadians will believe him. One moment he's the Phantom of Parliament, the next moment he's Alice in Wonderland. For there he was announcing that he will prorogue Parliament, again, to outline his "new
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: ‘Christie in Wonderland’ BC Election 2013
We had Bill Vanderzalm and Fantasy Gardens-Now We have ‘Christie in Wonderland’ with her ‘Fact-Free Campaign’ and her ‘Fantasy Budget’ Christy Clark with Campaign Advisors Quote from Christie, er, Alice in Wonderland If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Modified Red Queen Hypothesis: Do we need conflict for our further evolution?
Consider this latest takeon what made humans evolve so fast over 2 million years, compared to other animals: Red Queen hypothesizing “Inter-group conflict would certainly have placed a premium on such correlates of neural function as planning and throwing,” Prof Tattersall explained. “If we were somehow able to implicate conflict
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