Many Canadians know that the federal government is responsible for funding social services, health care, education and income supports on First Nations reserves. Few people realize that the escalator for these transfer payments has been frozen at 2% per year since 1996, without consideration for population growth or need. According to the
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Dead Wild Roses: Stupid in Action – Dudely mansplinations of what Feminism is…
Only a taste gentle readers of the abundant multiloquence of pants-on-head-stupid over at “Enlightening Science” – with the ever so ironic tagline ‘with knowledge comes power’. Dammit, there went the irony meter – again. Prepare yourselves for a sagacious trip into the dark netherworlds of dudely logic and mansplination (line
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Bruce Carson’s Bigger Scandal
When Harper appointed Carson as a top adviser, the fraud used his position to undermine research into climate change. About the only part not worth reading is the line saying “There is no easy way to cut emissions and grow the economy”, and now you’ve read it, and can recognize
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Why It is Impossible to Tune a Piano – The Case for Temperament
I’ve read about somewhat arcane nature of piano tuning and the various temperaments used through the ages, but Minute Physics succinctly describes what is going with all the math behind the production of sound. From Wikipedia: Many factors cause pianos to go out of tune, particularly atmospheric changes. For instance,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Tone Analyzer – Fascinating Pages on the Internet
Ever wondered about your writing style and the message your ‘word medium’ conveys? The Tone Analyzer will tell you. 🙂 I put one of my previous endeavours through the mill. This is what was returned. I’m still looking into if any of the analysis is congruent with reality. If
Continue readingEh Types: Teach Your Children Well
A national newspaper referred to the “Sex-Ed problem”, regarding the ongoing curriculum dispute between the province and some parents. There is no Sex-Ed problem, there is an irresponsible parent problem. These parents are abdicating a responsibility to their children, to others as well, and it needs to stop. To parents who
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Wake Up Call – Animated Short
A tonic against the slash and burn capitalism we’re supposed to worship. Filed under: Education Tagged: Capitalism, Environmental Destruction, Supply Chains, Wake Up Call
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Back to School is Here…
And there was great celebration… Filed under: Education Tagged: back to school, Meh
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: How Not to Write about Feminists and Patriarchy – (Un)Reasonable Faith
Autumn approaches; the obnoxious university ‘Week of Welcome’ orientation drones are yelling insipid, yet inclusive, chants at each other; and of course, more stupid post mostly made of straw languidly emerge from the turbid depths of the wordpress “patriarchy” tag. Like appreciating the subtle fireworks of the turning of the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Correlation and Causation – Things one should know.
Well, it never hurts to reinforce an important concept, especially one that many people miss or gloss over when the argumentative fur starts flying. Filed under: Education, Science Tagged: Debate, How things work., Science
Continue readingcentre of the universe: How to get engaged in Canadian politics: an educational resource
Here is a handy guide that will help you, disenfranchised Canadian, get engaged with and get involved in the upcoming (eventually, at the end of several more weeks of pre-election hell) federal election! The first step, as the number to the left would indicate, is to click every single link
Continue readingcentre of the universe: Money for Nothing
Copyright is, at its simplest form, the method by which creators are paid for their work. It is a registration of an intellectual property (IP). It says “the creator has the right to charge, or not to charge, money for you to use this”. It’s not a form of censorship
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Book of Bad Argumenets
A lovely reference for myself and my readership. 🙂 Go peruse the book here. Filed under: Education Tagged: Helpful Hints, Logical Fallacies, The Book of Bad Arguments
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: On The BS that is Much of Post-Modern ‘Discourse’ – Derrick Jenson
This excerpt for the article ‘Liberals and the New McCarthyism‘ ” And I blame the groundlessness of postmodernism, with its assertion that meaning is not inherent in anything, that there are no truths, and that each person’s perception of reality is equally valid. As well as destroying class consciousness—which is
Continue readingThe Tory Pirate - Politics & Policy: Pirate Party Platform Spotlight (Part 2): Mincome
Poverty is an ongoing and tragic failure of Canadian governance. It has been an issue for so long that it is suspected themajor parties no longer believe they can truly solve the issue. The Pirate Party of Canada does not embrace such uglydefeatism. But what is the solution? It obviously
Continue readingThe Tory Pirate - Politics & Policy: Pirate Party Platform Spotlight (Part 1): Intellectual Property Reform
Welcome to the Pirate Party Platform Spotlight where I explain a selected planksfrom the party’s 2015 election platform (since I highly doubt the media will). Ok, letsget this over with. What’s with the attitude? Well, the Pirate Party of Canada is hopelessly typecast. Ifpeople are aware of the Pirate Party they already
Continue readingThe Tory Pirate - Politics & Policy: Education Reform In New Brunswick: What Japan Can Teach Us (Part 1)
As a graduate of New Brunswick’s education system I sometimes reflect onthe quality of the schooling I received. I also have a longstanding interest inJapanese culture. It is natural then that I would eventually get to looking at howJapan does education. What I found was a school system that better instills thevalues of leadership, sense of
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – The Case for the Religious ‘Pro-Life’ Enslavement of Women
Religion treats people like shit, the further away you are from the white male ideal, the shittier your deal will be. The recent anti-choice propaganda wave in the US caused enough whinging in wordpress blogosphere that I felt compelled to wrestle with the full-blown stupid that is the anti-choice
Continue readingScripturient: Strat Plan Part 4: Economic Vitality
What, you may ask, is meant by the term “Economic Vitality” – the third objective in our town’s strategic-plan-in-the-works? Apparently it’s one of those motherhood statements people make on soapboxes and campaign platforms that have little grist in them to mill into actuality. Sure, we all want a town that
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Ignorance Means Power For Conservatives
A cringe-worthy tweet explains the Conservative mindset in running the election campaign early before school gets back. Keep kids in the dark, and disengaged so wise old people can continue to run things for them. Poppa Harper knows best. @ChristinePenro1 @CBCAlerts election date hasn't changed.regardless, I certainly don't want students
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