Tag: Musings

My life is over.

This was placed in comments in response to my post about the Edmonton shooting and the Freemen connection: It is disgusting and – given the calls for violence – something that should be investigated. All I can find is that this creep is a Shaw customer in Lethbridge (on Sixteenth

In 1996, I was in Montana when the Freemen were in full revolt.  They effectively paralyzed the entire state for weeks in an armed standoff. Essentially, these guys (they are almost always guys) believe that statute law – criminal law, by-laws, etc. – are contracts that they can opt out of.  They believe

Here’s the Buzzcocks (who are here in Tee Dot in mere days!) doing their best-ever tune, from the Spiral Scratch EP. Devoto’s vocal was better than Pete’s, but the perfection of this version is why SFH needs to play it, too.   Now, what has this got to do with

This may have happened months ago, which will tell you how often I check out Liblogs.  But it seems to have gone, you know, 86. I think I was on there for a while, even though I didn’t ask to be or particularly want to be. They then removed me,

I mean, I know you’re all walking on orange clouds these days and whatnot, but get it right, will ya? It’s a WEB SITE.

Much sturm und drang on that Ekos, last Friday.  Some of the commentariat commenting is commented on, below. L. Ian MacDonald: As much as the Conservatives should be concerned about their flatlining numbers, the Liberals have even more to be worried about. Since last summer, the Liberals have plummeted from

He has reversed his previous position, and thereby done the right thing: John Tory to call for full stop to carding, citing ‘eroded public trust’  Toronto’s mayor tells the Star he will call for a moratorium on carding next week until more transparent rules for how police deal with the

…by Mulcair.

Check out this scientific study: Query: why do conservatives profess to love Jesus, but hate Bernie? Shame on them! Another reason why I have abandoned Hillary and embraced Bernie: his seminal role in shaping the New England punk scene, about which I have a very keen interest. Go, Bernie, go!

Quote: “Two sitting senators – Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu and Colin Kenny – are among nine who the Auditor General plans to refer to the RCMP for a criminal investigation, CTV News has learned. The other seven are all retired. They are: Don Oliver (appointed by Brian Mulroney) Gerry St. Germain (appointed

It’s a rag that promotes neo-Naziism, white supremacy, homophobia and pedophilia. And it’s still distributed to tens of thousands of homes in Toronto by Canada Post. Why, Lisa Raitt, John Tory and Mary-Margaret McMahon? You’ve got more than enough evidence, now, to stop this. Why haven’t you?   From top,

The one to the left. In case you’re wondering, that space: Was first offered to Team Red, to a very senior person.  They said they’d get back.  They didn’t. Was next offered to Team Orange. They considered it for quite a while, but then very courteously said not yet. Was

Some of you have asked what I feel about the calls for inquiries arising out of yesterday’s release by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission summary report on the disgrace that was Canada’s residential school system. It’s here. All of the many recommendations in the volumnious report are worth considering. So,

TORONTO — Knowing the precise moment when New Democrat winners were transformed into New Democrat losers isn’t all that simple. Was it when first-place Toronto mayoral candidate Olivia Chow — whose victory was considered inevitable by most — had yet another uninspiring debate performance, or couldn’t conjure up anything coherent

…but, in my experience, he’s a good guy. And he’d make a fine MP.

Per the post below about Colter Wall, some of you have messaged me to enquire about the Dils/Rank and File.  Here’s one of the best tunes by the latter, to which I consumed a few road pops back in Cowtown.  (And yes, I wore a pair of these in my

Unbeknownst to many of you, I am a closeted fan of alt-country and related sounds. When in the woods, for instance, all I play is reggae, dub – or, I confess, acts like Son Volt, Gram Parsons, Rank and File, Dils, Long Ryders, Old 97s, and so on. As such,

Campaigns matter, of course, per the cliché. Bien sur. But the picture that is emerging from the last few weeks of polling is distorted. Am I wrong? Am I right? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? #LPC numbers artificially inflated by Atlantic. #NDP numbers artificially inflated by Quebec. #CPC? Pretty competitive everywhere. #cdnpoIi