An interlude
Just a reminder that the people who brought us to war in Iraq are absolute monsters.The defector who convinced the White House that Iraq had a secret biological weapons programme…
February 2011
An interlude
Just a reminder that the people who brought us to war in Iraq are absolute monsters. The defector who convinced the White House that Iraq had a secret biological weapons…
A ‘Dictator’ Governor in Wisconsin Sets Out to Cut Wages, Slash Benefits and Destroy Public Unions
My, My, isn't the world an interesting place. While Peacenik is cheering on protesters all over the world, look what is happening in Peacenik's backyard. Organized labour is under a…
A ‘Dictator’ Governor in Wisconsin Sets Out to Cut Wages, Slash Benefits and Destroy Public Unions
My, My, isn’t the world an interesting place. While Peacenik is cheering on protesters all over the world, look what is happening in Peacenik’s backyard. Organized labour is under a…
A ‘Dictator’ Governor in Wisconsin Sets Out to Cut Wages, Slash Benefits and Destroy Public Unions
My, My, isn't the world an interesting place. While Peacenik is cheering on protesters all over the world, look what is happening in Peacenik's backyard. Organized labour is under a…
A ‘Dictator’ Governor in Wisconsin Sets Out to Cut Wages, Slash Benefits and Destroy Public Unions
My, My, isn’t the world an interesting place. While Peacenik is cheering on protesters all over the world, look what is happening in Peacenik’s backyard. Organized labour is under a…
Incendies at the Oscars
Roger Ebert gives his thumbs up to the Québec film Incendies for the Oscar in the Foreign language film category this year. The movie is the heartwrenching tale of two…
Review: <I>Persistent Poverty</I>
This book is a simple one -- well done within its particular bounds, the product of a lot of hard work by many people, and as a ...
The Truth About Fighting in Hockey
Lets break it down into 2 scenarios. 1) You are playing street hockey with a bunch of guys, and all of a sudden a fight breaks out. Fighter A punches…
The "New" Rapid Transit Proposal, Part 2
The proposal is here: Region releases report on Rapid Transit Implementation Options.A few weeks ago, Regional Council voted to instruct staff to consider a bus rapid transit (BRT) option. The…
First Study of the Canadian Political Blogosphere
I just participated in the following study from the Université Laval. As part of their request for me to participate, they also asked that I post the following invitation on…
First Study of the Canadian Political Blogosphere
I just participated in the following study from the Université Laval. As part of their request for me to participate, they also asked that I post the following invitation on…
Exhorting Egypt Towards Democracy, Obama Embraces the Big Lie
It's interesting to hear the president of a country that is only nominally democratic exhort the citizens of another that have just recently deposed their despot to embrace democracy.Believe it…
Nicholson under pressure to fill prisons
A spokesman for Rob Nicholson said today the Conservative Minister of Justice feels the need to increase the Canadian prison population. "We've got plans to bring more and bigger facilities…
The "New" Rapid Transit Proposal
Only a few weeks after regional council voted to reconsider the BRT option, the Region has released its "new" transit proposal: Rapid transit implementation options.Is it new? No. The report…
New Giant Planet Hidden In Our Solar System? We Might Need A New Kind Of Planet Classification To Describe It
“There’s a giant planet right here, hiding in our solar system. One that nobody has ever seen, even while it is four times larger than Jupiter and has rings and…
New Giant Planet Hidden In Our Solar System? We Might Need A New Kind Of Planet Classification To Describe It
"There's a giant planet right here, hiding in our solar system. One that nobody has ever seen, even while it is four times larger than Jupiter and has rings and…
New Giant Planet Hidden In Our Solar System? We Might Need A New Kind Of Planet Classification To Describe It
“There’s a giant planet right here, hiding in our solar system. One that nobody has ever seen, even while it is four times larger than Jupiter and has rings and…
No Heat for You!
This is a video I shot, and produced, with Cheryl McNamara (writer), Jane Moffat (director), and Evan Moir (editor). To vote for us, link to the People for Corporate Tax…
No Heat for You!
This is a video I shot, and produced, with Cheryl McNamara (writer), Jane Moffat (director), and Evan Moir (editor). To vote for us, link to the People for Corporate Tax…