Post-debate musings
One of the nice perks of being bilingual is that you can watch Canada's political leaders debate in both languages without having to listen to their interpreters. I watched both…
April 2011
Transcript of the 2011 French language federal leaders’ debate…in English!
Added April 21: Okay, because at some point it becomes truly depressing to see people earnestly asking for debate transcripts over Twitter and getting provided endless copies of this link,…
Canada.com-It’s time to talk about abolishing the monarchy
I got another piece published on the front page of Canada.com in the “Real Agenda.” This time I argue that it’s time to due away with the monarchy. It’s time…
Things that make you go hmmm…..
While reading this article I found a link to this article in the Star. Now the main thrust of the article was a cheesy attempt by a Tory candidate to…
Rebecca Black Loves Friday and So Should You
How is it that with all those machines and Mexicans, most of us still have to work 40 hours a week (and waste our best years in school for the…
2 votes, 2 weeks
May 11th. Just over one week after the federal election, myself and voters of Vancouver-Point Grey will be going back to the polls to vote for/against Christy Clark in the…
Meet the Thought-Controlled Car – and a Motherlode of Potential Political Applications
The thought controlled car, or BrainDriver, by Autonomos Labs in Germany has been in development for four or five years and has already been demoed. The applications would be many.…
Where is a god when you need one
Because if there was one handy, Stockwell Day would spend his after life rotting in hell. This former evangelical minister, ex-leader of the reform party and now retiring ex-menial, minister,…
Debate post script
For the second night in a row, I didn't watch the Leaders' debate (there was an all-candidates debate in York Centre tonight which featured an equally jarring Tory candidate, but…
French Debate Kicked Ass (mostly Harper’s)
I hope people were watching, because tonight's French-language leaders' debate was lively, passionate and substantive. After fighting sleep at about the half-way point in yesterday's English-language debate, tonight I found…
French Debate Kicked Ass (mostly Harper’s)
I hope people were watching, because tonight’s French-language leaders’ debate was lively, passionate and substantive. After fighting sleep at about the half-way point in yesterday’s English-language debate, tonight I found…
Unsettling the Israeli settlers – An interview with Israel vs. Israel’s director Terje Carlsson
Terje Carlsson, director of Israel vs. Israel, on the fanaticism of Israeli settlers.
Rant For Canada
Are You Voting For Canada
Meet The New Boss – Same as the Old Boss
We have come full circle and a have once again been reduced to the lowly status of a colony, whose sole raison d'etre is to serve it's imperialist master. Where…
My vote for BC NDP leader: Mike Farnworth
After a long campaign, highlighted more by how much the leaders agreed than any substantive disagreements (except maybe on who hates Gordon Campbell the most), voting has commenced for the…
Unwelcome election
Hostility to electoral democracy and who do we think of? These days its Omar Gadhafi of Libya, Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d’Ivoire or, if you are really daring, maybe the…
The Sacred Cows No Politician Dares To Touch
Thank God the Stanley Cup Playoffs start this evening. This has to be the dullest federal election since Sir John A. swore off the bottle. Same old. Same old.Yet, around…
On the positive side…
… if they win a majority, it’s gong show laughs like this for 4+ years!
On the positive side…
... if they win a majority, it's gong show laughs like this for 4+ years!