The capacity for critical thought – how do we build it?
Just as we wind down the first half of 2011 in preparation for Canada Day, three disparate blog posts are jumping out at me:At Sixth Estate, Government of Canada Issues…
June 2011
Chavecito speaks
Uh oh. Looks like the bastards and spooks were right about one thing, after all. Chavecito DID have cancer… …and now, let’s hope his confidence is well founded, and that…
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INTERNATIONAL LABOUR COLOMBIA: STOP VALE UNION BUSTING IN COLOMBIA:The other year workers in Ontario and Newfoundland were "treated" to an exhibition of just how hard hearted and tight fisted the…
Case against Strauss-Kahn falling apart
“It is a mess, a mess on both sides.” That's the conclusion of one person involved in the investigations. The accuser has been found to have lied about multiple aspects…
The Maple Crown, or why you should leave the Union Jack at home
As we suffer through more breathless coverage of the royal visit (as an unrepentant monarchist, even I am done with the ridiculousness of the coverage), I felt that I should…
3888…Speaking Of Free Speech
I just grabbed this off of Radio-Info.com and OMG.Monday, June 20, 2011 Neal Boortz' "dead thugs" comment is causing a divide Talk host Neal Boortz made the comments on his…
3887…My Un Heroes: CSBC Haters
Re Le Affaire Erickson-Gillis, Peter Worthington in the SUNs reports that the story on SUN TV "...provoked so many complaints to the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (some 4,300 of them…
Temper. Temper. Justice Prosser grabs reporter’s microphone
It's looking more and more like the allegations against Wisconsin judge David Prosser that he has violence issues are bearing fruit. When the embattled justice was asked by a reporter…
3886…My Hero: Krista Erickson
A couple of nights ago on SUN TV the only hot woman on Canuckistanian TV Krista Erickson just went off on Margie Gillis who, and coz it isn't on TSN…
Boy if I was trying to do something serious
Like, say, get media attention for a real issue, like say the flotilla to Gaza, the fight against the dismantling of Greece's social programs, or even trying to get across…
3885…My Hero: Margie Gillis
You probably have heard the story but it bears repeating.A couple of nights ago on SUN TV the only hot woman on Canuckistanian TV Krista Erickson just went off on…
3884…CFL Is Back
Nearing halftime on TSN it is the Als up 24/10 over B. C. in MTL.WFDS
The Often Occasional Blogger
I know I haven’t been blogging much lately,… but I really have a good excuse for it,… actually it is more of a series of excuses caused by one event…
Today’s obsession: Coconut curry soup.
I started making this a few months back and am doing it again tonight by request. As with most stuff I make it has been receiving some "revisions". This soup…
The Mess We’re In
One of the more common themes in my recent writing is that, when it comes down to the challenges confronting our country and our people, we cannot depend on our…
Your Daily Nazi: News For Jews!
1) The Dykes and Trans People for Palestine aren't the Queers Against Israeli Apartheid, but they do plan to march during Pride week, and they will ... be using the…
Ignorance and the Political System. . . .
I don't think one has to be profoundly knowledgable about history and political theory to be a political representative. I think, as a general rule, the more you know the…
More on the AECL farce
From the smart folks at Enviralment:Montreal-based engineering firm SNC-Lavalin has begrudgingly stepped up to buy the commercial arm of the crown corporation. The firm is no stranger to CANDU technology,…