Norwegian terrorism: eggs, meet faces
Awkward. The mass murderer who set off a bomb in Oslo and opened fire on a bunch of kids in a camp turns out to be a right-wing, Christian, anti-Muslim…
July 2011
KPMG – Helping Tax Dodgers & Corporate Fraudsters Everywhere
The Ford Bros Circus of Stupid decided that the best way to figure out which services we ought to toss on the bonfire was to hire auditing firm KPMG. Well,…
Anders Behring Breivik: portrait of a right wing extremist
While authorities work overtime to find international connections, the only known assailant in the deaths of 91 Norwegians is a deranged Christian fundamentalist terrorist known as Anders Behring Breivik.A devotee…
Leaving books for strangers is a “thing”
So says my daughter. She was coming home from work on the subway the other night and found this book on the seat. I love that people do this!
Gary Bauer’s Focus is the Harper Government’s Vision
I Burned my Bra For This? REAL Women of Canada and the Men Behind ThemAnother soldier in the war against American women, who helped to the launch a similar war…
Climate Change – Lite
Some Saturday fun – a cat caught barking until she notices the human:
Saturday Photo: Hot Day, Light on Leaves
If you ever wondered about the value of street trees, here's an object lesson. The trees across the street from our temporary digs shade the buildings there, which means they…
What Is That Mushroom Cloud Advancing on the City? Just an Amazing Thunderstorm?
This is a link from a friend from the storm we had Thursday night. The view from the terrace here was very similar, and I stood and watched the rising…
Shorter Cosh
A right wing terrorist killed over 80 people in Norway, so Norway should adopt right wing penal policies.I call that the Obama Solution.
The Children’s Hour
Ezra Klein cuts to the chase in today's Washington Post. The White House wanted $400 billion in revenues, and John Boehner knew he couldn't get the deal through the House:But…
An observation on the Norway bombings/shootings
As you’ve no doubt heard, a far right extremist gunman who holds anti-immigration, anti-Muslim views decided to vent his wrath on the governing Socialist Party in Norway yesterday, blowing up…
Haunted Friday
On Friday April and I went to Kensington and its haunted mansion. It’s a historic house from the 1800s, redone into a haunted house and theme park with rides. The…
Canada’s right – many are narrow minded and reactive hypocrites
I might have more to say about this later, but for now I just want to highlight the idiocy of some on the right of the spectrum here in Canada.…
Traffic in the heat of the Summer of Love 2011
Fire trucks, Twitter and a 60 year old who dropped a hundred pounds in six months wanting a job today she didn’t want six months ago. Must be the Summer…
Norway: The Horror and the Sorrow
If you sail a boat in a straight line off this Scottish beach where I played when I was a boy, it won't be too long before you'll find yourself…
Anders Behring Breivik: a Norwegian Timothy McVeigh? UPDATE: He’s a Pam Geller fan!
Michelle Malkin, Pam Geller et al. have been screaming “Jihad” all day over the bombings in Norway. Oops. A right wing nationalist with an animus towards Muslims? And a Christian…
Owling
Owling is the new planking:
Friday night | h/t @impolitical and @pogge411
See what you've started?Wish I'd been around for this gig.
Musical interlude
Massive Attack - Dissolved Girl