Toulouse Le Grandfig’s Summer Vacation: Cochlea
January 12, 1932 Our first port of call was Buster Keaton’s inner ear. I think we have discovered why he is always falling down. He has a lovely — if…
July 2011
Greece: Bigger Than Lehman Brothers
What a frigging disaster. Back in 2008, the US Federal Reserve let the Lehman Brothers investment bank - which held more than a bellyful of toxic debt, go to the…
All three NL parties back Muskrat project
Voters in Newfoundland and Labrador who are worried about the current Tory administration’s plans to double the public debt and public electricity rates need worry no longer. The project will…
Afghanistan "Mafia" Boss Killed by Bodyguard
Ahmad Wali Karzai, brother of the Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been assassinated.A known drug trafficker and underworld boss, he was also the man given a $50 million contract to…
NDP Moves To Stiff Ex-Gay Org
Delegates with Canada’s newly-minted official Opposition, the New Democrat Party (NDP), passed a resolution calling on the government to revoke the charitable status of groups that support those seeking to…
Disconnected from Connecticut
Tuesday's papers will undoubtedly be picking up on this CP story in which the topic of discussion flowing from the New England Governors and Eastern Premiers was the delay in…
The placeholder election
No matter what the outcome, all three political parties in the province will have new leaders before the 2015 contest. In December, the Tories decided to postpone their leadership fight…
Happy to let you do your own thing
The Conservative government has declared that if provinces want to create their own long-gun registries when they’ve finished killing the federal one, they’re welcome to do so – but not…
The New York Times as the Terrible Swift Sword of the Establishment: Rupert Murdoch is done like dinner
Rupert Murdoch in his heyday with a copy of the Times … but not the New York Times, alas for him. Below: Mr. Murdoch as he looks at 80.Almost more…
inforgraphic: do facebook likes influence votes?
An interesting take on the effect of social media on the results of the 2011 Canadian federal election (and a pretty infographic): Tweet This Post
daveberta interview on cbc edmonton am.
I joined CBC’s Edmonton AM Mark Scholz this morning to talk about blogging and the political scene in Alberta. You can listen to the interview here. Tweet This Post
BC folks against the HST
Has your ballot arrived in the mail? If not, you might not be on the voters list. The Liberals’ strategy is focused on reducing voter turn-out. Each and every vote…
Michelle Obama and Paul Ryan need an irony alert
I'm just so sick of stories like this. One, they don't mean much. On the other hand, they tell us everything we need to know about politician or their surrogates,…
"Pass me that rump of small boy"
The Catholic church keeps on proving it's no better than its Islamic extremist brethren. Or the Marquis de Sade."They were trading boys the way we trade hockey cards".
Palestinian unilateralism is a sign of desperation. However, PCs don’t think so
A little while ago there was an argument circulating in the left suggesting that the reason why there is so much extremism in Palestine, culminating with groups like Hamas and…
On the cusp of a visual revolution – RSA Announces short film competition $6,000 in prizes
RSA is inviting artists to transform remarkable ideas into visual media — and offering over $6,000 CDN in prizes. Here’s the challenge: to create visual films for three fascinating and…
July 2011 Bits and Bites
Hey, remember when Paulie posted the indignant letter that he says he sent to Tim Hortons because they had the gall to air a commercial featuring two couples, one of…
Radio Topics for July 12th
Welcome to week two of the Ottawa Bluesfest concert marathon. This week at 7:30 Adam will be speaking with Paul Henry from the City of Ottawa Archives about their new…
Netsweeper says more about the state of Canada than the Cons do
Canada's moral compass is bending backwards because of public apathy, greed, authoritarianism, Islamophobia at the service of Israel, and overwhelming self interest. We've lost our penchant for the better good,…
The Stupid – It Burns!
Even by the standard for stupid set up by conservatives in both the US and Canada, this takes the cake. An Arizona state senator (Republican - naturally) singlehandedly sets back…