By Jason Koblovsky of the Canadian Gamers Organization A few months ago, a few Canadian gamers sent in a complaint to the CRTC that suspected Rogers’ throttling practices were affecting…
I am sure prairie farmers will turn around and throw this dirty government money back into the faces of the Harperites. After all, these folks are mostly good, free market…
The guy in this video is a piker--on 64 boxes. But we had similar surprises as we opened boxes. Perhaps it should be no surprise that I've filled 8 large…
Until a couple of months ago I had never heard of "fracking". I now understand why. And I should have known. Governments, by long standing habit, don't like smarty pants…
Was Nietzsche right in holding all guilt an illusion? If we have no free will and are merely creatures of circumstance then yes, guilt is an illusion. But if we…
Interesting video of the dog whistle words and actions of the right wing noise machine and the unfortunate results.H/T: @GottaLaff
Inspired by this story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/08/04/pol-environment-job-cuts.html
To the MSM, give your collective heads a shake. You have been played. You chased after the shiny rather than using your heads (or whatever the hell Rob Silver uses…
This and that for your Thursday reading.- No, we shouldn't be surprised that Clark-era PCs disagree with the Harper Cons given that their leader long since jumped ship as well.…
I was watching the cbc news this morning. I find it very sad to witness the decline of that once proud public broadcaster. The cbc used to provide some fine…
JuysTerence Corcoran Just go read Terence Corcoran’s latest in the National Post. Never mind that the world was plunged into economic crisis by unregulated financial institutions; and near fully captured…
galileo.jpg THERE'S a new climate denial lobby group on the block - bravely regurgitating previously debunked pseudo-science and making wild unsubstantiated claims that climate scientists are all...
R. v. Cunningham, 2011 ONCA 543 was released today. The decision largely holds that a lengthy delay between a decision and reasons may be a basis for an appeal: On May 4,…
One more note on today's fund-raising news which is best seen in Alice's historical quarterly data.For 2011 Q2, total fund-raising for the NDP, Libs, Bloc and Greens was $7,918,876.12 -…
How do we stop the cuts to core services and the wasteful spending by Rob Ford and his supporters on city council?Talk to the councillors.Now, we know that there are…
Toronto at a crossroads: Will Ford's austerity agenda be derailed? | rabble.caExcerpts: Lost in the rhetoric is the fact that there actually is a "revenue" problem, a problem that is…
AllTheStay(Away!)cationsThatFitConvictionlessCourageVille....With Her Well-Timed Vacation?According to Lotusland's proMedia herd, whose stampede this time was led by Mike Smyth with The Dean bringing up the rear, it had something to do with…
I’ve been looking for Baloo, a half-groomed lost dog this week. He’s a rescue dog. The Rescue had him at the groomer’s to get his matts cut out. Poor little…
When I saw this post, it reminded me of how I met up with a friend from elementary school last summer and, over the course of our conversations, we realized…
On Monday, August 6, 1945, at 8:15 a.m., the nuclear bomb “Little Boy” was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan by an American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay. An estimated 130,000 people…
