Sicksicksick
I realize this video clip of GOP contender Rick Perry at the candidates’ debate has already gone a bit viral, but it’s so creepy and sick and weird that I…
September 2011
Religion and Language Part III: On Agnosticism
In previous posts on this series on Religion and Language (on deism, in part I; one morality, in part II), I have looked at the way careful attention to the…
Reliance on Unconventional Gas is No Good for Climate, Says Scientist Tom Wigley
Screen shot 2011-09-09 at 11.40.30 PM.png A partial shift from coal to unconventional gas on a worldwide scale will continue to accelerate climate change for a significant amount of time,…
The Race for Stornoway
The rules have been set. The NDP will select their next leader March 24th in Toronto. The entry fee will be $15,000, with a $500,000 spending limit. It will be…
Is the failure to object to evidence fatal to an appeal based on admission? Perhaps not
R. v. Jones, 2011 ONCA 584 deals with, among other things, a failure to object at trial and whether the Court on appeal can intervene in the absence of an…
Want a Twisted Way to Waste 312$ CAD?
Or 229 Euros for that matter? Just when you think you’ve seen everything. Special 9/11 anniversary blessing? Nah, it’s for some visit the Pope Ratzy is planning to make to…
When will they start arresting the real perpetrators of terrorism on this planet?…
Global Terrorism: 35,000 Worldwide Convicted For Terror Offenses Since September 11 Attacks MARTHA MENDOZA At least 35,000 people worldwide have been...
Obviously a good blog to be reading on the regular…saving..
peace cultureif what you're reading here grips you, holds you, fascinates you, provokes you, emboldens you, pushes you, galvanizes you, discomfits you, tickles you, enrages you so much that you…
He did the right thing…and was arrested for it…
Dan Kellar Arrested After Blog Post on G20 "Infiltrator" by Tim Groves On August 25th, independent journalist, blogger, and activist Dan Kellar was arrested for a blog post he made…
Macleans: Cell phone providers cutting data speeds & sucking power
By Jesse Brown for Macleans A study has shown that wireless providers may be cutting data speeds in half and needlessly sucking juice from their customer’s cellphones (pdf). A team…
Another earth quake today…
this time in british columbia...what else would they do besides downplay it and say that no tsunami is expected?world earthquakes listinganyone ever heard of haarp?if what you're reading here grips…
911 stories
I dreaded the media approach to the tenth anniversary of 9/11 because in 2001 it took me weeks to stop seeing the towers fall every time I closed my eyes.And…
Conservatives Robbed Canadians
We was robbed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Conservatives during the May 2 Federal election. The truth about the Canadian economy was withheld. Recall, the election eventually revolved…
Rob Ford’s Toronto city government tries to block community members’ strategic gathering…
.] September 9, 2011 - Toronto Stop the Cuts Networkhttp://www.torontostopthecuts.com/?p=509 City attempts to block Mass Meeting to Stop Ford’s Cuts; Meeting to go ahead! In a blatantly anti-...
In response to: "The Great Gatsby: Living the Dream in the Valley of Ashes"
I’ve been sufficiently annoyed by an uploaded youtube video, so I’m going to write a response here because youtube comments isn’t the best means to get my thoughts across on…
Special Ballots
Regular readers have probably seen a few rants on this topic before, but here's a wee bit more in today's Western Star on the bizarre provisions in the Elections Act…
9/11 and the “War on Terror” – Had the U.S. done the right thing, thousands of lives could have been saved
Ten years after close to 3,000 people died in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, we witnessed hundreds of sympathetic events, millions of words in newspapers,…
On clear preferences
At least a few pundits have theorized that the NDP might get pushed into a merger due to the desire of Quebec voters to see greater cooperation among parties opposing…
Am I the only one who feels a little uncomfortable with Mrs. David Frum penning a column on 9/11?
That Danielle Crittenden is a columnist for The Huffington Post is curious enough, but her piece today on 9/11 seems a little .. well, unseemly. This once 'proud wife' of…