The Report of the Liberals Death Was Greatly Exaggerated
"The report of my death was an exaggeration" - Mark TwainEveryone loves that Mark Twain quote in all of its variations. It was prompted by the visit of a reporter,…
October 2011
A Saturday Break From The Usual Garbage
It’s Saturday and we’re going to take a break from the usual petroleum lobby garbage that we discuss on this blog, and take a look at another kind: Have a…
CBC Apologizes Privately for O’Leary
The following has been reported in The Globe with regard to Kevin O'Leary's boorish and abusive recent interview with Chris Hedges:CBC’s ombudsman says Kevin O’Leary’s heated remarks during an interview…
NDP Leadership Contest
My good friend but alas political adversary over at IMPOLITICAL takes comfort from a column by Don MacPherson in the Montreal Gazette, Quebec's conservative english language newspaper. Mac it seems…
Tom the Bomb
Shorter NDP race thus far by Don Macpherson:Brian Topp has acted as though he is afraid to run against Thomas Mulcair. And with nearly six months to go until the…
Election Week Traffic #nlpoli
The ballots are in and counted. People are still trying to grasp the enormity of what happened Next week, SRBP will have a series on polls during the election. We’ll…
Totally not ideological cuts
The Canadian Environmental Network has had to close its doors after losing its government funding. Try to look surprised. Also, cuts are coming to Veterans Affairs, and cut the funding…
Demonstrators and police should be unmasked
The BC Civil Liberties Association, now in its sixth decade, has done important and principled work in our province while advocating for individual rights, freedom and law reform. Their good…
Occupy Canada: Now It’s Our Turn
As the Occupy Wall Street Movement goes global.Protesters worldwide geared up for a cry of rage on Saturday against bankers, financiers and politicians they accuse of ruining global economies and…
Redford Tories have good news and bad news for government union’s president
AUPE President Guy Smith with some of the approximately 1,000 demonstrators who gathered at the Alberta Legislature yesterday afternoon to protest against privatization talk by Premier Alison Redford. Below: Former…
Happy Birthday Nietzche & Foucault!
There’s only a little to say about this – Michel Foucault was born October 15, 1926, and by weird coincidence, Friedrich Nietzsche was born on the same day 82 years…
With an iPhone 4S, No More Writing About Your Dog!
King Chung Huang (@kinghuang) 10/14/11 11:52 PMDictation works! pic.twitter.com/dHCjWxlS Via iPad
Thinking about this…
…would make a social conservative’s head explode! Share and Enjoy: Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Ernst Zundel Fire Revisited
On May 8, 1995, Holocaust denier Ernst Zundel was the victim of an arson attack on his Carlton Street home (known as, "the Bunker") which resulted in substantial damage. The…
Musical interlude
Probspot - Blueberry
Journalistic laziness to the max.
The euro zone faces a 40 per cent chance of another recession as fears mount that the debt crisis will escalate further. Says a particular article in the Ottawa Citizen.…
I am the worst bournaller ever
The truth of it is that I am writing. Granted, I’m writing gaming stuff, but I’m writing. Which is cool, because I haven’t been able to write very much, and…
Europe, G20 and financial transactions taxes
Thanks mostly to the superb campaigning by international development, poverty and environmental activists, there’s been remarkable progress in getting Europe to introduce financial transactions taxes, aka the Robin Hood Tax.…
Jason Priestley shines in ‘Call Me Fitz’
"You know the guy who said 'no man is an island'? Same douchebag who thought Denmark was rotten. Fuck that guy."Those are the opening lines of this week's episode of…