The Right Mix
My response to Jon Dron, And so it ends… Interesting reflections and I appreciate the comments and the participation. It’s easy enough technically to implement some sort of collaborative filtering…
November 2011
"There’s Something Happening Here – What it is ain’t Exactly Clear"
I had been conducting some research into the last federal election campaign, which was probably the most bizarre on record. Many of the strange occurrences, especially the phone calls, could…
Send In The Clowns
I first became interested in politics in 1960, as a twelve year old kid growing up in Montreal. That was the year Jean Lesage defeated Antonio Barrette and the remnants…
Iran…
… anyone wanna start a pool betting on the number of months till the West goes to war with Iran? And with the full and eager participation of the Harper…
Statscan to stop charging for data.
Embassy Magazine(recently) broke the story thatall of Statistics Canada’s online data will not only be made free,but released under the Governmentof Canada’s Open Data License Agreement(updated and reviewed earlierthis week)…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
“If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” ~ Vincent Van Gogh
PQ in Hot Water!
With another PQ MP leaving the party Pauline Marois and what is left of the PQ is in hot water. Not to mention that the CAQ is now coming with…
Bubble Gum and American Expression: A Multi-Generational Romance
Bubble Gum and American Expression: A Multi-Generational Romance (It is a “romance” because everyone is involved–like snakes in the Arizona desert.) 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90, 00s—there would…
Bubble Gum and American Expression: A Multi-Generational Romance
Bubble Gum and American Expression: A Multi-Generational Romance (It is a “romance” because everyone is involved–like snakes in the Arizona desert.) 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90, 00s—there would…
Why The Ethical Oil Argument Flops With Americans
I see Minister Kent intends to flog it again at the Durban confence. Given that, the following comments from Alberta Oil’s Darren Campbell are worth noting: And I don’t think…
Alberta Tories talk taxes
Very interesting debate going on in Alberta: “Alta. Tories defend talk about provincial sales tax.” The Alberta PCs are finding themselves in a budget bind, with dwindling revenues from energy…
I see nothing, I was not here…
Premier Photo Op was born in the sixties, apparently influenced by one particular TV show. While it ended production in 1971, Hogans Heroes was in reruns long after. With a…
When They’re Sixty-Four…
AllYouNeedIsLove CongratulationsVille Just heard from one of our favourite readers and commenters, D. He has just given his partner E. one of the most fantastical musical storyboards ever. For her…
“Conservative” Beer Review
A retarded Bloggin’ Tory maroon turns his acute sensibilities and keen perceptions of world events to the more demanding task of reviewing various kinds of beer… For some bizarre reason…
Two 73 year old veteran CFL players brawl at Grey Cup luncheon
“At a CFL Alumni Association luncheon on Friday, Kapp and Mosca, both 73, went Ali-Frazier in front of startled onlookers. The feud dates back to the 1963 Cup when Mosca’s…
Bad Form
I understand it’s considered bad form for rank and file progressives to criticize the Canadian Occupy protests in any way, even while being supportive of the American ones. But if…
Grey Cup Eve Update…The Sky Is Falling! (Part Deux)
AllTheCodswallopThatFits ShillVille The roof on the marshmallow is leaking again, the night before the big game. And now one of the original media shills for the thing, a shill who…
On media, a reader’s contribution
Ms.Photo Op,Mentzelopoulos,Muir,Waldner Here’s an excerpt from the Vancouver Sun that ran Nov 22nd about the hiring of the husband of the minister of corporate priorities by the Vancouver Island Health…
Our national police farce on the job
Occasion: a Parliament Hill protest against C-10, the Con crime bill, no ambiguity intended. Crime: simply being there. As the protest was getting underway, before the crowd began marching down…
Mona Eltahawy
I met Mona Eltahawy, albeit briefly, in New York at #pdf11. Watching her today, with two casts on her arms and a horrifying story of her treatment at the hands…