Harper and his Omni-crime Bill
The Stephen Harper Conservatives are about to add to the cost of government. Justice will soon cost us much more than it does now. We all have heard about the…
November 2011
Lt. John Pike, UC Davis Police: Little Eichmann of the Day
Time to revive a dormant feature. Here’s the tough guy, pepper-spraying unarmed students. Can’t help but notice the contrast: students sitting peacefully and silently get pepper-sprayed in the face. Students…
A Clever Creative Post Eviction Idea From Occupy Wall Street
As occupy encampments are being cleared out by bruit force all across the US and eviction notices have been handed out in Canada (some have been or are being challenged…
Occupiers hold NYC park by force
NYPD Occupying Liberty Square; Demands Unclear “New York, NY — The NYPD have been occupying Liberty Square since 1:00am Tuesday morning, with the brand new occupation now set to enter…
10 Reasons to Oppose Bill C-10
Occupy Winnipeg took its opposition to Bill C-10, the so-called Safe Streets and Communities Act, to Winnipeg’s West End Library and then proceeded to occupy the constituency office of Manitoba’s…
We Are The Many
By now, you’ve probably heard about the artist Makana, who played We Are The Many to a room full of the handmaidens of the 1% (politicians), most of whom did…
Occupy Canada and the Silence of the Lambs
I’m going to miss the Occupy Toronto campsite, this colourful little progressive utopia in the heart of a cold grey city. For by tomorrow night it will almost surely be…
Lieutenant Pike as imagined by Georges Seurat
UPDATE: Here’s a collection of the best of the Lieutenant Pike meme.
Right wing once again boos military. This time it’s Nascar.
Nascar has a nasty – and deserved – reputation for being a collection of racist rednecks. They’re the stuff of the old south, where ignorance and bliss arrive at the…
Sunday Thought: The Problem With Fair Trade Roses
…is that by the time they get to you, they’re close to death. Giving your love a bouquet that starts dropping petals even while you’re eating that special dinner (usually…
I took 536 photos this weekend
Archiving Mallory’s artwork from the last little while.
The #OWS bat signal
This was one of the best things of the week, the projection that was done on to the Verizon building in New York City on Thursday night while Occupy Wall…
A story about Doug Coo
As mentioned earlier Justice Coo has died. A real loss. I thought about telling this story and concluded there is no harm — it says a lot about him. Years…
The New Government of Canada Open Data License: The OGL by another name
Last week the Minister Clement issued a press release announcing some of the progress the government has made on its Open Government Initiatives. Three things caught my eye. First, it…
ACCCE Doesn’t Want To Pony Up For Life-Saving, Job-Creating New Emissions Standards
scrooge-mcduck-make-it-rain.jpeg The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) is apparently trying to show the EPA its empty pockets as a new set of standards capping mercury, arsenic, acid gases,…
Change sweeps across many BC school Boards
My home district of Victoria was just one of many to see a wave of change in the school trustee elections yesterday. Three incumbent trustees were defeated by three newcomers…
Today, Sixth Estate Will Be Open-Minded and Agree That Homeopaths Could Eliminate Influenza From the Entire Universe Using Oscillococcinum
Getting called a racist European missionary the last time I took on the smoke-and-mirrors world of alternative “medicine” stung personally, but it didn’t bother me nearly as much as the…
Canada Goes to War (Again)
Mr Harper wants to go to war again (Iran) and again (Syria)
Suggestions of something real
Derya Unutmaz originally shared this post on Google+ Philosopher Dan Dennett makes a compelling argument that not only don’t we understand our own consciousness, but that half the time our…