Shades of Green: ISAv – Threat, Fear, Mystery and Warning
The recent news that the European strain of Infectious Salmon Anemia virus had been found in two Rivers Inlet sockeye smolts sent a shiver of fear throughout the North Pacific…
November 2011
Occupy A Job
There is no shortage of angry people with no civics training, calling for Occupy Regina (Wall Street) protesters to “get a job”. As an Occupy Regina protester, I have a…
New Rules: 11/11/11
From the last show of the season. “If A Christmas Carol was performed by the Tea Party Dramatic Society, it would be a cautionary tale about how the hero, Scrooge…
Every leader gets their day
Mr. Berlusconi is departing as leader of Italy and the citizenry reacts: From the New York Times' coverage: “This is the most dramatic moment of our recent history,” Ferruccio de…
Wankers of the Week: Riot slops
Crappy weekend, everyone! So, how are we liking all those riots of the past week? Penn State had a real one, for the worst reason imaginable, and everyone involved made…
George Monbiot explains national bankruptcy
The 1% are the very best destroyers of wealth the world has ever seen, George Monbiot, The Guardian "If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every…
Who should be a judge?
Some years ago I was sitting in a busy criminal courthouse. As I waited for my case to be call I made a startling observation -- all the accused were…
Will DSM5 Result In Some Very High Functioning Autism Personalities Losing Their Autism Disorder Diagnoses?
I have a son with a DSM-IV Autistic Disorder diagnosis who is also assessed with profound developmental "delays". I have expressed my concerns on several occasions about the terms of…
Of Bankster Coups d’etat
First it was Papandreou of Greece and now Berlusconi of Italy has resigned in the wake of a bailout agreement. These resignations are being played in the corporate media as…
Six Degrees of Patrick Swayze: Bonehead Niece Marries Violent Bonehead
We were wondering why a single post of ours concerning the online squabble between Mike Gaio and the "president" of the Aryan Terror Brigade's Josh "Hatchet" Steever managed to amass…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Paul Wells speculates as to what comes next for the Harper Cons once their first set of legislation is rammed through a majority Parliament.…
Horrific Story About Eugenics Program in North Carolina
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economyThis story is unbelievable, eugenics existed up to 1970 in North Carolina, that is not very long ago. The…
why i was thinking about australia on this remembrance day.
Having spent the better part of April 2011 travelling across Australia, I had the opportunity to visit many historical sites dedicated to preserving the memory of that country’s War history.…
Equality and Education
We live in a society that now ostensibly accepts equality and egalitarianism as a normative moral basis for our society. Not just the founding principles of classical liberalism with equal…
Howard Beale: Spiritual Leader of #OWS?
Yesterday I was experimenting with posting video in the comments section of an earlier entry, and for no particular reason chose the “Mad As Hell” scene from classic movie “Network”.…
Has Occupy Vancouver Become The Dominant Force In Next Week’s Civic Election?
ThisElectionHasSevenDaysLeftVilleIt's always tough to gauge what is really going on down on the civic scene in Lotusland as election day approaches, internal party polls that are immediately splashed across the…
The Occupy Movement is About Taking Power Away From the People
This is is response to David Suzuky's Occupy movement is about power for the people . Direct Democracy Sucks Do you have time to participate in direct democracy? For example,…
A Magical Potion in the Liberal Roadmap to Power
Lost among all the attention paid to the proposed selection of the next leader of the party through a revolutionary made-in-Canada primary process is a potion whose magical properties will…