Music for a Sunday: The liquid clock bursts into song
The album version of this is awesome; this is awesomer. (And I don’t care if the reference to landline phones dates it. I have one myself, and I do not…
December 2011
NDP leadership debate showcases the (many) party hopefuls
NDP leadership candidates in the first leaders debate The first NDP leadership debate was this afternoon, and it would appear from the coverage that the only victor was expediency and…
Stephen Harper and the Big Brother State
Here’s a question that I believe requires an urgent answer. If you lived in a country where a sinister, authoritarian leader had reduced civil servants to a state of fear…
Ottawa NDP Leadership Debate Thoughts
The debate was good. Exciting even. After several months of being forced to sate my political appetite on the Republican leadership contest, the NDP leadership debate in Ottawa provided a…
The twisted logic, and ethics, of nature’s opponents
David Suzuki.png By David Suzuki (originally published on the David Suzuki Foundation website) Who is influencing Canada's resource priorities? In a puzzling appeal to anti-American sentiment, some industry supporters claim…
National Post lifts column by Métis blogger!
Word for word, blogger âpihtawikosisân’s detailed deconstruction of Conservative myths and stereotypes about Attawapiskan has been ripped off, for want of a better phrase, by some dude from the National…
The Interruption Of Science-Geek Friday
AllTheElfinOnesThatFit KidVille When I got to work Friday morning there was a new executive assistant sitting at my desk who told me that there would be no science going on…
U.S. Rep. Dan Boren, Exemplar of Political Corruption
Dan Boren.jpeg Today, The New York Times ran an investigative piece uncovering a thick, multi-layered corruption scene, honing in on one man: U.S. Rep. Dan Boren (D-OK). Boren, many will…
Scott Muses: Would I Lie To You?…Yes, Apparently You Would.
A warning, today is an expansion on the Peter MacKay helicopter debacle. For the most part, it is going to be a ‘philosophical and historical’ look at just how the…
Why First Nations Are Undeniably United Against Pipelines, Tankers…and The Sun is Full of Crap
Editor’s Note: Since the publication of this editorial, The Vancouver Sun has published a form of a correction story on its front page Monday – though no mention of the…
Why First Nations Are Undeniably United Against Pipelines, Tankers…and The Sun is Full of Crap
There is a reason – a big reason – chiefs of all First Nations in line to be adversely affected by oil pipelines and tanker traffic are so stubborn. You…
Liveblogging the first NDP leadership debate
The first NDP leadership debate is about to start. I’m not even going to liveblog in caps, THAT IS HOW SERIOUSLY I AM TREATING IT 12:03 Robert Chisholm, he is…
Harper government gets another “Fossil of the year award”
What can one say? Shame, shame! Our environment minister, Peter Kent, is a joke. Harper should move him to Senate like Mike Duffy. They will make a great pair. Read…
The Cain identity
Yesterday’s decision by Herman Cain to drop out of the GOP Presidential stakes (technically, suspending, a legal loophole that allows him to reallocate donations made to him to another candidate…
The New Not (not)Premier Speaks!
What’sTheFrequency CCVille Speaking on PublicEye Radio this morning the Conservative candidate in PoCo, Christi(ne) Clark(e) told Sean Holman that the whole thing was her idea and that she and the…
Margaret Wente and the Importance of Being Deluded
I was going to give Globe & Mail‘s resident imbecile Margaret Wente a pass, in honour of the Sabbath, but I’ve decided that her column this weekend is so horrifically…
#NDPldr Debate #1: The Economy
Today’s Dipper leadership debate takes place in Ottawa at 2pm EST til 4pm, and apparently will focus on the economy. Now what, you make ask, does a Dipper have to…
An Ontario Liberal
I had a good chat with a former MP and a well known Ontario Liberal today. He emphasized just how important it is for the Liberal Party to show unity…
My Workspace Revised
Recently, I rearranged the corner where I write. My workspace is 6 ft by 4 ft with another 21 inches of shared space on the table where my large monitor…