Occupy Melbourne shows how to handle eviction with humour. And success.
Tent monsters! (It’s better with the sound off.) From the video’s comments: “It’s part of our policy not to be taken seriously because our opposition, whoever they may be –…
December 2011
Canada Moving Years Back!
With The Kyoto deadline at the end of the month Canada is in no way going to reach it’s target of 6% below 1990 levels. In fact in 2008 the…
Possible Prenatal, Environmental, Causes of Autism Disorders: Valproate Drugs?
The following information is taken from a July, 2011 information update on the Health Canada web site. It indicates that recent studies have found that “children whose mothers took a…
Public interest journalism in BC?
December 1, Glacier Media Inc. completed the acquisition of Postmedia Network Inc.’s community newspapers in British Columbia and the Times Colonist. . The Lower Mainland Publishing Group media assets include:…
Mike Holmes’s Holme-run
Mike Holmes said it best regarding the housing crisis in Attawapiskat. We need to stop building crap. It’s as simple as that Couple this with the allegation that the Government…
Is Withholding Sex Now Sex Abuse?
Or, Is Lysistrata A Sex Offender? I attended today, along with Alex, a discussion panel to remember the Montreal Massacre where Marc Lepine murdered fourteen women at the École Polytechnique…
The Sun: Demonizing organized labour, no matter what | #cdnpoli #onpoli
Take a guess which bit of birdcage-liner this is from. You don’t even need the facts to know which way they’ll torque it. One can’t help but remember the bad…
To Speak Without Speaking
Let us have this conversation, then The one that begins in separate rooms with averted glances. Let us cross paths as less than strangers In great wide swaths and arcing…
Tea Party Ignorant of the U.S. Constitution
Eight reasons why the Tea Party appears ignorant of the American constitution: 1. Congress enjoys a Constitutional authority to provide social services. 2. SCOTUS has upheld broad federal powers under…
“Beware of the tattoo preacher [Todd Bentley]“, Britian’s Sunday Express newspaper warns its readers
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. I can imagine that Todd Bentley might have been running around to every grocery and newsagents in Cwmbran, Wales, hoping that…
Branson: OCW “A Good Start”
Eccentric billionaire Sir Richard Branson somewhat surprisingly expressed his support for the OCW movement the other day, admitting they had “very valid reasons” to be protesting. “It’s now up to…
Wankers of the Week: First Badvent edition
Crappy weekend, everyone! Wow, first Advent…first week of December…where did the past week go? If you spent any of it fighting other shoppers in stores (some armed with pepper spray,…
Tory Hacks: tools then and tools now.
So it goes with Tory hacks, just show up and do what you’re told. Where isn’t too important, why isn’t too important either. You just have to do it, for…
Might this be the end of co-sleeping?
Since Mallory just up and decided to sleep by herself in her own room (November 19) we’ve had one hybrid night, where she came into my room at about 2am,…
Cain “Suspends” Joke Campaign
As expected, Herman Cain announced today that he’s effectively dropping out of the race to be Leader of the Free World. I know… we’re all terribly let down by the…
Be nice.
Niceness is the recognition of grace over substance. Niceness is the recognition of approach versus fact. Niceness is the social system of hypocritical suppression of negativity (fair or not) towards…
Cain Train derailed
From the “In What Will Come As No Surprise to Anyone” files, GOP presidential primary contender, pizzamonger and inveterate skirt-chaser extraordinaire Herman Cain has left the building: Republican presidential candidate…
Americans turn on the Tea Party
A recent Pew Research Center survey indicates that Americans, or at least those who have an opinion on the matter, are turning against the Tea Party. A year ago, as…
descending down the pot-holed road of recession towards the sink hole of depression
These remarks of Paul Krugman could easily apply to Canada, for it is essentially homeowners with their massively extended debt load who have bumped our debt to GDP ratio up…