Conservatives admit they are lying scoundrels
…and ask, “What’s wrong with that?” “Every political party in the House identifies its voters in one way or another,” Conservative MP John Williamson said. “This is an important part…
December 2011
Autism? Florida IT Autism Prof Says: Hakuna Matata!
Dr. Ivy Chong, Florida Institute of Technology It seems to be impossible for anyone connected with the Mainstream Media, the MSM, to speak honestly and accurately about the natue of…
The Muskrat Morass Deepens #nlpoli
Kathy Dunderdale, Ed Martin and their supporters have a basic problem. In 30 seconds, opponents of the multi-billion project can give a simple, coherent, and unassailable reason why they oppose…
Someone to fix the flaws
It’s a good thing the Senate is around because the government will now be relying on them to fix a problem with the omnibus crime bill, since they realised they…
Avengers comics spoof sexualizes the guys
Women in today’s comics are sexualized to absurd proportions. As a fantastic post on Autostraddle pointed out, the T&A shot favoured by comic book artists is anatomically near-impossible, yet it…
When Swaggerville became Loserville
“Average” and “soft” Kierrie Johnson burns Jonathan Hefney for game-changing Grey Cup TD A sad end to an inspiring season from the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. From a tweet Monday from…
It is preferable and more efficient for appeals to await the completion of proceedings in the trial court so that a complete record and disposition is presented on appeal
Sabourin and Sun Group of Companies v. Laiken, 2011 ONCA 757 deals with the general prohibition on allowing appeals until a final decision is made – that is appeal on…
Spin Cycles recycled
First published here in April 2009, this piece contains a couple of classic clips from a program about political comments. One before spin-masters were invented and another that demonstrates spin…
The four ways to defend religion
Sam Harris A year or so ago, I was exposed to prominent atheist Sam Harris’ outline of the three basic ways in which religion is commonly defended. It seemed like…
Turn something you don’t use into cash! Perfesser Dave explains his plan for a free market in votes
Floor traders on Perfesser Dave’s Alberta Vote Exchange (AVOTEX). Market perfection may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: Perfesser Dave. Some stories are just too complicated for ordinary bloggers to…
Canada’s Petro-Recovery
Statsitics Canada released the third quarter GDP numbers today, and on the surface they seem pretty upbeat, considering all the doom and gloom lately. Headline real GDP grew at an…
Focus and determination required:A call to all progressive organizations to unite under one big umbrella
The mainstream media’s largely negative portrayal of the Occupy Movement in Canada illustrates once again the need for the creation of a large progressive cooperative movement in the country –…
Stephen Harper and the Flying Messiah
Golly. I can only imagine the panic that must have ensued in the PMO after Nycole Turmel demanded that Stephen Harper spend a night in Attawaspiskat. “You should sleep in…
Can a Trans Human Rights Bill pass with a Harper majority?
“It’ll never pass,” I often heard. “Not with a Harper government. They’d never support human rights inclusion for transsexual and transgender people.” And then it passed. Oh, Bill C-389 —…
Someone’s Pushpolling Against the BC Liberals…
This ironically titled “Integrity BC” poll done by Oracle Research (they did all those riding-by-riding polls for Project Democracy) is just so overtly a push poll it hurts. First, we…
Comparative values
How we spend our money reflects our values, particularly for conscious choices, the ones we make after full consideration. That occurred to me when reader Lew linked to a Jonathan…