2011
A brief musical interlude
It’s still not a Christmas carol but the sentiment seems appropriate. Doesn’t it? Best wishes to everyone. I’m off the grid ’til Boxing Day.
Media culpa catches Wente being sloppy again | #journalism
Media culpa: Margaret Wente, Math and Christianity: More factual/attribution errors?: ‘via Blog this’ What’s that? Wente being sloppy with numbers? Wente being shoddy and haphazard with attributions? I’m shocked. Shocked.…
Taking Responsibility for the State of Society
What has been most offensive about the media coverage of the Occupy movement has been the misrepresentation of both the issues that have prompted the protests and the response of…
Connies grinch consumers on Muskrat review #nlpoli
Anyone who thinks the governing Conservatives in Newfoundland and Labrador are interested in anything but ramming their megadebt Muskrat Falls deal down the public throat, well, those fine people are…
The Year That Was: Canadians Politics in 2011
What a year 2011 was. Who would have thought in January that the Conservatives would, by May, have a majority government? That the Bloc, so long a dominant force in…
The Year That Was: Canadians Politics in 2011
What a year 2011 was. Who would have thought in January that the Conservatives would, by May, have a majority government? That the Bloc, so long a dominant force in…
merry christmas from the author of daveberta.ca.
A December sunset at Alberta's Legislative Assembly Building. Thank you to all the readers who continue to return to this blog each day and new readers who may have found…
On sure signs
I’d think Don Martin would have dealt with political actors enough to know when he’s being spun. But since his latest post suggests otherwise, let’s offer up what looks to…
Menstruating in India–Radical Change
When Arunachalam Muruganantham hit a wall in his research on creating a sanitary napkin for poor women, he decided to do what most men typically wouldn’t dream of. He wore…
Inside Ontario’s College of Homeopaths
One of the most surreal medical institutions in our country is surely the College of Homeopaths of Ontario. This agency was set up by the provincial government in 2007 to…
The Magnificent Seven: Stephen Harper’s seven new Senators leaked
STARRING: Shotgun * Blogging T * * Ezzy * Huffer * Wenthataway * The Poet * Blatched The Conservatives’ new best friend, the Canadian wing of the Huffington Post, has…
Stephen Harper’s seven new Senators leaked
STARRING: Shotgun * Blogging T * Wenthataway * Ezzy * Huffer * The Poet * Blatched The Conservatives’ new best friend, the Canadian wing of the Huffington Post, has a…
Video: Glee – Let it Snow, Blaine (Darren Criss) and Kurt (Chris Colfer)
A nice, toe-tapping spin on the classic holiday tune “Let it Snow” with a vintage black and white touch from our favorite on-screen gay couple from Glee.
Happy Full Metal Jacket Christmas
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Christmas spirit and the Catholic Church
A California archbishop shuts down a Christmas service because gay-friendly ministers had been invited to speak. “Inappropriate for the season of Advent,” sniffed George Niederauer, the Archbishop of San Francisco.…
A Giraffe Hunter in a Ditch is Worth Two in the Bush. Or Something.
by matttbastard Newt teh Perfessor outdoes himself on the future of gender in an excerpt from a mid-90s lecture: Traditionally, he said, “if combat means living in a ditch, females…
Merry Christmas !!
Merry Christmas!Best Wishes For Health and Happiness!! from ….Buckdog Politics!!
Dickens for the 21st Century
Every year, as Christmas approaches, I think again of A Christmas Carol. The world has always been opposed to the idea of Christmas — unless it can be turned into…