2011

Acarpolypse Now: The Real Asian Menace!

LORAIN -- A man kayaking out on Lake Erie spotted what he thinks was an Asian Carp jumping near his boat. Webber describes the fish as about four feet long,…

Need to go dancing…

sweat some of my shit out...if what you're reading here grips you, holds you, fascinates you, provokes you, emboldens you, pushes you, galvanizes you, discomfits you, tickles you, enrages you…

Earlier this year i had this…

visceral reaction to a woman in our neighbourhood while i was walking with buttertart. this woman literally took my breath away so flawless was her butch presentation. i think my…

Half Way Onto Twitter

I launched myself onto Twitter yesterday, but only halfway. After signing up, I tweated a few times into the great vault of cyber-space. I even established a new rating agency…

America’s new national anthem

Not sure how the pictures connect with the music, but I look forward to hearing this played before sporting events.Tweet The Rev. Paperboy Feed

Three bears

Canada Now Being Lectured by Croatia on Democratic Practices

“In the past few months we have encountered many difficulties in organizing the exhibitions, usually connected to interventions of the Canadian Government or institutions under Canadian governmental control. We continued…

On the "ethical oil" campaign, barriers for doctors, Harper’s sophisticated discourse, and government waste

S&P on downgrade: "…the majority of Republicans in Congress continue to resist any measure that would raise revenues, a position we believe Congress reinforced by passing the act."

Just in case you didn't get that the first time around. This is a point the Democrats (and progressive media/bloggers need to hammer) for the next few weeks. But they…

More astrophotos

Not much political commentary this past few weeks, but I've been taking some astrophotos. This time the summer Milky Way, a close neighbour, and a stellar nursery.

……. so why didn’t Harper speak out when the Teaparty Republicans were playing ‘chicken’ with the global economy?

Flaherty warns global troubles could affect CanadaRemember when Stephen Harper said that a Canadian election was a threat to our economic recovery? We knew it was nonsense at the time…

Death of an appellant and mootness

Simon Fraser University v. Noble, 2011 BCCA 334 deals with the death of a party to litigation and mootness. Professor David Noble was involved in freedom of information litigation with…

It costs the same to send a person to prison or to Harvard. The difference is the curriculum.

Paul Hawken