The view from here
Quick summer shower followed by…:^)
2011
Shaken Faith, Part I: Elizabeth May’s Recent Mis-steps on Green Party Democratic Processes and WiFi
Elizabeth May experienced a wonderfully inspirational month as Canada’s first elected Green Member of Parliament. She showed Canadians that one dedicated opposition MP in the House can have an impact…
Something To Start The Long Weekend
While driving to get my hair cut, and tuned to Canada's Premium Jazz Station this morning, I heard a song from long ago sung by the late Phoebe Snow, a…
Friday night
I'll start with a tip of the hat to Moose at Classic Blues Videos for tonight's opener. There's a bio of the artist at that link. This is Corey Harris…
Pubic Humiliation: The Case of the Ugly Vagina
Earlier in the month, when I clicked an inbox link to a webpage for a fundraising campaign, I did not expect to get lost in the political quagmire of women’s…
EIA’s Politically Dictated “Garbage” Subsidy Report Obtained And Released Publicly
new-eia-logo.jpg The Checks and Balances Project has obtained a copy of the controversial Energy Information Administration report that was called “garbage” by EIA Acting Administrato...
The Teaparty Is So Insane … Even FOX’s Bill O’Reilly Is Lashing Out At Them Now
FOX NewsNetwork's Bill O'Reilly is lashing out at the Republican Teaparty movement today. That's how crazy things are in the USA at the moment.HuffingtonPost
King and Queen of the Road – Friday Film Pick: You Never Bike Alone
Get naked. And bike on the road where the cars dare to roll.
Juxtaposition
Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman:Some of us have long complained about the cult of “balance,” the insistence on portraying both parties as equally wrong and equally at fault on any issue,…
Memo To Jeff Davies: You Don’t Dance With The One…
IWantMyIWantMyIWantMyCBC(Back)Ville...That Brung 'Ya If They Try To Get You Drunk And Take Advantage Of You (Or Worse) Out In The Parking Lot. Of course, I am referring to Mr. Davies…
Cost of ignoring Charter of Rights: BC judges throws out all evidence in drug bust
Luckily this was just an Ecstasy bust and not a crime with actual victims.METRO VANCOUVER — A B.C. judge has tossed out all evidence seized in a massive ecstasy-production investigation…
T(bag)-minus 3 days til Debtmageddon
I knew this day would come, and finally, it’s arrived… but incredibly, it’s much worse than I ever anticipated. I refer to the furious fracas going on south of the…
Debt Ceiling Debate is Moot: USG Owes More Dollars than in Existence
Image by Images_of_Money The current debate in Washington as to whether or not and under what conditions to raise the debt-ceiling has for the past week dominated global news coverage…
On small parties.
Short one today, as I'm trying to work through dissertation revisions. But I thought it was worth noting how few of Ontario's registered political parties have bothered to put together…
On failed political jokes, inappropriate discourse, the Kabul embassy drinking tab, and other issues
3958…At Least It Wasn’t A Justin Bieber Poster
Yves-François Blanchet has his panties in a knot. Postmedia reports that the culture critic for the separatist Parti Quebecois is vexed coz two paintings by Quebec artist Alfred Pellan have…
Cape Breton Post cartoon compares Muslim terrorists to right wing extremists
The Cape Breton Post of Sydney, N.S. has come out with a tasteless cartoon depicting two Muslims sitting atop a stack of skulls commenting favourably on the Oslo massacre. Postmedia…
3957…Sheila Copps For President
Sure, why not.Our current Martin Bormann has taken the Liberal Party from the Natural Governing Party to the brink of extinction.At least least Sheila Copps has a profile.WFDS
3956,,,Look Out Toronto
Caribana this weekend and the crew from Ottawa will be there.The bland leading the bland.No, really, such fun.Say a big hello to Rob Ford for me.WFDS
The next Alberta economic boom will be funded by faith
Good day to you Albertans. I haven’t written on this blog for quite awhile, in fact I wasn’t even sure if I was ever going to blog again. Things are…