When everyone is against you, it means that you are absolutely wrong – or absolutely right
Albert Guinon
2011
Ask General Kang: Miss Manners says it has to be 97 degrees out before I don’t have to wear nylons. What do you think?
I think you should tell me what that is in Celsius. 35? 36? Never mind, it doesn’t matter, because that Miss Manners is a complete bitch. How DARE she tell…
Ontario Human Rights Tribunal Digest – May 1 – May 30, 2011
Each month, Wise Law Blog reviews important decisions from the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal.SUBSTANTIVE RULINGSHeather Knibbs v. Brant Artillery Gunners Club In. et al. and Stephanie Long v. Brant Artillery…
Just because this tune sooo rox…
And hearing it is a great way to start a Friday! That is all. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1Tj3_bIAbE Share and Enjoy: Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario Tweet This Post
E&E Distances Itself From Peiser, GWPF And AGW Denialist Movement
E&E = Energy And Environment, the climate change denialists journal of choice. Peiser = Benny Peiser,up until recently co-editer of the journal, but now also working for the Global Warming…
Public Schools Move Forward, Catholic Schools Move Back
The Burnaby School Board unanimously adopted its anti-homophobia policy last week, after months of debating and church-organized protests. A crowd of about 400 students and supporters cheered outside the Burnaby…
Like Momma says, stupid is…
It takes an especially keen political genius to take someone else’s political problem and make it yours. It takes an even rarer form of political genius to take a guaranteed…
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Cameras and Cops from Rochester to South Beach
This week the international media has reported on the development of a rather interesting confluence of incidents concerning police behaviour in the US. Each of these involve initial misconduct by…
Autism Research: Which "Autism" Is Being Studied?
Neuron, Cover Page, 23 June, 2011 Volume 70, Issue 6 The abstract for the study Disrupted Neural Synchronization in Toddlers with Autism, reported in the current issue of Neuron, indicates…
Filibuster on
As of the time of writing this post, the filibuster in the House of Commons is well underway. We made it to Second Reading, but then Jack Layton, at the…
Joyeux Fête nationale du Québec or Happy St-Jean Baptiste Day!
This is the day after school got out for the summer – at least that’s how kids in Québec view it. June 24 used to be more widely known as…
Is the Taliban ‘on its knees’? Not very likely
Nobody here but us poppy farmers! Really! Below: Mao Zedong and a visitor not dissimilar in many ways from certain recent Canadian politicians.Mao Zedong, a guy who may have known…
TVO’s The Agenda: Faith in Secularism – Akaash Maharaj Videocast
Speaking on TVOntario’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin, I make the case that separation of church and state is as much in the interests of the church as it is…
TVO’s The Agenda: Faith in Secularism – Akaash Maharaj Videocast
Speaking on TVOntario’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin, I make the case that separation of church and state is as much in the interests of the church as it is…
U.S. slow to catch up with the rest of civilization, New York may become the 6th state to legalize gay marriage in the country
Looks like its going to happen with New York. Check this website out http://www.freedomtomarry.org/
Financial Post: Costly ‘Lawful Access’ Laws
By Jameson Berkow for Financial Post Hidden deep within the federal government’s comprehensive bundle of crime legislation lies a bill that opponents claim will rob Canadians their right to online…
Two hard drive failures
It's a sign of something. Within days of each other the drive on Irene's Macbook Air and one of the mechanisms in my desktop computer fail. One more spectacularly than…