What if This Happened to You?
What if you went into work today and were told that you would have to take a 50% wage cut? Could you pay your mortgage? Your rent? Your bills? Feed…
January 2012
Harper vs. Putin: like-minded matchup but it’s nothing like 1972
It’s a match made in totalitarian heaven. Two authoritarian bullies planning to face off in a rematch of the 1972 Summit Series. The joke is neither of these two leaders…
Evard Munch: The Revenant of Kristiania
Most art historians will recognize this painting as “Evening on Karl Johan”, painted sometime in 1892, while its creator Edvard Munch was still a young man. Modern commentators have described…
James Morton For VP English
I’m not going to the convention this week, so this is strictly FWIW, but I believe James Morton is the LPoC’s best bet for the position of VP English. I…
Washington May Be Next State To Get Equal Marriage Rights
Chris Gregoire, the governor of Washington, has announced her full support of full, equal marriage rights in the state. Already opponents are mobilizing to prevent the equal recognition of same-sex…
Politics and Numbers #nlpoli
Regular readers of these scribblers will recall that we’ve discussed some problems that people have with math. More specifically we’ve talked about numeracy problems, which is a little bit different. …
The Evolution of Negative Advertising
The absurdly hypocritical “Pot v. Kettle” sniping towards the end of yesterday’s MTP debate between Newt Gringrich and Mitt Romney over the legitimacy and moral superiority of the viciously negative…
The problem with Senate ‘consultative elections’
In the event that you haven’t heard, Alberta is planning on running another sham Senate “consultation election” to happen in conjunction with their provincial election. They’re encouraged by Harper’s current…
Shoes, ships and sealing-wax, cabbages and kings
Global TV Noon News aired a report on the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline Sunday. It lasted 40-seconds while they allocated 11 minutes to a segment on cooking fish and five…
Vigil at Jewish Cemetery in Victoria, BC
We had posted this story earlier. Today a vigil at the cemetery was held. Harry Abrams sent us a number of photographs indicating that this event was very well attended,…
sitting out the senate election would be a missed opportunity for the liberals, ndp, alberta party.
Senate of Canada Last week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper appointed Betty Unger to the Senate of Canada. Ms. Unger was chosen as one of Alberta’s Senators-in-Waiting in the 2004 election…
Harper’s New Canadian Empire 2.0
Flip open a newspaper, log onto your online news site or watch the evening news and you most likely have heard much more regarding Stephen Harper’s most recent moves on…
Music Is The Best Medicine
It’s often said that Laughter is the best medicine, but maybe music isn’t far behind? Music can help people walk and talk again after injury and illnesses of the brain.…
Good Instincts
This story reminded me of the joke about the highway patrol officer who pulled over a little old lady and while checking her ‘papers’, was surprised to see she had…
Michael Coren as English Defence League stenographer
Don’t know how I missed this, but a few days ago “Tommy Robinson” (real name Stephen Lennon), leader of the fascist English Defence League, claims he was assaulted: “He described…
Stupid Sex Tricks: Where NOT to get a tattoo, and why
Um, if you’re a dude…how about your genitalia? As for why, read on: You’d think somebody repeatedly sticking a needle in your penis would be a little off-putting, but the…
Beyond the Border
Just as we were turning our thoughts to the December holidays last year, Canadians and Americans might not have noticed the announcement that our two governments had firmed up their…
The worst society has to offer
BY BERNIE FARBER, THE OTTAWA CITIZEN JANUARY 7, 2012 It's difficult for those who have never experienced unbridled hatred to feel the pain that congregants of a Gatineau Mosque must…
Occupy Wall Street: The Movie
Soon, we’ll get better understanding of the passion underlining the Occupy Wall Street movement. Via the big screen. But not from Michael Moore or some other leftty big-shot Hollywood film-maker.…