Twitter tale – Consultation, Minister Abbott style
There’s been some online discussion about Minister Abbott’s tweet up…seems he wasn’t actually doing the typing…although he was apparently in the room and directing the typist. Here are a few…
January 2012
Crackers
Need I say more?
240 Days of Rae
It seems the Liberal Party of Canada is better with Bob Rae than without him… After all, it has been approximately 240 days since Bob Rae became the interim leader…
Issues and Themes in the Toronto NDP Federal Leadership Debate
Part one of this blog’s coverage of the Toronto NDP Federal Leadership debate on January 18th gives an overview of the various candidates more on the side of personality, debating…
A Photo-Op Is Not Enough Madame (not)Premier
WatchWhatSheDoes NotWhatSheSaysVille Well, well, well…. Whaddy’a know. Christy Clark has bowed to public pressure and her own ‘internal’ reviews and has announced that there will be new funding for British…
Conservative MP to his South Asian constituents: Do you speak ‘Indian’?
Oh dear. Perhaps he was thinking of Indo-European languages? (The Indo-European languages are a phylum of several hundred related languages including most major current languages of Europe, the Iranian plateau,…
Murder in the name of life
This is, at the very least, irresponsible: wittingly or no, it’s facilitating anti-abortion terrorism. Let SUZANNE FORTIN, of Ottawa, know what you think of that in the comments. If she…
Get Mad At SaskPower
I don’t know why I’m mad today at SaskPower. It’s not like they’ve gone out of their way to piss me off lately. I simply started thinking about how unjust…
OPP Commissioner Chris Lewis has Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair’s back who has Mayor Rob Ford’s back
I think they call this a circle jerk. In a two-sentence letter to Blair today, which Blair released to the media, Lewis wrote: “I have reviewed the three Toronto Police…
Dick Cheney ‘Fears Being Tried For War Crimes’ – He Should!!
… because Dick Cheney IS a war criminal!! ABC News Online (By the way, the Allies did in fact execute Imperial Japanese military officials FOR waterboarding POW’s during WW2!)
The Problem
Filed under: Nibbling on The Empire Tagged: Stephen Harper
Etta James 1938-2012
While I’ve always been a fan of Etta James’ work and the pure emotion that poured out whenever she sang, I was still surprised by the strength of my reaction…
Republicans and Democrats Together on Climate Change…in Florida
It’s easy to forget that climate change hasn’t always been such a partisan issue. This is Mitt Romney, current Republican front-runner, in 2003: “I think the global warming debate is…
SOPA defeat: Don’t celebrate just yet
On Wednesday, the Internet won resoundingly against censorship. A grassroots-style online campaign torpedoed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) an intended internet killing law before the US Congress. And yet, this…
CRTC says Rogers is guilty of Internet openness violations
Breaking news! The CRTC has sent Rogers an ..er… irate letter, informing the big telecom company that it has been found in violation of Internet openness (net neutrality) rules. Rogers…
What the parrot told me
Just a quick update. 1. Oboe’s still making progress. Little baby steps. Today was the first day he didn’t weigh less than the day before. 44 grams, same as yesterday.…
Canadian Competition Bureau Rules on COD Pact
The Canadian Gamers Organization (CGO) got a phone call from the Canadian Competition Bureau this afternoon with the results of their investigation on the Call of Duty (COD) pact between…
With
Fill these empty spaces These interstitial echoes of wheres we’ve been. Here is the crucible Opening before you, Incandescent. See this sandpaper scar, this winsome grin. Here are my arms…
The G20 Beating of Adam Nobody: Toronto Constable Michael Adams and His Thuggish Colleagues
Despite the impotence of the SIU in pursuing criminal charges against the police thugs who beat Adam Nobody during the G20 Summit held in Toronto in June of 2010, The…
matthis chiroux: urination video "synonymous with our experiences within a military at war"
Matthis Chiroux, veteran and war resister, on the “urination video” and similar war porn: To some, mostly the weavers and backers of war policy, it seems again that ‘a few…