The 2nd Anniversary of the BP oil spill disaster has just passed…
The amerikkkan government has taken steps to ensure that no other oil companies will be taken to task for poisoning ecosystem and harming its citizens. if what you’re reading here…
April 2012
The morality of atomic bombs
I’ve been listening to Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History podcasts for a while now and they’re fantastic. I look forward to episodes of his show more than any other media I…
Contrition
I dreamed of you last night. In the first place, we were at my home in my northern town, in the back yard. I was barefoot, and the grass was…
Why Does Harper Hate British Columbia?
Don’t answer that, it’s a rhetorical question. Early last week it was announced that Harper’s EnviroCan was relocating its Pacific emergency oil spill operations to Quebec which a suspicious mind…
Standing In a Policy Desert
I was born into a politically useless family. When voting day rolled around the only thing certain was that my mother and my father would always vote. They’d get in…
Facing Death With Grace
I have a good friend who suffers from a chronic health condition for which he receives treatments that mitigate the symptoms. He faces very real limitations in his daily life…
Nicolas Sarkozy: Presidential Elections in France
Nicolas Sarkozy should have no problem winning. His girlfriend/wife in bikini should help as he thinks French don’t like burqa/veil. He was another of George W. Bush’s poodle besides Tony…
QOTD: Rethinking Sex-Positivity & Sex Work
Audacia Ray: If we put aside our attachment to the sex positive construction of sex work, we will certainly hear things that will be hard to sit with. But for…
Another Wildrose Bozone Eruption
Here, courtesy of GC.
Go For It, Andrea Horwath
Conducted by Public Polling Inc., the survey found that “over two thirds of respondents would like to see corporations pay their fair share to help reduce the provincial deficit, with…
predicting alberta’s election results.
We have received more than 100 entries for the joint Daveberta and CalgaryGrit Great Alberta Election pool and have entered these predictions into a state of the art spreadsheet to…
In today’s Sun: Danielle Smith, kook
Harper didn’t just win by uniting the right, however. He did something else, too. For a decade, Chretien defeated conservatives by highlighting every boneheaded, xenophobic utterance by (mostly) Reform Party…
Matthew Kalkman on New Liberalism
The Deets on “New Liberalism” From Wikipedia: New Liberalism is a book by Matthew Kalkman that examines the evolution of Liberalism from its early beginnings to its potential future incarnations.…
Alberta Votes Day 28: What to expect tomorrow
I’ve already written about the difficulties of using seat projection models due to the unique circumstances of this Alberta election. So rather than crunch the numbers, I thought it might…
Prime-Time Ratings Bring Speculation of a Shift in Habits by Bill Carter
Columnist says that across the television landscape viewing for all sorts of prime-time programming is down this spring — chiefly among the most important audience for the business, younger adults.
Image: The Big Telecom price-gouging cycle
The cycle of telecom price-gouging. Take action: http://pricehike.ca/ Click to enlarge. read more
Matt Damon “‘I Would Kiss George W. Bush on the Mouth’ for His AIDS Work”
Matt Damon: I would kiss George W. Bush on the mouth for what he did on PEPFAR. Reporter Jeffrey Goldberg: How long would you kiss him? Matt Damon: Three seconds.…
Sunday Reading Recommendation
For an insightful analysis of the choices facing both Andrea Horwath and Dalton McGuinty as they negotiate over changes to the Ontario budget that will win the support of the…
4517…Dan Quayle And Shopping
You can combine the joy of hearing the former Vice President of the USA speak and do some quality shopping next month. Dan Quayle is scheduled to give the commencement…