Annular Solar Eclipse from Regina, Saskatchewan
I showed some of my neighbours the eclipse as I took photos, and here it is for those who missed it, or wanted to see it the easier/safer way (second…
May 2012
Environment Minister Peter Kent’s office urged bureaucrats to blame media for recycling controversy
Now in fairness to Peter Kent, I suspect he himself had nothing much to do with this — it was his office minions scrambling to find a cover story. But…
Draw Mohammed Day 2012
I forgot today was the third annual Draw Mohammed Day, a popular internet movement born out of frustration with violent reactions to simple parodies such as cartoons. While I had…
Media Bias Profile: Globe & Mail
Five weeks have now passed since “rory” argued that my Media Bias Project was biased in favour of the left, which is the right’s standard response whenever you point out…
Tories train their intellectual big guns on Tom Mulcair: if Rex Murphy fails, there’s always Don Cherry!
Prime Minister Stephen Harper (clutching the balloon, centre) sets off his attack on Opposition Leader Tom Mulcair, who is illustrated standing in the background. Beep-beep! Actual federal politicians may not…
Video: Montreal Police Car Hits Protester and Drives Away
Yet another example of shameless brutality coming from the City of Montreal Police Service (SPVM). The video was apparently shot Sunday at the 27th consecutive nightly protest against the Quebec…
Video: Montreal Police Car Hits Protester and Drives Away
Yet another example of shameless brutality coming from the City of Montreal Police Service (SPVM). The video was apparently shot Sunday at the 27th consecutive nightly protest against the Quebec…
Video: Montreal Police Car Hits Protester and Drives Away
Yet another example of shameless brutality coming from the City of Montreal Police Service (SPVM). The video was apparently shot Sunday at the 27th consecutive nightly protest against the Quebec…
Video: Montreal Police Car Hits Protester and Drives Away
Yet another example of shameless brutality coming from the City of Montreal Police Service (SPVM). The video was apparently shot Sunday at the 27th consecutive nightly protest against the Quebec…
Never answer the question that is asked of you; answer the question you wish was asked of you
Robert McNamara
Saw one of the deer tonight
The bigger one, the one without the white fur. Other fascinating observances:
She said, ‘We have to call 911.’ And then she said, ‘But wait, it’s the police that are doing this.’
For reasons that seem incomprehensible to the Rest of Canada the violence in Quebec seems to be getting worse. The recent law to quell violent unrest (a law likely constitutionally…
Jean Charest and the Great Distraction
When I see pictures like this one of my beloved Montréal on a warm Saturday night. On sedate St-Denis street of all places. And I read what kind of peace…
Belief and seeing are both often wrong
Robert McNamara
Change Blindness: Not Seeing the Obvious
The psychology underlying people’s behaviour is as fascinating as the things they do. “Change blindness” is a case in point. Psychologists describe it as the inability of people to notice…
New Disgrace For Both Harper And Kent
Environment minister’s office urged bureaucrats to blame media for recycling controversy Nope, no surprises here in the depth of contempt both the P.M. And Peter Kent feel for the people…
Dundonald Park
Photo: Dundonald Park in 1916, from Wikipedia. When my partner and I returned to Ottawa after a decade’s hiatus, we had a shortlist of acceptable neighbourhoods in which to live…
Parliament in Review – April 25, 2012
Wednesday, April 25 saw one of the more noteworthy economic debates we’ve seen in the current session of Parliament, as a former-PC-turned-Liberal raised the issue of income inequality to a…