Blazing Fat Cur: we can’t be bought, but we can be rented
Oh, look! One of Canada’s leading white supremacist bloggers is accepting advertising from unexpected quarters! How very multicultural of Mr. Shaidle!
June 2012
Toronto event this week: Roots Revival – featuring Justin Trudeau and The Rizdales
Click to enlarge. Get your tickets online here. It’s going to be big and much fun, so please come! All are welcome.
Is There Someone, Anyone, In Opposition Who Will Call Out Harper?
Whether it’s the demise of the Liberals or inexperience of the NDP, Harper is getting too much of a free ride from the Opposition. Canada is about to wrap up…
When a surgeon performs an operation to treat a wound "do we say to him: ‘Your hands are covered in blood’" Assad asked? "Or do we thank him for saving the patient?"
A curious analogy to be sure. Here's the only thing that concerns me about the end of Bashar al-Assad's reign — what follows? The Shah was pretty awful — but…
Vancouver’s Freethought Movement Grows
Today was a very good day. This morning the trend of increasingly successful BCHA meetings continued, with just over thirty humanists gathering at the Oakridge Seniors’ Centre for a discussion…
Dennis Mahon and the Canadian Connection
Dennis Mahon was convicted of sending a bomb in the mail andsentenced to 40 years in prison. On February 26, 2004, Don Logan of the Scottsdale, Arizona Office of Diversity…
Viva Les Students Des Quebec!
I am going to keep this one simple: You have heard about those students in Quebec…they have been protesting for about 3 months now over the proposed increase in tuition.…
Think the F-35 is Dead? Think Again, Think Singapore.
When it comes to America’s looming war in the Pacific, Canada’s in. That much became plain with the announcement that Harper DefMin, “Airshow” MacKay, is seeking to establish a Canadian…
You Can Put Makeup a on Pig….
Sometimes, when you are presented something in life, you miss exactly what that something is and are led to believe it is something entirely different altogether. This tactic is called…
Afghanistan Reset
Our days babysitting Afghanistan’s unresolved civil war are drawing to a close. The big question is “what next”? What will come of Afghanistan after Western forces leave? According to Gwynne…
W@AL: Wild horses couldn’t keep me away. Well, actually, they could.
Live from the lake road this morning! Better than spotting a groundhog!
Parliament in Review – May 7, 2012
Monday, May 7 saw another day largely dominated by debate on the Cons’ omnibus budget bill. The Big Issue Plenty of MPs rightly focused on the Cons’ move to combine…
On Mass Struggles in the Metropole: Thoughts Inspired by Quebec
because mass struggles include all kinds of folks By Way of IntroductionIn many neighbourhoods and cities and towns across Quebec, there is a new phenomenon of people going into the…
A school trip to London with a Kodak Instamatic camera
I think I’ve posted these scanned photos before, but today’s festivities along the River Thames brought back wonderful memories of a class trip to London which took place during March…
4710…First Jobs Flee GM; RIM Is Next
Seriously, what the heck are the Stephen Harpers doing? My friend Frank Shillingford puts it like this re RIM; The way that our Canadian media is single handedly destroying RIM…
4709…Another One Turns To Dust
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust. Today’s exit from the third rock is Richard Dawson. It has been widely reported that the star of Hogan’s Heroes, Family Feud and…
Converting influence to cash
A file clerk in the province’s liquor distribution branch dares not take another position that gives hint of conflict with that person’s regular job. If you are a rainmaker, a…
4708…The West Is Number O N E !
In fact cities in Western Canada make up the entire top ten and seventeen outta the top twenty. The list is the MacLean’s list of the most dangerous cities in…
The 100 cats project
If you’ve been following the tags, you’ve seen the tag for 100 cats.The 100 cats project is me deciding to draw 100 cat drawings on my iPad, and putting together…