Britain’s Conservative Deluge
Conservatives have become a one-trick pony. They’re all about austerity; code for cutting spending and lowering taxes (for some). And Conservatives are very, very good at distancing their austerity campaigns…
July 2012
best recycling ever: abandoned walmart converted to public library
From Beth Buczynski at Shareable.net: In recent years, there’s been something of a grassroots backlash against Wal-Mart Inc., as people have started to realize the damage a single Walmart can…
New Crime Discovered in Edmonton
Known in legal circles as politicius pontificus interruptus, Edmonton police are doing everything within their power to prevent this terrible crime from spreading and becoming a national scourge. Recommend this…
revolutionary thought of the day
In 2005, the 25 hedge-fund managers averaged $363 million. Paul Krugman observes that these 25 were paid three times as much as New York City’s 80,000 public school teachers combined.…
happy 100th, woody guthrie
Thank you, Woody Guthrie. Wish you were here.
Omar Khadr And The Harperites
Nothing encapsulates what the Harper government is all about more than its refusal to allow Omar Khadr back into Canada. Certainly the government’s reaction puzzles the Americans.The Canadian Press reported…
We get mail…..
One of the disadvantages of providing an email address to readers is getting an increasing amount of unsolicited Email from ‘media consultants’ much of it from U.S. ‘marketing companies’ and…
Charles McVety back on tv
There is an odd little item at OneNewsNow out of the US. Well, not odd considering it is OneNewsNow is a news arm of the American Family Association, designated by…
Stephen Harper and the Angry Canadians
OMG. Fan me with a chicken feather. I can understand why Stephen Harper must be wondering why he's laying one egg after the other. His polls are tanking, his credibility…
Brad Love Sentenced to 18 Months.
At least according to Paulie. The usual histrionics from Paulie on White News Now. Back on VNN, fugitive Craig Cobb continued to delude himself while at the same time encouraging…
First in our hearts
Thanks, everybody, who commented on my last post — its nice to know that people elsewhere do love us. I know we’re not always a comfortable place to live, but…
Toronto Pride with the Queer Liberals
“There is no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation.” – Pierre Trudeau While at university I made appoint of watching the Toronto Pride Parade a a…
In Defense of “Second Tier” Candidates
On July 4th Bob Hepburn wrote this silly article: “Warning to Liberals: Beware delusional no-hope leadership candidates.” I would like to defend these so-called “no-hope” candidates. The next Liberal leader…
more puppies!
The Yukon Yahoo pups are five weeks old. And they are beyond adorable. This is the first time I’ve ever seen puppies from birth (actually from conception!) and followed their…
Saturday Photo: A Pile of Wood
Lee, after more than a year of post-fire tribulations, is back in business as a furniture maker. He had to spend 8 months away from his work shop while the…
Responding to a Response to the New York Times Roundtable on Masculinity
I wrote recently that as part of my efforts to shed some of the ways that my not-quite-done year-long foray into graduate studies have shaped my relationships to time, reading,…
It’ll probably be Portman
I don’t normally like to make predictions. Mostly because I don’t like being wrong on the record. However, I would like to predict that there is a good chance that…
Want to be a US Senator?
Just declare yourself a Senator for the Republic of the United States of America, which is the actual constitutional government versus that evil corporatist government currently masquerading as the guv’mint,…
Stolen Bike Alert
My Giant Boulder SE, men’s frame, silver colour bike was stolen from 15th Ave and McTavish St. (Regina) at 2:45pm Saturday; please watch for it. It had a yellow round…