Police Overreaction?
Or justifiable force? You decide. Interesting, though, the number of police that swarm the man recording the incident on his cellphone, beginning at around 5:20 of the video. Recommend this…
July 2012
You had an option, Mr. Harper
Mulroney: You had an option, sir. You could have said, ‘I am not going to do it. This is wrong for Canada, and I am not going to ask Canadians…
More Evidence That Republicans Are More Factually Challenged Than Democrats
pinocchio.jpg In writing The Republican Brain, I had a problem to solve. You see, it was one thing to cite all the psychological research suggesting that liberals and conservatives just…
They Don’t Get It
David Olive wrote last week that there are three things this generation of world leaders doesn’t get: The first point is that this is no run-of-the-mill industrial recession. This is…
4854…1-911-1111-111
This, the Ottawa Police say, is a number used by enterprising crooks to scare you out of your money in the Nation’s Capital. Tony Spears had the story in Sunday’s…
Disgraceful conduct
The police arrest of James Bishop was a disgrace. Watch the video here It is perfectly possible that his arrest was necessary — and in effecting an arrest force is…
Autism, Killarney Lake and The Conor Gift
Last night there were no pictures taken but Mom and Dad were walking the trail around Killarney Lake on either side of Conor when he put his arms through each…
Jason Kenney launches petition on his own website to thank himself …
Jason Kenney launches petition on his own website to thank himself H/T to ‘Not Steve Harper’ @pmoharper
Poisoned Politics – Movie Monday
So, we’ve been all over the map for the past while at Movie Monday, and while it’s been create to cover lots of interesting topics with some interesting people, this…
Beautiful week ahead…
… But this lack of precip has to be worrying farmers somewhat! I know I’ve been having to water my small gardens quite often… with great results! And what a…
Ask General Kang: How do you deal with procrastination?
Severely. On Planet Neecknaw, the original lifespan of the average Neecknabian was similar to the average for your chimpanzees, 40-45 years or so. Is that on a diet of bananas…
A Doctor, A Rabbi and A Nobel Laureate Walk Into.. (part 2)
The Governments response to leaving many well deserving people of help is that (given by a spokesperson): “Right now, nearly 95 per cent of people who come here from the…
Two men charged with murder in Midland homicide
A terrible story. Apparently the two men entered to premises and started to hassle the staff. Some staff escaped but the deceased entered as his wife was under attack and…
Court Rejects Anti-Gay Lawsuit
An anti-gay group calling themselves New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms filed a lawsuit late last year to reverse the state’s equal marriage law. Like most attempts to get same-sex marriage…
Selective Perception and Strange Bedfellows #nlpoli
Labour federation president Lana Payne tweeted last week about the latest labour force figures in the province. And that’s true. According to Statistics Canada, the province recorded the highest ever…
Stephen Harper and the Big Lie
Uh oh. Duck and cover.This could be embarrassing eh? Great Cowboy Leader is bragging about our economy again.Telling the WHOLE WORLD that they should be like Harperland !!!!!! “Under our…
The week the universe changed
The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.– Eden Phillpotts James Burke coined the term the day the universe changed as a catchphrase…
The Biochar Solution
I have just finished reading "The Biochar Solution" - Albert Bates (2010) Although biochar represents only one piece of a solution to one of a large number of future crises,…
The Biochar Solution
I have just finished reading “The Biochar Solution” – Albert Bates (2010) Although biochar represents only one piece of a solution to one of a large number of future crises,…