So long, Cowboy
It looks like Cowboys for Social Responsibility is riding off into the sunset. Blasted, another good blogger leaves the Canadian political scene. CSR was the go-to place for analysis on…
2012
Sins of the great-great-great-great-great-grandfathers
Richard Dawkins, the British evolutionary thinker and militant atheist, was recently subject to an attack in the pages of The Telegraph, a right-wing English newspaper. On one level it seems…
Heartland Demands DeSmogBlog Remove ”Climate Strategy" Document
heartland.gif DeSmogBlog will leave them in place – in the public interest Heartland Institute general counsel Maureen Martin has sent letters to the DeSmogBlog and several other publications demanding that…
McGuinty’s Business Tax Breaks
An interesting nugget in last week’s Drummond report is Table 11.1, an updated version of Table 2 from “Ontario’s Tax Plan for Jobs and Growth” (2009). It provides a sectoral…
Water Buffalo Picture – Vietnam
Water Buffalo Picture – Vietnam Photo – National Geographic Photo of the Day. Filed under: Beautiful Tagged: portraits
Confusing differentiation with adverse discrimination – false logic
George Abbott has picked up on a mistaken theme from a few Victoria parents and a few Victoria Trustees and is now suggesting he might eliminate sections of the School…
4248…Funniest Headline Ever
From TheWrap.com: Whitney Houston Laid to Rest in Private Service As private as a funeral broadcast on national and international TV, Radio and the ‘net can be. In case you…
Conor Turns 16 And Enjoys Some Birthday Cake Therapy
Conor turned 16 today. No autism issues. Just lots of fun. No swimming with dolphins therapy or riding horse back across Mongolia. Conor has enjoyed some Birthday Cake Therapy though…
Parliament in Review: December 13, 2011
Tuesday, December 13 served to confirm the range of concerns that hadn’t yet been taken into account in the Cons’ seat redistribution bill – even as debate came to a…
Conservative conundrum: Navy head says Canada needs bigger presence in Arctic because of … oops … climate change
Harper wants more than just about anything to expand our military forces. He is also wont to acknowledge the effects of global warming on our environment. With Vice-Admiral Paul Maddison…
Globalization: The New Pangea
Globalization is, in effect, a return to Pangea. In the blink of a geological eye, all the barriers that once separated the continents into distinct ecologies are now being dismantled…
Baird lets loose radical Harper anti-Palestinian agenda at UN
The Conservative pit bull brings the hate for Palestinians to the UN, overriding cooler heads left once again on the Harper cutting room floor. No questions asked. Of course the…
Online Anonymity with Tor
I doubt many people in the general public have inspected their browser request headers recently. An edited version of a request from my own browser is below: HTTP_HOST: ... HTTP_CONNECTION:…
Online Anonymity with Tor
I doubt many people in the general public have inspected their browser request headers recently. An edited version of a request from my own browser is below: HTTP_HOST: … HTTP_CONNECTION:…
Online Anonymity with Tor
I doubt many people in the general public have inspected their browser request headers recently. An edited version of a request from my own browser is below: HTTP_HOST: ... HTTP_CONNECTION:…
Online Anonymity with Tor
I doubt many people in the general public have inspected their browser request headers recently. An edited version of a request from my own browser is below: HTTP_HOST: … HTTP_CONNECTION:…
Canada’s GDP Set to Take Off in 2012
“By the end of the year, we expect that we will see a record number of Big Ass Canadians showing up in our analysis of Canada’s economic well being.” (Niles…
What? Grandpa Hitler?
Adolf Hitler’s son may be dead but his grandkids are alive and well and living in France. It’s all the result of a romantic interlude when Adolf was a German…
4247…ESPN Still To Use Fighting Irish
And Redskins, Braves, Indians. But chink, as in “Chink In The Armour”, that is a firing offense. Lucas Shaw, TheWrap.com, just dropped the news that “ESPN has fired one employee…