the perfect is the enemy and other thoughts on writing
I have a little meta-reflection on writing my recent post about the walled-off internet. These thoughts are not specific to the topic; it could have been anything. As it happens,…
2012
Ottawa 2012 – We Came, We Saw, We’ll Win
Where to begin? For all the 3000-3500 individuals who attended this biennial convention, you really don’t need much in the way of a re-telling of what happened, what we accomplished,…
Unspinning The Same-Sex Marriage Fiasco
On Thursday, an article in the Globe and Mail declared that Stephen Harper’s Conservatives had annulled over five thousand Canadian same-sex marriages issued to non-residents since 2005. Worldwide panic and…
Northern Gateway Proponents Play Dirty!
Since hearings into the Northern Gateway began last week, there have been accusations of misconduct on the part of pipeline/route opponents. These have been shown to be false, as even…
Rebirth for one, and for the other? #nlpoli #cdnpoli
The federal Liberal convention this weekend shows just exactly how out to lunch the overwrought media commentary about the devastated Liberal party has been. Around 3,000 delegates. Some said there…
A Liberal Spark
A national convention this weekend showed that out the ashes of the Liberal Party there was a spark. That in Ottawa, where once the largest Liberal flame burned, where once…
Author Interview with Sheila Dalton
Sheila Dalton, the author of The Girl in the Box, has generously given of her time to answer some questions. 1. How would you summarize The Girl in the Box?…
Hungary and the Death of Democracy in Europe
In October 2006, I took a trip to Budapest for a vacation. Unbeknownst to me at the time, October 2006 was an interesting time to be in the Hungarian capital.…
Hungary and the Death of Democracy in Europe
In October 2006, I took a trip to Budapest for a vacation. Unbeknownst to me at the time, October 2006 was an interesting time to be in the Hungarian capital.…
Hungary and the Death of Democracy in Europe
In October 2006, I took a trip to Budapest for a vacation. Unbeknownst to me at the time, October 2006 was an interesting time to be in the Hungarian capital.…
Hungary and the Death of Democracy in Europe
In October 2006, I took a trip to Budapest for a vacation. Unbeknownst to me at the time, October 2006 was an interesting time to be in the Hungarian capital.…
A doorknock dinner. pale’s Mock Won Ton Soup.
There used to be a show on Food Network, Door knock dinners. The premise was that a chef and a camera crew would descend on a house, and cook a…
Tanker Safety
There is much talk these days about the safety of transporting bitumen via tankers in the Douglas Channel and out into Hecate Straight. The proponentspimps of the project insist that…
GOP Presidential Primary Field: Now 16.6% Less Sane
Or to put it another way, 83.4% Batshit (and the jury’s still out on Ron Paul). Jon Huntsman, the only thing between the GOP Presidential Primary Field and its own…
If Corporations Are People, Then….
IAmNotARat WillardVille …Mitt Romney is, according to the SuperPac-ManCorp backing Stephen Colbert, A Serial Killer! That’s funny, we always thought Willard was just a wee bit Psycho. Fa fa fa…
2012 Liberal Biennial in Pictures
The drive to Ottawa. Had there been an “annex the Turks & Caicos” policy, it would have passed overwhelmingly, simply on the prospect of a sun destination convention. Munir Sheikh…
Bob Rae Addresses LPC Presidents
To borrow a quote from James Wolcott: “ they’ve seen it all, they’ve said it all; they’re bored; we’re bored, let’s order another round of yawns.” I guess the take-away…
We will not allow foreigners to interfere … | #EthicalOilBullshit #tarsands
Bahrain is us and we are Bahrain, we are the Arabs of the Arabian peninsula, and we should not and will not allow any foreigners interfere in our Arabian Peninsula.…
Ugh. So Here We Go Again.
After two years of public humiliation, it looks like McKee is taking another kick at the can based upon the image that was sent to us by a reader: We…