NDP Possibilities in PEI?
I was wasting time at work tonight when I happened upon a funny circumstance that is probably not too well known, and it concerns the politics of PEI. The thing…
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Tory Turmoil In Beautiful B.C.
You heard it here first…It was only a matter of time before John Cummins’ bovine stubbornness and deep-seeded arrogance would be rewarded with a full-on mutiny. And you thought the…
Vic Toews – Christian prison chaplains can pick up the slack with religious minority prisoners
Sack the chaplains – except the Christian ones. Seriously? Minister of Public Safety Vic Toews prison chaplaincy cutback is a really really dumb plan, which is rightfully being opposed by…
Whose Connectivism?
I would like to make just one point, that it is not “Siemen’s ‘Connectivism,'” that he gave a name to a theory and approach a number of us had been…
What are you thankful for? Justin Trudeau doesn’t count….
I have a lot to be thankful for, oh I have minor complaints like everyone, but focusing on all the good things in my life does wonders for my outlook…
Gerry Ritz and the Cold Cut Cannon
Four years ago, during a Listeriosis epidemic that killed 22 Canadians, somebody created a video game called the Cold Cuts Cannon.Where you could fire cold cuts at little Gerry Ritz…
My Dinner with Joseph Kony 2012
KONY 2012 In the above link I present to you a movie that over one hundred million people have viewed over the past six months. The YouTube video created by…
Pakistan drone protest: American Code Pink campaigners join PTI peace convoy
According to Pakistan’s Dawn online news, the Tehrik-i-insaf’s (PTI) peace convoy protesting drone attacks made it to the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa town of Dera Ismail Khan late Saturday. The peace convoy was…
Jean Philippe Rushton Has Died
We missed it, but not surprisingly Tom Winnicki didn't. Actually he has been shown to be wrong by a good number of scientists, though we're pretty certain that Winnicki and…
U.S. congressman calls evolution, embryology "lies" from "pit of hell"
This would be amusing in a different context; but seriously “embryology”? http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBy3MbP4WDo ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia Rep. Paul Broun said in videotaped remarks that evolution, embryology and the Big Bang…
John Laforet: A Grounding End To My Sailing Season
It hit me earlier this week that the fall is here, and winter is coming, and that means I need to begin making plans to put my sailboat away until…
ASfAR Early Autism Intervention Review: ABA Only Autism Intervention to Receive Highest Rating of E: Established Based on Evidence
The Australasian Society for Autism Research has just released “A Review of the Research to Identify the Most Effective Models of Practice in Early Intervention for Children with Autism Spectrum…
If you think Rob Anders is bad….
Oh sure, attacking transgendered people for stupid reasons is fairly stupid of our favourite Conservative backbencher, but he’s got nothing on GOP Representative Paul Broun, a former house-call-only medical doctor,…
Leadership 2013 Roundup
Assorted news from the Saskatchewan NDP’s leadership campaign over the past few days… – Ryan Meili explained his choice not to start unveiling policy just yet by suggesting that leadership…
Justin Trudeau, heed the advice of Dan Gardner from The Ottawa Citizen
Dan Gardner’s challenge to Trudeau Dan Gardner has some very valid advice for any government led by Justin Trudeau – put our money where our mouth is when it comes…
So, how was your day, cat?
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Christian priest rebukes Harper Gvt for nuking non-Christian prison chaplains
A Canadian Christian priest has condemned the Harper Conservative government for its “bigoted decision” to cancel the contracts of non-Christian chaplains at federal prisons. Father Malcolm French, a priest with…
Big Bird Sings for Mitt Romney
Big Bird is a great singer and his singing is brilliant. Enjoy!
Oil Industry Looks to Create "Lake District" from Open-Pit Mines and Toxic Tar Sands Waste
This week, the Cumulative Environmental Management Association (CEMA), an industry-funded consultancy group in Alberta, released the End Pit Lakes Guidance Document to the Government of Alberta for review. The 434-page…