Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Levelled cats.
2012
Gun ownership in Canada
Canada has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the world. There are almost as many rifles per capita in Canada as in the United States. The gun…
4894…Rob Ford Is Simple
Simple as in KISS, keep it simple stupid. Love or hate him, and it seems all the cool kids hate him, the Mayor of Toronto has, in the aftermath of…
Defence Minister Again Attempting to Defraud Taxpayers?
Several days ago I posted an analysis of the latest procurement travesty at the Department of National Defence: the replacement of the army’s medium-weight transport trucks under the Medium Support…
More than you want to know about… mustard
Canada is the world’s largest producer of mustard seed, and grows about one-third of total world production. The only other major producer is Nepal (who knew!), but Nepal’s production seems…
Office 15 fails at innovation, no match for Google Docs
If we could all remember when Google Docs came out and revolutionized the way we create, store and edit our work on the internet, we would all be living in…
As it turns out, I am the guy who stole the safe…
Rick passed this along, I’m tossing it up.:^) What a great obituary in the Salt Lake Tribune. The guy is Val Patterson 1953-2012. I had a lot of fun. It…
James Moore should give Peter MacKay history lessons
Late last year, as the federal government launched plans to celebrate the bicentennial of the War of 1812, Heritage Minister James Moore was heard to lament the fact that Canada’s…
Thomas Lukaszuk Apologizes
…for tasteless FB Post: From here. And really that should be the end of it. Everyone says stuff that’s dumb, esp. on The Internet. Usually, just admitting that what you’ve…
Full Carleton Unversity donor agreement released, Carleton University continues to evade.
As the media has covered the release (not to the public, though) of the donor agreement of the Clayton H. Riddell Graduate Program in Political Management, there is indeed cause…
Left-winged Fashion for the Ladies
Many liberal women are feminist (well all, because seriously if you’re not a feminist, you’re probably not left-wing). One of the issues I have with some feminists though (the extremist…
The 45th birthday of the Occupation
I dedicate my words this evening to three hunger-strikers. Mahmoud Sarsak, who has been striking for 83 days. An excellent football player from Gaza, he was arrested three years ago…
How the Economy Will Bring an End to Housewives
This later movement is, in my opinion, going to be on the path of extinction though and not even because of the feminists at all. No, what will lead this…
Bluesfest wrap-up
As Ottawa Bluesfest closed Sunday night, I asked some local queers and allies who their favouite performance was at our city's largest music festival. "Snoop Dogg was my favourite. The…
Release the Budget at the Beginning of the Year
Not having information to make decisions concerning our country can be quite dangerous sometimes. Especially when it has to do with government spending and more importantly, where the government is…
Making Politics Out Of Tragedy
The terrible shooting in Toronto that saw two people killed and 24 injured elicited this response from Julian Fantino and Rob Nicholson. I have no words to express my feeling…
If only I had a handgun I’d be able to stand tall!
What is the delusion that guns make someone strong — candidly the thugs who are carrying guns (and then using them to shoot up block parties) merely show how weak…
It is an old and cruel tactic
The Battle of Blair Mountain, Chris Hedges, Truthdig “…Reduce wages and benefits to subsistence level. Break unions. Gut social assistance programs. Buy and sell elected officials and judges. Fill the…
Ways to Beat the Heat (and Drought) II
Until today, we’ve had more than two weeks of drought, along with horrendous temperatures. Water levels in the rivers and lakes are as low as they usually get in August,…
4893…Sure Air Canada Is Expensive
But their food comes needle free. That’s a guarantee. Not so much on Delta, who BBC reports has had a number of instances over the last few days of sewing…