2012
A Year
It’s been a year of marriage, and I don’t want the honeymoon to end. == It’s that time of year when the weather gets hot, and the blogging gets slow.…
This happened right at the end of my street
Worth keeping in mind when Messrs. Harper, Hudak and Ford say gun control doesn’t work. Wonder how they’ll react when a shooting happens steps from their front door? I sure…
Has Centralization of Power to the PMO Put Canadian Democracy on Life Support?
Don Lenihan has a must-read column up today, on how centralization of power to the Prime Minister’s office over the past several decades has atrophied the connection Canadians — especially…
Court ruling: Linking and quoting from online articles is legal.
Michael Geist writes today at his site about a recent court ruling that is important for all of us bloggers, no matter what political ideology or point of view we…
Chthonic Monsters — Theseus Goes to Crete
This is from a novel-in-progress, in which the characters tell one another many different stories, but I thought I would share one of those stories here the blog. Alas, it…
Chris Christie VP? Part 1
As promised I will go throw some of the people Romney may pick as his VP candidate in this election. Today’s VP prospective is Chris Christie. First does he help…
Videos: National Stop Harper Day in Winnipeg
July 1, 2012: National Stop Harper Day in Winnipeg. Photo: Paul S. Graham Traditionally a day of celebration, Canada Day 2012 became National Stop Harper Day for Canadians in 12…
What the cod moratorium wrought #nlpoli
The cod might be gone these 20 years but there are no shortage of people making a fine dollar telling us what it all means. Surely the one making the…
Autism Researcher Bias and the Targeted Exclusion of Intellectually Disabled in the DSM-5 Autism Do-Over
Autism researcher bias exists and its effect, when the DSM-5 takes effect in 2013, will further the redefinition of autism as social awkwardness and the exclusion from the autism spectrum…
German Court Bans Male Circumcision
German court sparks outrage: According to the court ruling, “the fundamental right of the child to bodily integrity outweighs the fundamental rights of the parents.” … “The child’s body is…
Sixth Estate Patronage List Expands to 1111 Conservative Appointments
A new round of additions has been made to the Sixth Estate Patronage List, reflecting appointment orders made in June 2012. The Patronage List tracks Crown appointments given to apparent…
China’s 21st Century Pollution With The West’s 20th Century Ignorance
China has a right to pollute like the West did when it industrialized, but China must become just as ignorant. In defending China’s emisssions, the highest in the world and…
Risky theories… Dangerous economic experiments…. Can we afford Harper’s Conservatives?
Prime Minister Stephen Harper… (Creepy Voice): “Dangerous experiments and risky economic theories. Can we afford these Conservatives much longer?” Below: Leo de Bever and a youthful Paul Krugman. The Conservative…
Clayton H. Riddell Graduate Program in Political Management at Carleton, Prestin Manning conservative conspiracy.
There is some concerning news relating to the new established Clayton H. Riddell Graduate Program in Political Management at Carleton University, Ottawa. $15 million dollars was donated, in order to…
Conservative war on ideas and the great leap backwards
#cpc #bcpoli #pmsharper #ndp #cdnpoli For those who think that American style ultra-stupid conservative politics would never come to Canada, brace yourself – its on its way. And I’m not…
Canada: Land of Mines and Banks
Just in time for Canada Day, the Globe and Mail’s Report on Business issued its annual Top 1000 rankings of the thousand largest publicly traded companies (by assets) in Canada…
In Quebec City, A Protester Confronts Stephen Harper
The CBC News reports that a lone protester interrupted a speech by Prime Minister Stephen Harper as he addressed an international conference on the French language in Quebec City today.…
Coopers Hawk
Coopers Hawk 3, originally uploaded by colographicalchemy. I didn’t take this photo but I saw its match today. There is a family of Coopers Hawks nesting in the park a…
Anderson Cooper: “The Fact Is, I’m Gay”
A couple of years ago, a friend swore to me that the CNN’s Anderson Cooper was gay. And that it was a matter of time before he came out. I…