Against Me! is dead, long live Laura Jane Grace
My daughter was at her cast party when she called me with the news: “Dad! Tom Gabel is becoming a woman!” Checked out Twitter, the bee hive, and there it…
2012
The Quebec Students and the Savage State
Uh oh. It looks like my Quebec student’s victory celebration party, from which I’m still recovering, was a little premature. Students in a half dozen colleges and 10 university faculties…
CSEC: the Canadian Spying Agency With No Accountability
The face of trust The Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC) is charged with a 3-part mandate: To acquire and use information from the global information infrastructure for the purpose of…
Ocean Views eBook lost at sea
Update May 8 2012 ”Thank you for submitting your request to update your content. Your change request has been denied.” š Are there no hints? Suggestions? Guidelines? The Ocean Views…
Late night
Another time lapse video, one of the best though. Just beautiful. How that city even exists is remarkable. Please don’t sink before I visit you someday. (h/t)
How to appreciate rap.
Rap is art. It’s arguably more comprehensive and challenging than regular music. There’s more to it – there’s more elements; there’s more focal points; there’s more required execution, probably. It’s…
Wanting (Or Thinking) of Getting Out of the Movement? Read This Please
We had known about Jan for a number of years even before his association with the Aryan Guard, then Blood & Honour, had become known. At the time we first…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Heat-seeking cats.
A proud day
Not only did I start a new job today as copy editor for a national newspaper chain (that’s right Canada: I M IN UR PAYPUR EDITIN UR NOOZE) but my…
Scaredy Squirrel Meets Gay Men
My comment posted on The Wingnuterer about A Squirrel Explains Gay Marriage: Scaredy Squirrel Meets Gay Men: WHAT TO DO IF TWO GAY MEN WALK BY MY TREE: ACTION PLAN:…
Scaredy Squirrel Meets Gay Men
My comment posted on The Wingnuterer about A Squirrel Explains Gay Marriage: Scaredy Squirrel Meets Gay Men: WHAT TO DO IF TWO GAY MEN WALK BY MY TREE: ACTION PLAN:…
Scaredy Squirrel Meets Gay Men
My comment posted on The Wingnuterer about A Squirrel Explains Gay Marriage: Scaredy Squirrel Meets Gay Men: WHAT TO DO IF TWO GAY MEN WALK BY MY TREE: ACTION PLAN:…
Scaredy Squirrel Meets Gay Men
My comment posted on The Wingnuterer about A Squirrel Explains Gay Marriage: Scaredy Squirrel Meets Gay Men: WHAT TO DO IF TWO GAY MEN WALK BY MY TREE: ACTION PLAN:…
Gun registry: Vic Toews orders RCMP to flag efforts to track long-gun sales
I guess defiant provincial firearms officers who engage in what he calls "unauthorized data collection" should do other things like trying to find marijuana plants — after all, cannabis is…
The Return of the Very Cruel Economic System
This chapter is divided into three sections. The first section examines the origins of the neoliberal policy consensus at the OECD. The fist major rupture in the hegemony of the…
alison redford and her new cabinet could lead a new urban agenda.
Premier Alison Redford's new cabinet ministers (photos from premierofalberta Flickr feed). Premier Alison Redford appointed her post-election cabinet ministers today after forgoing an initial press release and announcing them on…
maurice sendak, 1928-2012
Maurice Sendak. He will be missed, and he will always be with us.
If I Were Justin Trudeau’s Campaign Manager…
Okay, okay, I know a bunch of you probably snorted coffee out of your nose when you read that but this is a “what if” exercise so just humour me…
Reading Recommendation
If you’re like me, you harbour a certain fascination with Stephen Harper. Never before has there been a Prime Minister who so publicly displayed an anal retentiveness that has become…
Not sponge worthy
“āSad and patheticā anti-Mulcair salvo lacks punch of past Tory attacks.” That’s the spin from NDP spokesman Karl Belanger on the new Conservative website that was just launched as a…