Computer attack
Some Jackass has been attacking my computer. His/her IP address is 67.211.207.182
July 2013
6272…Virginia Is For Lovers
Who are missionaries, if you know what I mean. Rawstory.com reports that “On Monday, hosts of ABC’s The View blasted Republican Virginia gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli over his campaign to…
Ranked ballot will benefit Green voters
“Some people don’t like the voting system. We’ll call them the losers. Or the crazy people. Or the Green Party.” — Rick Mercer Most developed countries have determined that PR…
The surveillance state is an autoimmune disorder
Autoimmune disorders (Wikipedia prefers autoimmune diseases) occur when the body’s defenses — antibodies — no longer distinguish between healthy tissue and harmful cells. Instead of focusing on the dangerous antigens,…
They’re NOT in this home stretch
We now know that big industry and government bureaucracies want to censor and spy on our Internet 1. These initiatives would never pass with the world watching and that’s why…
Pamela Wallin on Vacation
Somewhere in Hawaii.
Alberta Government Failing to Enforce Environmental Legislation: Study
A new study has found that environmental violations in Alberta’s tar sands operations are frequent, enforcement is rare, and there is a chronic failure to disclose important environmental incident information…
Now, Let’s Put it In Harper’s Language: Climate Change Catastrophe is Insanely Costly
Sixty trillion dollars, how’s that Steve? That’s an estimate of the costs of Arctic thawing from climate change. That’s 60,000,000,000,000.00 and that’s a lotta zeroes. Rapid thawing of the Arctic…
The state has no business in the computers of the nation
The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation, a future Prime Minister once said. Nearly 50 years later, it’s time for an update, as the state has…
6271…500 Coffees Paid Fwd In Edmonton
How cool is this.CBC Edmonton reports that a mystery man went into a Tim Horton’s yesterday on Jasper Ave, that’s the main drag btw, in the Alberta capital and bought…
CSEC is just part of a larger picture
About six weeks ago when CSEC, Canada’s signals intelligence agency, was suddenly getting a lot of attention in the media, I wrote that in order to protect our rights as…
Report Details Coal Industry’s Pollution of Waterways, Political System
According to a new report, the coal industry’s pollution is contaminating our water supplies, our regulatory agencies, and even our political process. The report, a joint project by the Waterkeeper…
Bail pending appeal
R. v. Shelly Annette Taylor 2013 PECA 1 holds: For this motion, the hearing and determination are governed by the provisions ofs.679(3) of the Criminal Code. The judge of the…
Conservative Hypocrisy
Please forgive the redundancy of the title. I just came across this little gem from Harper’s 2006 campaign via Bill Oates on Twitter, who also offered this observation: In 2006,…
July 24: Fast-breaking news…Irving press style
Yes, it’s right there at the top of p B1. “Lawsuit launched over train disaster”. Now, there’s a story that broke some days ago.But – better late than never. Yes.…
‘Nobody understands’ spills at Alberta oil sands operation
An oil spill in a tar sand operation in Northern Alberta has been going on for weeks and nobody seems to understand how it happened or how to stop it.…
Former Sask Premier Roy Romanow Says Health-care Reform Will Go Gurther With Federal Support – Urges PM Harper To Meet With Premiers
Stephen Harper continues to avoid meeting with Canada’s Premiers as they struggle to deal with a variety of issues that face each province and the nation as a whole.“Prime Minister…
Pharmacists: Not just pill counters
I recently discovered that pharmacists can do way more than count pills and warn me not to operate machinery. This newfound knowledge came as a result of two surprisingly positive…
Heretofore, I am to be known as Miguel Angel Dynamite
I’m about to go on Sun News about Weiner’s weiner, among other things. So I decided to try out Slate’s fun Carlos Danger Name Generator, here. I am now officially…