BC closes Vancouver Island park due to influx of ‘hippies’ and their ‘values’
Thousands were set to gather at Raft Cove Provincial Park due to thousands of dirty fucking hippies expected to visit. Only about 70 people have shown up and already the…
August 2013
An Elegant Solution
Earlier this month I posted an interview with Neil Turok, head of The Perimeter Institute and the deliverer of this year’s Massey Lectures. As I indicated in my original post,…
Human Intelligence and its Weaknesses
According to Steve Pavlina there are 10 major weaknesses. All of them are interesting. I especially liked #4: “4. Infinite loops: Once a pattern of thought and behavior has become…
a kiss on the wrist: the absence of same-sex love on star trek as a measure of how far we’ve come
Earlier this year, I re-watched the original “Star Trek” series end-to-end on Netflix – a thoroughly entertaining experience – then decided to watch “Star Trek: The Next Generation” for the…
On efficiencies
Nick Falvo offers one response to Tom Mulcair’s latest comments on taxes. And I certainly won’t argue with the position that it’s utterly bizarre to see the leader of a…
August 10: Letters….
I won’t spend much time on the TandT news today because most of it reads like a tabloid, a really, really boring and trivial tabloid. It doesn’t even have the…
"The Greatest Water Grab in History"
Across south and east Asia, water is power. If you want to know why China invaded and seized Tibet, it was the water. New academic research shows that India, Nepal,…
King Harper visits Irving Oil refinery in Saint John, New Brunswick
King Harper was visiting the Irving Oil refinery in Saint John, New Brunswick. Only cameras were allowed. When a Globe and Mail reporter asked a question, Harper staff removed all…
Gun, Check. Point at Head, Check. Squeeze the Trigger?
Think we’re on the cusp of a “clean energy revolution” that will sweep the world and rescue our grandkids from environmental catastrophe? Think again. A report from the Our World…
Who Are the Leaders with an Authentic Way Forward?
What are they saying to the growing inequalities of the 21st century? “I want Dr. King to know that I didn’t come to Selma to make his job difficult. I…
more roku joy: post your pbs and nfb recommendations here
Roku has added an app for PBS! This means we watch music clips from Austin City Limits, and in the winter we’ll binge on American Experience history documentaries and American…
Rob Ford’s debt to a drug dealer
The court transcript, here. Oh, and he was on something last night on the Danforth, here. I’m sure it’s all a great big coincidence.
Review: Catastrophism
A surprising assortment of political approaches in a broad range of traditions depend in one way or another on narratives of catastrophe.
CRTC SUN Block?
The CRTC puts on SUN block for Canadians. The Cons will find some way to make sure we get their brand of melanoma.
Big Brother becomes capricious.
You have seen the full page advertisements in the newspapers. You have wondered just who the big telecoms—Bell, Rogers and Telus—are trying to reach. And you also wonder why they…
Why I’ll Never Buy An Apple Product
There’s actually a lot of reasons to not use Apple, but assuming there’s truth to this, it sheds light on why just one more reason why Apple is the wrong…
Stephen Harper Practising Flip-flopping
He is getting ready for the fall opening of Parliament.:)