On That List of Excuses for Not Having Sex Floating Around the Interweb
I wanted to chime in on a facebook discussion about that list (a man made a spreadsheet of his wife’s excuses for refusing sex), but it wasn’t started by an…
July 2014
this year’s mini garden and a mini pupdate
This year’s garden-ette is completely out of control! In a very good way. Here’s June. And here’s today. No idea what I’m going to do with all the zucchini. Neither…
Prime Minister Said he Created a Million Jobs … Oh! You Thought I Meant Our Prime Minister
I try to keep up with politics everywhere so follow political junkies from several different countries. What I’ve discovered, in this mostly conservative sphere, is that the top news stories,…
There’s Only One Word For It — Tyranny
http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/ In the wake of the news that the Harper government has directed the CRA to audit PEN Canada, Linda McQuaig asks,”Why is Harper punishing charities while letting
The Bully Pulpit of the Paul’s.
This is not the Apostle Saint Paul under discussion here. Libertarian extremists Ron Paul and his son Randal Paul are something else. The senior Paul is still the cantankerous fanatic…
Crime Severity Indices, St. John’s #nlpoli
This week, Statistics Canada released their latest compilation of crime statistics based on reports by police. The figures in the release were year to year but if you hunt around…
Anti-gay pastor, denied by Ric McIver, endorses the PC leadership candidate anyway for his ‘traditional Alberta values’
Pastor Artur Pawlowski and members of his flock march uninvited in 2012 at the head of the Calgary Stampede Parade, also known as the March for Mammon. Pastor Pawlowski, who…
And the race is on…
Courtesy of someone from Facebook.
Harper’s Prostitution Bill C-36 ‘Offends’ Charter: Legal Experts
Over 200 legal experts from across Canada recently wrote to Prime Minister Stephen Harper to protest Bill C-36, the Conservatives new prostitution law. The post Harper’s Prostitution Bill C-36 ‘Offends’…
Wednesday Evening Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Vineeth Sekharan debunks the myth that a job represents a reliable path out of poverty, while reminding us that there’s one policy choice…
What is reasonable doubt?
A reasonable doubt is not a doubt based on sympathy or prejudice; it is based on reason and common sense. It is logically connected to the evidence or absence of…
Reuters: Why our digital divide won’t be bridged any time soon
The government’s unambitious rural broadband plans will leave tens of thousands of Canadians stuck with last-century Internet speeds. Tell James Moore it’s time for Canada to finally start catching up…
Not Just the Atlantic: Obama Leasing Millions of Gulf Acres for Offshore Drilling
Deploying the age-old “Friday news dump,” President Barack Obama’s Interior Department gave the green light on Friday, July 18 to companies to deploy seismic air guns to examine the scope…
Yet Another Desperate and Despicable Ploy: More Harper Narrowcasting
The politics have a look of desperation about them. As they see their electoral chances diminishing among the wider Canadian public with each new sordid revelation, it looks like the…
Just For Laughs: David O’Doherty & What Would Beyoncé Do?
The Just For Laughs Festival is taking place in Montreal, and Art Threat’s Kristi Kouchakji is there to review the politically-tinged humour for us. Luisa Omielan’s What Would Beyoncé Do?…
Obama Administration Releases Weak Proposed Rules On Crude By Rail After Industry Lobbying Blitz
The Department of Transportation released its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking today for the transportation of crude oil and ethanol by rail. With the release of the proposed new regulations, a…
Consider the global impacts of oil pipelines
Read this June 25th story by Wendy J. Palen, Thomas D. Sisk, Maureen E. Ryan, Joseph L. Árvai, Mark Jaccard, Anne K. Salomon, Thomas Homer-Dixon& Ken P. Lertzman in Nature…