A Duty to Abort?
In recent weeks the atheist crowd were left to cringe as one of their leaders, British scientist Richard Dawkins, appeared to defend “light pedophilia.” Dawkins said his own schoolboy experience…
August 2014
Refusing To Follow The American Model
http://www.veteranstoday.com/ From the start, the F-35 was a testosterone fuelled dream. Jonathan Manthorpe writes: The F-35 concept was born of fantasy fertilized by hubris. The
Helsinki Wants to Send Cars to Purgatory
The Helsinki bus station theory will change you life and now the Finnish government wants to change people’s lives by making cars pointless. In the coming decades they will make…
Do nothing, deny everything.
One of the less endearing qualities of Conservatives is that they are never responsible for anything. To a lesser extent, Liberals often follow suit. Luckily for New Democrats, they get…
Great books: the academic view
In the mid-1990s, journalist David Denby took on a personal challenge to return to Columbia University for a year to take two courses, both focused on reading the “great books”…
Did you watch it?
This – as you almost certainly know by now – is American journalist James Foley, moments before he was murdered by the masked ISIS animal on the right. ISIS made…
What 170 seats might look like
I decided to do a quick reverse prediction, where rather than taking existing polling numbers and finding the seat total, I adjusted the polling numbers to produce a seat total.…
Stephen Harper’s Deeply Disturbing Descent into Tea Bagger Hell
He is sounding more deranged every day. You can see the desperation in this cold dead eyes.He's flailing away in every direction, trying anything he can think of to try…
The Day Dr Chris Lectured Stephen Harper
He's been slowly killing medicare in his usual creepy stealthy way. Nibble nibble, gnaw, gnaw.Killing it with neglect, and preparing to bleed it dry. So most of it can be…
Identity Crisis #nlpoli
Newfoundland is changing, Michael Crummey writes in the Newfoundland nationalists’ newspaper, the Globe and Mail. House prices are climbing in St. John’s. There are plenty of expensive restaurants around and…
Why is Purolator tackling hunger?
I confess that one of my minor pleasures is watching CFL games on TSN. Among the endless game interruptions is an ad/public service announcement in which genial Chris Schultz, member…
Jaywalking in Ferguson
I found this report on Daily Kos to be shocking and horrifying Ferguson makes 2.6 million dollars a year from court fees. In 2013, the court “disposed of 24,532 warrants…
Albertans have a right to ask questions about the integrity and preservation of their government’s records
Alberta Tories contemplate their departure from the Legislature. Actual Progressive Conservative Government officials may not leave office in exactly the manner illustrated. Below: But if they do, is this the…
Justin Calling
Justin Calling to Albertan towns Now get prepared for the writ to come down Justin Calling to the oilsands Forget about Pierre and his Energy plans Justin Calling, now look…
Justin Calling
Justin Calling to Albertan townsNow get prepared for the writ to come downJustin Calling to the oilsandsForget about Pierre and his Energy plansJustin Calling, now look here to usThe new…
Justin Calling
Justin Calling to Albertan towns Now the election’s undeclared, but expected regardless Justin Calling to the oilsands Forget about Pierre and his Energy plans Justin Calling, now look here to…
Chomsky on Israel’s Gaza assault – ‘hideous atrocity, sadistic, murderous’: video interview
In this edited Democracy Now interview Noam Chomsky graphically describes the vicious cycle of violence Israel visits time and again on Gaza… with particular reference to the most recent Israeli…
Still struggling between John Tory and Olivia Chow in T.O.’s mayoral race
With this fairly quiet and not-hot-enough summer drawing to a close, the Toronto mayoral race is just about to switch into high gear. Polls offer a hint of clarity as…
What If Rob Ford Wasn’t White?
It has been a while since my last entry, but with the madness circulating media outlets with the events unfolding in Missouri, I felt compelled to add my two cents…