Experimental science
xkcd: Placebo Blocker: I recall talking to a psychologist once about how people reacted to getting a diagnosis of a life-threatening disease. So we thought perhaps we could do an…
Cathie from Canada
The Stupid is everywhere!
What a triumph! The Australian minister of agriculture had kept his country safe from rabies now that Johnny Depp’s little dogs have left the country. They will soon be followed…
Omar coming!
After 13 years, Omar Khadr is finally out of jail. The Harper Con reaction to Omar Khadr’s release on bail reminds me of The Wire: I can laugh at the…
Alberta will have some fun now
So much for boring old Canadian elections, eh?NDP wins stunning majority in Alberta election, Jim Prentice resignsNow, of course, the NDP will have to figure out how they can possibly…
Great line of the day
From Liberal finance critic Scott Brison, remarking on the Auditor-General report: “A Liberal government will restore evidence-based decision-making and replace Harper’s decision-based evidence-making,” Brison said.” Decision-based evidence-making. Yes, that’s exactly…
TS up & at ’em!
Tabitha Southey’s column is priceless: TS begins work – as TS has begun work at every job TS has ever had – that is, with one clear objective: Whatever else…
So true
A commenter on Christie Blatchford’s latest Duffy story says: Duffy should have been put in charge of payments to veterans and thalidomide victims so efficient is he at getting the…
I’m thrilled that Hillary is running for President and she’s going to win, too!
I think it is wonderful that Hillary Clinton is running again for president — after her last experience, I had been concerned that she wouldn’t try again. She came through…
I smell an election in the air
I have been saying for months that the Harper Cons are going to call a snap election this spring.Of course, what do I know about it really.But I believe all…
This was a little more than "abrupt"
A minor quibble in the larger scheme of things, but I found it offensive that Air Canada would try to “spin” the Halifax crash as merely a “hard landing”.The plane…
The country protests C51
Thousands of Canadians marched against C51 today, including here in Saskatoon And across the country:Vancouver St. Johns Toronto Calgary Nelson, B.C. Montreal Toronto Victoria Ottawa
Guess what day it is today?
I always thought it was very clever of my mother to have me and my twin sister on International Women’s Day, too.
Leonard Nimoy
I don’t know where this is, but isn’t it great?It was posted on the #LeonardNimoy thread at Twitter, where William Shatner is doing a tribute. Saw this a few minutes…
Nestor does it again!
Daniel Nestor and Rohan Bopanna have won the Dubai doubles championship in straight sets, 6-4 and 6-1 Canada is always proud of you, Daniel!
Responsibility
So yesterday I got into an argument about who was responsible for the tragedy of two children dying while adults squabbled: While the house burned early Tuesday, the truck sat…
Brer Justin
Canada’s commentariat is going crazy over what a VERY BAD decision Justin Trudeau has made in welcoming Eve Adams to the party.But it wasn’t Adams that Trudeau wanted, it was…
Duffster puff
I know everyone is hyping the Duffy trial, but I think its likely going to be a big pile of nothing.For the life of me, I cannot see how Harper…
Tennis, anyone?
One of the great things about being retired is that I can stay up til 3 am watching the Australian Open, on TV or just tracking scores on my tablet…
New Year resolution
Our one-word resolution this year: Clean.We have had a difficult fall and winter due to dealing with the illness and long term care of a relative, including cleaning out a…
Happy 2015
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