National day of honour for honouring Stephen Harper?
Stephen Harper has announced a National Day of Honour. Supposedly this is to honour those who fought and fell in Afghanistan. From various media reports it appears to be just…
Evilness
Hubble oops….
I got tagged on Twitter to explain an apparent Hubble tracking error image. Since the explanation will take more than 140 characters, I’ve put it here. Image after the cut.
On Public Goods
I occasionally get what can best be described as evangelical libertarians following me or engaging with me on Twitter. Their fervour for their ideology borders on the same level as…
Jon Lord Absentee Candidate Absentee Mayor?
So on my drive to work this morning I was listening to CBC’s Calgary Eyeopener when they interviewed Calgary Mayoral candidate Jon Lord. Now Jon’s a former alderman and MLA…
Prorogue time again.
So our Maximum Leader Stephen Harper had decided to hit the reset switch on parliament again. This time, despite the crowing on the internet, the timing is similar to prorogations…
IT’S GLORIOUS LEADER’S BIRTHDAY!
Somehow I ended up on the federal Conservative party’s email list. I would consider this a massive fail of their vaunted CIMS system since I’ve been a card-carrying New Democrat…
On temporary foreign workers and the market.
The Harper Conservatives have recently announced minor changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program in response to some very public abuses of the program by banks and other large…
Home builders try to buy themselves a city council.
A local television station acquired a video secretly taped at a meeting of some of Calgary’s home builders. In it the builder speaking basically states how with the generous spread…
The Conservative’s Justin Problem
If you’ve been living under a rock for the past week, Justin Trudeau was elected leader of the federal Liberal Party. Not that big of a surprise really, but at…
On randomness
In my travels on the interwebs, I often come across creationists who like to use the “randomness” argument against, well, non-creationism. The reality is that these people are really just…
Some more astrophotos.
Over the past month I’ve acquired a new mount for my telescope, and also a new telescope. Now in addition to my 127mm (5″) Maksutov I also now have a…
Solar storms
Some time ago I ended up on some email list of bloggers. This means I get a litany of emails from various media outlets asking me to review some book…
…but it’s my right to drive like a moron…
Earlier this week, the police forces of Alberta suggested that they should be allowed to impound cars of people who are excessively speeding (going more than 50+ km/h over the…
Wow- those are a loooong way away…
About a week ago I took an an astrophoto of a galaxy cluster, those of you who know me on Facebook have already seen the shot (some possibly on Twitter…
Fun with scammers
So I’m sitting at home today watching my toddler run around when the phone rings. I answer the phone and someone with a heavy Indian accent introduces himself as someone…
Giving your private info to the US government.
With the revelation that it was the Harper Conservatives and not the Liberals that were using a US company to phone voters during the last election one question remains unanswered.…
Interesting…
Given the media feeding frenzy that is the robocall scandal, it is interesting to note the almost complete lack of Conbot commenters in the comment sections of the stories. This…
On Conservative Culture.
About a year ago back here I wrote about what appears to be the culture of lying and deceit that the Harper Conservatives seem to be embracing. Fast forward to…
Why bill C-30 will never work.
There is, rightly, much ado about the internet spying bill C-30 that is currently before the house. A bill so poorly written that the Harper Conservatives have sent it to…
Yet more Conservative Corruption.
CBC has broken a story about local municipalities donating money to the Alberta Progressive Conservative Pary. There are several aspects of this story that are truly depressing and scary.