Swan in the sky
Instead of doing my school observations this weekend, I and the Evil clan nipped off to the Alberta Star Party. The first night I had to borrow Mrs. Evil's telescope…
Evilness
One more small step to police state.
For people who thinks that the census and gun registry are invasions of privacy, it's amazing that Harper and his government have no problem spying on everone's email and texts.
Ted Morton – master of disguise
It would seem that Ted Morton, candidate for the leadership of the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party and hence premier of Alberta and who has been campaigning on openness and accountability…
Summer of Astrophotos
With school (both work and study) back upon me, my observation time shifts back to scientific imaging. The past month though I had some time to take some "pretty picture"…
I hate to say I told you so but….
... I told you so. It looks like the Harper Tories are going to bury their heads in the sand like they were going to do during the first dip…
Mission Accomplished
Back here I opined about the reason for the reversion of the names of our air and naval forces to RCAF and RCN. Basically that the Harper Government wanted to…
Atheists on film…
... or tape... or hard drive or whatever.... An interesting little short by the Winnipeg Skeptics.
New names for the CF
Ok, the Harper government has leaked that the air force and navy will go back to their old monikers of RCAF and RCN. Now as a former reserve member who…
History repeating
Or is Stephen Harper about to channel R.B. Bennett? The parallels are actually quite striking.
More astrophotos
Not much political commentary this past few weeks, but I've been taking some astrophotos. This time the summer Milky Way, a close neighbour, and a stellar nursery.
Who knew that stuff you learned in school…
...would be useful someday. Well in all seriousness I did, but this made some of the theory a little less theoretical. My bi-monthly edition of SkyNews showed up shortly after…
The Stupid – It Burns!
Even by the standard for stupid set up by conservatives in both the US and Canada, this takes the cake. An Arizona state senator (Republican - naturally) singlehandedly sets back…
More dying suns
Before my premature bug-out due to severe weather this weekend, I did manage to do some imaging. Sticking with the theme related to the Ring nebula photos posted here another…
Harper’s war on the media…
...or Terry Milewsk learns that to Harper and his followers, the only balanced reporting is that which parrots the propaganda put out by the PMO. Now I don't think that…
What A Storm!
This past weekend I was out at the Starland Recreation Area to do some observing. While napping on Sunday I awoke to the sound of thunder. I had just enough…
Ring in the sky.
So having my CCD imager back from the shop some time ago I've been itching to use it again but was delayed by poor weather and ironically observations for one…
You know a Conservative Government is out of line when…
... the editorials in the Calgary Herald, a paper that is usually a mouthpiece for the Harper Conservatives is taking them to task for an action. In this case the…
The Sun is Turning Off!
Ok not really, but the solar dynamo looks like it's going to be quiet for the next few years. What this means is the current 11 year sunspot cycle, number…
Why what we do to the environment matters not to nature.
With the climate change debate raging on, despite what the science is actually saying, there is a need to look at the long view. Now I don't mean a short…
Stelmach blames teachers for layoffs.
Lame duck Alberta premier Ed Stelmach, showing the typical Tory ability to lie their face off, decided yesterday to blame Alberta's teachers for their own impending layoffs. Stating that the…