Swearing is bad.
I’m not the only one complaining about the state of our media, but I thought I should point out an obvious blunder by our so called journalists. It’s nothing new…
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With a Good Deficit You Can See Forever by Adrian Adamson
Disclaimer: I did not write this, I am merely posting this essay here for convenience sake; it’s nowhere else online, except in Google Books inside of a book. If I…
Review of Freedom, by Jonathan Franzen.
After reading more than half of Freedom, I went searching for reviews and criticisms, looking for something that expressed what I thought I thought. Sadly, there was no review or…
Wealth is wrong.
Nobility, royalty and wealth are all repulsive concepts that our society has been slowly phasing out due to increased humanity and understanding. Wealth is the most accepted concept out of…
Most people don’t matter.
It’s easier to please those on the top. It’s far more beneficial to please those on the top, as they can benefit you the best. The underclass and the commoners…
Charles McVety is a racist, homophobic, lying man who should be ostracized.
Charles McVety is a sort of leader of Canada’s undercovered (thank god) leader of the religious right. Evangelicals and Catholics alike. Here’s what he has to say about Islam, and…
NDP Leadership Show.
As I’ve alluded to before, leader’s debate tend to be more about show than value. Your ability to speak and respond trumps all, as that’s what the format requires. Many…
Tory Hacks: tools then and tools now.
So it goes with Tory hacks, just show up and do what you’re told. Where isn’t too important, why isn’t too important either. You just have to do it, for…
Be nice.
Niceness is the recognition of grace over substance. Niceness is the recognition of approach versus fact. Niceness is the social system of hypocritical suppression of negativity (fair or not) towards…
In the words of Lester Pearson.
“This concentration of official power is, I think, inevitable and up to a point desirable, but it must be kept under parliamentary control if political and personal freedom is not…
In the words of Elizabeth May.
Mr. Speaker, from 1913 to 1956, a period of over 40 years, time limits on debates were used 10 times. In the last 40 days, a time limit has been…
Would Harper and his Conservatives prefer a dictatorship? Aka Our Malicious Dictator.
Anyone who seldom follows politics, follows politics occasionally, or even someone who gets a lot of news for few sources would find the question “Would Harper and his Conservatives prefer…
Journalistic laziness to the max.
The euro zone faces a 40 per cent chance of another recession as fears mount that the debt crisis will escalate further. Says a particular article in the Ottawa Citizen.…
Philosophy, the broad and the broader.
Get your pens out, but make sure you get your vocal chords ready too. It’s time for a deeply philosophical discussion. And what does a philosophy discussion consist of? Overestimation,…
How investment and helping can go in hand in hand. Or why you should learn that hoarding large sums of money is bad for the economy and humanity.
This post has been immediately inspired by a semi-recent vlog-brothers video that somebody linked me. The part that’s relevant to this post, and the part that really interested me was…
A libertarian quote and my reaction.
Here’s a quote from a self-expressed libertarian defense. What makes me a small-’l’ libertarian isn’t that I believe it’s impossible—or easy—to reconfigure human brains using sufficiently advanced technology, or any…
In response to: "The Great Gatsby: Living the Dream in the Valley of Ashes"
I’ve been sufficiently annoyed by an uploaded youtube video, so I’m going to write a response here because youtube comments isn’t the best means to get my thoughts across on…
The British monarch distraction, and the very real American capitalistic cuddling.
The Federal Conservatives have been pushing out some superficial moves to bring Canada back to it’s traditional roots. Renaming the military was one of those moves. Putting the “Royal” back…