Track of the Day: Careers in Science “Suri Cruise-Missile”
To the surprise of exactly no one, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have decided to end their marriage. Normally, I wouldn’t care about this, but it does give me a…
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My grandfather taught me how to build a dam instead of islands
When we were kids, and we were lucky, it would rain. And the parking area of my grandfather’s mountain farm would fill up with streams and rivulets. The farm house…
Three down. Three to go
Impolitical gets a little excited about three up-coming by-elections. And suggests that there might be 2 more to come. At a time of a well deserved drop in support.Well if…
Canada’s Lamentable Lack of Imagination
When I was a kid growing up, I thought Canada was cool. Canada’s centennial celebrations made me believe that as a young country we were just coming into our own.…
Taking Back Our Democracy: Bridging the Generational Divide
These are tough days for Canada’s parliamentary democracy. Having endured years of steady erosion, it is now under frontal attack. Journalists and public leaders, across the political spectrum, have begun…
As seen on the 401
The last remaining Harper supporter left in Canada.
TVO’s The Agenda: The New McCarthyism
There is no worse cancer in a free society than the thuggish impulse to equate dissent as disloyalty… The greatest patriot is the person with the courage to be the…
Not an economist in 2008. Not an economist in 2012.
Harper unfazed by market crisis BRIAN LAGHI, DANIEL LEBLANC AND CAMPBELL CLARK OTTAWA and ST. JOHN’S — Globe and Mail Update Published Monday, Sep. 15 2008, 6:59 PM EDT Last…
Happy Canada Day! A Google alphabet in English and French (2012)
These are the words that appear instantly when one types the first letter in a Google search: In English: · Air Canada · Best Buy · Canadian Tire · Dictionary…
Track of the Day: Turisas “Broadsword”
Why? Because Turisas is a Finnish folk-metal band that dresses like a bunch of post-apocalytpic Braveheart clones: And they are covering a tune originally by Jethro Tull, who dressed like…
Legion Track Renewal
I just received the note below from our facilities maintenance department: The Legion Track resurfacing project is well underway! The Facility Maintenance Department is landscaping the interior perimeter of the…
Happy 30th Birthday, Canada Day!
Sunday, July 1st, 2012 will officially be the 30th Canada Day. How is this possible, you ask, my gentle readers, when 2012 is the 145th anniversary of Confederation? Is it…
You Fucking Fucktard, Stephen Harper, Ignoramous of the Millenium (and more)
Yeah, crude as this headline is, I have a right to say that. And it doesn’t matter a whit if the federal government, now officially named the “Harper Government” (retch),…
The Red Deer River Oil Spill Digest
This is a summary of the first 15 updates pertaining to the Red Deer River oil spill… Update #1 Tracey McCrimmon, executive director of the Sundre Petroleum Operators Group, a…
Conservative Transparancy Now Scientifically Proven to be a Joke
51st place isn’t necessarily always a bad thing. The 51st wealthiest person in the world, or the 51st smartest are blessed to be so lucky. It’s a placement they can…
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2012-06-28 22:08:00
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The Red Deer River Oil Spill — Update #15
This is Update #15 of the Red Deer River Oil Spill… Gleniffer Lake reopens, although cleanup of the shoreline is not yet finished, Alberta Environment said the water quality is…
Moving to Canada…
… to escape socialized medicine? hmmm.