When lynching passes for “justice”
Last night, the world witnessed a modern-day judicially sanctioned lynching. Troy Davis was executed last night at 11:08 local time, under heavy protest, in the state of Georgia, by a…
Vengeance or Forgiveness? Catholic Teaching and Capital Punishment
The Busted Halo Show, on satellite radio, tonight discussed capital punishment. Father Dave Dwyer pointed out that while the State had the authority to impose the death penalty, such was…
That’s It! I Never Want To Hear About Liberal ‘Entitlements’ Again!
Especially, not from Harpercons and their cheerleaders. Here’s more from the Harpercons entitled to their entitlements files. The majority of flights on the government-owned Challenger jets in the month of…
Design Regina
Introductions underway at the first Design Regina presentation series at the UofR Education Auditorium. Fred Clipsham gives a greeting on behalf of Mayor Fiacco. Tonight is Participatory Democracy. 7:22 the…
Santorum the Rick vs. Santorum the “Frothy Mixture of Lube and Fecal Matter”
So nice to have that bible-whomping Republican wingnut Rick Santorum back in the spotlight again, if ever so briefly. Anyone who’s ever googled “Santorum” — and why the hell wouldn’t…
OpenMedia takes on Provencher, MA
We’ve been busy at OpenMedia.ca fighting to keep your Internet accessible and . Check out the ads we recently run for our Stop Online Spying campaign. read more
Wobbly beliefs – right and left
As I sit listening to one of the few elected Liberals discuss human rights, immigration and refugee policy, I realize that the left/right discussion has passed. While I am an…
A Tale of Two State Sanctioned Murders
Last night, in the state of Texas and the state of Georgia, two executions took place. In the first execution, white supremacist Lawrence Brewer was executed for his part in…
Ahmadinejad speech
It is interesting to note that he did not deal with the statehood bid:UN delegations walk out of Ahmadinejad speechCanadians 1st to leave chamber as Iranian president slams U.S.The Associated…
For those who cannot accept reality – The Shadow Caucus
If I never hear the title Shadow Caucus again, it will be too soon. This stunningly silly attempt at rebranding of Liberal candidates who did not win their 2011 campaigns…
The Further Adventures of The ‘Stache #nlpoli
He shaved it before. SRBP lit up the missing caterpillar from his top lip. Jerome Kennedy grew it back. Earlier this year, he lopped it off again. Well, he didn’t…
Gamers Unhappy About New Throttling Guidelines
***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:*** TORONTO, ONTARIO: The CRTC, Canada's telecommunications regulator, has released new guidelines for throttling complaints, which puts the responsibility for monitoring Internet providers' compliance with Internet openness po...
Thursday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your day.- David Olive reassures us that we're not in a depression, but points out plenty of other reasons for concern with Canada's economy:Jim Flaherty, the…
Adopt a Job Creator/Billionaire
The most important thing to do in a recession is to make sure the extremely wealthy are well taken care of so they can get back to the business of…
They’re winning every battle
The story goes that after the Vietnam war a US officer, unable to understand or accept US defeat, pointed out to general Giap, "We won every battle", to which general…
Economist
Corded muscles and a tight-lipped grin “I’m listening,” says the set of your shoulders. Oh, it’s not listening I’d like from you. My tongue slipping along your jawline unbuttoning, unbuckling,…
Name that tune
So, I’m totally going to abuse my power here. BWAHAHAHA! A good friend of mine has been searching for something for a long time and I told her I would…
CTV: Now Reporting Breaking News From July 2010!
Everyone has known about this for a long time. I have been out of the country for three years, and out of Ottawa for the better part of eight years,…
The Risks of Building the Afghan Army
Below is an oped that appeared in the Globe and Mail. The regional military training centre in Herat is a desolate and harsh place. On the outskirts of an Afghan…
Closing Up Shop and Disavowing my Successor
I’m moving away from this blog, to a totally different place. So utterly different. It’s reganwolfrom.com and it’s still a blog, but I can’t really vouch for a lot of…