The Ugly Face of the Corporatist State
A big h/t to Carey over at Finding Clarity for posting this Carlin sketch. And they called Carlin a "comedian." I'm reposting the clip because it needs to be disseminated…
Unscheduled musical interlude
Just did a minor version upgrade and wanted to test that everything is working. So have a tune: 13 by Friday's Child....
Homeopathy Under Fire in the US, UK, Italy, Israel and Australia
Skeptic North, a well-written Canadian team blog advocating for science, skepticism and rationalism, has been a great source of information on the ongoing scientific, intellectual and moral train-wreck that is…
Leadership 2012: Preliminary Candidate List
Having posted about the target groups and issues for the NDP's leadership campaign, let's take the next step and put some names to the possibilities. As hinted at in my…
An Australian Definition of a Canadian In case anyone asks you who a Canadian is . . .
From Facebook:You probably missed it in the local news, but there was a report that someone in Pakistan had advertised in a newspaper an offer of a reward to anyone…
Rob Ford’s War On Graffiti Is Out Of Hand and Costly
Strutting And Fretting « All Fired Up In The Big SmokeRead the link for a story about someone getting a notice to remove graffiti from their back-alley garage door. The…
We have, and need, more Jacks
As we begin to move forward now with Jack Layton's celebration of life behind us, and as we consider what his lasting legacy will be, I think it would be…
No Wonder Harper Wants Us Kept In The Dark On CETA
While our government continues to refuse to let the Canadian public in on the details of the current negotiations toward finalizing the Comprehensive Economic & Trade Agreement (CETA) with the…
Conspiracy Theories – Education – Did We Do This On Purpose?
I often wonder whether the changes to education over the last decades were just innocent mistakes made by wrong-headed education experts.
What the Liberals really need
More of this.Whatever his faults, Jean Chretien was a leader. He just went ahead and did it. It pissed off a lot of people but he was a fighter who…
What We Need Now – Another Square Deal
Nothing would please me more than the implementation of an entirely conservative policy platform. The conservative was US President Theodore Roosevelt. The policy platform was Roosevelt's "Square Deal."Roosevelt's policy focused...
HST Aftershocking…..Where’s Johnny?
ACoalitionWillNotUnravelIfNobodyYanksTheThreadsVille As a reader points out in the comments to the post directly below, Mdme. Premier Clark's use of the term 'Free Enterprise Party' in her Email to supporters is…
Agreeing with Ezra Levant?
I happen to agree with Ezra Levant today. Only in part. Here’s a piece on Quebec’s desire to license journalists. The government of Quebec wants to licence journalists. Christine St-Pierre,…
A Coming Out Party for Optimists
Watching the funeral services yesterday for Jack Layton, I felt it was like a coming out party for optimists, a chance for people to be unashamed to express hope in…
A streaker flashes Irene
It must be in the name of the storm ‘Irene’. Following video is interesting and funny. Warning: Video above is graphic.
BC votes NO on HST
In BC the results of the referendum came on Friday. 55% of BC residence voted to eliminate the young new HST while 45% wanted it to stay. That is much…
‘Je me souviens’…..
I thought I’d reflect a bit on yesterday’s funeral service of Jack Layton. I could go into a bit more detail of why I think certain right wing media columnists…
Too much ‘adversarial blogging’
Blogging can be a blood sport. This whole Jack Layton vs. the right-wing world has brought out the pugilistic nature in me, at least in the blogging ring. I don't…
Meet the Folkers
So a while back The Ottawa Citizen asked if anyone was interested in blogging about any of the local music festivals for them, in exchange for festival passes. I applied…