Never mind the cookie … AHS and Stephen Duckett parted by mutual agreement
Stephen Duckett and his notorious oatmeal raisin cookie back on Nov. 19, 2010. Turns out that waving a cookie at reporters wasn’t a firing offense, and Dr. Duckett is by…
Shorter
Shorter ethical oil campaignCanada: we're not as bad as those guys
Rob Ford’s Horrible Animal Farm Story
Well I suppose it was inevitable that Rob Ford's City Hall would turn into yet another Con version of Animal Farm.With the hero of the Ford Nation morphing into another…
Hey, Mayor Mud! I want my vote back!
Toronto News: James: A thousand times no - thestar.comFor those who couldn't or wouldn't see the writing on the wall during the election campaign, and ended up believing Rob Ford's…
Why the BC Liberal Government Doesn’t Value Your Life
There are many instances I've come across in the past number of years which suggest to me the Campbell/Clark Government places no real value on the lives of its citizens…
Giorgio Mammoliti: the pride of #TOcouncil | #TOpoli
Someone suggested during yesterday's marathon that the Fords can't help being ignorant and stupid. They are what they are. But this guy, by contrast, does it on purpose.[<a href="http://storify.com/orwellsbastard/giorgio-...
Family fun
We're here at my uncle and aunt's cottage in the Muskokas. We don't see each other all that often but the scene is always amazing to me. What tends to…
Musical interlude
Amy Meredith - Young At Heart (Angger Dimas Remix)
Some say they have no fear of death until the midnight of their dying is at hand. They say different then.
L. Ron Hubbard
Pam ‘Atlas’ Geller: who knew she was such a cut up?
Riffing on a Charles Johnson post in Little Green Footballs. Pam Geller caught deleting a paragraph after the Norway massacre from the "Email from Norway" portion of a post from…
Quotable: Johan Galtung on the Oslo massacres
Democracy Now interviews a man who understands a thing or two about the dangers of fascism and the need for nonviolent conflict resolution: Johan Galtung — sociologist, author, activist…and, by…
Friday night
Going with an Amy Winehouse remix. It was released this week after her death and has been quite popular on Soundcloud. Very awesome. Have a good night.
Shaken Faith, Part II: Elizabeth May’s Recent Mis-steps on Green Party Democratic Processes and WiFi
(...continued from Part I)Coming hot on the heels of the July 25th endorsement blog issue, we have what has been a much more public mis-step by May. On Wednesday, July…
The view from here
Quick summer shower followed by…:^)
Shaken Faith, Part I: Elizabeth May’s Recent Mis-steps on Green Party Democratic Processes and WiFi
Elizabeth May experienced a wonderfully inspirational month as Canada’s first elected Green Member of Parliament. She showed Canadians that one dedicated opposition MP in the House can have an impact…
Something To Start The Long Weekend
While driving to get my hair cut, and tuned to Canada's Premium Jazz Station this morning, I heard a song from long ago sung by the late Phoebe Snow, a…
Friday night
I'll start with a tip of the hat to Moose at Classic Blues Videos for tonight's opener. There's a bio of the artist at that link. This is Corey Harris…
Pubic Humiliation: The Case of the Ugly Vagina
Earlier in the month, when I clicked an inbox link to a webpage for a fundraising campaign, I did not expect to get lost in the political quagmire of women’s…
EIA’s Politically Dictated “Garbage” Subsidy Report Obtained And Released Publicly
new-eia-logo.jpg The Checks and Balances Project has obtained a copy of the controversial Energy Information Administration report that was called “garbage” by EIA Acting Administrato...
The Teaparty Is So Insane … Even FOX’s Bill O’Reilly Is Lashing Out At Them Now
FOX NewsNetwork's Bill O'Reilly is lashing out at the Republican Teaparty movement today. That's how crazy things are in the USA at the moment.HuffingtonPost