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
King and Queen of the Road – Friday Film Pick: You Never Bike Alone
Get naked. And bike on the road where the cars dare to roll.
Juxtaposition
Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman:Some of us have long complained about the cult of “balance,” the insistence on portraying both parties as equally wrong and equally at fault on any issue,…
Memo To Jeff Davies: You Don’t Dance With The One…
IWantMyIWantMyIWantMyCBC(Back)Ville...That Brung 'Ya If They Try To Get You Drunk And Take Advantage Of You (Or Worse) Out In The Parking Lot. Of course, I am referring to Mr. Davies…
Cost of ignoring Charter of Rights: BC judges throws out all evidence in drug bust
Luckily this was just an Ecstasy bust and not a crime with actual victims.METRO VANCOUVER — A B.C. judge has tossed out all evidence seized in a massive ecstasy-production investigation…
T(bag)-minus 3 days til Debtmageddon
I knew this day would come, and finally, it’s arrived… but incredibly, it’s much worse than I ever anticipated. I refer to the furious fracas going on south of the…
Debt Ceiling Debate is Moot: USG Owes More Dollars than in Existence
Image by Images_of_Money The current debate in Washington as to whether or not and under what conditions to raise the debt-ceiling has for the past week dominated global news coverage…
On small parties.
Short one today, as I'm trying to work through dissertation revisions. But I thought it was worth noting how few of Ontario's registered political parties have bothered to put together…