Housekeeping…
Yes, it does seem I’ve fallen off the blogging map, doesn’t it? No fear, though, as I’m sure once council gets back into full force, and we’re thrown into the…
World Net Daily: Norwegian kids killed by the Left
No, I mean literally. This Birther rag, for which Islamophobe Kathy Shaidle writes, and which frequent commenter “knygathin_zhaum” cites uncritically, claims the kids on the island were murdered by—why, the…
Let’s see… how to start… um… *ahem*… okay… It was a dark & stormy night…
…and fern hill was kicking ass all over the place! W00t! DJ has the links that tell the entire tawdry tale. And while we’re giving props to those who deserve,…
Conservative Minister John Baird Has Paintings By Quebec Artist Removed And Replaced With Portraits of The Queen Of England!
I think the Conservative government sits up late into the night just thinking up ways to be idiots. Case in point ....."Foreign service staff and art lovers are grumbling about…
Another Canadian muzzled by Harper
Franke James, you are not alone. It's not just the arts that get the Harper thug treatment. Science, the other most hated discipline of Conservatives, is also subject to censorship…
Don’t Feed the Trolls
Recently I posted a video thank you to NPR and its supporters on NPR's Facebook Page. The thank you was for their positive reaction to an earlier video from NPR's…
The limits of Godwin’s Law
Godwin's law, simply stated, is that any internet debate will eventually decay into one side making a reference to Nazis, the Hitler, or the Holocaust, and at that point loses…
Deep thought
The use of "library group" as a putdown says far more about the speaker than about the target.
BREAKING: Tim DeChristopher Sentenced To Two Years In Prison
TimDeChristopher.png At 3:00 pm MST today, the end of a very long and emotional saga came to fruition as the gavel banged down on the judge’s desk in a federal…
Harper’s fake 2008 "apology" to Aboriginals
…worthless. Self-serving rubbish. Ask Sisters in Spirit, who first brought the disappearance of hundreds of Aboriginal women to national attention. Harper’s response? Scuttle them. Meanwhile, his Department of Justice lawyers…
Poll by Poll maps (working)
Hello, Teddy here. I've been able to find some new Poll-by-Poll maps, posted by user "The 506" on the forum of http://uselectionatlas.org/He is working east to west, but the Atlantic…
The Toronto Star takes on Fern Hill. Refuses rebuttal.
Get this. The Toronto Star allows some random religious guy, Mark Penninga, to write an article attacking Fern Hill for a post she wrote on DammitJanet! No link, no credit,…
More of that "real ‘gotcha’"
So you may have noticed that Fern Hill at Dammit Janet has been on a roll recently in terms of raising questions about Tim Hudak's position on abortion and whether…
BC law fails to protect fish habitat
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 A BC Court of Appeal decision issued earlier this month (July 5th) has conf...
Well, Well, I do Believe Somebody Touched a Nerve, Mr. Penninga
Wassamatter, Mr. Penninga? Somebody’s having a bad day, I see. Doncha just hate it when people when folks ask questions and think outside the box? Before you have a hissy…
Why Does Christy Clark Want To Neuter The FOI Process?
Freedom'sJustAnotherWordForEverythingPolsDon'tWantToLoseVilleAnd why, as Sean Holman, the proprietor of PublicEye Online, who has selectively wielded FOI requests like a scalpel in the past, are British Columbia's media and public not outraged?Last…
If Jim Flaherty Is SO Worried About The U.S.A. Defaulting On Their Debt, Maybe He Should Phone His Right Wing GOP Pals And Tell Them To Drop The Ideological CRAP!
"Mr. Flaherty called the U.S. debt situation “very worrisome” but remained tight-lipped about any contingency plans for Canada in the case of a U.S. default."G & M-Here's the ideological crap…
The Toronto Star disgraces itself
Gather ‘round, bloggers. It’s solidarity time. The Toronto Star has permitted a small-time Christian activist to attack one of our best Canadian bloggers for having the temerity to raise Tim…
The Toronto Star disgraces itself
Gather ‘round, bloggers. It’s solidarity time. The Toronto Star has permitted a small-time Christian activist to attack one of our best Canadian bloggers for having the temerity to raise Tim…
Should We Just Up And Close Food Banks ?
That's what Elaine Power, an associate professor at Queen’s and some one who has spent more than a decade researching hunger and volunteering at food banks, recommended in her column…