Tim Hudak Gets The Wedge
Ontario Libs always seem to fight a little harder than their Federal counterparts.
Shades of Green – Don’t worry, Be Happy
"Don't worry, be happy" is the refuge of the deceived and the oblivious, the attitude that people assume when they fail to recognize the reality of their situation. "Trust us,"…
Michele "Crazy Eyes" Bachmann makes cover of Newsweek. Wingnuts not pleased.
Click to embiggen to crazy big size Have to admit this week's cover of Newsweek featuring a crazed-looking Michele Bachmann is not exactly flattering. But it is an accurate portrait.…
The Importance of "Legacy" Media in Telling It How It Is: The Case of The New York Times
" On of the pleasures of being back in an almost-settled house is that we have more time to intersting things. Friends called yesterday to ask if we'd like to…
WI tea party CHEERS being blamed for causing S&P downgrade
It takes a special person to be proud of being the brunt of the blame from S&P downgrade, but the members of the Wisconsin tea party are such special people.…
Vancouver Sun: One-fifth of Canadians would turn down a million dollars to stay online
By Amy Chung for Postmedia News One-fifth of Canadians polled in a new survey said they would turn down a million dollars in order to keep their Internet access -…
Facts vs. Narrative, Utoya Edition
by matttbastard Norwegian journalist Magnus Nome was in the good ol’ US of A when self-styled counterjihadist crusader Anders Breivik decided to escalate his murderous fantasies about Eurabian conquest from…
Capitalism vs Democracy
This article in the Globe & Mail about the ongoing debt crisis in the USA and Europe caught my attention. Not because it offered any interesting or unique insight into…
A rather meaningless poll
I see Nanos is trumpeting a poll that says the Conservatives have fallen back into minority territory, while the Liberals have made big gains. It’s nice to see Conservative support…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for August 8, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Who was that masked man? Court protects anonymity of internet users - http://goo.gl/ujAOj Group says it hacked U.S. law enforcement…
20 Tips for first-year students: #1 Make the most of your first few weeks (Orientation to Mount Allison University)
20 Tips in 20 Days for first-year students: #1 – Make the most of your first few weeks Your first days at Mount Allison are approaching quickly. In the first…
YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2011 when…
1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave... 2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years. 3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach…
Watch: iPad app helps children understand gay parents
Raghava KK is an artist originally from Bangalore, India, who now lives and works out of New York. His recent immigration to the US was due to censorship of his…
A Poll That Means Nothing
The honeymoon may be over, but they still have a majority in the HOC, and one soft poll this early in their term won't do a thing to impede whatever…
The Mumpsimus Blog – Simcoe County to consider rail line acquisition
The Barrie-Collingwood Railway (BCRY) may have a little more life left in it. There's a motion on the agenda for the County of Simcoe's Planning and Economic Development committee for…
Queer Thoughts 2011-08-08 06:09:00
It was 1976 - A British Columbia Court dismisses the appeal of the Vancouver Sun against a decision of the Canadian Human Rights Commission's board of inquiry that found the…
Brazil Ponders Heterosexual Pride Parade
The city of São Paulo approved legislation last week that would bring a heterosexual pride day to the city, if the Mayor approves it. Carlos Apolinario, the bill’s sponsor, said…
Nalcor Royalties – more information
Nalcor, the provincial government’s energy corporation, paid $142,332 in royalties on North Amethyst in 2010. The company has paid $317,399 in 2011 on the same project up to the end…
Harper’s travelling cabinet
Stephen Harper and several members of his cabinet have left for a six-day trip to Latin America to “bolster trade” with countries there, particularly Brazil, and sign a bunch of…
US Gives Alaska to AAA Rated Canada to Pay off Debt (CNN)
If you look carefully at the CNN map, it appears there is even a pixelfor the north of 49th American Indian reservation. Unfortunately, thatattention to detail didn't extend to Alaska...Oh,…