Friday night
Loooove this one, Goodwill & Hook 'n Sling, Take You Higher. It kind of cuts off at the end, that's because it's not officially out until next week.Other tunes for…
Americans can’t seem to apply Greek style austerity measures to stave off default, while Republicans flush their country down the toilet
If I was in U.S. House Speaker John A. Boehner’s shoes I would have agreed to President Obama’s terms in raising the country’s debt ceiling.Why? Well I think it’s because…
It takes effort to ignore the truth so rigorously
New Statesman, July 25, 2011 speaking of Scotland Yard and the British PMO's lack of interest in investigating the phone hacking scandal until forced to by stories in the Guardian.
Anders Behring Breivik: a Norwegian Timothy McVeigh?
Michelle Malkin et al. have been screaming "Jihad" all day over the bombings in Norway.Oops.A right wing nationalist with an animus towards Muslims?
alberta tories video on demand.
All the candidates for Alberta’s Progressive Conservative Party, save Alison Redford and Rick Orman, have used online videos to promote their campaign. What do their videos say about how their…
Friday night
Tonight's offerings are all guitar instrumentals though we'll work our way up to a good-sized band in support. This is Sonny Landreth flying solo in a television studio on Zydeco…
WTF…
… Is this new military logo for the Winnipeg Jets? Did the Harperites provide funding only if the owners adopted a warlike symbol for the new team? Crap. I really…
“No ‘elsewhere’ to go”
Friday, July 22, 2011 The Dene Tha’ First Nation has sought an order from the B.C. Supreme C...
Criminal Eyes: Is Toronto Sun Using Stock Photos on Its front Page?
This fellow seems to think so. Don't know what he's talking about re page 2, but that sounds interesting as well:So with Sun Media not being part of the Ontario…
The collapse of the moral universe of amerikkka…
from infoshop news...The Dark Future: America's DisappearedBy Chris HedgesDr. Silvia Quintela was “disappeared” by the death squads in Argentina in 1977 when she was four months pregnant with her first…
It’s better to light one candle than to curse the darkness
The Christophers
Our "world class" tarsands PR monitoring plan
This week saw our federal, provincial and territorial energy ministers, minus Ontario, trot out a joint communique describing the tarsands as "sustainable and responsible", even as the Cons were simultaneously slashing the federal Canadian…
An observation of mine on the weather/climate change
When a cold snap or a blizzard hits the US deep South, those people who are climate change skeptics are quick to denounce “global warming” or “climate change” as being…
McFadyen and Crime
We know that Hugh McFadyen and some of his supporters think that issue of crime is a game, a ball to be taken out every once an awhile and played…
Oh, please
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by permission. I spotted this on the Facebook Wall of Faytene Grasseschi (the former Faytene Kryskow) on Tuesday. The “status” reads: Faytene Grasseschi…
Festive Left Friday Blogging: Chavecito, fine ‘n’ dandy
And look! He’s entertaining visits from some friends in high places…again: El Ecuadorable was there, along with Fidel and Raúl Castro. And it looks like a good time was had…
Global University Rankings
The European University Association (EUA) recently released a report they’d commissioned entitled Global University Rankings and Their Impact. The report was written by Andrejs Rauhvargers. According to the EAU, one…
Mayor Ford Says: Come To City Hall Thursday, July 28, 9:30AM
Well, well, well, normally an invite from Rob Ford would end up in my garbage quicker than a brochure to take out a subscription to the National Post. But sometimes…
Vancouver East MP Libby Davies joins the fight for an unmetered Internet
In a letter sent today, Vancouver East MP Libby Davies encouraged her constituents to join her in signing the Stop The Meter petition. The Deputy Leader for the NDP writes:…