What Gets You Banned From Fox News North
Saying "dildo". Not being a Nazi. Meanwhile, its official: on average Sun TV doesn't have enough viewers to fill a junior hockey rink. But that's better then Kory Teneycke expected.…
Pound The Table
I'm not sure why we never really seem to have a national conversation about First Nations, whether it's because of collective shame, indifference or elements of racism, but the relative…
A Look Into the Dark Recesses of Steve Harper’s Mind
Over at Grist.com there's a discussion about Canada's (Stevie Harper's) abandonment of Kyoto. One commenter posted the following 2002 letter our Ruler sent to his then - and now -…
Shock Doctrined Through Think Tanks
A CULTURE OF DEFIANCE: History of the Reform-Conservative Party of Canada I've been reading Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine, and what I find interesting, is that American Imperialism over the…
Higher standards
I have to disagree with my blogging colleague Jymn over his way about the different ways the Democratic Party and Republican Party handle scandals. I’d rather a party not lower…
The Tail Now Wags The Dog
Angelo Perischelli writes in today's Toronto Star that Stephen Harper has led a " ten year revolution." It has been, Perischelli claims, a quiet revolution:Harper’s changes are like the hands…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.” ~ Albert Einstein
WEB and Violence Fetishism
First, some idle thoughts. McKee was released from detention in Regina shortly before May 26 (he was sighted at that time with Natalie Serafini near the University of Calgary). On…
Why what we do to the environment matters not to nature.
With the climate change debate raging on, despite what the science is actually saying, there is a need to look at the long view. Now I don't mean a short…
Wankers of the Week: Weiners, wieners and just plain dicks
Crappy weekend, everyone! So, how are you liking Schlongergate? Yeah, me neither. But at least it spawned some funny toons, which I’ve put to good use here. Not everyone on…
On Studied Ignorance
As the Conservatives drift off to sleep, after an orgy of self-congratulation, they would do well to look at the following paragraph: The Canadian middle class is in crisis. Each…
"Innovative Technology"
From the Star: Conservative fundraiser Senator Irving Gerstein says “innovative” technology is directly responsible for electing 40 MPs – a margin that handed the party its majority victory. “Yes, you…
Reasons people were arrested at the Toronto G20
Swiped this from the always informative Cory Doctorow and Boing Boing. UPDATE: Here's the original provided by the author, Michael Vipperman (via the Comments).
There are no wise few. Every aristocracy that has ever existed has behaved, in all essential points, exactly like a small mob.
G. K. Chesterton
Weiner ordered to treatment for tweets. Dems converge to force his resignation.
Vitter given standing O by GOP after paying for sex and diaper changes. He remains in power, his seedy sexual deviance virtually ignored by media. I won't mention GOP hypocrisy…
On Canada’s roaming charges: We could stand to improve
Cross-posted from Mediamorphis It’s silly season again. The OECD just released another study showing that, on the telecom front, Canada is not doing so well, and continues to slide. This…
Watch: Lady Gaga does EuroPride proud in Rome
Lady Gaga concluded EuroPride celebrations Saturday in Rome with a call to international governments to defend gay rights, and an acoustic performance of her Born This Way and The Edge…
Exciting Crowdsourcing Opportunity!
With some people rightly wondering whether there's time to conduct a full and proper review of the Cons' budgetary plans before Parliament rises for the summer, now would figure to…