Burn, Hollywood, Burn
by matttbastard Salon knows the score – no Hollywood wingnut roundup is complete without giving mad props to alpha-wingnut Victoria Jackson: Again – no Hollywood wingnut roundup is complete without…
Beautiful day!
My friend S and I went for a walk after we picked up our fix today and ended up sitting beside the Ottawa river under the beautiful sun to do…
Stephen Harper’s New National Anthem
Looking into O Canada's history I've found that the song has had several vastly different variations before it was finally set as the one we know with the National Anthem…
Prorogued for This?
Everyone else has said it, but the government’s Olympic holiday was shown to be a total sham (like everyone knew it was) with today’s throne speech. We need to change…
Should Greens consider Thorium reactors?
Debate topic for pragmatic GREENsThanks to a tweet by Enviralment I just read an article on Thorium reactor technology that I think people should read. Thorium reactors have been around…
CENSORED by your local Police Department…
David Bratzer, an active officer in the ranks of the Victoria Police Department, and also a member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), was invited to speak at an event…
"It’s Not Fair, We Want Clean Air": Citizens for Clean Air Rally
Today at 2 p.m., I attended an extraordinary rally at Queen’s Park organized by the Citizens for Clean Air (C4CA). Thousands of people protested the proposed construction of a 900-megawatt…
"It’s Not Fair, We Want Clean Air": Citizens for Clean Air Rally
Today at 2 p.m., I attended an extraordinary rally at Queen's Park organized by the Citizens for Clean Air (C4CA). Thousands of people protested the proposed construction of a 900-megawatt…
"It’s Not Fair, We Want Clean Air": Citizens for Clean Air Rally
Today at 2 p.m., I attended an extraordinary rally at Queen’s Park organized by the Citizens for Clean Air (C4CA). Thousands of people protested the proposed construction of a 900-megawatt…
Ignatieff and Israel
Which federal party leader said this about Israel back in 2002? When I looked down at the West Bank, at the settlements like Crusader forts occupying the high ground, at…
Ignatieff and Israel
Which federal party leader said this about Israel back in 2002? When I looked down at the West Bank, at the settlements like Crusader forts occupying the high ground, at…
2010 vs 1972
All agree that yesterday’s gold medal hockey game was on par with the greatest hockey games of all time. Viewer ratings of the big game bare this out. About 80%…
Political spin makes me dizzy!
So, as much as I disagree with all that happens behind the scenes at the Olympics, I do support athletics and I do believe that our athletes are the best…
In honour of Helena Guergis and PEI
Considering her outburst on Feb 19 in Charlottetown I just had to post thisI hope somebody can pull the surveillance tapes for this little hissy fit, that would make a…
Naloxone programs
So I just found out that a good friend of mine died of an overdose while I was in jail last week. It came as quite a surprise to her…
We Need Heroes in the Davenport Riding
“Toronto will commit suicide if it plunges the Spadina Expressway into its heart… our planners are 19th century men with a naive faith in an obsolete technology. In an age…
We Need Heroes in the Davenport Riding
"Toronto will commit suicide if it plunges the Spadina Expressway into its heart... our planners are 19th century men with a naive faith in an obsolete technology. In an age…
We Need Heroes in the Davenport Riding
“Toronto will commit suicide if it plunges the Spadina Expressway into its heart… our planners are 19th century men with a naive faith in an obsolete technology. In an age…
Making the system work? Yeah, right!
The following is an editorial from the Ottawa Sun about a week or two ago.MAKING THE SYSTEM WORKPrisoners incarcerated for crimes against society think theyhave "rights" The right to have…
A TALE OF TWO PROROGATIONS
I didn’t even realize this until today, but apparently this letter to the editor was published in the National Post on February 12. The text of the letter is below:…