Le Snog
An enigmatic image from last night’s post-hockey riots apparently has CBC in a twit-storm: Actually, I like this image a lot better than the ones of rioters jumping on cop-cars.…
He’s going back to gaza…
via mostly water...Why I am joining the new flotilla to Gaza By Kevin Neish I'm running on empty but here are my thoughts. I've attached an earlier report I made…
‘Free speech’ warriors fight to keep Bill Ayers out of Canada
Conservatives love to talk 'free speech' and get upset when they meet the legal wall after they libel or defame. But if you happen to be a non-Con, the rules…
The Jackass de-Generation
What a disgusting generation. It would be one thing if they could get out of bed and hit the barricades to defend their fellows but sadly no. What brings this…
NDP’s New Look!
OTTAWA - Is the New Democratic Party looking more like the Liberal Party in drag these days? Not...quite. PS. Not a diss. This is actually my favorite pic of Mr.…
Terry Tremaine is Appealing (Actually, CHRT is Appealing. Note Update. Then Point and Laugh At Us).
Well, not really appealing. In fact he's not at all attractive. See what we did there? Funny? Eh? EH? No? Bah! We long for the Golden Age of Comedy when…
WelfAIR Canada: deal covers old employees while shafting youth
Well well well. http://www.thestar.com/mobile/NEWS/article/1010028 What have we here? The unions fought tooth and nail to protect the rich pensioners and left the youth out to dry. Have unions scealed their…
Ice Age Cancelled: Deniers Destined for Disappointment
Grand Solar Minimum.jpg The web is alive with idiotic commentary this week after the American Astronomical Society's solar physics division heard three new studies, all pointing towards declin...
The Case for a Ban on Gas Fracking: Food and Water Watch Report
Screen shot 2011-06-16 at 7.30.04 PM.png Last month, DeSmogBlog released Fracking the Future, an in-depth report on the threats posed by unconventional gas drilling and the efforts of the ...
Skeptical Science launches interactive history
SkepSci research history.png The great Australian blog SkepticalScience has launched an Interactive History of Climate Science that provides an instant - and visual - reference for the overwhelmi...
Of Rioters,Police And Social Media
I've had all day to digest the events in Vancouver last night,my first knee jerk reaction was how dare those idiots riot over a hockey game when they should have…
On the Canucks Riot, Protest, and Division
I was saddened and disappointed to watch Vancouver burn last night. Disappointed because the Canucks played so poorly and lost a game that they didn’t deserve to win, saddened to…
On Riots & Anarchists: the Media’s Reactionary Propaganda
Good afternoon Vancouver, how’s your head? The hand-wringing and spinning has commenced in full force now in the wake of the riot which gripped the downtown core after the Canucks…
Stories From the March on Blair Mountain – Part 1 The March
5812635770_02534c2672.jpg I arrived a few days early to headquarters in Marmet, WV with an overly large pack that threatened to topple me over with one slightly unbalanced step. A sleeping…
Light and fluffy time: delicious and hearty Mediterranean-style stew
Ok, I realize that stew is not something we would generally think of as light and fluffy – but I meant that this is not a serious political or philosophical…
Night Of The Neanderthals
A battered guy on the ground wearing a Bruins jersey. A security guard getting the shit beat out of him, simply trying to stop looters from destroying his store. This…
Tough on pot
When the Conservatives talk about 'tough on crime', this is what they really mean.
On the Vancouver riots
Wow things got ugly here last night, and I don’t mean downtown. Critical thinking gave way to mass condemnation online as an arms race of criticism took over any actual…
Jack Layton May Have Sold Out for Nothing
I mentioned yesterday being surprised that every single NDP voted in favour of bombing the hell out of Libya.Layton performed his usual posturing, saying yes drop those 1000 bombs, but…