It’s April 27, 2013: a few days after my blog’s…
It’s April 27, 2013: a few days after my blog’s first anniversary, the weekend of Rebelfest in Hamilton, and a few days before International Workers’ Day (aka Mayday, aka the…
American politics
Dumb move on Harper’s part: manages to equate JT and President Obama together as wimps on terror
I don’t normally blog this late, or on a Friday night.. but I couldn’t pass this up. Tonight, the police managed to capture the 2nd suspect in the Boston Marathon…
As a follow-up to my last post, here are a few quotes about our…
As a follow-up to my last post, here are a few quotes about our crazy, corrupt, upside-down world. “A sane person to an insane society must appear insane” – Kurt…
Looking for Dr. Goodpain? Check the Reflection in the Mirror Dr. Krugman
Far be it from me to cast a pox on what has been one of the only few bright lights in the last few years but premises matter. In Krugman’s…
Endorsement for Joyce Murray
Murray Can Lead Canada Forward | Chris Wattie, Reuters (via National Post) For almost seven years, Stephen Harper has been the Prime Minister. Canadian progressives unite in their call that…
Fuck the USA!* *and to be fair, fuck Canada for allowing the…
Fuck the USA!* *and to be fair, fuck Canada for allowing the Harper Conservatives to drag our country through the muck, down the same failed, destructive and suicidal path as…
A comparison of car regulations vs gun regulations
I saw this on Facebook from a friend: It was made by the “Occupy” movement in the US, and obviously is most relevant to them, but with what has been…
Mass Shootings by the Numbers
Over three-quarters of the firearms used to carry out mass shootings in the United States since 1982 were obtained legally. How on Earth can there not be a national discussion…
Emerging Consensus on Gay Marriage
Assuming that the world survives this coming December 21, the United States Supreme Court is expected to rule on two cases in June which could result in the nation-wide legalization…
On the Latest School Shooting: Symptoms, Disease, and Gun Control
With every problem, there are symptoms and there is the disease. In the wake of yet another mass shooting in the United States today — this one leaving twenty-seven dead…
The great lie of the populist politician – by Don Gillmor, November 23, 2012
The great lie of the populist politician - by Don Gillmor, November 23, 2012 : http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/1291812—the-great-lie-of-the-populist-politician The linked column is a great summary of the North American tradition of rich...
John McCain…
… and Republicans like him? They are unquestionable, prime, grade A assholes. Yup. These morons are even more partisan than the Harperites. Democracy sucks, eh Tea Brains? (5) Trashy, Ottawa,…
I should feel sorry for them, right?
Naaawwwww! (5) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Obama wins! Marijuana legalized?!?!
(On a quick side note, I’m going to start breaking up my posts into the different topics in the title, using red headings, as seen below - ‘Fiscal Cliff and…
President Obama re-elected, and the geeks with their models got it right.
President Obama won a tough battle last night over Mitt Romney and has been re-elected to President of the United States. In the electoral count, it will end up (after…