CIA Tortured For Bad Info
Don't worry folks, no one will go to prison for the massive torture program we ran, but we'll still condemn other countries for injustice. — Nima Shirazi (@WideAsleepNima) December 9,…
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SaskPower, How’s That 14 Year Test Going?
Dear SaskPower, I’m interested in seeing the statistics regarding the electricity generated by the test panels installed on the Saskatchewan Science Centre, in the attached picture, and as mentioned in…
Who Needs Water Anyway?
A delusional remark in a CBC article: “Canada, which has long been criticized for being heavily dependent on shipping natural resources to the rest of the world.” Our Prime Minister,…
Saskatchewan’s Biggest Net Loss
How did Postmedia manage to let this Hanley column sneak into its pages? Mandryk got his shots in at Cenovus and Wall already too. SaskWind has provided a breath of…
NOAA Numbers Manipulated
This is a short essay about why our species can’t have nice things. A PhD Meteorologist in Florida claims that because October 2003 was hottest since October 2014 by only…
ConCalls: Conservatives’ “(technically) clean hands” #RoboCon
Check out @LindaMcQuaig latest column: Why the robocalls conspiracy will happen again — quietly | iPolitics http://t.co/rPdhmu380t #cdnpoli — Yamina Tsalamlal (@YaminaTsa) December 4, 2014 Avoiding any responsibility was no…
Legislatively “Balancing” Human Rights
There is a simple, time-honoured rule about attempting to “balance” human rights classes in legislation so that it works out a particular way every time, and it goes like this:…
Playing Soldiers
At the Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa this year there was an impostor. Frank Gervais attended ceremonies in Ottawa in a military uniform, but was later found to be playing…
“People are going to die”
First Nations Financial Transparency Act: Watch Pam Palmater put the Canadian Taxpayers Federation in its place. “We don’t even have enough money to have websites, how the heck are we…
French Parliament Votes to Recognize Palestinian State
France’s Socialist-led parliament has passed a symbolic vote to recognize Palestinian statehood, despite staunch objections from Israel. MPs in Britain and Spain have already passed similar motions. The proposal was…
Ford Fin
Rob Ford is no longer the Mayor of Toronto. Not in name, not in law, not in anything but perhaps the delusional recesses of his brother’s mind. A quiet ending…
Rob Ford No Longer Mayor of Toronto
Rob Ford has been the worst mayor of Toronto and as of today he’s officially no longer mayor. I say officially because he was stripped of his real power over…
Inequality for All
I watched Robert Reich’s film last summer on a camping trip. I woke up in the middle of a pitch-dark night and couldn’t fall back asleep. I tried a movie…
“Strategic” Voting Weakens Democracy
“Strategic” voting is a bad idea. Organized “strategic” voting improves nothing. Worse, “strategic” voting creates an illusion of trust where there are no possible checks and balances. It’s a scheme…
#BlackFriday Is So Very Offensive
A few years ago when the media started buying into the spindoctors’ PR BS about “Black Friday”, in the USA, I was severely disappointed. I’ve let that grow into a…
#LyingLeona Lets Them Eat Cake From The Dump
Conservative Minister Leona A. is a disgrace. That means she’s a fine representative of the Conservative Party of Canada. You may remember other Lying Leona blunders from such stories as…
ConCalls: May was never contacted about #elxnfraud complaint in #RoboCon
“If the Commissioner of Canada Elections is prepared to ignore the findings of two judges, I think that will speak very poorly of the powers of investigations we have in…
No Doug, No Problem
If at first you don’t succeed, try something you’re even less qualified for? Not exactly conventional wisdom, but very little of that applies when talking about the Fords. For example,…
ConCalls: Conservative Tried To Vote Twice
Here’s yet another example of Conservatives behaving criminally, and being let off the hook by Elections Canada. There’s such a culture of crime in the Conservative Party, I wonder when…