Like most men, I hate dancing. Rather, what I hate is feeling that my movement to music needs to follow some set, aesthetically appropriate pattern. I’m all for spastic, cathartic flailing (I quite enjoy that, actually). But actual, legitimate dancing? I’ll pass.
And that’s surely a good thing, based on the news today. Not only did [...]
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Good at dancing? You might be evil
Remind me again… why does “elite” mean bad?
Of course, it doesn’t… if you’re the sort of person that’s beholden to “facts” and “evidence”. But our current federal government has proven, time and again, that facts and evidence are mere roadblocks in their quest to impose the ideological will of the small minority upon the entirety of the Canadian populace. Crime rate going [...]
Connecting The Dots, Edition #10
In this hectic world, often we don’t have sufficient time to connect the dots between seemingly disconnected stories that flicked their way through our collective consciousness. To help bridge this gap, say hello to Connecting The Dots, where I’ll endeavour to bring together and seemingly disparate stories into a contextualized, cohesive whole. Or I’ll just [...]
If at first you don’t succeed, get 10% bigger
Generally, when you hear about a batshit-insane American militia group like Hutaree — who fancy themselves “Christian warriors” and planned to murder police officers in order to foment a revolution — you hear that one of their major complaints is that the U.S. government is too big. While Hutaree is at the extreme end of [...]
It’s a fun job, and someone’s got to do it (calling out our political leaders, that is)
Since our elected officials seem incapable of, or unwilling to, police themselves, it’s nice that every so often, domestic diplomats and foreign heads of state decided to pick up the slack. Thankfully, the past seven days have provided us with two glorious examples of why our politicos should really get their shit together.
Firstly, we’ve got [...]
From Calgary to Cape Town, Stephen Harper is dangerous
So, remember a few weeks ago when the Harper government proposed that gender-neutrality-boosting amendment to O Canada? And remember how scarily effective it was as a political distraction (do you remember anything else from the throne speech?) And remember how some people suggested that it was an especially cynical ploy by a government largely unconcerned [...]
Misreading The News: March 12, 2010
With attention spans shrinking daily, folks have less time (or at least, they devote less time) to fully comprehend the world around them… especially the parts that don’t comply with their pre-existing beliefs and biases.
And with the explosive growth of the “new media”, people are likelier than ever to simply scan headlines, rather than reading [...]
Prorogation Update, March 3: It’s Over!
Status of Parliament: Still clos… err, I mean, open.
Oh, right. We’ve got elected officials, whose job it is to represent our interest and govern the country. I’d almost forgotten, what with those exciting Olympics and all.
And later today, one of those elected officials a vestigial tail of our colonial past — a.k.a. Governor General Michaelle [...]
Retro Squizz: “There goes the neighbourhood. Again.”
Retro Squizz is a blast from the past, a “gem” plucked from my six years’ worth of blogging archives. It’s also an easy way to post something on days when I don’t have time to come up with anything fresh. But hey, they’ve held up pretty well, I think. Today’s post was originally published to [...]