Maybe John Edwards Has Been a Progressive Democrat All Along?
[Doesn't he look a little bit like early Elvis here?]: I’d like to think he’s been progressive all along. I’d like to think the 2004 run was a time when he had to be just the running mate. But now that Edwards is sounding all anti-Republican-Lite and anti corporate cronyism, I can’t help but think [...]
Please Stop It!…by Knepomuk
What kind of scheme is needed to deliver the line “Please buy it” with a straight face? See here… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L6cD3CSO2w] Now that’s balls. Share the Love: Twitter del.icio.us email RSS Facebook Google Bookmarks Digg LinkedIn StumbleUpon Technorati Yahoo! Buzz
Spreading Ignorance about Global Warming
Global warming deniers are really starting to annoy me. I’ve already compared them to Holocaust deniers because of their techniques and self-serving conflicts of interest. Now I get to lump in the Media Research Center with them all. The MRC is a neutral, almost academic sounding institution that “tracks liberal media bias” ["liberal" used as [...]
No to MexAmeriCanada: Vancouver Protests the SPP
Tearing up the Magna Carta We are witnessing the dismantling of the Magna Carta with the North American Union, The Security and Prosperity Partnership [SPP] and the North American Competitiveness Council. Almost 800 years ago we somehow wrestled the elites of the British monarchy to issue the Magna Carta, a bill of rights for humanity, [...]
NASCAR Dads and "Canada’s New Government"
Well, the NASCAR dads are definitely wearing the Prime Sinister’s college ring this year [see below]. Not only are they into one of the best global warming sports around, they work hard, pay their taxes and play by the rules. The height of pandering to some red state United States Everyman is a shallow ticket [...]
"Progress", Redux
Before I post my larger review of it, George Monbiot’s new book, Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning has a poignant line about our sense of progress: “We have come to believe we can do anything. We can do anything….Progress now depends upon the exercise of fewer opportunities.” [p. 188] If progress is [...]
Psst, Wanna Buy a BC River?
September 30, 2007 is British Columbia Rivers Day! This is a time to celebrate the role BC rivers have played in the history of our province, from before Europeans came [though we don't really seem to actually care too much about that] until today: British imperialism, economics, recreation, [ecology, yes], etc. Wouldn’t it be great [...]
Gay pride versus the mayor of Truro…by Daniel Peters
As a change of pace from the usual west coast madness on this blog, I present a bit of madness from the east coast. This weekend’s Gay Pride parades and other activities in Nova Scotia’s Pictou County have been in the news for the last week. It seems that the city council of Truro decided [...]
The NPA Union-Busters: an Open Letter to Vancouver City Council
If you agree with this posting, I strongly encourage you to email the Vancouver Mayor and City Council with a letter explaining just what you expect of them. Feel free to even copy this letter, sign it and send it to them at mayorandcouncil@city.vancouver.bc.ca which will forward to each of them. Dear Mayor and Council, [...]
Four Dogs, a Bone, Some Inner Truths and Rich Hilarity
Four Dogs and a Bone, playing at Havana Theatre on Commercial Driveuntil Sunday, August 12, is an effortlessly funny play that has justenough meandering through core identity neuroses for the audience toappreciate the gravity of being, particularly the being of expressive,artistic people. It quite simply succeeds. As a movie producer, screenwriter and two hapless ingénues [...]
The End of "Mayor" Sam Sullivan
Welcome Peter Ladner, NPA’s next mayoral candidate. Sam Sullivan has unofficially ended his term as mayor at 11:03AM today as CUPE announced a tentative settlement in North Vancouver. We have passed the tipping point in the regional dispute. Sullivan’s strategy has been absurd, ill-conceived and ill-informed at best, arrogant and destructive at worst. In fact, [...]
Post-Post-Modernist, Non-Ironic Self-Reflexivity in Advertising: It Bores/Annoys Me Already
Click on that image above to view it in a nice, big size. You won’t regret it. So, every once in a while, the free daily Metro does away with…I don’t know how to say this…any actual news on the front page. It just puts an ad there. The whole page. And the next page [...]
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