Do Something Good Today!

This is kind of a no-brainer that will not only instantly make you feel like a better person (not that you aren’t super-terrific and a box of chocolates already, of course), but could, quite literally give someone the gift of life. All you have to do is click on the above graphic and go register [...]

Yawn Me a River

Here’s a news flash: polls go up and down slightly from month to month, but the relative splits in party support don’t crucially part ways in any significant fashion until election time (when the crucial 5-8% of uncommitted “swing voters” suddenly decides which way the wind is blowing).

Can we all go back to sleep [...]

Tales of Cognitive Dissonance

“I can tell you that this team of candidates I have with me here today is THE best team of B.C. Liberal candidates we’ve ever had the opportunity to run with.” — Premier Gordon Campbell

Alrightee then:
A top cop who’s a chronic speeder. Another candidate who was charged with drunk driving. [...]

Witch Hunts and Economic Scapegoats

Economist Raymond Fisman examines the phenomenon of economic scapegoating, as illustrated through modern-day witch hunts in Tanzania.

And to think that Sarah Palin was blessed by a Christian witch-hunter. Hmmm, rather curious and somewhat disturbing when you think about it, no?
Ah, but never mind that. If you have the time and/or inclination [...]

Mudfortunate*

Very sad news this morning… Our good online buddy, liberal compatriot and most excellent, long-time friend of the blog, Red Canuck, has been diagnosed with terminal cancer.
As groundless as they may be, it’s difficult not to entertain some faint hopes that he might yet prevail against the odds and just perhaps, like David Hume’s [...]

Stephen Taylor Nods Off

Who cares about accuracy?

h/t: Canadian Cynic

Update: Amazing corrections have since been made without any reference made whatsoever to previous boneheanded mistakes! Shock and horror! Moral of the story — always, always take screengrabs, boys and girls, because so-called “conservatives” are total fucking douchebags.

Iggy Busted by the Raging Grannies

Yet another one of Ignatieff’s “re-interpretations” it seems; this time on the exportation of asbestos to third-world countries:

As reported in the Gazette recently:
At a Victoria town-hall meeting on March 28, Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff acknowledged the double standard whereby the Canadian government is spending millions of dollars to remove [...]

“Debate” O’Reilly Style

Sometimes it’s just too easy to make fun of Bill O. In fact, no effort is required at all; just post the clip and let him do the work himself. Here he is “debating” (i.e., shouting down and talking over) the torture issue with Newsday columnist and Fox News contributor Ellis Henican:
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Cheney: “A Man Who Frightens Easily”

Granted that Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, the Chief of Staff to former Secretary of State Colin Powell, has been an outspoken critic of the Bush administration since leaving the State Department in 2005, but his assessment of Dick Cheney and the general fear mongering of the Bush administration in the post 9/11 environment is pretty insightful. [...]

A-Pod

A-Pod is an ant inspired hexapod robot with a 2 degrees of freedom (DOF) abdomen, a 3 DOF head with large mandibles and 6 legs with 3 DOF each. Total 25 servos.

Very cool sound track by a group called Trifonic with Lies.