Daily Archives: September 16, 2009
Whether Reform Works…
After months of ineffectual fidgeting and fucking around (to borrow an expression from Matt Taibbi), Senator Max “one of the biggest insurance-company whores in U.S. history” Baucus, today finally rolled out what former health insurance executive (since turned contentious human … Continue reading
Filed under Health Care & Medicine
Payne’s Grey
I’ve been thinking about this peculiar fellow today for some reason; perhaps because of the weather. The eponymous colour was always a favourite of mine back in the day when I was painting but I’d never bothered to find out … Continue reading
Filed under Art
42 Minutes…
Michael Ignatiff wants to know: What can Stephen Harper possibly do in three quarters of an hour that he hasn’t managed to accomplish over the last four years of his administration? It’s a reasonable enough question, but also one that’s … Continue reading
Photoshop® Glasses
A very cool idea… And not entirely impossible considering advances made in “augmented reality” over the last few years.
Filed under Pop Culture, Technology
The Conservative Coalition
Jack and Gilles went up the Hill to carry Harper’s water… So, the CBC is reporting that the Bloc Québécois has indicated it will support the government’s budget motion on Friday, thereby averting a federal election call and effectively propping … Continue reading
Fringey McFringersons
Rachel Maddow provides a brief history of “right-wing paranoid extremism” in America from Depression era demagogues like Father Coughlin to present day rabble-rousers such as FreedomWorks chairman Dick Armey and World Nut Daily’s Joe Serra, suggesting that there’s a case … Continue reading
Filed under Wingnuts
