Monthly Archives: February 2010
Psycho Talking “Off the Cuff”
MSNBC’s Ed Schultz takes a well-deserved shot at Gretchen Carlson’s cockamamie theory about Sarah Palin’s reading crib notes from her hand during a follow-up interview at last weekend’s “Tea Party” convention as being a deliberate form of mockery aimed at … Continue reading
Filed under Media Bias, Obama
Alternative Voting
The embattled Labour government of Gordon Brown in the U.K. is proposing a new “alterative voting” scheme whereby, rather than simply marking an “X” on the ballot, citizens would indicate their preference for in ranking order for the various candidates … Continue reading
Filed under British Politics
Insidious “2 A.M. Worm”
ONN’s Tech Trends looks at the behaviour of a mysterious new computer virus that results in fraudulent late-night purchases and can even affect iPhones and Blackberries, making screens crack as though they were dropped.
Filed under Humour
Back to the Future
One thing that’s striking about the “Tea Party” movement is it’s almost exclusively white racial composition. This inconvenient truth was very much in evidence at last week’s TPN convention in Nashville, Tennessee. It shouldn’t be terribly surprising therefore that when … Continue reading
Filed under Racism, Right-Wing Haters
Teabagger Litmus Test
It seems unthinkable that Ron Paul would be challenged in his upcoming primary race by an assortment of disgruntled advocates of the populist movement that he arguably helped inspire and motivate. I don’t happen to agree with much of Paul’s … Continue reading
Filed under Populism
Is the HST Unconstitutional?
From the outset, let me just say that personally, I don’t care — in fact, I think that harmonizing taxes makes a lot of sense from the practical standpoint of efficiency in terms of revenue collection and remittance — but … Continue reading
Filed under B.C. Government
Better is… Better
The “smart grid” concept explained in practical terms using electric hybrids automobiles as a starting point for illustrating the idea of how a more intelligent framework of energy distribution might work. This new series of videos produced by Peter Sinclair … Continue reading
Filed under Environmental Policy, Technology
Wildfires & The “Free Market”
Sean Holman poses the question of the B.C. government: “Will wildfires burn a hole in the coming fiscal year’s budget?” A: Yes, likely they will. Which then naturally begs the supplementary question as to where the shortfall will be recouped … Continue reading
Filed under B.C. Government
Sarah Palin: Fox News “Analyst”
Having little else to do, I watched some of the former half-term Alaska governor (failed vice-presidential candidate, faux co-author of her own best-selling autobiography, teabagging keynote speaker, etc.) Sarah Palin’s blathering, incoherent word-soup lovingly dished up on the mind-numbingly dreadful … Continue reading
Filed under Media Bias, Obama
Shit Eaters
Look it up in the Dictionary… you’ll likely find these mugs in evidence. Seriously, are there three more despised people in the Western world than this loathsome trio of self-satisfied stooges?
Filed under Economy
