Mar

29

It’s the State, Dawg

March 29, 2008 | 23 Comments

(No, not Kinsella.)
Dr. Dawg draws attention to the case of anti-Israel Activist Mordecai Briemberg who has been hit with a lawsuit from Canwest for distributing a parody of the Vancouver Sun.
According to the article in Canadian Dimension: “The lawyer for Canwest has confirmed in writing that they have no documents whatsoever showing Mordecai Briemberg’s involvement […]

Mar

28

Memes

March 28, 2008 | 5 Comments

Now that I have figured out how to configure my top spot (to your left, buy me a beer!) so your link will stay up for a week let the rush begin. I note Kathy over at five feet of fury has already got a fine Muslim site supporting her work. Good stuff!
Meanwhile, as the […]

Mar

28

Once they start laughing at you…

March 28, 2008 | 2 Comments

Alas, the problem’s far worse for a neo-Nazi hoping to find a friendly website and meet a few kindred spirits. There must be a few genuine white supremacists whooping it up over at “Stormfront,” but they seem to be thin on the ground. Mr. Steacy, the CHRC’s lead investigator, is a member of Stormfront; Richard […]

Mar

28

A couple of years late, a dollar short

March 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment

“Today, it has become purely voluntary to pay for music,” Griffin told Portfolio.com in an exclusive sit-down this week. “If I tell you to go listen to this band, you could pay, or you might not. It’s pretty much up to you. So the music business has become a big tip jar.” portfolio.com
Jim Griffin is […]

Mar

28

Fun with Numbers

March 28, 2008 | 1 Comment

Wired has a really interesting article on Ray Kurzweil the Singularity guy. In it they talk about his “exponential” thinking.
But Kurzweil had a special confidence that grew from a habit of mind he’d been cultivating for years: He thought exponentially. To illustrate what this means, consider the following quiz: 2, 4, ?, ?.
What are the […]

Mar

28

Dumb and politically insane

March 28, 2008 | 3 Comments

A tentative deal between Marc Emery and the U.S. government over money laundering and drug charges has been nixed by Ottawa, the marijuana crusader said Thursday.
Mr. Emery says the federal Conservatives have refused to go along with a proposal that would have seen him spend five years behind bars for selling marijuana seeds through the […]

Mar

28

The Grand Coalition

March 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Liberal-Conservative coalitions are so alien to Canadian tradition that even today, everyone concerned pretends this one doesn’t exist. Liberals continue to criticize Tories, although Dion’s pathetic Question Period performances make it clear his heart isn’t in the game. Only Conservatives sit in the federal cabinet, but this is just part of the charade: to pacify […]

Mar

28

A tip jar which pays you!

March 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I know my faithful readers have been dying to buy me a beer….now you can!
To your left you will see a list of links. Your name with a link to your site or a site you like can go right there.
Just click.
$5.00….not quite the price of a beer in my local. Try it, it’s fun!

Mar

28

Geert Wilders’ Film

March 28, 2008 | 6 Comments

This is pretty damned powerful.
It takes fifteen minutes to watch.
I suspect by putting a link to it on my blog I might be in violation of s.13 of the Human Rights Act.
Somethings are important enough that you have to take that risk.
Update: LiveLeak demonstrates what real freedom of speech is about:
That being said, […]

Mar

28

WTF!!! Snow!

March 28, 2008 | 3 Comments

It is snowing in Oak Bay…The daffodils will die.
So far as I know Al Gore is not scheduled to speak anywhere nearby.

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