Did you see any of the new stories about John Jost and teams’s forthcoming research paper? The one about how “behavioural residue” can be used to predict political leanings? “Conservative rooms tended to be cleaner, more brightly lit, better organized, less cluttered, and also more conventional and ordinary in terms of decoration,” Jost said during a panel discussion on “The… Read more →
Category: Political
Really Not A Suprise
You are a Social Liberal (76% permissive) and an… Economic Liberal (15% permissive) You are best described as a: Socialist Link: The Politics Test on Ok Cupid Also : The OkCupid Dating Persona Test Read more →
US Election Much Less Scary This Week
I’m pretty confident in Obama pulling it off at this point. I know I shouldn’t get my hopes up, but with McCain imploding, Palin being more of a joke every day, and this latest round of Hail Mary bullshit, I’m feeling pretty good. And, you know, almost every time I hear Obama speak I find myself agreeing with him. I… Read more →
Spreading The Word On Harper
A surprising number of people have asked me why I am so strongly opposed to Harper and his lot getting a majority government. It’s like they weren’t paying attention. I would think that anyone who has had their eyes open for the last eight years would have had an object lesson already in what happens when you give a bunch… Read more →
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I love that the Progressive Conservative Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador is spearheading an “Anything But Conservative” anti-Conservative campaign in the election. I wish it was more because of the ReformConservatives’ scary policies, and less because of them screwing over the Atlantic provinces on resource revenues, but I’ll take it anyway.
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I am still desperately miserable about the upcoming (Canadian) election. Every time I check out Elect-o-pinion.ca I want to pound nails into my eyes, even if it sometimes does bring me lovely things like 100+ Reasons Not to Vote for Harper.
The Harlequin Is Out
Today, as my grandfather would say, the sadness is upon me. Let’s just say that my growing fear that McCain’s Big Lie tactics will work, combined with my stark and utter terror at the nearly inescapable certainty of a Harper majority, have made me miserable today. I’ve lost faith in my fellow man. Maybe I’ll be chipper tomorrow. Read more →
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I thought the whole Bing thing was a joke, until I saw the announcement of McCain’s plan to invade Canada.
Context
Have I spoken of the Lapham’s Quarterly blog? It’s a fine, fine thing–they take current topical news stories, and link them to something contextual from history to provide a different view, or highlight a particular nuance, etc. A recent piece, contrasts some US election pandering with… well, that would be telling, but anyway you should check it out. The editors… Read more →
It’s actually not a joke, although it’s easy to come up with a punchline
I’ve been quick to criticize American history for HUAC, and CoIntelPro, and the general internal espionage of the early FBI, as well not recognizing the lessons of history when they swing around again, so I should probably also point out that we do a lot of the same stuff. As you can see in the story that broke this week… Read more →
They love us, they really love us.
Apparently the insidious KentuckianYeah, I know all you Yanks do this, but I first heard of this foul scheme as being based out of Kentucky. plan of using false Canadian flags while abroad to smear the international reputation of my nation has not worked. Canada takes No. 1 spot in global image poll Canada came out best in a globe-spanning… Read more →
Those JibJab guys are funny
Conservatives condone suspension of due process and torture of children.
And then there’s this one, which makes me so angry I’m not sure I can even write coherently about it. A day after a report revealed Canadian officials knew of Omar Khadr’s harsh treatment by the U.S. military, Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Thursday repeated vows to leave the case in U.S. hands. … A Canadian official visiting Khadr in… Read more →
Conservatives in league with war criminals, despite will of the public
Here’s one that both angers me and makes me embarrassed to be a Canadian: globeandmail.com: Canada deports U.S. army deserter U.S. army deserter Robin Long was quietly deported from Canada Tuesday morning, while protesters unaware of his whereabouts picketed the Canada-U.S. border crossing south of Vancouver. The first and most important question here is why are we letting a minority… Read more →
Conservatives: cheats and liars
I am filled with rage at our offensive, crypto-Republican right wing minority government today. Let’s look at few things in order of ascending offensiveness. First we’ll start with financial irregularities, disregard for the rule of law, and good old talking points spin: Elections chief counters Tory defence on expenses practices Elections officials found no evidence that other political parties engaged… Read more →
