Archive for the ‘politics’ Category

Prorogued

5, Jan 2010

The worst thing about the reporting of Harper’s prorogation is the fact that they’re calling it a “suspension.” As if they’re going to get back after the break and pick up their discarded text-books and get back to work.
It’s more like an expulsion.
Seriously, if you kid gets suspended from school she at least gets to [...]

minimum

16, Dec 2009

Economic experts (ie: people who have never worked for a living, but like to talk about it a lot) are talking about what a boost to the economy lowering the minimum wage would be.
Actually, though, the argument works even better if you talk about lowering the maximum wage. Then we can hire more CEOs, at [...]

a valuable visit

3, Dec 2009

Harper is doing another China visit to drum up trade after he pissed them off by (rightly! I know, right?) criticizing their atrocious, shameful human rights record. Since it’s one of the world’s largest economies, and our second-largest trading partner, this mission is probably a good idea – especially since, Harper says, he remains firm [...]

The latest shit to hit the “we have complex feelings about the darkies” fan is the minaret ban in Switzerland.
Allow me to be the three hundred-thousandth person to say: Eugh.
Aside from the absurdity of banning a whole school of architecture – because if that’s what this is about, they should really start with Modernist and [...]

When in doubt, blog.

1, Dec 2009

Do you know what I hate? Lots of things. But enough about me – well, we can never say enough about me, but that’s good for now. I’ve decided to embark on a new project (tah-dah!). Away from the prying eyes of employers and next-door neighbours, this corner of the internet is going to be [...]


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