So Jack Layton died this morning, leaving behind him a posthumous letter to the effect of 'I regret nothing ( Read more... )

"Someday, people who are terrified, you will laugh about this. And someday, people who are laughing, you will be terrified." -- Lemony Snicket, Senior Correspondent for Politically Unfortunate Events

Won the battle, lost the war. But oh what a glorious and unforgettable battle it was! Still, when I summed up the possibilities last night, I didn't expect/want them all to happen at once! :P

We'll see what comes next.

More later, maybe.

...and the headlines are apparently just trying to blatantly out-do each other now. The possibility of an NDP official opposition, the fear of a possible Conservative majority, the hope of the first Green MP (or maybe even two!) in Canadian history... and with 12 hours to go before voting starts, we're in a total eclipse of Osama.

Apparently ( Read more... )

http://twitter.com/#!/CanMedianVoter

Working hard to elect the first Green MP in Canadian history. Might actually pull it off. More later.

From a week ago, not that I heard a single damn thing about it:

"The 15th annual anti-police brutality protest in Montreal which started peacefully, but ended with a brutal crack down by the police"

A more, ahem, 'sanitized' report is over here.

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All of this brought to mind by this lovely basket of cheer direct from London.

A note up front: I wrote none of the following, though I agree with virtually all of it. (And for one particular snippet, I say that as a Philosophy-minor.)

It has been frequently noted that many corporations exceed nation states in GDP. It has been less frequently noted that some also exceed them in population (employees ( Read more... )

A few weeks back, wraywolf hooked me up with this brilliant music video that I found at once hilarious and heartbreaking--the History of the USSR in the Key of Tetris--and ever since then Tetris-related awesomeness seems to be lurking everywhere I turn*! So I figured I'd stick a few of my favorites here for easy reference.

Complete History Of The Soviet ( Read more... )

We all know about GuysWithiPhones by now, yes? (Note, LINK IS DEFINITELY NOT SAFE FOR WORK, though there is at least a non-zero chance there will be no actual visible cock on the front page at any given moment.)

There's even a modest list of GWiP-lebrities who've posted (generally non-nude) pics of themselves! There's Chris Rock Lil Duval* in a ( Read more... )