(Canadian shack wankbroglio: whaaaat. I don't even know how to approach that. I... don't know enough about what sparked this? Links, anyone?)

How about something to do with actual Canada?

*The Current was broadcasting from Whitehorse today for a special episode:

Absent Aboriginal Fathers ( Read more... )

In brief ( Read more... )

An Eloquent Plea for Democracy.
James Travers for the Toronto Star.
March 4, 2011 (Originally printed in 2009).Laughter or disbelief would have been my ’80s response to any gloomy prediction that within the next 20 odd years Canada’s iconic police force would twist the outcome of a federal election. I would have rejected out of hand the suggestion ( Read more... )

Metropolis is screening in Toronto at the Lightbox, Tuesday and Wednesday at 8PM. Toronto people, I'll see you there, right?

I'm actually going on Wednesday. Anyone who'd like to meet up, let me know.

Alternate: http://schmevil.dreamwidth.org/269133.html.
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1. Atheists and charity. My working thesis is that the reason atheists donate less to charity on average than do church-going believers, is that they aren't part of charitable communities. Churches and temples regularly engage in fundraising and charitable works. Where does the atheist go for the same kind of in-built charitable community? We have ( Read more... )

Some minor personal triumphs I have the pleasure of reporting: I crawled out of my sickbed to jog on the treadmill, took a needle to a vexatious splinter in my thumb, and fit into my old skinny jeans. Victory is mine. \o ( Read more... )

I'm going to make this brief, because I've caught the mother of all cold viruses and I'm due for a spell of unconsciousness in about five ( Read more... )

There is a phrase that I want banned: Canadian politics is boring. Canadian politics is no more boring than any other state's; like all political ecosystems it is by turns tedious and alarming. The key difference between American politics (which usually wins the competition of interest), and Canadian politics, or American politics and Finnish ( Read more... )

Conservative minority. Big surprise. The Liberals continue to be plagued by a host of organizational and leadership problems. No one but the Bloc really got out the vote. Even they struggled in some ridings. It's going to be years before we see a strong majority, but it would be nice to see more movement than ten seats for the $300 million we spent ( Read more... )

I have voted. Huzzah. Let's hope this Parliament outlasts and outperforms the last two ( Read more... )