Trying to deflect blame (something conservatives love to do) for the 1 billion dollar G20 bill, we get this little gem:
As the public outcry grows against the huge cost for the three-day meeting, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews told CTV’s Question Period yesterday that using the military – which would have been a much cheaper option than the RCMP – would have provoked political outrage from the Liberals.
“You know, of course, what the opposition parties would say, the Liberals, they would say the army in streets with guns,” said Mr. Toews.
In part says Mr. Toews decisions around security were “political decisions.”
Read more here.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Saturday, May 29, 2010
The Doha Debates
BBC is airing The Doha Debates:
The Doha Debates are chaired by the award-winning former BBC correspondent and interviewer Tim Sebastian, who founded them in 2004 and secured their editorial independence.
Although the Debates are financed by the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, no government, official body or broadcaster has any control over what is said at the sessions or who is invited.
Televised eight times a year by BBC World News, the Debates are based on a centuries-old format, refined by the famous Oxford Union. They focus on a single, controversial motion, with two speakers for and against. Once they have outlined their arguments, each speaker is questioned by the chairman and the discussion is then opened up to the audience for argument and a final electronic vote.
The 350-strong audiences are drawn mainly from Qatar’s student body and come from all over the Arab and Islamic worlds. In several debates they have adopted radical and unexpected positions.
Read more here.
The Doha Debates are chaired by the award-winning former BBC correspondent and interviewer Tim Sebastian, who founded them in 2004 and secured their editorial independence.
Although the Debates are financed by the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, no government, official body or broadcaster has any control over what is said at the sessions or who is invited.
Televised eight times a year by BBC World News, the Debates are based on a centuries-old format, refined by the famous Oxford Union. They focus on a single, controversial motion, with two speakers for and against. Once they have outlined their arguments, each speaker is questioned by the chairman and the discussion is then opened up to the audience for argument and a final electronic vote.
The 350-strong audiences are drawn mainly from Qatar’s student body and come from all over the Arab and Islamic worlds. In several debates they have adopted radical and unexpected positions.
Read more here.
England finds yet another sleazy way to fingerprint children
Students in Manchester are having their thumbprints digitally transformed into electronic codes, which can then be recognised by a computer program.
Under the scheme, pupils swipe a bar code inside the book they want borrow then press their thumb on to a scanner to authorise the loan. Books are returned in the same way.
Read more here.
Under the scheme, pupils swipe a bar code inside the book they want borrow then press their thumb on to a scanner to authorise the loan. Books are returned in the same way.
Read more here.
Malawi does the right thing
Mr wa Mutharika had been under international pressure to reconsider the convictions of Steven Monjeza, 26, and Tiwonge Chimbalanga, 20. They were arrested in December after they were united in a traditional wedding ceremony in the conservative southern African country, where homosexuality is illegal.
Mr. Mutharika isn't happy about it, but who fucking cares, they're free.
Now get out of the country guys, there's nothing homophobes like less (other than gays) than being denied the opportunity to be spiteful, awful people.
Read more here.
Mr. Mutharika isn't happy about it, but who fucking cares, they're free.
Now get out of the country guys, there's nothing homophobes like less (other than gays) than being denied the opportunity to be spiteful, awful people.
Read more here.
Friday, May 28, 2010
More proof Syfy is run by morons
Brainstorming new ways to annoy hardcore sci-fi fans, Syfy is expanding its reality programming by ordering three shows -- including its first cooking show.
The network is announcing "Marcel's Quantum Kitchen," "Paranormal Witness" and "Face Off.
Read more here.
The network is announcing "Marcel's Quantum Kitchen," "Paranormal Witness" and "Face Off.
Read more here.
Glenn Beck acknowledges his own cruddiness
In discussing how President Obama uses children to shield himself from criticism, I broke my own rule about leaving kids out of political debates. The children of public figures should be left on the sidelines. It was a stupid mistake and I apologize--and as a dad I should have known better.
Read more here.
Read more here.
Why Is a White Actor Playing 'Prince of Persia' Title Role?
Because many whites won't watch a movie with a star that isn't white, duh.
Besides, it's a fucking Disney film. Disney hasn't the best record in the portrayal of "ethic" (an awful term I know) characters over the years. There's a reason they keep "Song of the South" under lock and key.
White characters they just turn into idiots.
It's awful living in an age that will be laughed at and reviled by future generations.
a comment: "Obviously the flip side of the debate is just as ridiculous; could a believable biopic about Miles Davis be made with a Chinese actor"
Read more here.
Besides, it's a fucking Disney film. Disney hasn't the best record in the portrayal of "ethic" (an awful term I know) characters over the years. There's a reason they keep "Song of the South" under lock and key.
White characters they just turn into idiots.
It's awful living in an age that will be laughed at and reviled by future generations.
a comment: "Obviously the flip side of the debate is just as ridiculous; could a believable biopic about Miles Davis be made with a Chinese actor"
Read more here.
Freedom and Democracy at work as Toronto police get sound cannons for G20
A big "Fuck You" from our glorious leaders.
Why do they hold these meeting in cities anyway? Good restaurants and hookers harder to find otherwise?
Riotous protesters marching at the G20 summit next month may be greeted with ear-splitting “sound cannons,” the latest Toronto police tool for quelling unruly crowds.
Toronto police have purchased four, long-range acoustic devices (LRAD) — often referred to as sound guns or sound cannons — for the upcoming June 26-27 summit, the Star has learned.
Purchased this month, the LRADs will become a permanent fixture in Toronto law enforcement, said police spokesperson Const. Wendy Drummond.
Boy, bet there's a lot of police having orgasms today over that bit of news.
Best bit of bullshit in the story:
the devices will primarily be used by police as a “communication tool.” The devices double as loudspeakers and can blast booming, directional messages or emergency notifications in 50 different languages
All saying: "HOW DARE YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHTS AS A FREE CITIZEN. THIS WILL TEACH YOU!"
Sound cannons speak louder than words.
Read more here.
Why do they hold these meeting in cities anyway? Good restaurants and hookers harder to find otherwise?
Riotous protesters marching at the G20 summit next month may be greeted with ear-splitting “sound cannons,” the latest Toronto police tool for quelling unruly crowds.
Toronto police have purchased four, long-range acoustic devices (LRAD) — often referred to as sound guns or sound cannons — for the upcoming June 26-27 summit, the Star has learned.
Purchased this month, the LRADs will become a permanent fixture in Toronto law enforcement, said police spokesperson Const. Wendy Drummond.
Boy, bet there's a lot of police having orgasms today over that bit of news.
Best bit of bullshit in the story:
the devices will primarily be used by police as a “communication tool.” The devices double as loudspeakers and can blast booming, directional messages or emergency notifications in 50 different languages
All saying: "HOW DARE YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHTS AS A FREE CITIZEN. THIS WILL TEACH YOU!"
Sound cannons speak louder than words.
Read more here.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
CNN uses time machine to blame women...again
"Parents who shouldn't be allowed on planes"
It should be "Hack writers that shouldn't be allowed to write"
Whiny story about misbehaving kids on airplanes, with spends the whole time blaming "moms"
WTF CNN, is it still 1950 for you?
Read more here.
It should be "Hack writers that shouldn't be allowed to write"
Whiny story about misbehaving kids on airplanes, with spends the whole time blaming "moms"
WTF CNN, is it still 1950 for you?
Read more here.
Walmart in Wichita, Kansas: Idiots of the Day
Heather Ravenstein tried to save Wal-Mart some money Friday by foiling a shoplifter's plan to steal a $600 computer, but it cost her her job...
...The next day, about two hours before her shift was over, Ravenstein says an assistant manager asked to speak with her. He then told her it's against Wal-Mart policy for anyone but a manager or someone in asset protection to try to stop a customer from stealing.
"He said there's really no gray area," Ravenstein says. "It just goes straight to termination."
She was told to turn in her badges and keys.
"I was in shock at first," Ravenstein says. "I didn't think anything like this would happen."
Read more here.
...The next day, about two hours before her shift was over, Ravenstein says an assistant manager asked to speak with her. He then told her it's against Wal-Mart policy for anyone but a manager or someone in asset protection to try to stop a customer from stealing.
"He said there's really no gray area," Ravenstein says. "It just goes straight to termination."
She was told to turn in her badges and keys.
"I was in shock at first," Ravenstein says. "I didn't think anything like this would happen."
Read more here.
"Suspected" homophobic scumbags arrested in Windsor
Windsor police have arrested two men in connection with a vicious assault last week that left a man beaten and unconscious in his downtown Windsor apartment building.
Police nabbed the first suspect Monday night after a daring but unsuccessful attempt to flee from an eighth-storey balcony.
This bit is choice:
By the time police caught Lambert, he had shaved off his long hair and ponytail and had grinded off the teardrop tattoos under his right eye with some kind of steel, possibly a cheese grater.
“He’s got a pretty good abrasion on the right side of his face from trying to take the tattoo off,” said Corey.
LOL
Read more here.
Police nabbed the first suspect Monday night after a daring but unsuccessful attempt to flee from an eighth-storey balcony.
This bit is choice:
By the time police caught Lambert, he had shaved off his long hair and ponytail and had grinded off the teardrop tattoos under his right eye with some kind of steel, possibly a cheese grater.
“He’s got a pretty good abrasion on the right side of his face from trying to take the tattoo off,” said Corey.
LOL
Read more here.
The Times and Sunday Times set to commit online suicide
A great experiment is about to get under way, and it will tell us much about the future of journalism and the willingness of readers to pay for it. In Wapping last night, News International showed off the new websites for The Times and Sunday Times which have opened to the public this morning. Four weeks from now, a paywall will go up in front of the sites and, by News international's own calculation, more than 90% of their audience will melt away.
Read more here.
Read more here.
Ottawa monitors online forums
The next time you post an opinion in an online forum or a Facebook group message board, don't be surprised if you get a rebuttal from a federal employee.
The government is looking for ways to monitor online chatter about political issues and correct what it perceives as misinformation.
Steven Harper is a tight assed prig with no more vision than a door knob.
I'm waiting...oh I see, you only correct misinformation...
Read more here.
The government is looking for ways to monitor online chatter about political issues and correct what it perceives as misinformation.
Steven Harper is a tight assed prig with no more vision than a door knob.
I'm waiting...oh I see, you only correct misinformation...
Read more here.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Racists with hand puppets
Not only is Arizona racist, they also think you have the mind of the 3 year old
The General Teaching Council of England are flaming morons
Calling them flaming morons is in no way "suggestive of intolerance".
Just who are they trying to kid?
A BNP activist who posted comments online describing immigrants as "savage animals" and "filth" while working as a teacher has been cleared of racism.
The General Teaching Council (GTC) had heard Adam Walker used a school laptop during lessons in County Durham to post the descriptions.
Mr Walker, from Spennymoor, said he had been singled out because of his views.
The GTC said it was "troubled" by some postings, but was not satisifed the views were "suggestive of intolerance".
Read more here.
Just who are they trying to kid?
A BNP activist who posted comments online describing immigrants as "savage animals" and "filth" while working as a teacher has been cleared of racism.
The General Teaching Council (GTC) had heard Adam Walker used a school laptop during lessons in County Durham to post the descriptions.
Mr Walker, from Spennymoor, said he had been singled out because of his views.
The GTC said it was "troubled" by some postings, but was not satisifed the views were "suggestive of intolerance".
Read more here.
The Irish Republic overreacts on net piracy
Talk about killing a butterfly with a sledgehammer.
The Irish Republic has begun a piracy crackdown which could see customers cut off from the net for a year.
The country's biggest net firm Eircom has begun sending letters to those identified as illegal file-sharers.
It is the first nation to implement such a system. France is also planning to introduce a similar policy.
It's fairly clear from this:
"The European Parliament has been talking about internet access as a basic human right. It absolutely is not. Intellectual property protection is a right," he said.
where the actual power lies. Copyright is more important than net access.
Bullshit, but those with the money call the shots.
Read more here.
The Irish Republic has begun a piracy crackdown which could see customers cut off from the net for a year.
The country's biggest net firm Eircom has begun sending letters to those identified as illegal file-sharers.
It is the first nation to implement such a system. France is also planning to introduce a similar policy.
It's fairly clear from this:
"The European Parliament has been talking about internet access as a basic human right. It absolutely is not. Intellectual property protection is a right," he said.
where the actual power lies. Copyright is more important than net access.
Bullshit, but those with the money call the shots.
Read more here.
Catherine Ariemma: Idiot of the Day
A North Georgia teacher is on administrative leave and could lose her job after she allowed four students to don mock Ku Klux Klan outfits for a final project in a high school class Thursday, administrators said.
The sight of people in Klan-like outfits upset some black students at the school and led at least one parent to complain.
Read more here.
The sight of people in Klan-like outfits upset some black students at the school and led at least one parent to complain.
Read more here.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Raymond High School principal Mark Beazer and Westwind School Division superintendent Doug Bennett: Idiots of the Day
And now the world knows too.
Hamish Jacobs has only worn a kilt once. He tried on the blue-and-green tartan of his mother’s Forbes clan two months ago, to make sure he could wear it to his high-school graduation in late June...
...But three weeks ago, he went to his high-school principal to ask if he could wear a kilt beneath his graduation gown, a tribute to a Scottish-Canadian upbringing that had included sampling haggis and turnips on Robbie Burns Day...
...But his principal “just said no right away,” Mr. Jacobs said.
Kilts, Mr. Jacobs was told, do not fit the dress code for graduation – although he would be allowed to wear it during a post-convocation dinner. An appeal to the superintendent of the Westwind School Division received the same answer. Mr. Jacobs is now considering an appeal to the school board in early June.
Read more here.
Hamish Jacobs has only worn a kilt once. He tried on the blue-and-green tartan of his mother’s Forbes clan two months ago, to make sure he could wear it to his high-school graduation in late June...
...But three weeks ago, he went to his high-school principal to ask if he could wear a kilt beneath his graduation gown, a tribute to a Scottish-Canadian upbringing that had included sampling haggis and turnips on Robbie Burns Day...
...But his principal “just said no right away,” Mr. Jacobs said.
Kilts, Mr. Jacobs was told, do not fit the dress code for graduation – although he would be allowed to wear it during a post-convocation dinner. An appeal to the superintendent of the Westwind School Division received the same answer. Mr. Jacobs is now considering an appeal to the school board in early June.
Read more here.
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