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Category Archives: Censorship

Saturday Snap – Freedom to Read Week Display @officialRPL Regent Place Branch

It’s actually kind of goofy how much I look forward to doing a Freedom to Read Week display at the library each year. A couple years ago, I did one at Central and this year, I got to do one for my new branch.  Luckily, I still had my “Caution” tape but unlike before when […]

Posted 15 February 2014 § Canada § Library § Photo § PopCulture § SaturdaySnap § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Forget Dystopian Fiction, Is Sochi A Dystopian Reality? (Or Is The United States?)

Wired magazine asks if what we’re seeing in Sochi is a manifestation of some of the tropes of current dystopian literature like “Hunger Games”, the “Divergent” trilogy, etc. – a gleaming, authoritarian rule masquerading as a utopia but with a barely hidden sub-class, propaganda, televised spectacle, corruption, rigged competitions, doublespeak, etc. It’s an interesting idea […]

Posted 11 February 2014 § Politics § PopCulture § Sports § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – The #sochi #olympics Are Actually The Gayest Olympics of All-Time #sochiproblems

Today saw the opening ceremonies for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.  Lots has been made about Russia’s anti-gay laws and the statement by the mayor of Sochi that their community of 400,000 people has no gay people which have drawn protests from everyone from the Head of the UN to Google to the Canadian […]

Posted 07 February 2014 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Meme § Politics § PopCulture § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

The Best Super Bowl Commercial Was a Viral Video

More and more companies, whether they actually buy Super Bowl ad time or not, are releasing their ads early, starting social media campaigns or otherwise trying related techniques to get as much attention as possible for their product. One of the best viral videos that wasn’t actually a Super Bowl ad came from Newcastle Brown […]

Posted 04 February 2014 § Humour § Internet § Meme § Politics § PopCulture § Sports § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

“Got Land? Thank An Indian”

Glad to hear the Balcarres school backed off their initial ruling that a student’s “Got Land? Thank An Indian” hoodie was racist and/or offensive to let her continue to wear it.  But I still think they made the wrong call in the first place to censor the student’s wardrobe choice. (As for the CBC commenter’s question, […]

Posted 15 January 2014 § Canada § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

One Way To Make Sure You Won’t Be Recalled To The Army

Get a tattoo…  

Posted 14 January 2014 § Humour § Photo § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Atheist Advent Calendar – Day 24 – Keep Christ in Christmas (aka Another Fictional Superhero On Our Van)

I had a few ideas of how to wrap up this series of Atheist Advent posts – a look at how politics and religion intersect, a review of my theories of why people (really) are religious, a disclaimer about the nature of offense in general. I will spend some time on that last point.  My […]

Posted 24 December 2013 § Family § Humour § PopCulture § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Atheist Advent Calendar – Day 23 – Music Monday – “I really like Christmas/It’s sentimental I know/But I just really like it/I’m hardly religious/I’d rather break bread with Dawkins than Desmond Tutu to be honest”

There was a method to my madness in posting a Tim Minchin song as my Music Monday selection for each of the past few weeks during my “Atheist Advent” series. It was all to lead up to Minchin’s ultimate achievement and one of the best non-traditional Christmas songs I’ve ever heard – funny, insightful, wistful, […]

Posted 23 December 2013 § Family § Humour § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK § Video § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Atheist Advent Calendar – Day 19 – Charlie Brown Explains The (Real) Meaning of Christmas

Or on a similar note…   Or this…

Posted 19 December 2013 § Humour § PopCulture § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Atheist Advent Calendar – Day 17 – God Is Love

Just kidding…he’s kind of an evil asshole:

Posted 17 December 2013 § List § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,