I’m not sure if it was something I learned in a political science class or read in a book or when exactly I figured it out. But I don’t think it’s especially profound to realise that, at its core, the biggest difference between people on the left and people on the right is that people […]
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Saturday Snap – The Risks of Doing An Election-Themed Display
I mean I’m not personally a fan of the guy but we happened to have Justin Trudeau’s autobiography in our collection so I put it on an election-themed display I did (along with a range of books about various topics and issues that are important to supporters of all parties this election season. I also […]
Perhaps The Single Richest Irony of the Current Federal Election?
The most ironic (and frustrating and hypocritical) thing in this entire election is Liberal supporters who are saying a vote for Jagmeet Singh and the NDP is somehow a vote for Andrew Scheer – as if they hadn’t made electoral reform a *major* plank of their last platform (a platform that got them elected because […]
Music Monday – “It’s just spend a buck to make a buck/You don’t really give a flying fuck/About the people in misery”
“Call It Democracy” – Bruce Cockburn
The Changing Nature of Freedom of Expression: Banning Books Is Anachronistic But Challenges Remain
Good article from The National Post about the changing nature of the debate around Freedom of Expression. What remains is that challenges still come from all sides of the political spectrum. …the bulk of work on freedom of expression is shifting from people who fruitlessly complain about books to attacks on journalists and bloggers. Also […]
Saturday Snap – The (Nightmare) When You’re Back in High School #cndpoli #elxn43
It’s referring to the high school he attended, not the private school he taught at. But the title of the prologue in a recent biography published about Justin Trudeau with his participation is pretty ironic given the recent brownface scandal that broke when a picture of Trudeau wearing makeup to look like Aladdin during an […]
The Only Connection Between 9/11 and Christmas?
9/11 might be the favourite day of the year for the conspiracy-minded posters on r/conspiracy. 🙂