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Warlord politics

With text from the ALP website: The fact that 10 Progressive Conservative constituency associations are being investigated for soliciting or receiving illegal political donations reveals how massive the government’s abuse of their power has become, says Alberta Liberal Party President Todd Van Vliet. Noting that Liberals will soon deliver to the CEO a binder with similar evidence relating to...

Jan 24th

then again, thinkers are usually appointed

People elected into power should not say “we look to the people for answers”. For some reason people enjoy that, I think its weak and a lame attempt to gain credibility. Does a CEO ask his stock holders how to make decisions on running the company? No, but they have a duty to run it for the betterment of the stockholders. Does Mark Carney read a Nanos poll and use that to decide where...

Dec 5th

did i insult you? i've just been listing facts so...

I think I enjoy people telling me I’m not smart enough to understand politics just as much as I enjoy when people tell me I’ve changed their views on something or encouraged them to learn more about an issue. Maybe more, there’s always more to learn. But keep in mind, I’m working from a position of weakness. I have to read books, look at other national governments, browse...

Dec 5th

Title is optional, so are credentials

Anti-intellectualism has been a growing phenomenon over the past few years/elections. It has always had its place in fringe right-wing politics, with the opposite, a sense of white-pillar elitism housed far on the left. I’ve found that this was always more present in American politics than in Canada but recently we’ve been surfing the same wave. That said, there has never been a leader...

Nov 29th

I've got some land to sell you in Louisiana

Andy: Well I am not going to Iraq to fight in some bullshit war over oil money
Doug: Bullshit war? What about 9/11? Didn't Iran hide the terrorists?
A: We're fighting a war in Iraq, Doug, and neither country had anything to do with blowing up the world trade center
D: well they both have sand
A: Bush invaded a sovereign nation in defiance of the UN. He's a war criminal and now I'm supposed to be one of his disposable thugs with a f----ing target on my head in the middle of the desert waiting to be blown up by a car bomb rigged by a 12 year old who loved Friends and Metallica until one of our missiles blew up his house!? I dont think so
D: They had weapons of mass destruction!
A: There were no weapons of mass destruction!
D: No? Well, whatever.

Nov 29th

Defining moment

Hipster Politics: There are varying degrees of hipster politics, the most basic of which is defined as a person, or group of people, that become involved in the issue of the day. By involved I mean will sign an online petition or attend a rally with a heavily partisan basis. The typical political hipster is a University student and has not read a single page of party policy and has few...

Nov 29th

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U-th offenders

After reading the globe this morning I was stuck by something profound. To put it as poetically as possible, if you support harsh imprisonment for youth offenders (in the new crime bill) you are a shithead buffoon. (read: a book) This will, for real, make Canada a worse place to live. Rehabilitation reduces reoffenders and youth crime rates. But it just doesn’t “feel right” to...

Nov 16th

Occupiers not all that they are cracked(-out...

Recently I’ve seen photo’s online of ‘occupiers’ homes, and some of them have beautiful houses. I don’t really support hipster politics but to me, this just makes their ambitions look pure. They have all the comforts of (upper) middle-class living but they don’t just sit on it and accept adequacy as a fulfilling ends. They don’t need more money or a job....

Nov 2nd

What I Would Like to see in a Reinvigorated...

thecanadianconsequentialist: I’ve supported the Liberal Party of Canada almost my entire political life and I’m a political junkie of the worst order to boot. Yet I can’t say the party excites me. I could talk politics for hours, yet in that time most of what you’ll hear me say is what is wrong with the NDP and what is wrong with the Cons. I’ll barely mention the Grits. I like the Liberals don’t...

Oct 31st

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Internet spying is for real.

parlament is back in session. And ‘lawful access’ is coming your way. That means the government can see everything you do online without a warrant (don’t download copyrighted media anymore, there’s a bill about that too!). When we give away our rights out of fear, the people who fear western freedom are in control. Thats why they do they things they do. Good work Stephen,...

Sep 19th

Sep 13th

Schools in or Lunitics Looming in the GOP →

School is starting up again and what does that mean for me? Well, an absurd amount of time spent in front of my lava-hot macbook, of course. I wouldn’t want to disappoint those of you who got used to me flippantly offending the beliefs of millions of conservatives, so here comes another one down the pipe. This article (click the title of this post) is about anti-intellectualism, which I...

Sep 12th

Stand Back, I'm going to try science →

How about this, we have a scientist as the science minister. The people put in these minister positions all for the most part seem out of touch with what they should actually be doing. Going to school in a scientific field doesn’t qualify you for this job, doing a PhD in basic science does. Just like being a farmer doesn’t qualify you to run the largest and most controversial economy...

Apr 5th

dihydrogen monooxide

1.1 billion people do not have access to safe drinking water. The average American uses 176 gallons of water daily. A 5 minute shower can use up to 50 gallons of water. Watering your lawn uses 10 gallons a minute. Survival is possible for 3 weeks without food, but only for 3 days without water. Millions of women in developing nations walk 3 miles everyday, carrying 80 pounds of water. 42,000...

Jan 24th

jrebane: Don’t Worry Hey all, This piece was a...

Dec 9th

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ThinkNarcissisticLifeFail

Situation: You get caught in an act that you know is just foolish, and not only did you get caught but you got caught squiding a fellow students work. Options: 1.) You accept that you did something wrong, take it on the chin and apologize. Your pride takes a little hit but that is a calculated risk you take when stealing someone else’s work (for example: a website design) - This is the...

Nov 20th

Nov 3rd

Answers

Did you claim your wifes work as your own, its fishy that you dropped out of high school then BAM equations on the relativity of space-time? $1322. An article on Steak and BJ day. About 5 million, legit. The next iPhone. Nope. six. Him being an egg was for some ridiculous reason an answer to the poem, yeah thats right its a riddle without a question. oxymoronic. Similar life, different friends. So...

Oct 9th

Sep 29th

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The Retarded leading the blind

6% of scientist are republicans, I wonder what they study? Ecology.. no global warming is a scam to make you buy “efficient” goods that “save the planet for your children”. Biology.. nope genes arent real. Paleontology.. also falls into the not real category. Maybe there is a science I dont know of where they teach you to blindly follow phsyco bable that you hear on TV? I...

Aug 16th

oheytumblr

I’ve all but forgotten about my poor tumblr account. Its a shame really, this blog has been good to me. And I just went off on my own and left it here in the my wake, but that will change soon. I’ve got enough Glen Beck rage in my brain to write books just on that… but videos of people getting hit in the face are funnier… Thats probably what I’ll post to get my...

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Apr 19th

Watch

Have you ever wondered what jello looks like at 2500 frames per second?

Apr 19th

Apr 17th

Watch

ilovehumanity: lookatthisfuckinghipster: “Some people say hip-hop is dead. We just do this to make sure.”

Apr 17th

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Apr 17th

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Along the lines of world changing, and all that happy stuff Could we make a web vendor/auctioneer that lets you buy and sell your lovely stuff(crap) using paypal and other options that ebay and amazon have perfected, so we can “borrow” their money transfer model, but it also allows the seller to select a percentage of the profit to be donated to a charity right then and there when the...

Apr 10th

Is there a way to make timed-machines in your home email/text your mobile phone when they are done coffe maker, dish washer, washing machine, clothes dryer, oven, ect. Cause that would be quwhite boss, imho. Want to make that our first hardware adventure?

Apr 10th

everything is open late

Oh man, finals are upon us. I tell people that I hate this and its stressfull - you know all that garbage. But really, I think I enjoy this time of year more than I’d be willing to admit in an open forum that is viewed by more than the few humans that stumble upon this beauty of a blog aka mind release.

Apr 10th

Oh dudes

Do you think it would be worth it for me to learn java, because Im going to learn a prgm language this summer. I was thinking if I learned java then we could write programs and make beautiful apps across all smartphone platforms. Cause im priii sure you guys could learn it pretty quickly, need be. Everything I read aboot it says it is similar to C languages

Apr 7th

To my dear peers that studied for “like 15 hours this weekend” I studied for 4 hours today I’d wager money that I beat you on that final. AND it was only worth 7% wufu are you doing studying that long for something so tiny when we have 40% finals in less than a month.

Apr 7th

Gewd

Macro reason for this post: I wonder all the time about what makes people so different in morals and attitudes. Why do some people want to help others, and some want to play hockey, be dicks, drink and act like a rude pig? Micro reason for this post: Just finished studying a bit and I saw a kid, who I know comes from a single parent/dysfunctional home, pour two drinks on himself and smash both...

Apr 5th

I just sat beside the most interesting human being. He is completely insane, very smart and 100% socially awkward. We name him pickles in first term of first year. And today he proved I me that he has earned that name. Legendary.

Apr 3rd

When I grow up, I want to be able to code. And by grow up I mean, tomorrow. Tomorrow I want to be able to code

Apr 1st

Thought before I go to bed

I need to get the Africa site set up this week. And I came up with a name that I really enjoy. Also there is $3200 worth of paper sitting on my desk, how shitty would that be if robbers read tumblogs

Mar 30th

I’ve been oddly absent from my technology for the last week. I didn’t even turn on my desktop. I promise, I’ll change.

Mar 30th

A: you didn't text me 
M: yes I did I asked if you wanted to watch hockey and hit the tub!
A: my last text from you was on the 24th
M: ... I wonder if I text teed last night?
M: (to himself) ring ring ring ring ring ring ring BANANA PHONE

Mar 29th

I have two questions: First, WHERE THE HELL IS MY CAR AND WHERE IS THE FLOOZY THAT WAS DRIVING IT? I came to campus with a girl, we’ll call her kim. I got her to drop me off at the BioSci entrance and she proceeded to park my car (somewhere?). Follow several more semantic events, my cell phone died. Hence my question. Aaand second, WHAT THE BEJEEBUS IS THAT MOISTURE-SEELED, FIRE-PROOF ROOM...

Mar 28th

Right now there is a student giving us a presentation on the Alberta hospital. That place sounds effin terrifying, and this kid is tew hardcore. Real doucher

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Mar 25th

“Sometime before summer we should just kill teed so he can’t live his...”

– My evil self to my less evil but still relatively evil self

Mar 25th

I just heard some JA shouting about a giant penguin. I was angered and started judging said JA, then he rounded the corner in his white capital health lab coat and was repping a healthy sized stethascope. Now I have nothing but respect for this JA

Mar 25th

Basket weaving, here I come

School is going to kick ass next year, and be completely of the chain in fourth year. All my requirements for graduation will be met by the end of third year. Does U of A offer basket weaving?

Mar 25th

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