Democracy In Action – A Few Preliminary Observations About PBW2 2014
So this year’s PBW2 vote is over. There will be reports and assessments and reviews, and, one suspects, some not-so-hard-to-make decisions about the (immediate) future of PBW2. We’ll discuss that more...
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The Tao of Sharing The Wealth
I wanted to call this blog article “Min/Max: The Fine Art of Being a Rich Prick”, but something told me it wouldn’t go over as well. So I’ve chosen to take the high road. Now, let me explain. TAO I’m...
View ArticleBut Lately There’s No Give Or Take With Darkness In The Way
So I’m sitting here, in my customary control station, surveying the internetz, refusing food, medicine, or clothing, sipping lukewarm coffee, and listening to Canadians make Zeppelinesque hard prog...
View ArticleOnce and Future Things
WHAT IT IS A couple of days ago, I responded to an article posted in Raise The Hammer about the cable TV debate on LRT, and how misrepresented one of the panelists was. My comment was addressed more...
View ArticleWe Are Broken
So, I’ve been taking some time off to think about the directions I’ve been being pulled in, and I have to confess that, while I feel a strong sense of responsibility to the people I’ve gotten involved...
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Not Really News
I think it’s about time I said something about the lack of news on this and most other blogs I currently maintain. The thing that has been holding up any news at all has been my mental state, which has...
View ArticleRetraced Steps: Participatory Budgeting Reconsidered
Okay, I’ve written some long posts on this, fairly recently. I don’t know if I have a long post in me today [Sure you do. ~Ed]. I just want to say that, owing to the way in which PeeBeeHamOnt has not...
View ArticleWe Stand On Guard For Thee
Short Version (for the Reading-Challenged): We’ve enacted Bill C-24, and it’s something we should ALL be ashamed of. Instead, we have local ignoramuses gloating about it, on Canada Day. What the hell...
View ArticleGood Ol’ Bed… It Never Let’s Me Down
Sorry, no song lyric title this morning. So today is the day. It’s 9/11. We remember the loss of thousands in NYC 14 years ago. We remember, both because it was unbelievable and horrifying, and because...
View ArticleThe Hamilton LRT Debate – a primer
Okay, I’ve read a fair bit on this subject, but I am far from the most capable or the most educated person to take up the challenge. There are a LOT of good and bad points about this debate, and yet...
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