Gary Goodyear Pseudoscience Practioner Running Canadian Science and Technology

Great comment here:

Gary Goodyear is a chiropractor. Not only that, but he's an acupuncturist, too. Nothing like putting someone who believes in pseudoscience in charge of science and technology. I wonder how that will work out.

Quote of the Day

"When philosophers follow where argument leads, too often they are led to doctrines indistinguishable from sheer lunacy."
-philosopher David Lewis

Word of the Day - Adumbrate

to foreshadow vaguely

We Remember

A small price to honour veterans

Times Colonist

Published: Tuesday, November 11, 2008

We are blowing over $1 billion on the Olympics, just to bring a few tourists into the province, but we can't find $75,000 to honour those who gave their lives to make these Games possible.

Robert Brodgesell

Ladysmith

Liberal Leadership

Apparently "Mr. LeBlanc, who remained neutral in 2006, has many of former prime minister Paul Martin's top strategists on his team, including communications director Scott Reid and chief of staff Tim Murphy." That's all I needed to hear. I think Scott Reid is a hack and he will seriously impede LeBlanc's ability to lead wisely. I will now vote strategically to defeat LeBlanc.

Robertson Unwise to not pay

So a really rich guy, Gregor Robertson, who is running for Mayor of Vancouver, didn't pay the full fare on the city's light rail system, got busted, then didn't want to pay the fine and thought he'd make a crusade out of it. The point though is that it was idiotic for him not to pay in the first place, and to attempt to turn it into a cause is demonstrative of poor judgment on his part. Man, it is particularly frustrating because otherwise he seems like a really terrific candidate.

Robertson drops fare fight, pays up

Transportation minister has some choice words for mayoral candidate

Chad Skelton and Tim Lai

Vancouver Sun

Thursday, November 06, 2008

CREDIT: Mark van Manen/Vancouver Sun Gregor Robertson of Vision Vancouver.

Would-be Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson said Wednesday he has paid the SkyTrain fare-violation fine that has been embarrassing him this week.

By paying the fine, he avoids a traffic court hearing in December.

He may also be able to escape more of the enthusiastic tongue-lashings Transportation Minister Kevin Falcon has been sending his way.

Robertson was hit with the $173 fine after being caught in June 2007 riding through two SkyTrain zones on a one-zone fare.

Since the then-unpaid fine came to light a few days ago, Robertson had been saying he intended to fight the fine and argue that penalties for SkyTrain fare violations were too high.

Slutty Ghostbuster

One of the sexiest Halloween costumes I saw this year.

Ick! I Can't Stand Naamua Delaney

CNN.com has this really really annoying correspondent Naamua Delaney, it is election night coverage and they won't take her off, what the fuck?! She has a bullshit fake British accent which sounds more Australian than British. SHE IS EXTREMELY IRRITATING!

Quote of the Day

Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.
- Martin Luther King Jr.

Law Student Burnout

This is a frank article discussing how med school was the low point in a few medical careers. I think the same can be said for law (at least I hope it gets better) I think they put their finger on the button citing these three areas as deficient: "emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and low sense of personal accomplishment".