So, about a month ago the Guardian ran a short review of Jon Courtenay Grimwood‘s new novel, Stamping Butterflies. I’m glad they did, because it had somehow escaped my notice that the book was out–sometimes that happens with UK-original hardcovers, as my coverage of what’s new there is weaker than in North America–and I promptly ordered the book. It got… Read more →
Day: January 7, 2005
Do you know the word ‘crapweasel’, Tom?
So, let’s look at the latest Delay news. First, the other shoe has already started dropping with regards to that little moment of optimism I had the other day. While it is true that “the Delay rule” was revoked, apparently the Republicans still managed to push through ethics changes that will make future probes much more difficult. Here’s a snippet… Read more →
Bill “McCarthy” Gates
So, Bill Gates apparently thinks that people with different notions of intellectual property from him are commies. This kind of bounces off of me, since as a Canadian I am considered a crypto-communist by most Americans anyway, and as a leftist NDP I’m considered a bit of a communist by lots of Canadians too, but it’s a less frivolous matter… Read more →
