Eric Pettifor's Blog (9)

Apparently wookies are deformed ewoks. I didn't know that. Makes sense.
Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn't seen it) from Joe Nicolosi on Vimeo. Continue

"A Montreal comedian spoke to U.S. Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Saturday by impersonating French President Nicolas Sarkozy. "Marc-Antoine Audette, who called from radio station CKOI, chatted to Palin about hunting, relationships, family and politics before revealing it was a prank call, according to a transcript published by the Canadian Press." CBC : Montreal comedian pranks Sarah Palin… Continue

How's that for a title, Fundamentalist Atheists Seek to Take Over Science? A bit sensationalist perhaps? It occurs to me as a response to two Nobel prize laureates attack on the Royal Society's Director of Education Michael Reiss' concession that yes, Creationism can be discussed… Continue

What subcategory of Goth best fits you? created with QuizFarm.com

You scored as Romantic Goth You are a romantic goth, better known

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Google has released a beta for Windows of their own Chrome web browser. Do we really need another web browser? Windows users have one that comes with the OS, smart surfers have Firefox, there's Safari on the Mac, the brilliant but perptually underappreciated Opera, KDE with its Konqueror browser, and there are more besides. In an… Continue

This is the story of Megan, a brilliant, hard working college student with a promising future, until one evening... No, Megan, no! Don't do it! Not even for Cruel Mantra! But sadly, Megan is seduced by the allure of 'free' music. She thinks it's just grand, until one day... Oh… Continue

A major power outage today in downtown Vancouver took out many web sites throughout North America, according to the Vancouver Sun. Lights still out in downtown Vancouver In truth, the effect probably would have been felt globally. Harbour centre hosts a couple of extremely attractive server colocation facilities, with customers all over the world. The real story, scantly mentioned in the a… Continue

I am sooo lazy. I don't want to go to the trouble of writing my MP about shit and participating the political process and all that. Which makes me dislike Harper even more than I would anyway. Why couldn't we be ruled by some benevolent leader who only ever introduced good bills for the benefit of the people, a leader beholden to Canadians rather than corporations, a leader not in the pocket of Washington, DC? Having to write one's MP all the time is a pain in the ass. Fortunately, with regard… Continue

Write your MP and encourage them to oppose Bill C-51 http://www.stopc51.com/ The loose wording where 'drug' has been replaced by 'therapeutic agents', will work to the advantage of big pharma, while crippling natural health providers. The broad net wording issue is bad enough, but when coupled with increased powers to federal agents to enforce the new laws, it gives cause for even greater concern. By the enactment of a law, bill C-2 increased the number of pedophiles in Canada by raising the… Continue