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I just wrote a letter to Michael Moore for some reason.

Dear Michael, I am upset to hear that you are calling the rape allegations against Julian Assange hooey. While it may be that governments are taking advantage of the claims to discredit him, it is unfair to the women involved in the case to write them off completely, assume that they are lying, or state [...]

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Me: In June 1915, Walter Kirke, deputy head of military intelligence at GHQ France, wrote in his diary that Mansfield Cumming, the first chief (or C) of the SIS was “making enquiries for invisible inks at the London University.” Me: what do you think Cumming was considering as an invisible ink Me: hint: it is [...]

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A running tally of anti-intellectualism by Conservatives

I’m starting a list of quotes from Stephen Harper (and other Conservatives) that are based on the cynical, GOP-style tactic of demonizing all things intelligent. With the attack on the census and the gun registry in full swing, this government is adopting a style of electioneering that is growing more and more similar to our [...]

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