Organization in action: the SGC
on Nov 16, 2009It has come to me recently that I am in fact actively involved in an organization that runs along very anarchic principles: the Saskatoon Gothic Chapter. Our little 'club' started out as an alternative to the established Goth bar in the city, which...

on Nov 2, 2009On Saturday, October 31st 2009 my beautiful bride and I were married, first in a civil ceremony for the benefit of the government, then in a Pagan/Satanic blood bonding to make it real for us. It was the most amazing experience of my life and I'm lo...

on Oct 18, 2009Apologies for the lack of updates. Lately I've been severely a) ill, b) depressed, and c) busy planning my wedding. More to follow.

This is what's known in the world of Capital as 'Arbitrage'
on Sep 19, 2009Let's look at an example. In 1979 – the year I was born – the dictator of Zambia, Kenneth Kaunda, took out a loan for $15m from the dictator of Romania to buy some tractors. Most didn't work. But after 20 years of non-repayment, the new democrati...

Just why is Ayn Rand so popular anyway?
on Sep 16, 2009Wow - I always saw the Randroids as cult-like in their bizarre, absolutist ideological inflexibility; but I never quite realized before that Objectivism is, quite literally, a cult:She allowed him to run the Nathaniel Branden Institute, a small socie...

The Absolute Basics
on Sep 15, 2009If you want to understand how I see the world:1. The universe is very large, and you are very small.2. The universe does not care about you. It does not love you. It is not going to give you a present.3. Everyone and everything dies. Nothing an...

Surrey police go chickenshit on the homeless
on Aug 23, 2009This shit is just too good to pass up:The City of Surrey and RCMP lined a Whalley social service building with chicken dung to keep homeless and vagrants away, The Leader has learned.On Aug. 14, witnesses saw City of Surrey staff pull up to the Front...

Nice Guys Finish Their Fucking Breakfast
on Aug 13, 2009via Pandagon, I was directed to a conversation between Tycho and Gabe, the creators of the webcomic Penny Arcade, in which Gabe feeds the myth that women are mysterious forest creatures which control men through the awesome magic power of the vagina.

Real Justice
on Aug 12, 2009This is the kind of story that warms the cockles of my heart:It was bikers versus a machete-wielding robber in Regina on Monday night — and the bikers won.According to Regina police, a group of 10 "motorcycle enthusiasts" were having coffee at a Ti...

Object Lessons: Living with family, capitalist vs. communal
on Aug 11, 2009A few months ago, my partner and I were illegally evicted from our home. This has been an intensely traumatic experience for us, but ultimately I see it as a good learning experience, because it pointed up in an intensely personal way the manner in...