Alice In Wonderland (2010)

Upon a little further research I found out that Johnny Depp couldn't have possibly been in Sherlock Holmes - he was busy filming Alice In Wonderland for Disney, along with Helena Bonham-Carter and Tim Burton (what a dream team those 3 are). Also with Anne Hathaway and Crispin Glover. Mostly this post is just an excuse to show off some of the art for this movie. Be sure the check out the link to the trailer below, brought to you by my good friends at Zemanta.

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[up @ the cottage for a week - no internet! ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!]

Secret Homosexual Handshake - Beware!

All Good Christians must beware the secret homo-handshake, lest they be unwittingly pulled into a public washroom by Satan incarnate, and forced to endure hours of carnal delights. This article is the funniest thing I have ever seen, and I only wish I had the time/brain capacity (@ 5:00AM) to give it the full run-down). I can promise I will delve a little deeper tomorrow into the disturbed minds of these paranois religious bigots. God bless freedom of religion (too bad it wasn't freedom from religion...).

Sherlock Holmes: Former Drug Addict?

Just a quick blurb to talk about Robert Downey Jr.'s new role as Sherlock Holmes in the upcoming Guy Ritchie flick. What a brilliant choice for the troubled-addict-turned-iron-man. One can only imagine Johnny Depp partaking in a blood ritual, having sliced his agent from ear to ear for missing out on this reimagining featuring RDJr, Jude Law, and Mark Strong (of recent RockNRolla fame). Fingers crossed for something great.

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Harper Visits Pope

In a completely unrelated story to this one called Harper's War on Gay Pride, the Harper family recently met with Pope Benedict XVI. They traded gifts and Harper listened to Benedict's "perspective on a number of important issues".

There was no indication whether they spoke of abortion or gay marriage. According to some, these topics are considered sensitive because, despite the Pope's position (and that of a number of Harper's MP's), the Harper government has taken no steps to limit access to abortion or ban gay marriage.

Truly Harper is a rogue social progressive, championing the rights of the people in the face of cruel religious oppressors.

Site Maintenance

The last week or so has brought about 3 entire site redesigns as I search for the perfect template. My HTML skills, initially nonexistent, are now merely terrible - progress! It is now easier to read and write comments, and the site is optimized for higher resolution screens (apologies to Eee PCs - I will try to introduce flexible page size coding in the future). Stay tuned for more changes to come, and feel free to make format/HTML suggestions (anyone good at scripting?).

Harper's War on Gay Pride

In the most shocking example of discrimination I have heard of in a long time, Tourism Minister Diane Ablonczy has been pulled off her portfolio because she awarded money to gay pride events. Toronto's Pride events are a cultural event like any other, and draw tourists to the city from the entire Golden Horseshoe and beyond. The fact that sexual orientation is protected in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms begs the question of how Harper's government expects to deny Pride funding without being challenged - and overturned - in court. The idea that Pride could be controversial to some Canadians underlines the need for the event, to help educate people on what should already be a moot point by now. While I have never been a fan of wasting taxpayer money on court challenges, Harper has consistently thrown our cash into protracted battles against socially progressive programs (InSite, medical marijuana and lisenced growers, etc.), and it is time someone stood up to his misogynistic, patriarchal war on common sense.
Pride is a tourist event like any other, serving as a celebration of all types of sexuality, as well as an educational forum. It has transformed itself into a family friendly event, and done wonders for Toronto's reputation as an inclusive city of diversity. The fact that the grant was used to address accessibility for handicapped attendees further proves that Ablonczy was in the right.
Canadian white supremists will be happy to note that Harper is one step closer to denying permits for Caribana due to its potentially controversial racial motif.

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Tar Sands Terror

Alberta's tar sands are a global embarrassment, the biggest environmental catastrophe in human history - and things have only begun to ramp up. There are hundreds of reasons not to exploit the Boreal forests and vast wetlands of northern Canada - the tailing ponds are vast dams of toxic sludge which are constantly leeching into Alberta's rivers (which eventually flow into America, the Arctic, and the Pacific). These "ponds" have and will kill birds who come into contact with them - often causing them to drown! They are also suspected of causing mutations and deformities in fish, in areas relied upon by Natives for food (although this is debatable). New regulations regarding tailings ponds (requiring faster 'cleanup' and increased regulation) have been slammed by industry as too difficult, and by environmental groups as insufficient.

Native communities downstream from Fort McMurry and other hotbeds of the tar boom are experiencing elevated rates of rare cancers, miscarriages (up to 1/3 of pregnancies), and the feminization of children (fewer and fewer males are born). There is evidence that the doctor who first sounded the alarm about these health effects is being silenced by Health Canada - for raising "undue alarm". [continued after the jump]