4TheRcrd Mag.

In the months leading up to Italy’s parliamentary elections, abortion has become a prominent issue on the election agenda. Former Conservative Premier Silvio Berlusconi, in the running for office, recently gave the United Nations a strong anti-choice message that a fetus should be protected “from conception until natural death.” In December, popular conservative journalist Giuliano [...]

Let’s send off the wee little ones to get indoctrinated a few years earlier why don’t we. The talks are happening on our lovely west-coast to have “all day kindergarten for kids as young as three in BC:” no decisions have been made on how or even if the Government will go ahead with the [...]

I don’t have a problem with learning but, I tell ya, how pedagogic can youtube really be? Private learning is taking off but, “currently, there are lots of entertaining, very low tech, how-to vids attracting big virtual crowds. Most people are ‘visual learners,’ as my middle school guidance counsellor would say — it’s just easier [...]

“RCMP Advisory: (Updated: 3:23 pm) There has been a police incident at the Bio Sciences Building, which is located at the intersection of Main Mall and University Boulevard at the University of British Columbia. more…” I was walking back to my residence at UBC when while strolling past the Bio building, I noticed a crowd [...]

I love to see a debate between politics and the courts — politicians making legal decisions and the SCC (Supreme Court of Canada) making political decisions on Asylum applications by US war-resistors. What kind of soup are we making here? Well, you would mix the Conservatives in with the SCC, for a strange combination…I’m AS [...]

I tell ya, exploding batteries in children’s toys is just about as perverse as you can get — what are we going to think of next. And, ok, so what if we have a gang violence problem developing just like the one in Calgary, perhaps something to look into is why they are thriving and [...]

Here are rants for Friday, January 04. Do people really need to hear about exercise being good for them, is it not self-explanatory? If you haven’t heard of jPOD check it out, we’re talking Douglas Coupland way higher than Microserfs ever was, and far more current than you’d expect him to be — this is [...]

This is not the real picture of the event, cuz I couldn’t have possible taken it — it was too tragic to take one. I was walking along Main St when, just about 20 feet before me at just around 5pm, an old Chevy pickup crushed a person who was crossing the street. From the [...]

Here’s more dirty filth on our splendid Police Department and their, shall we say, gray and violent history. I’ve stumbled upon something very troubling yesterday. A few days ago, a retired Judge, a lovely man by many accounts, by the title of Honorable Commissioner William Davies, heard opening statements from 15 lawyers acting for the [...]

For those who aren’t flocking to any galleries this Friday, or soaking yourself in SoCo: take a stand against police and RCMP violence, abuse, and brutality. Bring your drum, wear red and wear a mask (so the cops won’t target you later!)! Dozens of speakers (see note A below) are featured in this 2nd Annual [...]