Canadian Government Caught in Military Procurement Scandal

The Auditor-General has released a scathing report today finding that the Canadian military, and the uniform fetishists also known as the Conservative Party of Canada (our governing party at the federal level) deliberately low-balled the cost of the new procurement program for fighter jets to the tune of $10 billion, and then deliberately lied to Parliament about it.

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Hirst World Problems Come to the Tate Modern

This week the Tate Modern in London opens a Damien Hirst exhibit that it’s calling the “first substantial survey” of the British artist’s work in twenty years. So if you have a hankering to see a dead shark suspended in formaldehyde—that would be his curiously titled The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living—or a human skull covered in 8,601 diamonds—the Tate is your place. And if you have  £36,800—that’s nearly $59,000–to spend on a plastic skull dripped with multi-color paint, don’t miss the gift shop on your way out. You can also pick up a Damien Hirst-ian set of plates for £10,000 ($16,000) or, if you’re feeling cheap, a scarf for a mere £125 (a steal at $200).  Continue reading →