He is still bulletproof. WFDS
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Doreen Massey observes that our political vocabulary has largely been hijacked by corporatist language: At a recent art exhibition I engaged in an interesting conversation with one of the young people employed by the gallery. As she turned to walk off I saw
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6135…Dippers After Justin
Mark Dunn of QMI opens this morning with the news that the “New Democrats want a secretive Commons committee to investigate Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau to see if tax dollars were spent to fly him around the country to earn a second living as a professional speaker.”Dey playing ruff. “NDP
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Wherein Lee Valley Tries to Help You Get Your Freak On
This was just too good not to share. Head shaving or tattoos not included.
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6134…Disco Fever Claims Delaware Woman
Coolest obit ever from Delaware Online. Alicia Flaherty Stein Obituary Guest Book “I didn’t know her, but after reading this, I wish I had. …“ – A Person Unknown View Sign Alicia Flaherty SteinAlicia Flaherty Stein died in her home on Saturday June 8, 2013 with her family by her side. Some believe
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Turkey Arrests CBC Journalist Sasa Petricic
Saša Petricic has been arrested in the midst of covering the Occupy Gezi protest in Istanbul. This is an outrage which the Turkish government will not be able to defend themselves from. .@evakatrina @DFAIT_MAECI Turkey must #FreeSasa! @sasapetricic— Saskboy K. (@saskboy) June 12, 2013 Short hours before his arrest, this
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Appeals Court Binds Monsanto To Promise Not To Sue Organic Farmers
By: Food Democracy Now | Press Release WASHINGTON, June 10, 2013 – A three-judge panel at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled today that a group of organic and otherwise non-GMO farmer and seed company plaintiffs are not entitled to bring a lawsuit to protect themselves from Monsanto’s transgenic
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6133…Only In Manitoba You Say
It is the T-Rex Burger. K-Rock, the Kingston radio station, posted this on Facebook. So apparently Wendy’s Restaurant made a “joke” in Sports Illustrated about a 9 Patty “T-Rex Burger” and as Canadians do, we took it literally. In Manitoba you can actually order the $21.99 Burger! Hungry Anyone?
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: How We Once Distinguished Democracy from Totalitarianism
One of the great themes of the Cold War was individual freedom from state prying and oppression. Unlike the Communist world, democracy ensured we were free to go about our affairs, to speak our minds, openly and freely. On the other side of the Iron Curtain, however, there was no
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Passing of a legend
JUDGE MAURICE ALEXANDER CHARLES August 6, 1920 – June 8, 2013 The family of Judge Maurice Alexander Charles wishes to notify his friends and members of the legal fraternity of his passing at the Toronto East General Hospital on Saturday, June 8, 2013. Visitation will be held at the Ogden
Continue readingLet Freedom Rain II: Whistleblowin’ in the wind: The ballad of Snowden, Manning and Assange
Sorry. There’s no witty ballad here after all. Just a shrug and knowledge that we know nothing of these three. For sure, they are victims who will never, ever get a fair shake (other than Assange, who seems to know how to get a good shake once in awhile). “I
Continue readingPolygonic: Of babies and bathwater: how Harper might be undermining the monarchy
The Constitution? Unborn Queens? Fascinating stuff (do not insert a “said no one, ever” after that please). The scene unfolds thusly: Parliament recently approved a gender equity bill as regards which unelected English aristocrat may reign over us (such progressive times in which we live), that met little controversy or
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Poverty, isolation, hopelessness and Gladue
R. v. Attutuvaa, 2013 NUCJ 10 shows that poverty has a significant Gladue implication: [27] The Supreme Court of Canada requires the sentencing judge to take judicial notice of systemic factors that have impacted, and are now impacting, the aboriginal communities of Canada. This Court has done so. The Nunavut
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Telus abandons deal to acquire Mobilicity
Telus is abandoning its acquisition agreement with Mobilicity less than a week after Industry Minister Paradis blocked the company’s attempt to acquire Mobilicity’s spectrum – a highly valuable public asset which enables cell phones to communicate. Telus is refusing to comment on whether it plans to make a second bid
Continue readingThings Are Good: USA Raises ‘Carbon Price’
Climate change is happening and it’s costing a lot of money to deal with. More floods, tornados, hurricanes, and other natural events are happening with greater frequency thanks to planetary temperature increase. The reason the planet’s temperature is increasing is thanks to the way previous generations have dealt with waste.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Bayer’s Birth Control Pills Suspected In Deaths Of 23 Canadian Women
At least 23 Canadian women who were taking two of the most commonly prescribed birth control pills in the world have died CBC News has learned. An advocacy group CBG Network want the suspect pills yanked. Yaz victims protesting in Bayer Shareholder Meeting
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: The Great Undoer
Canada’s next great leader will not be a doer. Our next great leader, if we are lucky enough to have one, will be an undoer – a leader who will systematically cut out the rot that has beset this country slowly for decades and then very quickly, very powerfully over
Continue readingBuckdog: Canadian News Reporter Saša Petricic Arrested In Turkey …
No details are yet available other than Mr. Petricic’s tweet above that turned up about an hour ago …. stay tuned for more info when available …
Continue readingDented Blue Mercedes: The non-operative word is not “sorry.”
I’m going to be writing about transition regrets and/or reversal of transition (sometimes from folks who remain trans-identified). Before I do, though, it seemed necessary to finish and put this article out there, as it lays the groundwork. I’d written about the decision to be non-operative previously, and had intended
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Mass Arrests Follow Protestors Being Driven Out Of Taksim Square-Turkey
Turkey’s Prime Minister Erdogan and the protesters are plotting their next steps after police overran the Taksim Square demonstration. Christian Science Monitor Correspondent Tom A. Peter reports that Prime Minister Erdogan and the protesters are plotting their next steps after police overran the Taksim Square demonstration.
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