… for daring to wonder why young men would carry out something as horrific as the Boston bombings. The Harperites feel that the only thoughts should be of vengeance. “Don’t ask those mamby-pamby questions that need to be answered to mitigate against the possibility of future acts like these, boy!
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A marriage equality bill that recognized gay marriage passed in the New Zealand parliament this past week. This is a speech that MP Maurice Williamson gave at that time. I wish Canadian parliamentarians were as clever and well spoken; there is precious little witty repartee in the House of Commons
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Organizations hold forum on missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada
Gone but never forgotten: First Nations women murdered in alarming numbers and little is done about it By: Ryan Bromsgrove | Vue Weekly: “She was just getting her life on track; she got married, she was settling down, she was really focused on keeping the family together, and she happened to be hanging out
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: This Writer’s Concern About Israeli Apartheid Week
This is going to require a more thorough response later on, but I would like to provide something of a start to the discussion. We've been asked on a number of occasions why this blog has never published anything supporting Israeli Apartheid Week events in Canada. While I can't speak
Continue readingYappa Ding Ding: A VERY good first week
I supported Justin Trudeau. I voted for him for leader. But I had no idea he would burst from the gate with such incredible vigor. He has far surpassed my expectations. He has outperformed the much more seasoned leaders of the government and official opposition. And he has shown an
Continue readingYappa Ding Ding: The right to bear pressure cookers
So the main import of the events this week in Boston is a demonstration that the US is not invulnerable to another terrorist attack. Of course it was never invulnerable, but a lot of people thought it was. A mythos had developed that US authorities have been able to keep
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Very strange
Strange days indeed
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Musical interlude
Tritonal – Piercing Quiet (Air Up There Remix)
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Dumb move on Harper’s part: manages to equate JT and President Obama together as wimps on terror
I don’t normally blog this late, or on a Friday night.. but I couldn’t pass this up. Tonight, the police managed to capture the 2nd suspect in the Boston Marathon Bombing, which is important to find out what in the world caused these 2 to do what they did. You
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: They Took Suspect 2 Alive – What a Relief
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is in police custody, hours after his brother, Tamerlan died following a gun battle with his pursuers. I had feared the 19-year old Dzhokhar would either be brought down by police or take his own life which might have left many questions unanswered. Now at least the authorities
Continue readingCalgary Grit: This Just In: Voters Feel Negative Ads Are “Negative”
Respondents describe the ads as “unfair”, “negative”…and “hawt!“. Trudeau’s predictable win, followed by predictable attack ads, has been followed by an all-too predictable poll: In an EKOS Research Associates survey, 70 per cent found the ads “unfair” while 74 per cent said the ads were “unhelpful.” Asked to describe the
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Good police work in Boston
It seems the marathon bombers have been found and killed in a gun flight with police or captured. Since the bombing was this week and there were no obvious clues except video that is a remarkable accomplishment. The police did good! The deserve recognition for that!
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper’s Attack Ads Backfire Badly
Oh dear. It looks as if Stephen Harper's attempt to screw Justin Trudeau has backfired badly.He was hoping to stick a few pins into Justin's dolly.But instead he finds himself pulling them out of his ownlarge behind.A poll conducted by EKOS between Wednesday and Friday of this week found that
Continue readingdrive-by planet: NDP caters to conservative critique by nixxing ‘socialism’ references in constitution
Top: NDP leader Mulcair / Bottom: Atefa Akbary and Farshad Azadian The vote at the NDP Montreal convention to remove the word “socialism” from the party’s constitution is symbolic in all the wrong ways. It’s ironic that at a time when neoliberal policies are on the ropes and capitalism never
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Justin Trudeau to defend muzzled Conservative backbenchers?
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: Apparently, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s forthcoming Liberal Opposition Day motion seeks to defend Conservatives MPs who are being muzzled by Stephen Harper. At least that’s how most of the media has interpreted the motion, to be debated and voted in the House of Commons Monday. “Justin Trudeau riding
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Friday night
Moose at Classic Blues Videos gets a hat tip for the opener. This is Joe Louis Walker with Let’s Rock a While Tonight. I didn’t note it at the time but Alvin Lee, best known as the front man for Ten Years After, passed away last month. Here he is
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: Transport Quebec warns motorists: stay away from Turcot Interchange this weekend
It was built below specs and has been poorly maintained. Saving on maintenance costs in the first 3 decades created full time maintenance contracts that has cost, and will cost taxpayer’s, over 100′s of million of dollars to maintain a structure that is scheduled to be torn down. Somebody has
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: How the RCMP failed Rehtaeh Parsons
(VICE Canada) – Rehtaeh Parsons, a teenage girl from Nova Scotia, was taken off life support on Sunday after a failed suicide attempt. Her mother believes Rehtaeh tried to take her life because of severe depression, brought on by months of bullying both in person and online. It all started
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