I Burned my Bra For This? REAL Women of Canada and the Men Behind ThemIt is a massive masculine shadow, in a hall or crowded room, lifting something indistinct up into the resonating night.ROBERT BLY, “FIFTY MALES SITTING TOGETHER”Robert Bly is an Amer…
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Pushed to the Left and Loving It: Debt Ceiling Crisis? Obama Should Just do What Reagan and Bush Did
Ronald Reagan incurred more debt than all previous presidents combined, and was forced to raise the debt ceiling 17 times. No trumpets blared.George H.W. Bush, inherited this massive debt and was forced to raise the debt ceiling 7 times. No beating of …
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Libya in Turmoil as Top Military Rebel Leader is Assassinated
Rebel military leader Abdul Fatah Younis has been killed, possibly by his own soldiers. Younis was called before a tribunal, after rumours circulated that he had maintained his connections with Gadhafi.However, he was shot dead before he had a chance f…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Mea Culpa: Thank You Reader for the Correction
On March 12, 2000; Pope John Paul II called for A Day of Pardon:Let us forgive and ask forgiveness! While we praise God who, in his merciful love, has produced in the Church a wonderful harvest of holiness, missionary zeal, total dedication to Christ a…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: What Sun Media Doesn’t Want You to Know About Anders Behring Breivik
When Ann Coulter came to Canada to speak, and fabricate a threat to free speech, her visit was sponsored by two right-wing organizations: The Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute and the International Free Press.Clare Booth Luce is a conservative women’s…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Sorry Ezra. You Don’t Get Off That Easily
Given that Ezra Levant attacks Muslims at every opportunity, I was curious what he would have to say about the Norwegian disaster, and he didn’t disappoint.First off, he’s right to say that this was not a religious issue. Anders Breivik was not a Chri…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: From Archie Bunker to Don Cherry: Why Words Matter
One of my favourite episodes of All in the Family was the one where Archie Bunker is singled out by a group of “concerned Americans” and asked to join their club. At his first meeting he has a rude awakening, when they all put on white sheets.For sever…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: I’m No Soothsayer But I Warned You
It doesn’t take a genius to predict what will happen when hatred becomes policy. After the Norway attack became public, Peter MacKay suggested that it is still a volatile world.It has been, and always will be, a volatile world, which is why it’s the re…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Gary Bauer’s Focus is the Harper Government’s Vision
I Burned my Bra For This? REAL Women of Canada and the Men Behind ThemAnother soldier in the war against American women, who helped to the launch a similar war against Canadian women, is Gary Bauer. Bauer was with the Moral Majority/Religious Right pol…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Rupert Murdoch Lied? It Can’t be True!
During his testimony to the British Parliament, Rupert Murdoch claimed not to know about the phone hacking.However, two former executives with News Corp disputed the claim, saying that Murdoch was warned several times that phone hacking at one of the c…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Ann Coulter is Not a "Free Speech Heroine". She’s an Idiot.
I must admit that I had never heard Ann Coulter speak, but have read many of the things she has written. Certainly no intellectual, but if I understand correctly, she is a comedian, akin to a shock jock.Bill Maher had her on as a guest this week and my…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: From Forlorn to Forbearing: Feminism Never Stood a Chance
I Burned my Bra For This? REAL Women of Canada and the Men Behind ThemWe all remember the scene in When Harry Met Sally, when Meg Ryan shows Billy Crystal how easy it is for a woman to fake an orgasm, and another patron declares “I’ll have what she’s h…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Could the Right-Wing Threat Get Any Worse?
High profile Scotland Yard officers have been forced to resign over the Rupert Murdoch scandal and the whistle blower is dead.An investigation is underway in Canada involving Fox News North/Sun Media and how THEY obtained a police file on Jack Layton a…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Right-Wing Media Moguls and the Buying of Politicians
In the unfolding scandal of Rupert Murdoch and his media empire, aside from phone hacking and the buying off of cops, there is another question emerging.How did these media moguls gain so much political power?The BBC asks: Who is more powerful – Murdoc…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: The FAMILY LEADER Drops ‘Slavery was Good for Blacks’ From Presidential Pledge, But it Changes Nothing
Historian Joseph Crespino has written extensively on Racism and the Religious Right, especially their aversion to the Civil Rights movement.Paul Weyrich, one of the founders of the Moral Majority/Religious Right, made it abundantly clear that the movem…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Sun TV, Ezra Levant and Why the Danish Cartoons Matter
Ezra Levant, long time neocon insider and self-proclaimed stockaholic (one of 3 Stockwell Day fans), is among the bombastic characters on Fox News North (Sun TV).He used to run a small magazine (now out of business), where he published the infamous Dan…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Art Imitates Life as Harper to Play Stupid Cop
Talk about type casting.Stephen Harper has a small role on Murdoch Mysteries, as a “clueless” cop, who doesn’t recognize a liberal prime minister.Why would he?He thought Art Finkelstein had destroyed all the liberals.Anything for a photo-op.
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Is Slavery Really the Best Thing for Families?
If you think keeping track of the myriad of think tanks and AstroTurf groups that prop up the neoconservative movement, is a challenge; try unravelling their Religious Right infrastructure.Just when you think you’ve nailed down the Republican, Conserva…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Help Put an End to Rupert Murdoch’s Criminal Empire
The ongoing scandal in the UK involving media mogul Rupert Murdoch, is making waves everywhere.His stock prices are on the decline and citizens are beginning to mobilize against him.AVAAZ has launched a petition to End Murdoch’s Criminal EmpireMurdoch’…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Afghanistan "Mafia" Boss Killed by Bodyguard
Ahmad Wali Karzai, brother of the Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been assassinated.A known drug trafficker and underworld boss, he was also the man given a $50 million contract to provide “protection” for SNC Lavalin as they fulfill another military…
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