It’s been a rough 16 weeks. I know. So as we fight hard to pivot to a new world just a bit closer to utopia, today let’s enjoy this, to at least try to make something normal. If you're going … [Read more]
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We Pivot: CPP Beats RRSPs and TFSAs
Because “they” usually won’t tell you, investing in retirement savings collectively, as a nation, is cheaper and more effective than individual savings, like RRSPs and TFSAs that only the richer set are able to use. Only the pretty well-off have … [Read more]
Continue readingWe Pivot: Should Young People Join the Conservative Party of Canada?
Yes, if this image resonates you. As we pivot to a new world of integrity and vision, beer pong isn’t part of that. Not that there’s anything wrong with beer pong if you’re into that kind of thing, but is … [Read more]
Continue readingWe Pivot: Remember When You Thought Trudeau Was Progressive?
If it isn’t his Finance Minister telling us to get used to job churn, or that the middle class isn’t a real thing with data and statistics [it’s just an aspirational ideal], it’s Trudeau outflanking the NDP in the 2015 … [Read more]
Continue readingWe Pivot: What Will T$$$p’s Gestapo Be Called?
What will T***p's Gestapo be called? #AmericanFascism — WePivot.net 💭💬💭 (@WePivot) February 20, 2017
Continue readingWe Pivot: Mobilize Now Against Local and Global Fascism
Don’t be stunned or rest in a superficial analysis of our new world with this president, Trump. There’s a chance you’ve just been missing out on how Canadian and American societies have been changing. Perhaps you’ve been living in an … [Read more]
Continue readingWe Pivot: Listen to Refugees; Don’t Ban Them
Canadians are awesome, tolerant, opening and welcoming. Sure. To a degree, but even to the point of self delusion. We often feel morally superior to the Americans, particularly now as they slide from proto-fascism to soft fascism to jackboot fascism. … [Read more]
Continue readingWe Pivot: My Speech to the HUMA Commons Committee on Poverty Reduction
I was honoured to receive an invitation to speak to HUMA later this morning, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities. They are studying poverty reduction strategies, … [Read more]
Continue readingWe Pivot: Tell Us More About Hacking, Christy Clark! Please.
Fresh off a week of lying and backpedaling about how the BC NDP hacked her party’s security-lite website, BC’s premier now needs to tango her way out of an actual of series hacks that have yet again exposed the data … [Read more]
Continue readingWe Pivot: Psst, Wanna Stop Protecting the Environment?
On December 31, 2018, the US government will stop protecting the environment. If the Kill-the-EPA bill passes, the US government will certainly slow down protecting it until they blow out the EPA candle in 22.5 months. How is Congress doing … [Read more]
Continue readingWe Pivot: What are White Supremacists and Misogynists Afraid Of?
So, let’s dig into the fear that motivates white supremacists and misogynists. Are they in backlash/whitelash mode, afraid of losing centuries of entitlement? Because their hate doesn’t start AS hate, but as fear. And if we can understand what they’re … [Read more]
Continue readingWe Pivot: Of Impeachment, Conflicts of Interest and T***p
T***p said he’s ceased to operate business while in the White House. Beyond being a liar and someone who makes things up, even if he were being honest about this, it’s pretty gosh darn impossible. Don’t click on this link; … [Read more]
Continue readingWe Pivot: How Many Dead Kids in Care Is too Many?
How many thousands of dead, injured and abused kids in the care of the BC government are OK for BC Liberal Party voters? None? Try thousands over 16 years. And how many more thousands of dead, injured and abused kids … [Read more]
Continue readingWe Pivot: What White People Don’t Know
What we can’t know. Let’s get more in touch with our privilege.
Continue readingWe Pivot: The Value of the Budweiser Boycott
Budweiser has been so coy pretending their Super Bowl pro-immigration ad wasn’t political. Of course it was. Own it. But as people boycott something with the alternate spelling [Budwiser], we are able to more clearly see how people want to … [Read more]
Continue readingWe Pivot: The Petty, Narcissistic Face of Bald Capitalism: Melania Edition
3. She's admitting she wanted to use the office of the First Lady to score multi-million dollar endorsement deals https://t.co/MOsSkyEzxL — Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) February 7, 2017 Enter Melania T***p, ladies and gentlemen. As we pivot to a new world … [Read more]
Continue readingWe Pivot: Racism is a Mental Health Disorder?
Yes? No? What do you think? This may help, and this:
Continue readingWe Pivot: Ask Kellie Leitch What Problem She Thinks She’s Solving
Kellie Leitch and her dog whistle politics have no place in my Canada. As we pivot to a world of greater justice and dignity, we need to beware of politicians peddling solutions to vague or non-existent problems. For it is … [Read more]
Continue readingWe Pivot: What’s Wrong with White Feminism?
In the aftermath of the 2016 election, a number of writers have pointed to white feminism as an answer to the question of how Trump became president. White feminism, as an ideology and movement, has historically centered middle-class white women … [Read more]
Continue readingWe Pivot: The BC Liberals are Now Bankrolling their 2021 Election Campaign
In September, 2016, Minister of Everything, Rich Coleman bragged that the 2017 election is fully funded, but don’t let that stop you from funding them. In case somehow they are forced to bring in some kind of campaign finance limits, … [Read more]
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