Or maybe not.I sometimes wonder whether people who were born in the Mulroney years or later can actually understand what it meant to Canadian women when, in 1988, the Supreme Court struck down Canada’s abortion law, and the decision about whether to have an abortion became a woman’s own decision
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: The progressive pissing contest and the abortion debate….
When is a human being a human being, and who exactly is progressive? These are two questions being raised in the wake of Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth’s motion to have Canada’s parliament establish a committee to study the question of when a human being is actually a human being. As things currently
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Ambiguous Wildrose abortion statements emerge as NDP support jumps in Edmonton
Wildrose Apocalypse? Abortion chatter sparks new fears about Wildrose as poll shows NDP mini-surge in Edmonton. Below: NDP Leader Brian Mason. Are residents of the Edmonton region, as disgusted with the antics of the long-ruling Progressive Conservatives as other Albertans, starting to have second thoughts about far-right Wildrose Party’s largely
Continue readingDrive-by Planet: Jean-Luc Mélenchon: Left-Front surges in French polls
Left-Front firebrand Jean-Luc Mélenchon has moved ahead of far-right Marine Le Pen to become the third placed contender in the presidential campaign. He pulls no punches in his colorful descriptions of Le Pen and her far-right views, calling her “a dark presence” and a “filthy beast spewing out hatred.” Mélenchon
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Bully The Movie: When Horror Meets Blindness
It never made any sense. A movie where children kill each other gets a PG-13 rating, a documentary about children getting bullied gets rated R. So I’m glad to see that Bully has been reclassified. I’m happy that kids are going to be able to see it, and that the
Continue readingthe woodshed: Shooting down another trial ballon
Kitchener MP Stephen Woodworth’s attempt to reopen the abortion debate (not exactly as pictured above) will not end well for anyone. I dislike writing about abortion for a number of reasons. No matter what I write, someone is going to be furiously calling me a baby killer or a misogynst.
Continue readingcenterandleft: Bob Rae’s Steep Climb
A Leger Marketing poll was conducted between April 2nd and 4th, and showed the NDP on top of the pack, with 33%, leading the Conservatives by 1%. The Liberals were far behind at 19%, the same level of support given in May 2011. Leger’s information confirms another poll done earlier
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Heraclitus: ‘Character is fate.’
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Continue readingA BCer in Toronto: Why is Julian Fantino hiding his campaign donors?
Blogger The Sixth Estate has written a post drawing attention to the campaign finance filing of Vaughan Conservative MP Julian Fantino from last year’s election, noting two campaign contributions of “Dinner” and “Donation” that are rather odd names you don’t hear every day. And if they are names, at $117,600
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Toronto pastor defrauds investors to the tune of 8.2 million
A Scarborough pastor who mixed God and Mammon fleeced investors of $8.2 million, the Ontario Securities Commission has found. But while the investors’ money has disappeared, Marlon Gary Hibbert funneled $673,000 to himself and his wife Verna, and another $483,848 to charities run by himself or family members. That was
Continue readingFestive Left Friday Blogging: Evil Dictator Makes Venezuela Happy!
Film at 11. Meanwhile, the story: Last Friday, the Washington Post highlighted a global happiness survey released last year by the polling firm Gallup, which found that Venezuela is the fifth happiest country in the world. According to the poll, 64 percent of Venezuelan respondents said their well-being was thriving.
Continue readingImpolitical: Friday night
Madonna at Easter, such an obvious choice, come on. How can you not like that girl, still going strong, with her ear to the ground on what’s new and so here she is remixing it up with Avicii. Have a good night!
Continue readingThose Emergency Blues: Friday Night Flicks: Logorama
Imagine a society where the entire physical environment, even ourselves, is branded. . . and life is lived as a Hollywood cliché. Features a campy Mr. Clean and a very evil, psychotic clown. Couch mode is here. Filed under: Friday Night Flicks Tagged: animation, branding, logos, Los Angeles, short films
Continue readingSo reasonable and open minded their brains fell out.
I know. I didn’t happen to see *direct* misogyny in the posts from a couple minor bloggers who stated they think it’s a fine’ol idea to debate the rights of women in Canada. I do see the passive mysoginistic result of their uneducated and so reasoooooooooonable screeds. They are deliberately
Continue readingwmtc: i ♥ roku
I am absolutely gaga over Roku. This was exactly the missing piece we needed. And it all started with getting rid of Rogers cable. In February, I asked for help with my movie season problem. We had been getting special treatment from Zip, but once that ended, Zip became useless
Continue readingNational Review writer pens the most racist rant you’ll ever read from a ‘mainstream’ conservative
“Bwaa. I can’t say the N-word.” I had to read this Think Progress post twice. I couldn’t believe my eyes. Here is one John Derbyshire, a ‘respected’ conservative for the even more ‘respected’ National Review, writing these lessons for his children, 19 and 16, about black people: (10a) Avoid concentrations
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Friday night
This evening I think we’ll do them in chronological order. This is The Fabulous Thunderbirds performing on Austin City Limits in 1986. Look At That, Look At That. Rebecca was originally written and performed by Big Joe Turner. This is a cover by Joe Louis Walker at the Bern Jazz
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Friday night
This evening I think we’ll do them in chronological order. This is The Fabulous Thunderbirds performing on Austin City Limits in 1986. Look At That, Look At That. Rebecca was originally written and performed by Big Joe Turner. This is a cover by Joe Louis Walker at the Bern Jazz
Continue readingA Novelist's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: On the Eve of Festivities
Today there was sun and A and I walked along the railway tracks. This is what I saw (click any photo to enlarge): a kestrel and there was this… and this… So thank you to the birds and the graffiti artists for speaking to the festivals of spring and renewal,
Continue readingNorthern Insight: See what happens when you split the vote
On today’s Trailing Edge from the Ledge, BC Liberal press officer Sean Leslie disclosed strategy to be followed after the party’s candidate, federal Conservative wonk Laurie Throness, fails to win the once friendly riding of Chilliwack-Hope. “If the NDP actually pulls a win out there because the Conservatives and the
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