Source: http://www.facebook.com/stonewalluk Well this is neat. Throughout April, 1,000 buses in London, England, are carrying ads from the British charity, Stonewall, to promote marriage equality. Bearing the tagline, “Some People Are Gay. Get Over It!” the ads link to Stonewall’s equal marriage campaign website, which includes details of the charity’s response
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: The List Grows Longer
The Harper government keeps adding to its enemies list. First and foremost, there are the “radical environmentalists.” And, of course, there is the CBC. And then there is the entire province of Quebec. Now, the government has turned its sights on the province of Ontario. When Bob Rae rose in
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Globe: Bell hikes payphone rates
Big telecom company Bell is trying to raise prices anywhere they can, including through payphones. Though not as popular as they once were, payphones are especially useful to those with lower incomes; raising the rates will only serve to make yet another form of communication less accessible. All this while
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: The Farce Of The "Golden Age Of Gas"
Oil and gas industry insiders revealed earlier this year the high probability that we're headed into a shale gas bubble. But that's not what the industry's CEOs and PR departments want you to hear. "The reality of at least 100 years’ worth of shale gas abundance has been supported by
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Gwynne Dyer on Our Future
I have been writing lately about environmental degradation and the bleak future that seems to await us. On that theme, (and because I have a busy morning ahead of me) I am providing a link to an article by Gwynne Dyer, who argues that because of our huge global population
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4426…Wrong Again
I liked KU. Rock, chalk, Jayhawk. The world liked KY. The world was right. WFDS
Continue readingLiberal Justin Trudeau brings in biggest ratings ever for Conservative Sun News
But Fox News North is still Fox News North. No more Liberals and never a Dipper. Watch the ratings slip again back to next to nothing.
Continue readingArt Threat: Step Right Up to See the GOP’s Amazing War on Women
Mother Jones’ illustrator Zina Saunders takes on the GOP’s oppressive and backwards stance on women in her illustrated political cartoon this week, in which you are invited to step right up and watch the greatest circus on earth – the 2012 Republican presidential campaign. Watch it over at Mother Jones’.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Don’t Call it a Scandal
There are many people who are insisting that RoboCon does not deserve to be called a “scandal”. Conservative Party hack Levant, insists it’s a “scandalette”. Justin Trudeau (and researcher extraordinaire Brian-Michel LaRue) has a better reason for using more exact terminology: Don’t call it a scandal. Don’t call it an
Continue readingBC NDP ahead of Libs and Cons by a whopping 20 percent popular support. Media: Look at those Conservatives rise!
The news, in terms of rest of Canada, is breathtaking. In a survey by Angus-Reid, BC’s NDP is not just far ahead of the Cons and Libs, but gaining with 43 percent popular support while the the other two parties are tied at 23 percent. The rising predominance should be
Continue readingArt Threat: Some kind of monster – Film screening cancelled amid unsubstantiated copyright fears
Canadian filmmaker and activist John Greyson is no stranger to controversy — whether haranguing Justin Bieber to pull concerts scheduled for Israel, supporting queer film festivals in hostile environments, or scuffling with TIFF over the erasure of occupation in special programming, the prolific auteur has seen his share of messy
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Folly of Debating Christians – Thunderf00t and Eric Hovind
Thunderf00t gets a trophy for patience as he systematically attempts to debate with the foolishly inane Eric Hovind. This video is 29 minutes of fist-clenching agony as Hovind petulantly refuses to answer questions and fails to understand the most basic of knowledge. People who debate Theists are aware of
Continue readingIt Is Now Official….
…A Vote For The Christy Party Is A Vote For The NDP! Heckfire. Rod Mickleburgh, in The Globe even managed to sneak this nugget, soft, gooey and staight out of the Angus Reid easy-bake oven, onto the point of his latest inverted pyramid late last night: “Premier Christy Clark’s mantra-like
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Cuts Threaten to Close Window on the World by Tony Burman
Former head of Al Jazeera English and CBC News says that as the world becomes smaller and more complex, the amount of airtime on the CBC devoted to international issues is shrinking.
Continue readingFar and Wide: Conservatives Should Wear F-35 Debacle
I suspect Ottawa will look even more absurd as usual today, as the Conservatives react to the “scathing” Auditor General report on the F-35. I look for the government to embrace the AG report, even THANK him for his good work in the name of the public interest. The Conservatives
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Sun TV Ratings: The Shorter Story
The only way anyone will watch is if they put a Liberal on.
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Silly NDP Budget Antics
As some know, I’m not one who normally goes out of my way to go after the NDP on a lot of things, as they have positions closer to me then the Conservatives do by a longshot, but if this is Thomas Mulcair’s new strategy, it doesn’t exactly bode well
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: Ampersand wearing a fez
I think Marc Johns has nailed it. This is exactly the kind of whimsical hat an ampersand would wear. Here are some other suggestions punctuation/headgear combos: colon wearing a bowler hat semi-colon wearing a flat cap question mark wearing a … Continue reading →
Continue reading350 or bust: Enbridge Pipeline Panel Frightened By Singing & Drumming Pipeline Opposition
In a bizarre turn of events, the Enbridge Pipeline hearings were suspended in Bella Bella in northern British Columbia yesterday after the panel members expressed concerns about their safety. This development seems curious, as the Joint Review panel members have the full weight of the federal government behind them, and
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