Concerned Women for America doesn’t grok consent. And they’re not alone. Anti-abortion campaigner Jill Stanek is joining them, along with several other right-wing figures in North America who have responded to the discussions surrounding the tactic of legally requiring women to undergo a transvaginal ultrasound before being able to access
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Now This, This Makes Me Furious
So, I read this news article today, and it’s really REALLY stuck in my craw, to the point where I’ve been so angry I haven’t even known where to start writing. When I read lines like “One badgeless officer, face covered with a gas mask and visor, apparently kicking a
Continue readingQP: Tinfoil hats and vivid imaginations
After receiving plaudits from Olivia Chow for her accomplishments as interim leader – most notably all of the symbolic, non-binding motions that were passed under her watch – Nycole Turmel kicked off QP by asking not about the Robocon allegations, but the prescription drug shortages. Harper responded by chastising the
Continue readingBuckdog: Saskatchewan Party Government Stonewalling On Cost Estimates To Implement Omnibus Crime Bill
“If you throw a rock into the night and you hear a dog yelp … you hit the dog” Bingo. Saskatchewan residents can now be assured that Premier Brad Wall is desperately scrambling to find the tens of millions of tax dollars needed to implement Ottawa’s Bill C – 10,
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Total Telecom: Throttling Rampant in Europe
While the CRTC has recently reprimanded Rogers for continuing to implement the discriminatory use of P2P throttling, the pro-internet community in Europe is calling for tough action from regulators to confront widespread throttling practices. Article by Nick Wood for Total Telecom. European operators are regularly using traffic management techniques that
Continue readingCanadian Dimension Feed: Alert! Episode 207
This episode of Alert gives a taste of Left Forum, a unique phenomenon in the U.S. and the world, that convenes the largest annual conference of a broad spectrum of left and progressive intellectuals, activists, academics, organizations and the interested public. Over a thousand speakers participate in 300 panels. The
Continue readingDrive-by Planet: Ouch! Nike launches ‘Black and Tan’ trainers ahead of St Patricks Day
Limited edition Nike SB Dunk Low trainers were rolled out recently to a bit of an outcry. Nike unveiled the new trainers ahead of this years St Patrick’s Day. The name chosen by Nike for the trainers – “Black and Tan” -is beer themed, evoking a pint of Guinness mixed
Continue readingAt Least Now We Know How Much It Costs…
Didn’tThesePeopleBlowTheirWad Shillin’ForTheHSTVille ….To Get The Lotuslandian ProMedia’s Attention …(Phil) Hochstein said his (Contruction Company Lobby) group didn’t consult with the Liberals on the ad, and he defends the allegation that Dix “forged” the memo (to protect his former boss, then Premier Glen Clark). “Someone backdates a memo in a criminal
Continue readingthe woodshed: At long last sir, have you left no sense of decency?
Senator Fatass steps waaaaay over the line. Harper-appointee Percy Mockler told the Senate it had to stop the interference of foreign foundations who were “muddling” in the business of our country. “I believe they do abuse the laws of Revenue Canada,” he said. Not all foundations, of course, were “evil,”
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Water Wars
We goofed, big time. When Europeans settled in North America they believed it was “what you see is what you get.” As they planned for growth and expansion they didn’t understand that what they took as normal was anything but. The science wasn’t available to warn them that, throughout most
Continue readingCritical Brain Candy: Sustainable ideas
There’s a new list of Top 10 Easy Ideas For A Sustainable 2012 over at YouSustain. This years list seems extra informative because of the ability to show what the CO2 amounts discussed actually mean, via links to the new tool How Much CO2 Is That? Let me know of any
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Prime Minister’s Guilty Mind
The Prime Minister is acting like someone with a guilty mind. It’s been hard on all Conservatives I’ve spoken with to admit this is the case. Consider you’re a Conservative (if you aren’t), and imagine the possibility that the Prime Minister is implicated in a conspiracy to commit elections fraud.
Continue readingMas-debating in da’ house.
Yesterday, we were told by the "senate" that anyone who disagrees with the Harper and co agenda is "Evil" "anti-Canadian". So that would be all environmental groups. I am thinking their unpublished list also includes any of them Wimmins groupings and such. Not all foundations, of course, were "evil," Mockler
Continue readingTerahertz: NDP fights for secularism
With the recent robocall scandal, upcoming budget, and NDP leadership race, it’s easy to forget some of the other controversies that Stephen Harper’s Conservatives have thrown us over the past year. Luckily, we have representatives like NDP foreign affairs critic Hélène Laverdière, who continue to work to uncover answers. Specifically,
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: BC Jobs Plan working, in China
In the last year, the Pacific Northwest (BC, WA, OR) exported well more than $1 billion worth of raw softwood logs to China. Shipments for 2011 were more than in the preceding five years combined. Increased demand for logs might be great for the logging industry, but it results in
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Robocon: Bob Rae has one week to protect Canada’s democracy by stopping the clock
Bob Rae – one week to go And a study by a Simon Fraser professor finds that the robocalls could have affected the result of the May 2 2011 election: In a new paper, a Simon Fraser University economist finds that robo-calling, if the phenomenon did occur, could have significantly
Continue readingThe Adventures of Diva Rachel: Iggy still out of touch — some things never change
Michael Ignatieff admits mistakes and airs grievances: He and Harper both 'denied standing' during election http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/news/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com/2012/03/14/michael-ignatieff-admits-mistakes-and-airs-grievances-he-and-harper-both-denied-standing-during-election A comment from a reader: «Oh, give me a break. Liberals have been presenting Ignatieff as a "thoroughbred greyhound" from the very beginning and that is why the Canadian public rejected him. There is
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Harper’s Underhanded Gutting of Fisheries Act Designed to Help Enbridge and Co.
Mr. Langer has received and made public the news that under the Budget Omnibus Bill, the Fisheries Act will no longer protect fish habitat! Not only are they putting fish habitat in the hands of the pipeline builders and other despoilers of fish habitat, they are trying to slip this
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