Lowe’s pulls TV ads – and gives a Christmas gift to Target et al, Wajahat Ali, The Guardian: “The decision by Lowe’s, behemoth chain of retail home improvement and appliance stores, to pull its advertising from TLC’s reality TV show “All-American Muslim,” ceded to the bigotry, fear-mongering and paranoia of
Continue readingAnd a Hippo Gnu Deer…..
So it was here finally. The best part for me, is that I get almost an entire week off. Woo. Hope everyone has a safe and warm holiday and eats entirely too much. It makes me feel better if it’s not just me that has jeans that don’t fit for
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Reitmeier Preliminary Hearing Occurred December 21
A brief but important update on the forcible confinement and sexual assault charges against Robert Reitmeier. We received a note the preliminary hearing took place last Wednesday. Reitmeier and Tyler Sturrup had been arrested in June accused of murdering Mark Mariani. Later, we learned that Reitmeier had been charged earlier
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LOCAL NEWS: THE LAST MAN STANDING: Last Wednesday December 21 the Province of Manitoba finally moved to evict Occupy Winnipeg from Memorial Park at, of course, 7:00 am. According to what I read Occupy Winnipeg was the last Occupy camp to be evicted in Canada. Not bad strategy on the
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Citizen Peladeau and the War on the CBC
Jumping Jiminy Cricket. I must have had too much booze soaked plum pudding eh? But when I saw that Pierre Karl Péladeau says his war on the CBC isn’t a vendetta, I couldn’t help thinking that his nose must be growing. The media magnate insists that his crusade to force the
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Would-be skippers on the Ship of Fools
The day before making her official presidential campaign announcement, in Waterloo, Iowa, Michele Bachmann, who was born and grew up in Waterloo before moving to Minnesota, told Fox News, “John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa. That’s the kind of spirit that I have, too.” However, the John Wayne with roots
Continue readingA voice from Riverbend: Happy holidays!
Many thanks to all the readers of the blog! I hope that all is well with you and yours this holiday season and would like to wish you all the best in 2012. Let it be a positive year, in spite of all the odds. Best regards,Artem
Continue readingbennie Speaks . . . .
But should anyone listen? From Global Post yesterday: Pope Benedict XVI urges faithful to see through “superficial glitter” of Christmas Pope Benedict XVI has urged worshipers to see through the “superficial glitter” of Christmas during the traditional Christmas Eve Mass at St Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Pope Benedict XVI lamented
Continue readingA voice from Riverbend: Happy holidays!
Many thanks to all the readers of the blog! I hope that all is well with you and yours this holiday season and would like to wish you all the best in 2012. Let it be a positive year, in spite of all the odds. Best regards,Artem
Continue readingA voice from Riverbend: Happy holidays!
Many thanks to all the readers of the blog! I hope that all is well with you and yours this holiday season and would like to wish you all the best in 2012. Let it be a positive year, in spite of all the odds.Best regards,Artem
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Boxing Day Special: Listening to Nils Brown with My New Headphones.
The following Youtube clip can give you only a taste of the delightful CD the Lizieux elves gave me for Christmas: Nils Brown singing Belle Canzoni d’Italia through the headphones that were a present from Lukas and Sophie. I’ve been following his career for about 15 years, ever since he
Continue reading350 or bust: Spring is Radical, And It’s Just Begun
Here’s a Solstice message from Reverend Billy, from the Church of Earthalujah, from Zuccotti Square in New York City: What did I learn this year. We are the 99%. I learned that. So we’re not divided into separate causes anymore who pass like ships in the night – we are
Continue readingThe Traditionalist.
TheAuldTriangles HaveManyJoinedAnglesVille We played on the ferry coming over yesterday afternoon, right after the shift change, outside, on the back deck behind the SeaWest lounge where the exclusives go to avoid the crowds and the bustle. Not to mention the hoi polloi that paid for their bon-bons. It actually turned
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Canadian Press Sucks Up to Harper as ’2011 Story of Year’
Quelle surprise: mainstream media excited about Harper’s majority win and declare it to be ‘story of the year’.
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Garneau Takes One Step Forward for Liberalkind….
(Sorry for my lack of posting, but I’m currently on vacation in the south.) Marc Garneau, MP for Westmount-Ville-Marie since 2008 and the first Canadian in space, has admitted that he is seriously considering a run for the top job of the current pile that makes up the Liberal brand.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2012 Candidate Rankings – December 26, 2011
Anybody expecting the holidays to make for a quiet spell in the NDP’s leadership race was in for a surprise, as the last week has seen the first candidate departure along with a boost in the number of pundits’ rankings and candidate profiles. But will the result be much change
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Some good reasons for supporting Brian Topp
If he really introduced proportional representation, then he would be a revolutionary prime minister, and go down in history as one of the great ones: Make no mistake: with Brian Topp at the helm, a vote for the New Democratic Party in 2015 will be a vote for change. The
Continue readingFar-right wackjobs: they’re not just tedious – they’re a genuine threat | via AlterNet | #uspoli
December 25, 2011 | Photo Credit: Agence-France Presse {AFP] LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join our mailing list: Sign up to stay up to date on the latest headlines via email. The paranoia infecting a broad swath of the American right-wing can be comical at times — think about Orly
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Boxing Day reading – with plenty of interesting news below the headlines. – Naturally the Globe and Mail’s headline focuses on a modest dip (to a 14-point lead) in Quebec rather than the NDP’s strong national performance. But the more noteworthy development in the latest Nanos
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: This One is for James Morton, Happy New Year James.
I watched it, had to post it. Enjoy, James
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