This post is long overdue. It really is. I’ve made this distinction in my blog before and also in comment threads, but it keeps coming up and requires a post of its own. When I decry some of the radical and unhinged rhetoric that comes from some people who use
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: You’re welcome CBC News
CBC News Item, December 6: “An executive hired by the Insurance Corporation of B.C. to help cut costs received more than $188,000 for expenses claimed in 2010 — in addition to his $315,000 annual salary, CBC News has learned. “Art Kirkner, a U.S citizen, was hired as one of ICBC’s
Continue readingDecember 6, 22nd Anniversary of the Polytechnique Massacre–With Every Passing Year, We Seem To Keep Going Backward
Here we are again, boys ‘n’ girls, another somber December 6; another year has come and gone and it is time again to commemorate the Polytechnique Massacre when fourteen young women’s lives were lost at the hands of a deranged misogynist. For the two plus years since I’ve started Sister
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Atleo vows to fight for First Nations rights
'"To the Crown we say: Do not ever believe that this national chief, or any future national chief, will ever quit or will ever compromise treaty or inherent rights. No First Nations leader will ever take one step away from insisting on the rights as the foundation of our relationship,"
Continue readingSister Sage’s Musings Repost: Truth in Journalism
A truly brilliant post from a fellow British Columbian. Kim’s writings are always spot on and this is truly no exception. I really appreciate to how she wrote at the bottom that the citizenry will be four square behind the CBC if they are truthful and honest and don’t cower
Continue readingLeftist debate on politics and power
A fascinating exchange of ideas on, amongst other things, the limits of the Occupy movement and the need to explore ways to bring about change of (not in) the system through the exercise of political power. Protests alone are an important start but, according to expert leftists and activists will
Continue readingMorton's Musings: My Commitments as the Next Vice President (English) of the Liberal Party
Within our Liberal family, there is universal agreement that we have a once in a generation opportunity to rebuild our Liberal Party and re-engage Canadians. At the Biennial Convention in Ottawa, dedicated, passionate Liberals will debate the new policies and processes which will define our Party to its members and
Continue readingcmkl: And on December 6th
The Tories take the dismantling of the long gun registry one step closer to reality. One MP with a stunningly insensitive display of glee.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats amid chaos.
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Continue readingAlex's Blog: A Bad Day: What Now?
C10, the omnibus crime bill, passed third reading and is now over to the Senate for what is supposed to be sober second thought. The vote could only have been a depressing anticlimax for the many Canadians who were fighting to stop or amend this legislation. And the implacable inevitability
Continue readingThe Skinny: And here’s to you, Attawapiskat
And Here’s to You, Attawapiskat[Sung to Simon and Garfunkel’s Mrs. Robinson] And here’s to you, Attawapiskat Harper loves you more than you will know (Wo, wo, wo) God bless you please, Attawapiskat Harperland’s a place for those who pray (Hey, hey, hey…hey, hey, hey) I’d like to know a little
Continue readingThe Skinny: And here’s to you, Attawapiskat
And Here’s to You, Attawapiskat
[Sung to Simon and Garfunkel’s Mrs. Robinson]
The Skinny: And here’s to you, Attawapiskat
And Here’s to You, Attawapiskat[Sung to Simon and Garfunkel’s Mrs. Robinson] And here’s to you, Attawapiskat Harper loves you more than you will know (Wo, wo, wo) God bless you please, Attawapiskat Harperland’s a place for those who pray (Hey, hey, hey…hey, hey, hey) I’d like to know a little
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: BREAKING: Northern Gateway Pipeline Decision Delayed Until Late 2013
Northern Gateway Pipeline.png The Calgary Herald reports that the decision on the controversial Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline was delayed today until late 2013, a year later than planned. The three-member panel said it “would anticipate releasing the environmental assessment report in the fall of 2013 and its final decision on the
Continue readinggritchik: Hudak endorsed homophobic campaign flyers…
…does he support this bullshit, too? Tory MPP Frank Klees sponsored today’s press conference and I’m told that fellow MPPs Lisa MacLeod and Peter Shurman attended, too. Reason kabillion that I support Dalton McGuinty: “The purpose of our accepting schools act is to send a strong signal to all Ontarians,
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Bowing to Republican Pressure, EPA Eases Boiler Emission Standards, Threatening U.S. Economy and Health
boiler emissions.jpg The U.S. EPA has bowed to pressure from Republican members of Congress and relaxed the proposed rules for boiler emissions. By allowing utility industry companies to make “upgrades” to existing boilers, rather than replacing them with lower-emission boilers, corporations will save an estimated $1.5 billion in their attempts to
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: All is not lost as Conservatives’ omnibus crime Bill C-10 clears Commons
My immediate reaction to the passage of the Conservatives omnibus crime Bill C-10 yesterday was: “See you all in jail!” It’s the worst reaction by an avowed lifelong social-political activist. That’s because, even in the …Read More
Continue readingCharles McVety is a racist, homophobic, lying man who should be ostracized.
Charles McVety is a sort of leader of Canada’s undercovered (thank god) leader of the religious right. Evangelicals and Catholics alike. Here’s what he has to say about Islam, and I think it speaks for itself: Islam is not just a religion, it’s a political and cultural system as well and we
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Open Government
A government so open, that it lost its marbles. If we had journalists who uniformly understood that letting politicians get away with flaming lies would lead us into a mess, we’d not be in a mess. We’d also not have to satirize ourselves so much.
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