Report concludes British riots provoked by police brutality and povertyBy Julie Hyland The first comprehensive investigation into the riots that swept London and other parts of England in August has confirmed that police brutality, poverty and social inequality were the primary motivating factors in their eruption. The “Reading the Riots”
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The OM Team: Weekly Update from OpenMedia.ca
Hello! Here’s the OpenMedia.ca Team — Lindsey, Reilly, Steve, and Shea — with your weekly update: Your support means everything to our tiny team, please visit http://openmedia.ca/allies to help us continue working for you in 2012. For the Internet, Your OM Team
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Why the Sunday Express newshounds are on the trail of the Todd Bentley fox?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. As Todd Bentley moved on from Wales and prepares to visit a meeting place that is advertised as not far from London, we can mention that other British newspapers have not found the evangelist’s return to Britain to be newsworthy yet.
Continue readingcartoon life: Tuxedo cat on red
Filed under: art, digital, iPad, painting Tagged: art, Cat, painting
Continue readingDented Blue Mercedes: Credit where it’s due: Conservatives speak out against Nigeria’s anti-same-sex marriage bill.
The Stephen Harper Conservatives have spoken out against a proposal in Nigeria to further criminalize gays and lesbians, and — at least as significantly — those who would ally, advocate for or even just silently tolerate their existence. Yup, you heard that right. If you’ve read my other writings about
Continue readingDented Blue Mercedes: Aarchive: Anti-Abortion Lobby Dances on the Graves
(This post previously appeared at The Bilerico Project) Recently, leaders of Commonwealth nations met to discuss pressing international issues, and leaders from the U.K., Canada and others pressed for human rights reforms for LGBT people. British Prime Minister David Cameron went so far as to threaten to cut off aid
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: The Prime Minister’s Office Buys Maria a Fridge at the Second Sixth Estate Flack Awards
One day has now passed since the dishon. Peter MacKay threatened to sue his critics for libel, and Sixth Estate has not received any requests to take down posts “attacking his credibility.” The Sixth Estate Weekly Flack Awards are given to Cabinet ministers and their mouthpieces for going below and
Continue readingMorton's Musings: The Irwin Cotler incident
The Irwin Cotler incident, where Conservative Party operatives spread false news that Irwin Cotler had resigned and a by-election was in the offing, is more than mere political dirty tricks. It is far from uncommon for political activists to lose sight of the bigger picture and go too far. Sometimes,
Continue readingcmkl: So… crawling in from the work Christmas party
I went up to say goodnight to Irene and she told me that the evening had been uneventful but that Mallory had been sad that she wouldn’t say goodnight to me. I neglected to warn her that I wouldn’t be home before her bedtime.
Continue readingImpolitical: Hillary’s historic speech
You go, Hillary! You can watch the rest of her historic speech here and the transcript is here.
Continue readingBecause This Is Her Heyday.
FinalsSchminals CollegeVille Bigger E. is in the midst of hell week, what with all the papers, and studying, and exams and such. Which, as I told her, just means that she is, at most, a hundred or so floors below Hank Williams. And/or Mic Christopher. And the funny thing is,
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Loontastic!
If anything seems to elicit the barely disguised lunatic aspect of almost every Republican politician (with a few notable exceptions such as Ron Paul and Gary Johnson), it’s their desperate need to almost comically “out-crazy” one another with bellicose, war-mongering rhetoric whenever speaking to radical right-wing Jewish special interest groups.
Continue readingRick Perry wears ‘Brokeback Mountain’ jacket in new anti-gay ad
Funny! If I was a god-fearin’ man I’d say it was one of the old man in the sky’s little jokes on dumbass Rick Perry. OK, it’s not exactly the same jacket. Close enough for homophobia spotting. Too bad Perry didn’t wear one of white Brokeback Mountain cowboy hats, too.
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Small Island States Fear "Annihilation" From Failed Climate Negotiations, Protests Mark COP17 Closing Hours
Karl Hood, Grenada's Minister of Foreign Affairs and chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), responded to a question from veteran ABC correspondent Bill Blakemore about the fact that climate scientists believe it is impossible to keep global warming below 1.5C above pre-industrial levels: "If they're saying that
Continue readingBlevkog: Dear Canadian Taxpayer Federation:
I have an idea for your next target research focus. Attawapiskat must pay Ottawa appointee $1,300 a day While the known costs for the auditor are $1,300 daily, that sum could rise significantly once travel and other expenses are factored in, said Grand Chief David Harper, of Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak.
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Boneheads Arrested in Vancouver
Oh, RCMP! You Are Such a Tease! We were mildly impressed that the boneheads in Vancouver have, thus far, been able to relatively discrete (unlike the attention whores in Calgary). But we figured it would be inevitable since bonehead often =’s violence that we would be hearing about them eventually.
Continue readingImpolitical: High times in Canadian politics
This quote from a Liberal Senator goes to a key question with this government: Liberal Senator Robert Peterson said he thinks the closure motion was brought in because the Tories feared an extended debate over the court ruling. But he saw no practical way to derail the bill. “If they’re
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Evening Links
This and that for your evening reading. – pogge points out yet another Con slush fund, as public money earmarked for green infrastructure was instead diverted to oil, gas and forestry companies. – Meanwhile, the Cons’ attempt to paint a proliferation of oil pipelines as a matter of national unity
Continue readingAttawapiskat v. the patriarichal Prime Minister.
Today our Prime Minister is forcing Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence to pay $1300 a day for some Accountant to come into the community to take control of the local finances. According to the CBC, The federal government is forcing the troubled Attawapiskat First Nation to pay a private-sector consultant about
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