[please post and forward widely] [français ci-dessous] [facebook: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=272424856132486] ———- Prisoner Correspondence Project, Certain Days, Kersplebedeb Publishing & QPIRG Concordia invite you to the Montreal book launch of: Captive Genders: trans embodiment and the prison industrial complex Thursday November 24th, 6:30pm QPIRG Concordia1500 de Maisonneuve O. suite 204 metro Guy Concordia Featuring:
Continue readingThe Harperian base: QOTW
“They tend to be anti-intellectual, anti-science and with little interest in debating the evidence or listening to expert opinion. Many simply want people who do bad things to be severely punished whether it makes streets safer or not.” —EKOS pollster Frank Graves 70% of Canadians favour the decriminalization of marijuana.
Continue readingwmtc: in which i begin my first library job
It’s finally happened: I’ve been placed as a page! I begin my training this Thursday at the Central Library in Mississauga. This is a huge, beautiful library, a five-minute drive from our house, and right next door to YMCA that Allan and I belong to. I’ve been waiting for this
Continue readingQP: Scattershot questions on the AG report
With the Auditor General’s latest report having been released earlier this morning, one would have imagined that whatever the biggest piece of scandalous news from it would have led off QP. And yet, Nycole Turmel got up and asked about…the health accord renegotiation process, and what kind of public input
Continue readingWhen An NPA Candidate Lies Down With Swine…
…They Love The Smell Of The Poo. As long as they think they might win. **** And if they don’t? Win, I mean. Well…. You get stuff like this from ‘former’ candidate Sean Bickerton: …the voters have spoken, decisively rejecting a Mayoral campaign based on puerile, sophomoric, gotcha-style attacks and
Continue readingCarbon49 - a blog on sustainability for Canadian businesses: Sustainability Reports: Separating Green Heroes from Green Washers
Most corporate social responsibility reports look great on the surface. But how do you read between the lines to separate the green heroes from the green washers? This article looks at reports from Merck, Procter and Gamble, De Beers, Ferrero and shares 16 tips on how to read sustainability reports
Continue readingMichele Bachmann theme on Fallon: ‘Lyin’ Ass Bitch’
Somehow I think Fallon, his producer and especially song chooser and band leader ?uestlove are in big trouble. Aside from the obvious sexism of the title, Bachmann and her aides, rightbloggers, and conservative pundits are bound to jump on this as a sign not just of a ‘liberal bias’ but
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: EFF: Update on Online Spying
By Katitza Rodriguez and Maira Sutton for the Electronic Frontier Foundation The Canadian national anthem proudly honors “The True North strong and free!” Yet Canadians face an imminent round of frightening online spy proposals that threaten long held civil liberties and privacy rights. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews has insisted
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: That Annoying Twitter Access
I’ve seldom seen a journalist whine so much about politicians who are too accessible to the public. Look no further, you can find them in the Calgary Herald. Mayor Nenshi has even replied to a tweet from me, and I don’t even live in Calgary, so obviously he must be
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Moving forward by ignoring errors
Glenn Greenwald, Salon.com: “The UC-Davis Chancellor responsible for the pepper-spraying of her students, Linda Katehi, today went on Good Morning America and explained why she should not resign or otherwise be held accountable: “we really need to start the healing process and move forward.” On a radio program in the
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: East Anglia SwiftHack Email Nontroversy Returns: What You Need To Know
The desparate attempt by climate change deniers to sully climate scientists returns today with the release of 5,000 emails stolen back in 2009 during the original "Climategate" hacking of the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit email servers. Other than a great attempt at ruining another Thanksgiving holiday for American
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Bill O’Reilly on UC-Davis Pepper-Spraying: No Big Deal
I don’t think the following video needs any commentary on my part: Recommend this Post
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Angela Merkel tosses Cameron a bone and presses on with Little EU amendments
David Cameron rubbed his hands in glee a few weeks ago when Angela Merkel insisted that the European Union treaty be amended as part of her agreement to save weaker countries from bankruptcy. Because amendments require 100% approval by all members, Cameron thought that he could bargain with the Iron
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Wise Law Blog 2011-11-22 14:17:00
Thanks to all 1500+ of you who tuned in with us for yesterday’s LSUC Webinar, Legal Ethics in an Age of Technology. Check out the live tweets and real-time discussions on Twitter @ #LSUCEthics. And now, here is our Tuesday edition of the day’s leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: Here
Continue readingThings Are Good: Music Therapy Helps Brain Damaged Patients
Music therapy can help people who have severe brain damage regain control of their brain and heal faster. This is really nifty! But how does music find a pathway inside a damaged brain that regular speech can’t negotiate? According to Morrow, it has to do with the parts of the
Continue reading350 or bust: Canada’s Environment Minister Doesn’t Know What Ozone Is, But Approves Cuts To Ozone Monitoring
Unfortunately, this is the fellow in charge of preserving Canada’s water, air, and climate for future generations. The video below shows Environment Minister Peter Kent can’t respond to Justin Trudeau’s straightforward question about what ozone is, and the difference between ozone at high and low levels of the atmosphere. This
Continue readingCanadian Dimension Feed: Wake up and Listen to Occupiers
The amazingly resilient Occupy phenomenon is running up against the same ugly reality that so many social movements have encountered over the past 20 years: There is a world of difference between influence and power. Governments and the corporations they serve have power — that is, the power of money
Continue readingRecreating Eden: QWF Awards Tonight: Michel Freitag’s Book to Be Launched
Tonight is a big literary night. It’s the Quebec Writers’ Federation annual awards gala, and my good friends David Homel and Merrily Weisbord are up for prizes. Thank goodness they’re contestants in different categories –David for Midway in fiction, and Merrily for The Love Queen of Malabar in non-fiction–or I’d
Continue readingLeDaro: Mitt Romney: Flip Flop Champion
Flip flopping is not easy. It is hard on poor Romney and he should get an Oscar for his performance. “With Romney’s positions evolving on everything from abortion to gay rights, embryonic stem cell research to health care, the Republican presidential candidate has faced charges of political opportunism from Republicans
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