You know those pickets of fresh-faced kids, the ones who gather regularly outside clinics and hospitals to bully women seeking abortions? Chances are, we’re paying for them. Bad enough we taxpayers are forced to subsidize the Roman Catholic Church, thanks…
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: The Answers Are All Behind Them
Ezra Klein, in his analysis of last night’s Republican Candidates debate, writes: “The candidates vying for the GOP’s 2012 presidential nomination want to force history backward.” If there is one thing all of them want to do, it is to repeal everythi…
Continue readingA Novelist's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: Writing and Weeping
I intended to post my report about Scrivener yesterday, and I have photos from my Thanksgiving walk to upload. But instead I imported a document to Scrivener. It was a book I began months ago but had to put aside while working with my publisher on Web of Angels. Yesterday I looked at the few […]
Kevin O’Leary under fire for hatchet job on Chris Hedges. Sun Media rides to the rescue.
You won’t find the Sun tabloid chain – no stranger to hatchet jobs – siding with the ‘state broadcaster’ often. But when it comes to the Bill O’Reilly attack dog of the CBC, Sun can make an exception.(I’m pretty sure Sun has also recently deified …
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for October 12, 2011
Here are today’s leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:
More than 600 doctors punished for misconduct in Canada: study – The Globe and Mail – http://goo.gl/a44sw
Afghanistan officials ‘systematically tortured’ detainees, says UN re…
daveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: alison redford’s first cabinet – who’s in? who’s out?
Premier Alison Redford will announce the appointment of her first cabinet at 10:00am this morning. I presented my list of predictions last week and since then we have some stronger indication of who will be appointed today and who will be joining the backbenchers this morning. We have been told to expect a significant shuffle […]
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: My CBC Letter of Complaint About Kevin O’Leary
For anyone who might be interested, here is the letter of complaint I sent off by snail-mail (not as easily ignored as email, at least that’s my thinking) yesterday to the CBC about Kevin O’Leary and his disgraceful treatment of Pulitzer Prize winning …
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Alan Grayson – How to deal with Wall Street Apologists
Thanks to the Alter.net for the commentary on Alan Grayson smacking down conservatives on Real Time with Bill Mahr. “Prior to O’Rouke’s entry, Grayson was relatively subdued, making occasional jokes. There was not that much need to challenge from Nicolle Wallace, the other conservative on, who weakly employed Tactic No. 4 in the right wing […]
Morton's Musings: RIM service issues continue
I have very spotty service and twitter seems especially affected… .
Continue readingTrashy's World: Following up on my Don Cherry rant..
From Ken Gray’s blog… Facebook friend Jean-Pierre Allard commented on my blog post Don Cherry Must Go Because of Latest Outrage. To read the post with the original and infamous Don Cherry Coach’s Corner segment on hockey violence, click here: “Not sure our otherwise fine country could ever recover (without Cherry) as there will be […]
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Letter to Supporters: An irresponsible PR campaign that targets you
Despite the fact that 8 in 10 Canadians are against warrantless and costly online spying, the government remains stubbornly set on cementing the scheme into law. They’ve now unleashed a reckless and irresponsible PR campaign that suggests warrantles…
Continue readingThe Skwib: This could work
Alltop is a flaming box of funny.
Continue readingFar and Wide: State Of The Nation
To my mind, if you want to chart an effective future course you must digest a realistic reality. It’s fine to be optimistic, but that view tends to gloss over sober circumstances, which in turn doesn’t contemplate what is necessary to truly realize you…
Continue readingwmtc: occupy wall street: a view from nyc and how you can participate, even if you can’t physically occupy
Last night we attended a meeting of the Toronto International Socialists, because I wanted to hear a report-back from a member who has just returned from New York, where he spent a day at Occupy Wall Street. C is 19 years old, originally from New Jerse…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: CCPS calls for privatization of the CBC
The Canadian Centre for Policy Studies releases a discussion
paper calling on the federal government to privatize the Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation.
350 or bust: Climate News: Carbon Pricing in Australia And Oil Orgies In Britain
Yesterday Australia took a huge step toward a clean energy economy and tackling climate change. The Australian House of Representatives passed the Government’s package of 19 bills setting up a carbon pricing scheme from July 1, 2012 by a vote of 74 t…
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Chris Hedges vs Kevin O’Leary
A debate with Kevin O’Leary and Chris Hedges exposes the depth of hypocrisy that O’Leary exudes.
Continue readingExcited Delirium: White vs Red Poppies?
Wear your White Poppies in October and November as a show of protest against the growth of the military-industrial complex.
Continue readingImpolitical: Wednesday drive-by blogging
1. Very serious Globe editorial. The tip-off is the use of the word “pukes” in the title. 2. Big news on the climate change front, covered in a good post at DeSmog Blog: “Australia Gets a Price on Carbon Despite Toxic Anti-Science Campaign.” It really …
Continue readingSlap Upside The Head: More Letters Wanted For The Purple Letter Campaign
The Purple Letter Campaign is a really great letter-writing campaign in B.C. with a simple goal: Get the government to adopt official policies to make schools safer for GLBT students and staff. The campaign, which was started by community members Ryan Clayton and Kaitlin Burnett, asks for people like you to share your stories and […]
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