Well I see the ghastly old gnomes of the International Olympic Committee want everyone to know it's safe to attend the Winter Games in Sochi. So please don't even think of boycotting them.Because they won't be The Hate Games.Even if you're gay. Read more »
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Musings on Canadian Politics: RCMP commissioner Bob Paulson needs to re-examine approach to sexual harassment allegations
RCMP commissioner Bob Paulson, testifying before a Senate committee investigating sexual harassment and bullying in the RCMP, has dismissed allegations of harassment and bullying. “I can’t be continually defending against outlandish claims that have not been tested or established, but yet are being put forward as though they are gospel
Continue reading350 or bust: Saturday At The Movies
Bullying has got to stop.
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Wizard of Wrath
Well he's been called a lot of names.And I've called him a few myself eh?But I've never heard anyone call Great Ugly Leader the Wizard of Wrath. Just as in the movie, our Wizard is playing the bully with the big stick to the very end. In big things and little ones, the
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Can An Anti-Bullying Video Be Too Shocking?
The images are shocking and disturbing.Just like the real thing.But can an anti-bullying video be too shocking?You be the judge…Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper’s Disastrous Bout With Justin Trudeau
Well afterwards the experts did agree on one thing eh? It wasn't exactly the bout of the century, but it was both horribly revealing, and deeply disturbing.For there was Big Boy Harper rushing out of his corner to accuse Justin Trudeau of being a girly man.Only to lead with his belly, trip on his thong,
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Rehtaeh Parsons and the Ghastly Bully Cons
It looks as if poor Rehtaeh Parsons is about to do what no dead bullied Canadian kid has ever managed to do before.Get Stephen Harper and his Con regime to do something about bullying.The federal government wants to expedite a review of “gaps” in the Criminal Code and introduce legislative
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Boston & Why Women Are Police Officers
Women are too soft and fragile to be police officers. With their hair and makeup they certainly can’t fight in military combat. Nothing showed those sentiments to be more unfounded than the iconic picture of the chaos that erupted after the detonation of two bombs at the Boston Marathon, where
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Boston & Why Women Are Police Officers
Women are too soft and fragile to be police officers. With their hair and makeup they certainly can’t fight in military combat. Nothing showed those sentiments to be more unfounded than the iconic picture of the chaos that erupted after the detonation …
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Boston & Why Women Are Police Officers
Women are too soft and fragile to be police officers. With their hair and makeup they certainly can’t fight in military combat. Nothing showed those sentiments to be more unfounded than the iconic picture of the chaos that erupted after the detonation of two bombs at the Boston Marathon, where
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Rehtaeh Parsons and the Bully Harper
It's hard to imagine a worse horror story. A young woman is sexually assaulted, and publicly humiliated.Her school does nothing. A police investigation goes nowhere. Then she is bullied, and then she kills herself. Read more »
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Bullying in the Workplace – Qualia Soup
Bullying not only happens at school, but also in the workplace. Qualia Soup tackles the issue head on. Enjoy. 🙂 Filed under: Education Tagged: Bullying, Qualia Soup, Workplace
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: To This Day – Shane Koyczan
I see this in the classroom and I do my best to prevent it. Uphill battle yes, worth it, yes. A word poem with pictures – listen, watch and learn. Filed under: Arts, Education Tagged: Bullying, Shane Koyczan, Word Poem
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: To This Day by Shane Koyczanby- Poems and Video About Bullying
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger- This an important breakthrough about bullying made and presented by Shane Koyczanby. He has suffered the taunts and ridicule that it seems are part of growing up for far too many of our children. It is wrong, hurtful, and sometimes debilitating. We are all becoming more aware
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Kathleen Wynne and the Gay Kids
I haven't written about Kathleen Wynne becoming Ontario's first woman and lesbian Premier, for a couple of reasons.One, I hate writing the words "openly gay." You're either gay or you're not. And two because at this point in the 21st Century I didn't think it should be a big deal.But
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Slow Death of Ashley Smith
It is without a doubt one of the worst things I have ever seen. The slow death of Ashley Smith.While her guards watched.Read that and weep.Or watch the video here.If you can bear it.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Idle No More and the Bigot Bullies
Once upon a time when I thought about the plight of our First Nations, I used to think that George Bernard Shaw was right:"The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them but to be indifferent to them. That is the essence of inhumanity."But now I see
Continue readingAnother Step to Take: Relational bullying, aggression and being nice
Before I wrote the post on bullying (almost a month ago) I had borrowed from the library two books about bullying, but then because life got busy, I didn’t start reading them until a few days ago. Now I’m partly through both books. One makes me feel very uncomfortable, and
Continue readingImpolitical: Most and least worthwhile Canadian initiatives 2012
Taking some inspiration from Ezra Klein on this who in his year end wonk piece distributes various awards. He includes a most worthwhile and least worthwhile Canadian initiative. (The term “worthwhile Canadian initiative” once won a contest held by The New Republic on the most boring headline that one could
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Jim Stanford responds to the claim that we should be eager to import whatever capital we can for lack of other means of developing our own resources: Measured by foreign direct investment, Canada has been exporting capital, not importing it. During the
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