Miscellaneous material to start your week. – The Guardian’s editorial board weighs in on the undue gains going to the 1% while everybody else faces stagnation or worse: While the rest of society have shared in an equality of misery following the crash, the top 1% – households with incomes of
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Accidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Paul Krugman criticizes the use of non-compete agreements to trap workers at low wage levels with no opportunity to pursue comparable employment – as well as the Republicans’ insistence on pushing employer-based health care which further limits workers’ options: At this point, in
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Here, on the hope that this past weekend’s protests will be just the start of an activist response to Donald Trump and his corporatist and authoritarian allies. For further reading…– Robert Booth and Alexandra Topping reported on last weekend’s rallies from a global perspective. Tanara Yelland discussed the march on
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Domestic Violence – A Step Forward in Alberta
First and foremost if you are experiencing Domestic Violence in Alberta check out these numbers from the Human Services branch of the Alberta Government: “Talk to trained staff over the phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week, in more than 170 languages. Chat anonymously online with staff from noon to 8:00 p.m., […]
Alberta Politics: End of exile seems likely for Calgary MLA Deborah Drever, expelled from NDP caucus for tasteless social media posts
PHOTOS: Calgary-Bow MLA Deborah Drever around the time of her banishment from the NDP caucus for tasteless social media posts she had published before her political career (CBC Photo). Below: Lethbridge-East MLA Maria Fitzpatrick and Alberta Premier Rachel Notley. A welcome effort to rehabilitate Independent Calgary MLA Deborah Drever, pilloried
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Violence is NEVER EVER a choice that a man should make. Ever!
A longtime outspoken advocate for survivors of domestic violence, renowned actor Patrick Stewart gave this touching impromptu speech about his own experience with domestic violence in response to a fan’s question about what non-acting work he’s most proud of. Stewart, who grew up in a home where his mother
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Domestic Violence – Men “lose control”. (not really)
Domestic violence. Not acceptable, not ever. “TW DOMESTIC ABUSE ——When [an abusive man] tells me that he became abusive because he lost control of himself, I ask him why he didn’t do something even worse. For example, I might say, “You called her a fucking whore, you grabbed the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Domestic Violence – Men “lose control”. (not really)
Domestic violence. Not acceptable, not ever. “TW DOMESTIC ABUSE ——When [an abusive man] tells me that he became abusive because he lost control of himself, I ask him why he didn’t do something even worse. For example, I might say, “You called her a fucking whore, you grabbed the phone
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: You probably don’t want to read about this — but should
Nobody wants to talk about it yet 50 per cent of those who experience it are likely to lose their jobs. In Alberta one in five employees reported its impact on their workplace. That impact is said to cost employers … Continue reading →
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Institution of Traditional Marriage…
Needs not to be like this…not back then, not now and not in the future. If it is, get help immediately, or not so immediately if you can. Filed under: Education, Feminism Tagged: Domestic Violence, DWR PSA, Traditional Marriage
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: How To Look Your Best…
*TW Domestic violence* As per usual with ytube, do not go read the comments as your hate of humanity will be reaffirmed. Filed under: Ethics, Feminism Tagged: Domestic Violence, DWR PSA, Feminism, Look your Best!
Continue readingCANADIAN PROGRESSIVE WORLD: 15 Crazy Things About Vaginas… And Why I’m A Big Fan
“The idea that an adult man could be distressed by the word “vagina” is hilarious, and also deeply sinister.” – Sarah Ditum Dear reader, before we get to the 15 Crazy Things About Vaginas, I must torture you with my little story. You must understand why I, a middle-aged black male born
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: What Vic Toews doesn’t know might hurt you
As the Conservative caucus wanders off tonight to celebrate their modest victory against the continuation of the life saving long gun registry by drinking the blood of gun violence victims with the gun lobby, we would be remiss if we did not point out how little Public Safety Minister Vic
Continue readingPam Geller Pushes Her Hate-fest Agenda–Even if it Means Perpetrating a Lie
How low can Pamela Geller sink? The classification of “honour” killing has just become too much of a dog whistle for the bigotted extremes, these days. Pam Geller is running with it to promote her Islamophobic agenda. Anti-Muslim hate group leader Pamela Geller has seized on the murder of a
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Long gun registry helps fight domestic homicide, police chief says
There’s also many cases Sean, that happen daily and right across this country, where the police will go to an incidence of domestic violence where there is concern that if there are firearms in the house that they might be used to commit violence and e…
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: One of these things is not like the other
89% of domestic shooting homicide victims are female.
The bill before Parliament will make it easier for domestic abusers to arm up.
John Rafferty and Bruce Hyer are upset that they were disciplined for supporting that bill.
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Tory gun registry bill will help arm criminals
In their celebratory press release, Canada’s premier gun lobby group reveals the fatal flaw in the Harper government’s new gun registry bill.They note that “the bill removes the requirement to call and confirm transfers”. That means that a gun shop do…
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Some say
Some say that a shotgun isn’t a threat to public safety.We respectfully disagree.
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Which NDP long gun registry policy do you prefer?
Over the course of this campaign, New Democrats have taken a number different and sometimes incompatible positions on the life saving long gun registry. Which do you prefer?
1) Municipal option
2) Support the gun registry
3) Take no stand but promi…
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