After reading Chrissie Blatchy’s latest scrawlings, just when I think she can’t get any nastier or more insane, she does!
It’s why, where I used to think that before I got really old I’d get me a gun so I could shoot myself, I now wonder if I won’t instead turn the weapon . . . → Read More: Chrissie Blatchford–Shoot the Nurses; Ask Questions, Later, Maybe, If it Suits My Agenda
Continue readingSusan Delacourt points this out in her blog this morning. Some examples are cited. One of which, the most obvious and recent, was in this legislation to scrap the long gun registry, those Harpercons have decided to scrap all the data that came with it, yanno, to make sure that not only put . . . → Read More: Vote Only Once And Never Have To Vote Again! Get Future Gov’t Policies For The Unforeseen Future, No Matter Who’s Governing!
Continue readingRichard Dawkins has a new new book out called the Magic of Reality. Doing the promotional rounds in the UK and the US must promote a certain amount of cognitive dissonance for Dawkins as the calibre of the questions he faces varies a great deal depending on which side of the Atlantic he’s on. Compare […]
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Erin compares the numbers behind the NDP and Sask Party platforms, with the one major difference being the windfall potash profits the Wall government wants to keep out of public hands.- Bruce Johnstone highlight…
Continue readingVintage Peggy Wente. She does prove that she is, indeed, Chrissie Blatchford’s sob sister, along with Tash Kheiriddin. Peggy, of course, misses the point of the #occupy movement. What a bitter woman she is!
“Why should artists have to work instead of just making art?”
Peg asks one occupier. Who knew Kathy Shaidle . . . → Read More: Now, Peggy Wente, It’s Not Nice to Slam An Ideological Sister Like Kathy Shaidle
Continue readingMiscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Both the Star-Phoenix and CBC cover an important study from the Human Early Learning Partnership pointing out the difficulties facing today’s Saskatchewan families compared to the standard of living a …
Continue readingDo you like inexpensive books? Do you like a really, really wide selection of inexpensive books? Really? You do? So do I!!!! That’s why I’m going to the giant, humongous used book sale at Pleasant Park School this Saturday! Doors open at 9 am. It’s family friendly and a great way to spend an October […]
Continue readingYes, boys ‘n’ girls, Tea-baggin’ Tommy is on another rant, once again, getting it all wrong, on his show on CJAD this fine morning. This morning’s topic is how the Quebec government is enforcing a law regarding religion of any kind being taught in government subsidized day cares. Naturally, dear ol’ Tommy, who . . . → Read More: Religion Has No Place in Government Subsidized Day Cares-If Quebec Government Is Striving For Secular Society, It Should Remove Funding From Any And All Religious Institutions
Continue readingBoys ‘n’ girls, let’s give this college senior a big hand here! No, really! They’re making it on their own without any help from anyone on very little! Or so it would appear…
Oh, college senior, but you are very much part of the 99% ! Say it loud! Say it proud, . . . → Read More: Nice Little ‘Manifesto’ You Got There, But, I’m Going To Burst Your Little Bubble–You ARE Part of the 99%
Continue readingI have an opinion piece out on Access Copyright, English Canada’s longtime copyright middleman. I argue that Access Copyright is a bit like the Blockbuster Video of Canadian university libraries—once indispensable, and now almost obsolete (largely due the Internet). Within a year from now, it’s possible that no Canadian university will still have day-to-day dealings with […]
Continue readingA group of parents in B.C. are adamantly opposed to the Burnaby school district enacting an LGBT-inclusive anti-bullying policy. Catholic school districts in Ontario want to ban rainbows and Gay-Straight Alliances. Charles Adler is worried that a calendar that is a teachers’ reference (and notes the Transgender Day of Remembrance) might cause kids to become 
Keeping with the light blogging schedule, this is a repost from Alter.net about why the people of OWS are so ticked off and why they are protesting. Consider it a primer to help in understanding their positions. 1. Wall Street caused the crash: Unless you are suffering from financial amnesia, you should remember that it […]
… what an enlightened organization! Let me explain… My youngest daughter wanted to join our local Brownies Chapter – largely because one of her best buds was into it. And given why I knew about it, it would be a good fit for her and her personality. Yet, I have had some issues with organizations […]
Continue readingMore good news out of Alberta, premier-elect Alison Redford is hinting that she may reverse the most controversial bits of Bill 44. The bill was an overdue amendment to Alberta’s Human Rights Act, which added sexual orientation to the list of protections. However, sensing there might be a social conservative revolt to the idea that […]
Continue readingChristians. Church. God. Jesus. Occupy. What do these words mean to you? For many, the connotations are negative. Personal experiences with judgemental, rigid, frozen people who identify themselves as Christians have left a bitter taste in their mouths. Memories of being harangued, condescended to and lectured linger long after their encounter. Media and political examples […]
Continue readingHard to imagine a world without Steve Jobs … I’ll always be a “PC” (personal computer) but I love iTunes ™ — which made possible the podcast and the ability to download a lot of favourite radio and TV shows as well as discovering new ones, all for…
Continue readingThis is my personal story of broadly, why I am a Liberal, and more specifically to highlight the change and progress we’ve made in Ontario under Dalton McGuinty.I remember during the 90’s my parents getting the Harris taxpayer rebate. We were, and are …
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Continue readingIt is not an accident that I am a political junkie. Even as a toddler, I was fed a steady diet of left-of-centre ideology, pro-union sentiments and anti-monarchist dogma. My mother, who was not overtly political, ensured I could recognize political leaders from around the world by sight before I could read, that I understood […]
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