Words fail me. Although, just to get the obvious out of the way: he’s taken, fellas. Or gals. Or whatever.
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DeSmogBlog: Why Ethical Oil’s Deceptive ‘Women’s Rights’ Defense of Tar Sands is Insulting and Wrong
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EthicalOil.org’s new spokesperson, Kathryn Marshall, authored an insulting piece this week on the Huffington Post titled "Care About Women's Rights? Support Eth…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Quebecor To CBC: Yeah We’re Corporate Welfare Bums, But…
Quebecor lashes back against CBS’s various allegations. Here they defend the various subsidies they receive for their various magazines and other print publications:CBC/Radio-Canada mentions subsidies received by various magazines of Publications…
Continue readingMother Jones gives Ezra Levant a hot oil message
I don’t think Ezra will get it. With Mr. Levant any publicity, even when you’re being eviscerated, is what being a ‘gadfly‘ is all about.
Cross posted at Let Freedom Rain.
Mother Jones gives Ezra Levant a hot oil message
I don’t think Ezra will get it. With Mr. Levant any publicity, even when you’re being eviscerated, is what being a ‘gadfly’ is all about.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: I Would Rather Be The Only Woman On A Greek Freighter
…and so would you.Source
Continue readingTime: Kevin O’Leary sucks at business
Like Don Cherry and Ezra Levant, Kevin O’Leary likes to talk loud, puff out his chest and insult others. Problem with these bozos is that kind of behaviour requires the goods to back up the braggadocio. We know the answer in the case of both Cherr…
Continue readingDented Blue Mercedes: Hate Speech on Trial in Canada
If you lived in certain parts of Edmonton, Regina, Saskatoon, Toronto over the past decade, there’s a chance you’ve encountered or at least heard about flyers distributed by Bill Whatcott. These fliers are typically peppered with photos of naked or half-naked gay men kissing (or in at least one instance, engaging in oral sex), with 
the reeves report: Supreme Court of Canada to help clarify what constitutes hate speech
The Supreme Court of Canada is being asked to draw the line between what constitutes free speech and what crosses the faint line into hate mongering. The case against William Whatcott, an unabashedly anti-homosexual Lutheran proselytizer in Saskatchewan, will have lasting implications about where Canadians and Canadian courts should draw the line between protecting what … Continue reading »
Is Alberta Oil Still ‘Ethical’, Ezzy?
It appears that Chinese state-owned companies is investing billions into Alberta tar sands these days.
The Financial Post reported Chinese companies are poised to make even more significant investments in the weeks and months ahead.
Who knew that China was so well known for their human rights record? I would love to see how Ezzy Levant continues to . . . → Read More: Is Alberta Oil Still ‘Ethical’, Ezzy?
Continue readingJohn Doyle: Sun News is Conservative Comedy Central
John Doyle has been doing a yeoman’s job of mocking Fox News North. Today’s gem is rife with true comedy, for which Doyle has a talent unlike his Sun News counterparts’ unintentional comedic style:Why, recently, Conservative MPs on the House of Co…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Fox News North Gets Unionized?
The Ez won’t like it:CEP Local 87M launched a public organizing drive at Sun News Network in Toronto on Wednesday, hoping to add to Sun-related SONG membership. I’m too tired to write a joke about it. Make up your own if you like.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Bell Fibe Dumps Sun TV: The Beginning Of The End Of Fox News North?
Got this tweet from Ezra:Now, from the FNN wiki article, Fibe TV’s original deal with Sun TV was scheduled to end at the end of this month, so presumably what really happened is they could not come to an agreement with Ezra and Kory and the rest o…
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Rebranding the Tar Sands
Reluctant as I normally am to say kind words about Ezra Levant, I have to admit that his campaign to re-brand the Alberta oil sands from what environmental activists in the United States had lately taken to calling “dirty oil” … Continue reading →
DeSmogBlog: Saudi Arabia and Ethical Oil Group Go Head to Head Over Ads
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The controversial Ethical Oil ads, which enjoyed an exclusive run on the Oprah Winfrey Network at the end of August, have earned a new enemy: the …
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Another Lawsuit Against Ezra Levant? Place Your Bets!
Given that lawyers involved represent “enemies of the West”, I’m tempted to cheer for the home-town boy. But, given past experience, when any organization Ezra’s involved with gets sued, they tend to cough-up. I’m wondering how long b…
Continue readingSun News Network and the emasculation of the North American right wing
I haven’t had that much exposure to Fox News North but from what I’ve seen there’s obviously something fishy happening at that network which is symptomatic of a bigger issue with the North American right-wing male of the species. Listening to Brian Lilley’s chipmunk voice or recoiling from Mark Bonokoski’s lispy spittle or . . . → Read More: Sun News Network and the emasculation of the North American right wing
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Sun Media Empire Contracts
…closing down Kanata call center and snuffing 100 jobs so Quebecor can consolidate its call centre operations in Sarnia. Because it just doesn’t take that many people to sell subscriptions to Sun newspapers anymore.Mind you, these are…
Continue readingTar sands dirty oil = "fair-trade coffee and free-range chicken"?
Dark Daughta has a video of Naomi Klein talking about the corporate branding of ‘ethical oil’. Klein does a masterful job of deconstructing the big money PR machine’s efforts to paint the polluting tar sands as the next coming of christ.It made me thin…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Open Letter to Oprah Winfrey on ‘Ethical Oil’ Ads
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Dear Oprah,
I just don't know where to begin.
I can't find my words because I respect you so much. You're a woman pioneer who has done much to advance the st…