Child Welfare has become my nemesis. I am disgusted by the entire “policy” that directs services on reserve and by the Child Welfare Act in general. I think the system is broken for ALL children but we see the worst of it more often in First Nation communities because (for
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Crazy Bitches R Us: Native Leaders Reject New Child Welfare Agency
Child Welfare has become my nemesis. I am disgusted by the entire “policy” that directs services on reserve and by the Child Welfare Act in general. I think the system is broken for ALL children but we see the worst of it more often in First Natio…
Continue readingCrazy Bitches R Us: Native Leaders Reject New Child Welfare Agency
Child Welfare has become my nemesis. I am disgusted by the entire “policy” that directs services on reserve and by the Child Welfare Act in general. I think the system is broken for ALL children but we see the worst of it more often in First Nation communities because (for
Continue readingSlouching Off Towards Tyranny – Indeed
I have an extremely busy day today and so I will not be able to write anything decent – my apologies.
However, I offer to you good folks the following, which recapitulates quite succinctly what I have been writing about recently (and to my fellow Cana…
Continue readingRight of Center Ice: Wikileaks: It’s not free speech
Part 1: An issue of semantics? Maybe I’m splitting hairs, but I don’t necessarily view the Wikileaks drama as being an exercise of acting on a person’s right to free speech. My question: how is it a person’s right to be able to view a confidential document, pass judgment on
Continue readingDTK: McGuinty Just Wanted to Help the Police
In response to the Ombudsman’s report that the use of a wartime act to police the G20 protests in Toronto was probably illegal and unconstitutional, our Premier had the following to say: “We moved pretty quickly on this thing in order to help our police at the earliest possible opportunity,”
Continue readingDTK: McGuinty Just Wanted to Help the Police
In response to the Ombudsman’s report that the use of a wartime act to police the G20 protests in Toronto was probably illegal and unconstitutional, our Premier had the following to say: “We moved pretty quickly on this thing in order to help our police at the earliest possible opportunity,”
Continue readingDTK: McGuinty Just Wanted to Help the Police
In response to the Ombudsman’s report that the use of a wartime act to police the G20 protests in Toronto was probably illegal and unconstitutional, our Premier had the following to say:
“We moved pretty quickly on this thing in order to help our police at the earliest possible opportunity,” he said. “We did not take the appropriate steps to communicate this to the public.”
No, Mr. McGuinty. You’ve got it all wrong.
The problem isn’t that you “didn’t take the appropriate steps to communicate …”. The problem is that you didn’t take the appropriate steps at all.
Your job, in case you’ve forgotten, isn’t to facilitate the police. Your job isn’t to protect the people with riot gear, batons, guns and tasers.
Your job is to protect the freedom of the people. You were supposed to protect our rights. It wasn’t that you communicated your unconstitutional law in a poor manner. It’s that you invoked an unconstitutional law and interrupted the freedom of the people to speak their minds.
That’s the unforgivable crime here.
Continue readingCrimedicking – A New Term For The 21st Century Lexicon
I hereby submit to you folks for consideration a new term which, in my humble opinion, characterizes the first decade of the 21st century by not only embodying the resurgence of the barbaric commission of war crimes, the dismissal of basic human rights…
Continue readingWikiLeaks: it’s really Them against Us!
Quoting Glenn Greenwald: What’s really going on here is a war over control of the Internet and whether or not the Internet can actually serve what a lot of people hoped its ultimate purpose was, which was to allow citizens to band together and democratize the checks on the world’s most powerful factions. That’s what […]
Continue readingFive of Five: UN Endorses State Violence against Gays
The Social, Humanitarian Cultural Affairs Committee of the UN General Assembly has voted to remove reference to sexuality from a resolution which condemns the use of “extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions”.Shame on the United Nations. And sin…
Continue readingDTK: Arguing About Hate Crime
Once it had been explained to me, I found it pretty simple. When you single out a group of people as a target for hatred and violence, you assault a whole community (where “assault”, legally speaking, includes “threatening”). So we made a law to make it clear that inciting hatred
Continue readingDTK: Arguing About Hate Crime
Once it had been explained to me, I found it pretty simple. When you single out a group of people as a target for hatred and violence, you assault a whole community (where “assault”, legally speaking, includes “threatening”). So we made a law to make it clear that inciting hatred
Continue readingDTK: Arguing About Hate Crime
Once it had been explained to me, I found it pretty simple.When you single out a group of people as a target for hatred and violence, you assault a whole community (where “assault”, legally speaking, includes “threatening”). So we made a law to make i…
Continue readingMarginal Notes: Pictures from Inside the G20 Detention Centre
Link: ‘Inside the G20 Eastern Avenue Detention Centre’ via BlogTO
Continue readingDTK: Gun Toting Hypocrites
So everyone has seen that video? You know the one? Where the reporters from Reuters are walking around an otherwise empty street somewhere in Iraq and the the American helicopter pilot reports that they have weapons? That one. You see, there are actually some spots in that video where it
Continue readingDTK: Gun Toting Hypocrites
So everyone has seen that video? You know the one? Where the reporters from Reuters are walking around an otherwise empty street somewhere in Iraq and the the American helicopter pilot reports that they have weapons? That one. You see, there are actually some spots in that video where it
Continue readingDTK: Gun Toting Hypocrites
So everyone has seen that video? You know the one? Where the reporters from Reuters are walking around an otherwise empty street somewhere in Iraq and the the American helicopter pilot reports that they have weapons?
That one. You see, there are actually some spots in that video where it actually looks like a couple of the guys are carrying weapons. Surprise! In one of the most unstable places on the planet, people carry around weapons for their own protections. They might even hire bodyguards to protect them.
Not that they fired at any Americans or anything. No. They did nothing aggressive at all besides point a camera at the helicopter. In fact, they’re walking around the streets quite casually, as if taking a tour.
But, decry the knee jerk pro-Americans, they had weapons! They had weapons! Look at 2:45 (or 3:02 or 3:15 or whatever, I don’t care). That guy by the utility pole! That’s an AK! That’s an RPG! Those people all deserved to die! They were carrying weapons! Those reporters even deserved to die for hanging around with people with weapons!
Hm.
Let’s think about this a moment. They were carrying weapons and therefore they deserve to die? Really?
Really really?
Because I seem to remember – and this seems to come from the same knee jerk pro America crowd – statements about weapons. Where was it now … where was it … Oh, here it is:
* Second Amendment – Militia (United States), Sovereign state, Right to keep and bear arms.
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Fucking hypocrites.
h/t to the PZ and thanks Wiki.
Continue readingbastard.logic: Red Meat Straight Outta Ann Coulter’s Rider
by matttbastard No, just…no: Even before she opened her mouth for the first of three speeches this week on Canadian soil, American right-wing antagonist Ann Coulter had already scored a victory of sorts. Coulter, who spoke to an audience of … Continue reading →
Continue readingTattered Sleeve: Shout out to the Saudi Arabian delegation
Hey guys, when you start allowing the women of your country to drive, then you can share your opinions with the rest of the world on global warming.Until then, just shut it.
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