It took the Supreme Court of Canada all of 20 minutes to decide that it was time for Canada Post to pony up after 28 years of trying to avoid paying 6-7000 odd mostly female administrative staff what they were owed according to the Canadian Human Rights Act.
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Terahertz: Ian votes in Vancouver
Because Saturday is municipal election day in Vancouver, it’s the week of announcing everyone’s slates, and I don’t intend to break that trend. Before I state who I’ll be voting for in Vancouver, I want to highlight a couple other worthy candidates in the Lower Mainland. I’m not too familiar
Continue readingThings Are Good: United Republic: Creative Organization Grows from OWS
Democracy takes time, and it’s rough and tedious work, so it’s amazing that in the two short months since the Occupy Movement began an organization has sprung up that will help the movement. United Republic aims to support the Occupy Movement by championing the idea that political decisions should be
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Conservative Entitlement Whinge – Oh how the wealthy suffer!
Tim Wise has many things to say on the topic of racism in America. His analysis is deft and competent, I reprint the introduction to his essay “Getting What We Deserve? Wealth, Race and Entitlement in America” for the benefit of the education of my readership. Educational purposes aside, many
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Occupy Regina – Private Security Doing Police Work
While the Occupy Regina protesters were stationed 24/7 in Victoria Park, I felt safe going there. Many people I know do not feel safe in Downtown Regina at night, and one of the big reasons is that it lacks a critical mass of people who are happy to leave you
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Occupy Links
Some random links about Occupy Regina and OWS in general: November 17 is going to be a big day in the Occupy Wall Street movement. The stock exchange may never be the same. – ModifiedTweet @dawnis: The @CityofRegina has an app. — Cool, but it probably issues a fine if
Continue readingtheKrellant.ca: Frank’s Tribute to Andy Rooney
In the latest edition of Frankly Speaking, Frank pays homage to his friend and mentor, the late great Andy Rooney in his own complainerous style.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: OWS and Social Conformity – The Fear of a Different Model
Reflect on how the people involved in the OWS are framed and then consider this lecture by Allan Watts. Filed under: Politics, Social Science Tagged: Counter-Culture, Normative Attitudes, OWS, Sociolgy
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Quebec and Israel’s changing political narrative
When there is a single issue which dominates the politics of a jurisdiction for decades, it is often the case that progress on other issues is inhibited by the myopic focus on the one dominating issue. Such is the case in both Quebec and Israel dominated by the separatist issue
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: You Can’t Evict An Idea
(Written Nov. 14 or earlier, I thought it was posted, but it was not.) Saskatoon and Regina’s respective City Halls are both going to try to proceed with illegal evictions of peaceful protesters from public parks. This creates a huge problem for our democracy, and the several homeless people living at the Occupy Regina protest […]
Dead Wild Roses: Oh hey, Socialism good for business – Social Safety Nets and Business Start-Ups
Grabbed from Sociological Images – Again, more evidence that egalitarian policies are good not only for people, but for business. “George W. Bush did not really say, “The problem with the French is that they have no word for entrepreneur.” But that statement does fit with the American tendency to view our country as […]
Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Occupy Regina Fined
– Hat with 99% Occupier signatures. The protesters of Occupy Regina were fined, one being arrested for not having ID on him while the City’s bylaw officer Flaman and Regina Police were issuing tickets for being in a park after 11 p.m. (There is a bylaw that says the parks are closed at 11 p.m.) […]
350 or bust: We Are The Many
Occupy yourself with this powerful video by Makana, a popular Hawaiian recording artist. At the APEC summit in Hawaii this past weekend Makana made a bold and courageous statement. He was enlisted to play a luau on Saturday night for leaders gathered…
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: GOP Foreign Policy Debate: Iran, Covert Ops, and Sanctions
While most of the CBS GOP Presidential Nomination debate on foreign policy in South Carolina was predictably following the standard script, there was one issue that somewhat surprised me. That is, the extent to which multiple candidates were very empha…
Continue readingredjenny: Food Politics and American Elections
I find it fascinating how often American election campaigning features the cultural politics of food. Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said in an interview with GQ out Monday that one can tell how “manly” a man is by looking at how many toppings he puts on his pizza. He also
Continue readingredjenny: Food Politics and American Elections
I find it fascinating how often American election campaigning features the cultural politics of food. Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said in an interview with GQ out Monday that one can tell how “manly” a man is by looking at how many toppings he puts on his pizza. He also
Continue readingredjenny: Food Politics and American Elections
I find it fascinating how often American election campaigning features the cultural politics of food. Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said in an interview with GQ out Monday that one can tell how “manly” a man is by looking at how many to…
Continue readingTrashy's World: WTF?
Twelve degrees at 7 am in mid-November? A high of 15? The normal high for this time of the year is +4!!! Hey, I’ll take it, man! The longer the delay of the onset of winter, the happier I am!!! Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Continue readingcmkl: Capitalism has a lot of staying power
I was thinking about this as I went about my one per cent Sunday, putting up shelves in the laundry room, raking leaves, trimming back the grape vines and disposing of the now-rotting jack-o-lanterns on the front porch.
Continue readingtheKrellant.ca: Krellant Special Report on Occupy Toronto
In this episode of The Krellant Evenings News, Cat Reporter infiltrates the Occupy movement and learns of their secret plans to take over the world. Oh, and Frank has a new reason to freak out.
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