This is what we get when people accept the idea that we are nation of consumers rather than a nation of individuals with rights and responsibilities to ourselves and others. This disgusts me on so many levels. I do not even know where to begin. Filed under: Rant Tagged: Black Friday Follies, Capitalism, Consumerism, […]
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Dead Wild Roses: Savita Halappanavar’s Death – Victory for the Irish Catholic “Pro-Life” Murder Brigade
I needed some time to digest this story… Sorry folks but that is a lie. I needed some time to come back to a (relatively) coherent state before I could write reasonably about what went down with Savita Halappanavar. A post filled with nothing but white-hot rage and invective against the pustulant ass-pimples known as […]
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: You Can’t Make Shite Like this Up – Delusional Christians and Obama
It is like watching a traffic accident, everyone just slows down and gawks at the spectacle at hand. The wordpress reader made me slow down and read this post from Cynthia on The Trumpet Sound. Now usually when I see the godbaggy speak oozing forth from a blog I just keep on going knowing that […]
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Snow is Coming – Looking for an Upside
I’m not a a huge fan of snow, but I’m trying, I really am. For instance, you don’t get dinosaurs in the summer or fall… It is a start I suppose. Filed under: Rant Tagged: Meh, Snow, Snow Dinos, Winter
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Dear Anti-Feminists…
Brilliant repost straight from DAMMIT JANET! – One internetz for those folks over there, stat! “If you are an anti-feminist woman and you vote — even for candidates who’d stop that nonsense in a nanosecond — you didn’t build that. If you are an anti-feminist woman and you
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Magical Powers I Possess
Greetings Readership, usually when I talk about magic it is context of religion and the goodly sized helping of delusion necessary to swallow that particular level of incredulity. Not today, for truly and sincerely I wish to share with you my own magical prowess and how I revel in
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Taking Action Against Sexual Assaults – Movie Monday
So, I live near Christie Pits Park in Toronto and have for many years. It’s one of these post-War neighbourhoods of modest sized homes, small one way streets, and a neat mix of older people, new families, and young hipsters. The neighbourhood is many things, but until recently it would
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Tips for Barack Obama on How to NOT Suck in the Next Debate
Fight Night! (GIF from GifWich) So, ummmm, the Obama VS. Romney rumble in the mountains (it was in Colorado…get it?) was less a debate than it was two Economics professors arguing about which shade of grey was better. Oh, and one hate’s Big Bird…seriously. Clearly, Prof. Romney won the debate
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Justin Trudeau Excites People – And That’s a Good Thing!
So, I’ve been following the recent chatter about Justin Trudeau (or JT as some people have come to call him, both ironically and not) with interest and a bit of a laugh. I thought that my writing about this was done with my previous post on the topic. However, I’ve
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – Eternal Sin
We’ll see if we can make it short and quick for today’s Disservice. God has a lot of people who claim to speak for him and his will (see the mentally ill). It’s like certain people happen to have a holy transceiver installed and others, like myself most decidedly do
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Hands off my Uterus
Last night relief of the defeat of M-312 quickly gave way to anger. Given the rampant deregulation being implemented by this Government, it would seem that the only regulation they are interested in is the regulation and restriction of women’s rights.&…
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Hands off my Uterus
Last night relief of the defeat of M-312 quickly gave way to anger. Given the rampant deregulation being implemented by this Government, it would seem that the only regulation they are interested in is the regulation and restriction of women’s rights. I am so incensed that women still have to… ..
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Hands off my Uterus
Last night relief of the defeat of M-312 quickly gave way to anger. Given the rampant deregulation being implemented by this Government, it would seem that the only regulation they are interested in is the regulation and restriction of women’s rights. I am so incensed that women still have to… ..
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: What’s That? You Want to Argue About Abortion?
Even this baby is surprised by the actions of Rona Ambrose tonight! So, you’ve probably heard that there was a vote tonight (last night if you’re reading this Thursday morning) to strike a special committee that would look at the question of when a child actually becomes a human being.
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Harper’s Hypocrisy Knows no Bounds
So, there are moments when I look at what’s happening with the Conservative reign of undemocratic terror in Ottawa and feel like it must be some kind of joke, some kind of bad dream. I think about old time-y Steven Harper who was for more transparency of government, against too
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Poetry Slam – Natasha
I’m looking for the transcript (found it)because sometimes the applause drowns out the speaker. In any case, this is a command performance and emphasizes a few important points about discourse in our society in general and feminism in particular. I remember how the park, outside of parked cars, was frozen
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: The Liberals Need a Leadership Race Worthy of the Third Party
Leadership races for this place, should be open and vociferous ! So, in 2003 I attended a very strange and interesting event held in the Minto building at Carleton University, where I was a student in Public Affairs. I remember earlier in the summer the leader of the NDP, Alexa McDonough,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Edmonton Arena – The Katz Method:Socialize the Risk and Privatize the Profit
Edmonton taxpayers are going to be fleeced without affection or mercy by the Katz Group. This has been in the cards since this atrocious deal was pre-approved last year. Having done some reading though, we can still pull out of this money trap and it looks as if Katz is
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Cartwheels in The Legislature
Cartwheels at Parliament! So, I was walking by Queen’s Park the other day and saw something that immediately made me nostalgic: a bunch of kids teaching another kid how to do a cartwheel. No, I’m not talking about about Hudak trying to explain his loss in KW (too soon?), it
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Your iPhone is Making You an Idiot!
So, last week was iPhone launch week, and as per usual a newer, sexier device is now out there for everyone to drool over. Have you seen it…it’s pretty sexy. Despite the general horniness that people have for the newest piece of Apple tech, I don’t think we ever really stop
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