PHOTOS: The leader of the free world, listening to Neil Young on sound cancelling headphones. Click here for the soundtrack to this post. The confused looking elderly man with a comb-over to her left is thinking: “Who is that person?” Probably not in those exact words, though. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons.)
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Dead Wild Roses: Encroaching on Transgender Territory? – Jaden Smith
My eyebrow arched with considerable alacrity while reading the title of this opinion piece from The Independent (‘Jaden Smith as a new face of womenswear might seem progressive – but he’s on transgender territory.’) While reading and fighting the loss of my irony meter (boundaries not being respected…) said brow remained frozen in place at […]
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Where are the ‘good Conservatives,’ prepared to speak against their party’s race-baiting tactics?
PHOTOS: Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s tactics have sparked protests, but Conservatives who should know better have been astonishingly quiet. (CommonDreams.org photo.) Below: Former St. Albert MLA Mary O’Neill, Independent MP Brent Rathgeber and Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi. ST. ALBERT, Alberta The single most disheartening thing about this long 2015 federal
Continue readingdrive-by planet: Owen Jones nails it on Gaza assault: BBC Question Time
Independent columnist Owen Jones appeared this week on a BBC Question Time that addressed the Gaza/Israel conflict. He took aim at extremist Israeli rhetoric on Gaza – including the ‘Hiroshima’ musings of Gilad Sharon and touched on the root of the …
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Unfettered Capitalism Redux
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