City officials waive fines related to Rob Ford’s election campaign
In fairness to Ford, almost every campaign breaches the sign bylaw – volunteers put up signs everywhere and invariably some are put up in the wrong place. Just about every…
July 2011
An apt depiction of Rupert Murdoch
From a fine website called Think Progress. I’d love to take the axe to that tentacle on the right! Share and Enjoy: Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
RIM to cut 2,000 jobs
Waterloo, Ont.-based Research in Motion plans to cut about 2,000 jobs, the company announced Monday. Once Canada's high-tech darling, the BlackBerry maker is cutting about 11 per cent of its…
Deception At The Highest Ranks Of The Liberal Party
A report by former members of the Liberal Party's Change Commission reveals a pattern of deception at the highest ranks of the Party.The Gap Analysis takes a critical look at…
Albertans: More progressive than their government
A couple years ago, the Alberta government bared a storm of criticism and pushed ahead with an ideologically-driven cut when it delisted gender reassignment surgery as a covered medical procedure.…
Laid-off Oshawa IQT workers take aim at Ottawa
The lack of protection for workers following a company failure is a real problem. Here, because the company just shut its door and filed no papers, the workers are having…
The Intimacy of Facebook and Men Who Cry in Public on It
Just a quick comment on the day the furniture comes back (the boxes including 5000 books arrive Thursday!): the most emotionally over-the-top posts I've seen on my Facebook network have…
Marriage equality begins in New York State; Seventh MLB team confirms pro-gay video
Hundreds of gay couples in New York State were married Sunday as the state became the sixth and largest to recognize marriage equality in America. The photo, above, of the…
Nalcor ignores natural gas, local studies back cheaper alternative to Muskrat Falls project
The provincial government’s energy corporation didn’t study natural gas as an alternative to using Muskrat Falls to replace the Holyrood generating plant according to the company’s final written submission to…
Crying over shredded files
Newly minted NDP MPs are complaining to the media that outgoing MPs shredded constituency files rather than turn them over when they took office. Pardon me while I make a…
Far-right hatred is a sickness, but it’s a symptom, not the cause | #Norway
Late-night submissions on a heavy Sunday night ...I thought I'd seen, heard and read it all by now.That worthless piece of shit used dum-dum bullets. The cherry on the shit…
The view from here
This was taken by Carol Tebay at the Bene Diction compound.:^)
Short ‘n’ Stubby: Ms. Manx visits Norway
Oh, that Stumpy Cat…the places she goes, and the things she finds! Virtual kitties are awesome at sniffing out the most intriguing things. And here’s what Ms. Manx has dug…
Molly’sBlog 2011-07-24 21:25:00
HUMOUR:THE WAY IT GOES:Another winner from the pen of Stephanie McMillan.
DSM-5 Autism Shell Game
WordNet Dictionary Noun1.shell game - a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under Synonyms: thimblerig The DSM-5 treatm...
Questions
Even if you grant that the guy who killed over 90 in Norway was disturbed, he was still attracted to the ideology espoused by the right (anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant, ultra-nationalist). Will…
3946…Ontario Legend Dies
Elwy Yost, who kept many of us company on Saturday nights on TVOntario, died in West Van.His program Saturday Nights At The Movies ran with him as host from '74…
Depression and Decline: American Irresponsibility is Ending the American Era with a Bang
Despite the assurances of US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner it is increasingly likely there will be no debt deal. The United States is going to default on its debt. I…