Let the Blood Flow
Canadian Blood Services has an ad in the Village (Jarvis & Wellesley), Toronto's Gay Village that is. Are these people that inept. Its offensive at best to place this ad…
July 2011
Monday Evening Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading.- Janyce McGregor's article on the perils of Senate reform is well worth a read in general. But let's particularly highlight an issue I've raised…
Just the facts ma’am
So late yesterday Team Hughie wannabe Ian Rab and Myrna Driedger pecked out this little <140 character missive on the tweeter. ”NDP buying votes with you| Winnipeg Sun http://t.co/DrFapIz” OK,…
Israel Attacks Free Speech To Defend Democracy
When is an attack on democracy not an attack on democracy? When the government says that they are defending democracy, of course. That seems to be the thinking in Israel's…
I wasn’t drinking, just taking odour out
It was shocking to read at first. Spray your clothes with vodka to take the odour out. No chemicals and less damage to the environment. Well, at $23.50 for the…
Heaps and heaps of laundry
So you need to wash all your bedding if someone in your family gets pinworms and you want to have a chance at getting rid of them. And that's everyone.…
Postmedia: A look at CRTC Chair Von Finckenstein
By Sarah Schmidt for PostMedia News OTTAWA — When Konrad von Finckenstein was appointed chairman of the CRTC in January 2007, news reports at the time hinted that broadcast and…
Political parties and debt: the Kennedy perspective
Political parties usually carry around debt. Some carry more than others. Some parties don’t carry any. Is it an issue? Maybe. Just for the fun of it, consider this portion…
She writes about her Jewish heritage, the historical trauma of her people and what they are inflicting on Palestinian people…
Tikkun Magazine, Winter 2011Fear and Consequences: Healing from Jewish Historical Traumaby Wendy Elisheva SomersonAs a Jew, the most important healing work I can do for both myself and the world…
Sporting a Uterus
Following the Women’s World Cup this year has been an enlightening experience for me. So far, some have been heart-stopping (Brazil-USA), and some have been crap (Canada-France), just like any…
Interview with co-founder of Bradley Manning Support Network…
David House on Bradley Manning, Secret WikiLeaks Grand Jury, and U.S. SurveillanceOn the eve of the extradition hearing for WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange in London, we spend an exclusive hour…
When you care enough to give the very best
In Nancy Nall's comments today, apropos of nothing in particular, they got talking about what gifts to give to the kids of relatives you don't like (the kids or the…
Canada Taking a Stand!
If there is one thing I agree with the Conservative party it would probably be some of there foreign policy decision. Canada will not go to the The Conference on…
I found this letter via infoshop…
A Letter From a G20 DefendantFrom Toronto Mediacoop An Open Letter to Friends and Allies I write this by flickering candlelight in the Grand River waterhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifshed as sounds of fireworks…
The Future Of Ford Nation
"The fluoridation of drinking water could be eliminated, with impacts on dental health," says the multi-million $ KPMG that report Rob Ford ordered up to help him cut T.O. services.Actually,…
Can Labour Topple Cameron’s Conservatives Over News Corp?
Could Rupert Murdoch bring down the coalition Conservative government of David Cameron? Or, put another way, would David Cameron be willing to save his own skin by flaying Rupert Murdoch's?Cameron's…
WEEEEeeeee….it’s like xmas…erm…sort of…
from al jazeera...Anonymous hacks US military contractor siteCyberactivist sub-group "AntiSec" penetrates database maintained by consultancy firm Booz Allen Hamilton.if what you're reading here grips you, holds you, fascinates you, provokes…
UBB Hearing Media Round-Up: Day 1
Prelude | Day 1 | Day 2 To help keep you informed on the CRTC's usage-based billing (Internet metering) hearing, we've decided to use this page to round up all…
Senate Republican Leader Says Casey Anthony Proves Terrorists Can’t be Tried in U.S. Courts
Salon.com is spot on in saying when it comes to Republicans, there is no limit to, 'the shamelessness and venality of these guys.'For proof of that statement the story turns…
The case for gun control…
…made in just under a minute, by a hair-triggered guy who’s not as quick on the draw as he thought he was. Watch the slo-mo replay; you’ll see he blows…