Rally for Respect against the Silencing of Toronto
“Regular Programming in Dufferin Grove Park will be cancelled during the day time hours on Saturday, September 10, 2011 due to an anticipated, large, unpermitted event.” (sic) – Sign posted…
September 2011
A word about Strategic voting, or “progressives” don’t let progressives vote Liberal
Progressives, by which I mean those concerned with issues of a thriving democracy, the environment, and social and economic justice, are once again not being well served in the coming…
GOP Vagina rules
The GOP has 3 rules. The Vagina rules...
Nowak: Why the CRTC is trying to keep Canadians happy
By Peter Nowak The CRTC has been quite busy of late coming to the rescue of the poor, beleaguered consumer. That’s nice, but it prompts a few questions, such as:…
Sometimes You Just Have To Hold Your Nose
I always try to be completely honest in everything that I write for this blog. If I see reason for praise, I acknowledge it, sadly a rare occurrence. Most commonly…
Real Change
I am always interested in people who change their views, especially in regards to climate change. I know that you can find people who claim they “believed” in climate change…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for September 26, 2011
Here are the leading legal headlines from over the weekend via Wise Law on Twitter: The latest word on the 'damages formerly known as Wallace' - Canadian HR Reporter (blog)…
car ads on the Colosseum?
Rome is looking for “sponsors” soon to show their wares on tickets & exterior http://ow.ly/6EM8M Filed under: Miscellany
Tell Leah Costello that Dick Cheney is not welcome in Vancouver
Local right-wing gadfly and embarrassment to the city, Vancouver’s Paris Hilton, Leah Costello, is hosting war criminal Dick Cheney at her very elite, very right wing Bon Mot book club.…
Italian bloggers out ten anti-gay politicians
Generally, I think, gay people should be entitled to privacy when it comes to their sexual orientation, but when a gay person is an elected lawmaker who promotes anti-gay policies,…
wikileaks: mentally ill canadian citizen held in bagram prison for 18 months, and counting
This morning CBC News reports that WikiLeaks has exposed that a Canadian is being held at the notorious Bagram prison, the US-run torture camp and holding tank for Afghans who…
Topp Heavy
This NDP leadership race is quite fascinating, and I'd submit not well thought out to date. The rush to Brian Topp is very much coronation in tone and purpose, he…
Ontario you do have a Positive Choice
You can vote for one of the old line parties or you can vote for real change for people ...
Giraffes and eggs
We celebrated my son’s birthday on Saturday night. He came over for a barbecue and birthday cake. We gave him a boy mannequin wearing a giraffe costume for his birthday.…
The wonderful thing about tautologies
damned freaks in the alley…, a photo by IntangibleArts on Flickr. tautologies After a certain point, the previous night was all a blur. He’d started the usual way: he burst…
Palestinian State doesn’t Help Peace!
My fellow Blogger friend has put up a post saying that a Palestinian state recognized by the UN is the best way to achieve peace. He states that That's why…
What happened to Khaled Samy Abdallah Ismail?
Wikileaks has uncovered a mystery worthy of a Hitchcock film, involving a Canadian, the infamous Bagram prison, schizophrenia and the disappearance of a man into thin air.Khaled Samy Abdallah Ismail…
Welcome to the Echo Chamber #nlpoli #nlvotes
Pretty simple idea, really. Opinions, beliefs and ideas move around among like minded people in what is an essentially closed space. The effect can be amazingly powerful just as it…
Actually entitled to her entitlements
Oh, noes! Adrienne Clarkson has used the privilege entitled to her as a former Governor General and hired a publicly funded assistant to help her coordinate the numerous letters and…