Quote: Writing Self
Gender reaches into disability; disability wraps around class; class strains against abuse; abuse snarls into sexuality; sexuality folds on top of race ... everything finally piling into a single human…
October 2011
The Harper government are little boys who’ve never grown up
When I was in grade school, my friend J - I'll spare him the mention - and I used to like to break things. We'd set leaves on fire with…
Stephen Harper’s questionable respect for democracy
When Stephen Harper won a majority government this last May, I wrote that one litmus test for the next four years would be regarding his respect for transparency, parliamentary procedures,…
Merkel kicks Sarkozy who kicks a cat named Greece
We've just seen a case of trickle down kicking taking place in the EU. Sarkozy wanted to use the European Central Bank to bail out the banks, but Merkel quickly…
Redistribution Update
Just what we need - 30 more MPs!Ontario will get 15 new seats, British Columbia and Alberta six each and Quebec three in the latest and probably final attempt by…
Occupy Canada Tackles… Breakfast TV?
As part of a witless effort to “occupy the media”…a handful of OCW copycats in Toronto parade around in the drizzle with mostly unreadable signs in front of City TV’s…
CHRC Appeal on Tremaine Contempt Decision Successful
Back in November 2010, Terry Tremaine managed to avoid contempt charges due to his violation of the CHRT decision against him as a result of a technicality. That decision was…
Rob Fu&%$king Ford UnF%#$king Cut! Did He Leave Before 911 Showed Up?
He's now saying the "assault" took place at 8:00 AM, rather than early morning in the dark. And it SOUNDS LIKE THE MAYOR LEFT BEFORE 911 SHOWED UP. Listen to…
Lord Lawson’s Global Warming Policy Foundation Mistaken On Actual Facts
gwpf.jpg A UK-based climate change denial think-tank has been caught making serious misrepresentations on climate policy which go against the guidelines of the UK's charity regulator. Th...
Oil Pipelines and Tankers: A Bad Proposition for BC’s Economy and Environment
There are two stories about pipelines this week – the first was a Vancouver Sun article October 25. Here it is, in part:Sixteen business and labour leaders have signed an…
Rob F–king Ford v. Marge Delahunty
Talking to a group of reporters at his extracurricular gig as a high school football coach, Canada’s least popular mayor delivers his latest bullshit version of events concerning a recent…
A sticky sweet situation for Conservative MP
No, that's not a heavy metal singer. But it is just in time for Hallowe'en.If you asked Conservative MP David Sweet in 2002 what he thought of homosexuality, his answer…
Two Things About This Whole Mayor Fordzilla 9-1-1 Drama
I think we’ll remember Marg Delahunty: warrior princess meeting Mayor Fordzilla for a very long time. 1) It really doesn’t matter at the end of the day how much profanity…
Kent demoted by Dunderdale #nlpoli
There’ll be no chance to run the wellness department around Kathy Dunderdale’s cabinet table for Mount Pearl wunderkind Steve Kent. The Big Scout took a major kick in the parliamentary…
QP: MacKay can’t say "gay"
With Jason Kenney away, the question on everyone’s mind as Question Period kicked off was who the back-up PM for the first round of questions for the day. That question…
Welcome to new Canadian citizen, Paul Rodgers!
Paul Rodgers (left) with Roger Taylor and Brian May during the Queen daysAlways good to welcome someone from another land who adopts this wonderful country, Conservatives and all."It may not…
Rob Ford gives the CBC all the ammo it needs to fight the Conservative/Sun Media juggernaut
The battle between the Conservatives/Sun Media against CBC is all but over. With Rob Ford's cowering in the face of sweet Newfoundlander Marg Delahunty and simpering defence of his attack…
It’s Official: Gamers have Caught Rogers Violating Internet Openness Rules
openmedia_logo.jpg CRTC’s enforcement division to handle complaint against Rogers restricting access to online services October 27, 2011— The Canadians Gamers Organization’s (CGO) current b...
Hedy Fry talks about Commonwealth meetings past
With Harper at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth, Australia, promising to make the decriminalisation of homosexuality an issue, I spoke to the former minister of state for…