I’d like to give the whole world a big hug…
Shamelessly stolen from PZ over at Pharyngula, music by Jonathan Colton, whose work you really, really need to become more familiar with. Tweet The Rev. Paperboy Feed
December 2011
Let’s Occupy #Attawapiskat in Twitter on December 7
I wrote a piece the other day on Attawapiskat, and how it enrages me. Not just the case in those communities, but how it’s representative of Canada’s largely racist relationship…
No Wonder Harper Adores the American Right
How debased, how low-fallen has America become that a leading candidate for the Republican Party presidential nomination can get away with saying something like this? Watch Newt Gingrich lament how…
Jobs Waning, Debt Mounting, Wages Slipping: A Bleak Outlook
Here are some followup comments that supplement my last post. The emerging picture of the Canadian economy is bleak. Inscribed as every government in the Western world is in neoclassical…
Ezra Levant’s Rant Has a Ring of Truth, But His Din is Deafening
One of my right-wing friends asked me to watch Ezra Levant’s take on the Attawapiskat crisis, feeling, I suppose, that he presented a compelling argument. Levant is right when he…
I love my politically-engaged town!
Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
five of eight: another semester bites the dust
And I do mean bites. This was a grueling term, boring beyond belief, but I’ve just completed my last assignment, and am now gloriously free of school for a full…
This might be my last Christmas
Christmas time is a special time, a joyous time, a time of magic. But it can also be a very stressing season. People worry about all manner of things: buying…
Why Peter MacKay Is So "Highly Regarded"
I didn’t hear Harper’s weasel words defense of our frequent flying Defence Minister, the Honourable Peter MacKay, so I can’t for certain. But I can only assume that Harper took…
York Region Bus strike will continue
Would this be allowed to continue in Toronto — I think not! York Region won’t intervene in transit strike BY KEVIN CONNOR ,TORONTO SUN NEWMARKET – York Regional Council is…
Boot to the groin earns 7-year-old sexual harassment charge
I’m sorry but a pre-sexual 7-year-old male charged with ‘sexual harassment’ for kicking another same-age boy in the groin is beyond ridiculous. Kicking another in the nuts is punishable for…
And so it begins (fishery restructuring version) #nlpoli #cdnpoli
News today that OCI will permanently close two of its fish plants is merely the start of it. The hurricane of change that is sure to follow will make the…
Help fund Project Homophobia film – Friday Film Pick: The Boy Next Door
Gregor Schmidinger’s 2008 short film The Boy Next Door has received its share of positive attention, and to date, has had over 52,000 viewings on Vimeo. The film, while mildly…
Teachers read message to George Abbott
Minister of Education George Abbott has been touring the province visiting schools. This is a good thing. I remember in 2005 a Victoria teacher running into then Education Minister Shirley…
Giant squirrel ravages government office
So here it is. I’ve seen it more than a few times and it still makes me chuckle. I also like it because it’s not your typical union campaign video.…
O’Connor production
R. v. Kokopenace, 2011 ONCA 759 deals with production of records relating to jury lists under R. v. O'Connor, 4 S.C.R. 411. The Court ordered such production saying: There is no dispute…
Herman Cain’s biggest offence is a parody of a defence: attack on ‘husbandless’ women
If you thought the current line-up of GOP presidential contenders had already gone beyond parody, think again. Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Rich Santorum, Rick Perry have all contributed a comical…
Tar Nation: Haunting Photos Reveal Rape of Canada’s Boreal Forest
Garth Lenz has spent the last 20 years photographing wilderness and indigenous peoples, focusing particularly on environmental issues, throughout Canada, the U.S., Chile, Ecuador, Borneo, and China. His photos have…
The Second Wind of the Worldwide Social Justice Movement
During the protests in Tahrir Square in November 2011, Mohamed Ali, age 20, responded to a journalist’s query as to why he was there: “We want social justice. Nothing more.…
30 Ways in 30 Days
30 Ways in 30 Days is a December long project that encourages people to do a small good action everyday. There are (obviously) 30 small things that you can do…