Manizing Womanism
two-women-gossip.jpg I wrote last week about my observation that women tend to voice their opinions less frequently than men in both educational and casual spaces, and are less assertive when…
2011
How Bill C-6 Can Set a Dangerous Precedent For All Working Canadians, Including Non-Unionized Workers
Assuming Stevie Spiteful stays in power, that is, and after watching both the NDP and the Liberals, this week-end, along with Stevie Spiteful’s spin machine in his media, it looks…
Latest Bachmann gaffe: praises serial killer John Wayne Gacy instead of actor John Wayne
Oops. Another day. Another Michele Bachmann historical gaffe. This one involves her praise of Waterloo IA, where she mistakenly told a blogger, "“John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa. That’s the…
3881…The New Barry Goldwater Is A Chick
My goodness the endorphins must be flowing in the Obama camp. Michele Bachmann, the congresswoman from Minnesota, a traditionally liberal and progressive state, has decided that she wants to be…
Anderson Cooper’s hilarious expose of clueless Daily Caller writer
You know the Daily Caller. The supposed conservative alternative to Huffington Post, helmed by creepy Tucker Carlson, already has a short but storied history, its content often riddled with inaccuracies…
Is Washington Collecting Cell-Phone Data?
"There seems to be a consensus among privacy advocates that the government is using the very latest technological advancements to sweep up, among other things, the locations of cell phones.Your…
Is Washington Collecting Cell-Phone Data?
“There seems to be a consensus among privacy advocates that the government is using the very latest technological advancements to sweep up, among other things, the locations of cell phones.…
Is Washington Collecting Cell-Phone Data?
"There seems to be a consensus among privacy advocates that the government is using the very latest technological advancements to sweep up, among other things, the locations of cell phones.Your…
Is Washington Collecting Cell-Phone Data?
“There seems to be a consensus among privacy advocates that the government is using the very latest technological advancements to sweep up, among other things, the locations of cell phones.…
3880…Nick Charles Passes
If you are a sports fan of a certain age, mine, you will recall Nick Charles and Fred Hickman of CNN were the early, i.e. pre ESPN and TSN, go…
3879…At Least The Ex Montrealer Wasn’t Booed
At Yankee Old-Timers' Day, according to Len Berman, restaurateur Elaine Kaufman was mentioned during the moment of silence for those who passed during the last year, but not former Montreal…
3878…Rob Ford And Gay Pride
The whole blogosphere is all a twitter about the fact that the Mayor of Hogtown is going to skip the Gay Pride Parade in Toronto to chill at the cottage…
Unions and Inequality
An important paper by Bruce Western and Jake Rosenfeld which is forthcoming in the American Journal of Sociology finds that the decline in private sector union density in the…
Was CUPW Defeat Inevitable?
Trade unionists across Canada should feel shame in the wake of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers’ totally predictable crushing defeat by the jubilant Harpies (“The Conservative benches erupted in…
Parliament In Review: June 15, 2011
Yes, the spring session of Parliament has come to an end. But with much less news popping up on the political scene, I'll take the opportunity to take a look…
6 Down 44 to Go.
And now the major state of New York will join the 4 other new England states and the lonely Midwestern state in the equality of all people. Gay people can…
Johnathant Baird visits Libya to meet rebels
Inspired by this story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/06/27/baird-libya-visit.html
With two years to rebuild federaly, Ontario liberals should focus attention on the upcoming provincial election on October 6th
According to a recent Forum Research survey, Tim Hudak's conservatives were getting a 41% approval rating from Ontarians, while the Liberals were somewhere around 26%, the NDP at 22% and…
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