4325…International Women’s Day
I am going to wear a dress to Starbucks. Hoping for free coffee. Fingers crossed.WFDS
March 2012
4324…Teflon Is The New Black
And the Conservatives are wearing it. Yesterday in The Toronto Star Chantal Hebert reported that “According to Ekos and Nanos, the robocall saga has so far had no impact on…
Remember the Women in Your Life. . . .
In honor of International Women’s Day I pay tribute to all the women who have struggled tirelessly, and continue to struggle, for the rights and equality of Women, and thereby…
Stephen Harper- More Robocalls Discovered
Stephen Harper was offering free Viagra for votes.:)
Tories to social conservatives…thanks for the votes, now bugger off!!!
Members of Canada’s socially conservative religious right fraternity must be looking on Harper government like the insurance salesman who attends church to drum up business. I mean sure he’s on…
Coming out for reproductive justice.
Today is International Womens’ Day. It’s a day to stand together, to call for rights when they’re lacking, and to defend rights when they’re in danger. And there is some…
Criminal Activity in Joe Oliver’s Campaign?
The Star is reporting that Natural Resources Minister Joe (‘radicals are threatening the tarsands’) Oliver’s riding of Eglinton-Lawrence may have been the scene of another electoral crime, this one involving…
The Cremation of Canadian Democracy – With apologies to Robert Service
There are strange things done 'neath the Canadian sun By politicians lusting for power; The backroom boys have their techno-toys That would make your blood go sour; The ballot boxes…
The Cremation of Canadian Democracy – With apologies to Robert Service
There are strange things done ‘neath the Canadian sunBy politicians lusting for power;The backroom boys have their techno-toysThat would make your blood go sour;The ballot boxes have seen sly foxes,But…
The Cremation of Canadian Democracy – With apologies to Robert Service
There are strange things done 'neath the Canadian sunBy politicians lusting for power;The backroom boys have their techno-toysThat would make your blood go sour;The ballot boxes have seen sly foxes,But…
The Cremation of Canadian Democracy – With apologies to Robert Service
There are strange things done ‘neath the Canadian sunBy politicians lusting for power;The backroom boys have their techno-toysThat would make your blood go sour;The ballot boxes have seen sly foxes,But…
Times are good for Sovereigntists
Three months ago, The Globe and Mail headlined: "Sovereignty on its death bed in Québec" (click here to read my reaction to it). The underlying premise to such a statement…
Times are good for Sovereigntists
Three months ago, The Globe and Mail headlined: “Sovereignty on its death bed in Québec” (click here to read my reaction to it). The underlying premise to such a statement…
Times are good for Sovereigntists
Three months ago, The Globe and Mail headlined: "Sovereignty on its death bed in Québec" (click here to read my reaction to it). The underlying premise to such a statement…
Times are good for Sovereigntists
Three months ago, The Globe and Mail headlined: “Sovereignty on its death bed in Québec” (click here to read my reaction to it). The underlying premise to such a statement…
China: Rise, Fall and Re-Emergence as a Global Power
John Hobson’s brilliant historical survey of the world economy during this period provides an abundance of empirical data making the case for China’s economic and technological superiority over Western civilization…
Happy International Women’s Day to all the women in my life
Friends, family, comrades, co-workers, store clerks, waiters, all. So much progress made, so much more to do. Personally and politically.