Ethically, emotionally…poly matures…
I wasn’t even thinking about ethics and boundaries in my early and mid twenties when I started wondering about and exploring open relationships, group fucking, having a partner and being…
August 2012
Obama, Spender in Least
Not that it matters much in a society utterly detached from reality, but Forbes has analyzed government spending growth by president since Ronald Reagan and, contrary to the outright lies…
Home care cuts AND hospital cuts
The Chatham-Kent Health Alliance is planning to cut 22 hospital beds to deal with the government’s funding squeeze. The bed cuts are supposed to reduce the hospital’s deficit. The Ontario…
Blu mural tackles Italy’s Chernobyl
Italian street artist Blu has created a towering critique of the militarization of Sardinia. His latest mural depicts the devastating impact that industrialization and military bases have had on the…
5025…Senator Ponytail Looking For A Beating
Another one. The Tory cash for lifer who got beaten like a rented mule earlier this year by Justin Trudeau is back Tweeting. This time he was/is chiding his better…
Standard(s)
In watching the news this morning, I was a little saddened to hear about church fires and people being dicks to one another in general. I’d like to point you…
5 rules for a science-based decision on the Enbridge Pipelines
Monday, August 13, 2012 Prime Minister Harper was in Vancouver on August 7 and took the opportunity to tell Canadians that any decision on the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipelines and…
Can Fat People Serve as Health Minister?
That was the all-consuming question PQ Leader Pauline Marois needed to answer yesterday it seems, replying in the affirmative and saying, “I believe a health minister has a basic duty…
What To Expect When You’re Electing: Representative Paul Ryan
Ryan Romney.jpg With the selection of Wisconsin Republican Representative Paul Ryan has his running mate, Mitt Romney has effectively pushed his campaign into the climate change denying fringe. While Romney…
Not Like We Weren’t Warned
“When planning a military expedition into Pashtun tribal areas, the first thing you must plan is your retreat. All expeditions into this area sooner or later end in retreat under…
Taking the Fight to Them
It’s time to do what they fear most – connect the dots. That means linking bitumen trafficking to the plight being inflicted on the poorest and most vulnerable peoples on…
What are reasonable steps to ascertain the age of the person?
In respect of the offence of child internet luring (s. 172.1(1)(c)), s. 172.1(4) of the Code provided in material part as follows: It is not a defence to a charge…
Sigh.
As much as I love elections, I cannot help but be annoyed when it comes time to hold one in la belle province… cuz language laws always shove their way…
Romney: Assuring defeat with Paul Ryan?
Do Vice Presidential choices matter? For 97% of those who vote, no. But veep picks can often set the tone for the success or failure of a campaign or administration.…
5024…At Least He Is Green
Paul Ryan that is, the veep to Mitt Romney’s prez in 2012. Not that kind of green; the O’green. Saving grace. WFDS
5023…Apparently
The Olympics are over. The same group of people who be moan the fact that the Stanley Cup playoffs are on every channel may now go back to watch Ellen…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Pamela Palmater discusses how the Cons’ push to monetize First Nations reserves ultimately looks to be little more than another giveaway to the…
Because ….
…..some animals are more equal than others, I guess. At least that seems to be the message in McGuinty’s Ontario.* *Doctors, teachers, and most other public servants need not apply.…
Young, Urban, and Farming in Rural Ontario
In Ontario women from the city are defying stereotypes and running farms. Once the purview of the stereotypical old white farmer who hates cow-tippers, now women raised in cities are…