Obama Campaign Day 6 : fits and starts
Quick observations. There is no pho in Detroit suburban area. They don’t even know what pho is. I am trying not to cry. Heard during the phone-bank I coordinated today:…
September 2012
Obama Campaign Day 6 : fits and starts
Quick observations. There is no pho in Detroit suburban area. They don’t even know what pho is. I am trying not to cry. Heard during the phone-bank I coordinated today:…
Social Media and Margaret Wente
About two years ago, I wrote a blog post explaining why we cancelled our subscription to The Globe and Mail. At the same time, I sent an email with a…
The man who made M312 about him – Abortion in Canada
My hat is off, to the man who managed to make M312 about him! My MP, Sean Casey. When a Conservative MP in Ontario put forward his ‘personhood bill’ last…
Ask General Kang: I have a hot date tonight — should I wear boxers or briefs?
The General can tell you’re a guy. Only a human male would frame the question in such a crass way. What you’re asking, essentially, is how you should prepare yourself…
How Times Change
This is a picture of the National Post’s Jonathon Kay. I know its hard to look at, but bear with me. Note the cup he’s holding. It’s demonstrates solidarity with…
English v. Pike: Game on! #nlpoli
Supreme Court Trial Division, Court Room 7, Duckworth Street. 10:00 AM. Be there or be squarer than you’d normally be as a lawyer or person interested in lawyer stuff. William…
A casino in Ottawa?
I’m not a gambler… never been very good at it so gambling, for me, is akin to throwing my money into the fireplace. And I don’t even really like establishments…
‘Mass trauma’ in Pakistani tribal areas under threat of drone attack
An important new report – ‘Living Under Drones‘ – disputes the Obama administration’s claim that few civilians have died in drone strikes. The report details the mass trauma caused by…
The Wisdom of Auntie Nellie – Stretch for Health
When our son Nicholas was diagnosed with severe cerebral palsy over 23 years ago, he was four months old and I was very frightened. I was frightened, but also determined…
Canada’s Poverty of Poverty Measurement
It isn’t just astounding to the average Canadian that their country doesn’t have an official poverty line, it’s astounding that no one, including the major political parties, is doing anything…
Motion 312 and reproductive rights: pay attention to what Tories do, not to what they say
What? What? I’m pro-choice and pro-life, Edmonton St. Albert MP Brent Rathgeber seems to say in this shot grabbed from his website. Below: Kitchener Centre MP Stephen Woodworth. In this…
Canada’s Print Media: Democracy Couldn’t Ask for Finer Keystone Kops
Seriously. This is starting to get absolutely ridiculous. I’m gratified to see the National Post and the Toronto Star jumping on the Margaret Wente plagiarism bandwagon. But there are still…
All Autism Meltdowns Are Not Panic Attacks
On Twitter in the past 24 hours the questionably named Thinking Persons Guide to Autism does what it often does: distributing unproven, non evidence based, opinions as representing all there…
How to play football
Goofy – How To Play Football (High Quality) – YouTube: ““ If the replacement refs could just learn the game, they might avoid more calls like this:
Motion M-312 will be… *shakes Magic 8-Ball*
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission September 26 brings us the second reading vote for Motion M-312 in the House of Commons. And all I know for…
Obama’s U.N. speech | Part 2
Alright, I’m calm. Just needed a breather. Let’s continue. If you haven’t yet, you can read Part 1 here. That is what we saw play out the last two weeks,…
The Slow Degradation of Stephen Harper
I think this cartoon by the Star's Theo Moudakis neatly sums up what Stephen Harper's Con regime is doing to our image abroad. Making us look small, cheap, shabby. And…
Obama Campaign Day 5
This college kid comes in every other day to help out in the office. Data-entry, mostly. He is bright, talkative and surprisingly insightful. Let’s call him Thomas. Thomas is an…