4382…Generally Speaking The Poor Don’t Vote
Therefore it is safe for the Premier of Ontario to freeze the lowest of the low, people on Disability and the working poor, to freeze their income. Which will be…
2012
Air Canada – do you want it, or do you want to live?
My local CBC radio station led this morning with: “Air Canada: do we need it?” I guess that’s a rhetorical question, like, “use of your left hand; do you care?”…
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Go time. In several recent discussions with fellow denizens of the Twitter-verse, the topic has inevitably shifted to the question of “how useful is Twitter going to be in this…
Post-#ndpldr, with Mulcair change will be more personality than politics
Leadership contests tend to create the appearance of stark differences where none really exist – it’s in the interests of both candidates looking to differentiate themselves and media looking for…
Ocean view #5
Filed under: art, digital, painting Tagged: art, ocean, painting, seascape, water
Tuition Fees and University Participation #nlpoli
The connection between tuition fees and university participation was big subject in the summer run-up to the general election and then in the general election last fall. Just to give…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, March 26, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, March 26, 2012: “The heart is Mr. Cheney’s first” When former employees compete – protecting your confidential…
Cat Reporter Infiltrates the NDP!
Risking all 9 of his lives, Cat Reporter infiltrated the NDP Leadership Convention to bring you the Cat Truth about their plans to overthrow the government–and paint 24 Sussex Orange!
Please, oh Please Let Rob Ford Run a Slate Next Time
So, in case you missed it THIS was on the cover of today’s MetroNews Toronto, and it made me almost giddy with glee. Let’s leave out for a second the…
shit men say to men who say shit to women on the street
A long time ago, when I was in my early 20s, I was once venting to my mom about some ongoing street harassment. There was a construction site near my…
Shining A Light On ALEC
Paul Krugman writes that one of the consequences of the Trayvon Martin shooting is that people are beginning to focus on so called Stand Your Ground Laws and the people…
Harper Inc. Continues To Deform Our National Ethos
While it is probably impossible to define the soul of a nation, one aspect of the Canadian psyche must surely be a generosity of spirit and a concern for the…
How Do You Build a Scientific Republican?
411px-Jon_Huntsman_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg It’s widely known that Republicans, far more than Democrats, reject modern climate science. And more and more, it has become apparent that this is at least partly because Republicans…
things i heard at the library: an occasional series: # 4
“Oh man, you gotta read these books! These books are the best! They’re not even really books. There are pictures! And jokes! And they’re really, really funny! And they’re super…
Video: Testimony, music by Stephen Schwartz
When I first read that the lyrics of Testimony were either taken from or inspired by the It Gets Better Project, I felt a slight repulsion in thinking that the…
Video: Testimony, music by Stephen Schwartz
When I first read that the lyrics of Testimony were either taken from or inspired by the It Gets Better Project, I felt a slight repulsion in thinking that the…
Video: Testimony, music by Stephen Schwartz
When I first read that the lyrics of Testimony were either taken from or inspired by the It Gets Better Project, I felt a slight repulsion in thinking that the…
Video: Testimony, music by Stephen Schwartz
When I first read that the lyrics of Testimony were either taken from or inspired by the It Gets Better Project, I felt a slight repulsion in thinking that the…