The minimum wage ad that’s full of B.S.
I’ve recently stumbled on an online video ad while waiting for one of my YouTube videos to load and decided to post it on this blog and criticize it a…
2012
Racists, Skinheads And White Supremacists Praise The Conservative’s Anti-Human Rights Law
“A Conservative private members’ bill that repeals part of Canada’s hate speech laws has passed the House of Commons with scant media attention, and even less commentary. But it’s being…
Why the silence on Ottawa’s role in the Quebec student strike?
The following article draws attention to an important issue that has been largely overlooked in the Quebec student strike. The author, Pierre Graveline, is a well-known journalist, editor and publisher,…
Father’s Day
I got some cool gifts from Mallory this morning as part of my Father’s Day super breakfast. And I got to sleep in until 9am. Wow. I am feeling very…
June 17: late on a Sunday evening…..
Well, it is Sunday. And I am a religious person. I don’t attend a church because I cannot stomach the hypocracy of the churches. But I was thinking tonight of…
4745…Rodney King Is Dead
Younger than I thought too, 47. The Globe and Mail leads with this via Reuters and The Associated Press: Rodney King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los…
4744…Woman With 2 Vaginas Turns Down Million
Pretty difficulty headline to resist, eh? Hazel Jones is the 27 year olds name and she has become a bit of a an etoile in Merry Ole England. She was…
In Catlegar, B.C.
…but even from a great distance, one can detect the unmistakable odour of bullshit in the Ontario NDP’s claims.
Justin Trudeau: 58% of Liberals approve of him as leader
The latest Forum poll should put the wind in the sails of Justin Trudeau: Majority of Liberals approve of Trudeau as leader When asked directly if they approved or disapproved…
What gets us into trouble is not what we don’t know. It’s what we know for sure that just ain’t so
Mark Twain
Harper Government to Aid Canadian Calendar Industry (guest blog)
(The following is reported {in jest} by Richard of Cornwall) — “Since the former Liberal Government created the new territory of Nunavut, the Canadian calendar industry has been suffering. It…
A terrifying graph
In North America coal use might be down thanks to the abundance of cheap natural gas but the global perspective looks very different: According to the latest BP Statistical Review…
Video: Using Social Media for Change
A daring social media campaign changes the conversation – and according to this video, helps win an election by a landslide: – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
June 21-24: Toronto Anarchist Bookfair
The following from the fine folks putting on the Toronto Anarchist Bookfair next weekend – sadly, this year we will not be able to attend the bookfair, but i really…
Short-term Politicking Plagues Ontario’s 2012 Budget
Budgets don’t get passed during minority governments without negotiation. The government’s public suggestion that the New Democratic Party, the only party willing to consider not blocking the Liberal budget, is…
Rodney King Dead at 47
Twenty-one years ago I was in high school when the video of Rodney King being beaten by members of the LAPD made international news. I had already been following news…
Sunday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Sunday reading. – It’s a few months old, but the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy’s comparison of U.S. states with a zero personal income tax…
NDP Rise To 37%, Conservatives Drop To 30%
Since Tom Mulcair was chosen to lead the party back in March, the NDP has maintained a strong support across Canada, which has continued to grow. The opposite is true…
Fathers, Dads, Papas, Grandfathers
Today is Father’s Day. In the realm of disability and family, we talk most often about mothers. But today, I would like to say a few words about what it…
Near Hope, B.C., on way to Kinsellabration
Son Three: Dad, is Mountain Dew a spermicide? Me: What? Ask your mother.