Nominated for the 2012 Ninjamatics Canadian Weblog Awards!
Whoo-hoo! Now I have some inspiration to start cranking out some good posts 😉 I’ve gotta get up to date on my activism… If you want to read the rest,…
January 2013
The Most Read Politics, Re-Spun Posts of 2012, Engage!
Welcome to the most-read posts of 2012! As we move into a fresh, optimistic 2013, let’s look back at what made a difference last year! Thanks for reading over 950k…
Haida Gwaii at Van airport
This is so amazing. I want it.
Fiscal Cliff Negotiations: Boehner To Harry Reid "Go f**k yourself."
So this is the state of Republican Congressional leadership. With tension around fiscal cliff negotiations in the House of Representatives, Speaker of the House John Boehner is reported to have…
Jan. 2: don’t kiss me….
..no matter how great the urge. I don’t know what this latest round of flu or colds or whatever is all about. But it’s a honey. I’ve slept only one…
Politics and Entertainment 2013-01-02 11:24:00
#HarperRegime‘s neoliberal immigration policy: we help only those who can help us, not those who need help. bit.ly/THkytI #cdnpoli — Barry Cameron (@AppalledBC) January 2, 2013
Book Review: The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King
I enjoyed reading Thomas King’s new book “The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America.” I’ll stop short of saying “it’s something everyone should read,” but…
2012: The ‘Ooops’ moment
My favourite: Poor Rick Perry as his ‘Oops’ended his candidacy.
Good Books I Read in 2012: The Green House (with Comments about the Icelandic Model for Banks and Books)
Everybody else has done their lists, but as usual I’m a little behind. For the next few days, I think I’ll share my faves of the year, starting with The…
Video: Queer Lisboa 16 – Death of the Gay Cliche!
I somehow missed this awesome ad for the 2012 Queer Lisboa 16 - Lisbon Gay and Lesbian Film Festival commercial created by the agency FUEL Lisbon. It hits one of…
Video: Queer Lisboa 16 – Death of the Gay Cliche!
I somehow missed this awesome ad for the 2012 Queer Lisboa 16 – Lisbon Gay and Lesbian Film Festival commercial created by the agency FUEL Lisbon. It hits one of…
Video: Queer Lisboa 16 – Death of the Gay Cliche!
I somehow missed this awesome ad for the 2012 Queer Lisboa 16 - Lisbon Gay and Lesbian Film Festival commercial created by the agency FUEL Lisbon. It hits one of…
Bravery: the Writer
I want to tell you about a writer who looked old in his mid-30s. He walked with a cane. He was overweight, lethargic, pasty-faced and depressed. It was no wonder.…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, January 02, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, January 02, 2012: Players union set to respond Wednesday to latest NHL offer – Yahoo! Sports The…
Video: Queer Lisboa 16 – Death of the Gay Cliche!
I somehow missed this awesome ad for the 2012 Queer Lisboa 16 – Lisbon Gay and Lesbian Film Festival commercial created by the agency FUEL Lisbon. It hits one of…
Geist: Milestones in 2012 from A to Z
Article by Michael Geist: From the remarkable battle over the Stop Online Piracy Act to the massive public backlash against Internet surveillance in Canada, law and technology issues garnered headlines…
Doing The Corporate Dance
The Liberal Party’s traditional strategy of campaigning from the left and governing from the right led the late Rene Levesque to conclude that the party was “the biggest whorehouse in…
Industry Self-Regulation – Another Update
Last week I wrote two posts on the Harper regime’s ideological decision not to impose mandatory reporting of drug shortages on the pharmaceutical industry. The government instead has placed its…
Help with your New Year’s Resolutions
A bit of advice from Bob Newhart: But you shouldn’t stop going to Alltop.