Girl Rising: Make 2013 the year every girl can go to school.
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January 2013
Writer’s New Year Resolutions
1. Create more, worry less. (h/t Diane Shoemperlen) 2. The market isn’t Stalin. Have fun writing. 3. The market is Stalin. Be subversive. n invisible force was crushing him. He…
I don’t know of any political leaders in the…
I don’t know of any political leaders in the English-speaking world who have had more protest songs written about them than Margaret Thatcher, but that record may eventually go to…
5481…Hitler Hitler Hitler
Yesterday’s Los Angeles Times drops this knowledge on the world: A statue depicting a seemingly contrite Adolf Hitler kneeling in prayer in the former Jewish ghetto in Warsaw is causing…
Harper vs First Nations
The following article, in a nutshell, provides the basis for all of Harper's actions with regards to First Nations. He does not believe they should be able to stand in…
Harper vs First Nations
The following article, in a nutshell, provides the basis for all of Harper’s actions with regards to First Nations. He does not believe they should be able to stand in…
Harper vs First Nations
The following article, in a nutshell, provides the basis for all of Harper's actions with regards to First Nations. He does not believe they should be able to stand in…
Harper vs First Nations
The following article, in a nutshell, provides the basis for all of Harper’s actions with regards to First Nations. He does not believe they should be able to stand in…
Pressing Politics: Top 10 Posts of 2012
In late spring 2012, I decided I’d start writing a blog for reasons largely unknown beyond creating a new hobby. I had no expectations for readership, and when the first…
Here’s another anti-Margaret Thatcher song with almost the…
Here’s another anti-Margaret Thatcher song with almost the same title as the other one I posted. “The Day that Thatcher Dies” by Hefner has a glam rock/Elton John/Britpop feel to…
Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Books I Want to Read in 2013
Today I thought I’d participate in the Top Ten Tuesday meme, hosted by the Broke and the Bookish. Today’s topic is the top ten books I’d like to read in…
Margaret Thatcher, former British prime minister, close personal…
Margaret Thatcher, former British prime minister, close personal friend of murderous dictator Augusto Pinochet, and idol of capitalist extremists everywhere, was in hospital just before Christmas to have a growth…
The Handsome Amandas rock out on New Year’s Eve!
Bjorn (formerly of Sick Dick and the Volkswagens) on skins; Rockin’ Al (formerly of the Sturgeons, on guitar); Winkie Smith (formerly of Nemesis Goosehabit and the Jesus Beatles); and Michaela…
New Years Considerations in Mali
Happy New Years! to all folks who are enjoying that rather odd holiday that really holds no significance outside of the modern Gregorian calendar. I had to work last night,…
We are unstoppable; another world is possible
From time immemorial, youth have provided the catalytic energy and risk-taking behaviour for any social movement worth its name. When triggering events occur for the movement, it is invariably young…
Happy 2013 to all good and decent people who deserve it. Fuck…
Happy 2013 to all good and decent people who deserve it. Fuck Off And Die to all enemies of freedom, justice, equality and truth. It’s a different year, but it’s…
Russia’s Sanctuary for Deposed Leaders
You’ve probably never heard of Barvikha, Russia. It’s a posh little village on the A105 out of Moscow. And it might soon be the new home of Syrian strongman Bashar…
5480…Yet Jason Garrett Still Has His Job
Out of thirty two teams in the NFL twenty don’t make the playoffs. Out of that lot seven teams blew out their coaches. One of the teams that did not…
Monbiot, 2012 – The Year of the Great Polishing
To The Guardian’s enviro-scribe, George Monbiot, 2012 was the year we did our best to abandon the natural world. In 2012 governments turned their backs on the living planet, demonstrating…
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The Dagny Taggarts, a synchronized skating team from Ottawa get ready to do their popular routine, “Where Is John Galt?” Defence Minister Joan Crockatt is in the front row, second…