What will (or could) happen next in Toronto politics
Rob Ford – who, by the by, was the only mayoralty candidate to contact me during my recent run-in with the underside of a bus – is facing a huge…
September 2014
Israel committed war crimes in Gaza: Human Rights Watch
Human rights groups says Israel committed war crimes during Gaza conflict, urges the International Criminal Court to facilitate the “prosecution of serious international crimes by both sides.” The post Israel…
Ozone Layer is Recovering
Many years ago a bunch of countries decided to take action to stop damaging the ozone layer in the hopes that it will eventually recover. It’s great to see that…
Windi Earthworm on Queer Corps
Windi Earthworm was an institution of the radical anglo left in 1980s Montreal. A crossdressing openly gay street musician who took it upon himself to educate the public about the…
Two Hydro Dams and 16,000 Oil and Gas Wells: Has the Peace Already Paid Its Price For B.C.’s Prosperity?
It’s a sweltering 35 degrees as I pull up to a trailer housing the W.A.C. Bennett Dam visitor centre just outside Hudson’s Hope, 100 kilometres west of Fort St. John.…
The Hair hosts history.
It was like a proud father announcing triplets. It was the wife, who is nowhere to be seen who did the heavy lifting, but here is the Hair, chest busting…
All Canadians Should Be Outraged
Yesterday I wrote a post on the perspective that age bestows, my point being that the longer one lives, the greater the potential ability to critically evaluate everything that happens.…
Welcome To The Harperian Universe
http://americanelephant.com/ The Harper government plans to enter the 2015 election with a hefty surplus. But, Linda McQuaig writes, don’t expect that money to be spent on health care: Medicare, with…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, September 11, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, September 11, 2014: My post @SlawTips today: A Beginner’s Guide to Producing Law Firm Videos – Part…
Ex-dominAntrix vows ‘information’ on politiciAnts if prostitution bill passes
Inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/terri-jean-bedford-kicked-out-of-prostitution-bill-hearing-1.2761325
NYC, 13 years ago yesterday
Picture posted by Banksy.
Starting at Friends’ Central School
Two weeks ago I started work as the Digital and Social Media Specialist at Friends’ Central School in Wynnewood, PA (a western suburb of Philadelphia). It has been a thrilling…
The Nature of ISIS and the Key Harper Enablers
The Nature of ISIS and the Key Harper Enablers Well, first of all, it’s hopeless young men looking for or needing something to do. They are easily swayed by a…
The Nature of ISIS and the Key Harper Enablers
The Nature of ISIS and the Key Harper Enablers Well, first of all, it’s hopeless young men looking for or needing something to do. They are easily swayed by a…
The Nature of ISIS and the Key Harper Enablers
The Nature of ISIS and the Key Harper EnablersWell, first of all, it’s hopeless young men looking for or needing something to do. They are easily swayed by a Manichean…
The Nature of ISIS and the Key Harper Enablers
The Nature of ISIS and the Key Harper Enablers Well, first of all, it’s hopeless young men looking for or needing something to do. They are easily swayed by a…
it’s september and u.s. war resisters in canada are at risk for deportation
Two years ago, almost to the day, US war resister Kimberly Rivera and her family were forced out of Canada by the Harper Government. Kim – peace activist, artist, mother,…
Wherever did you get the notion that misogyny and sexism is still a problem?
It couldn’t be. Could it?
Why We’re NOT Better Off With Harper: The Video
It's so bizarre, so crazy, it could only happen in a ghastly corrupted state like Harperland,.Or spring from the increasingly desperate and deluded mind of Stephen Harper.For what else can…
Council of Canadians calls for reopening of robocalls investigation
The Council of Canadians is calling on the Commissioner of Canada Elections to re-open the investigation into the 2011 robocalls election fraud scandal. The post Council of Canadians calls for…