We could have kept it quiet…….RANT MODE ON!
Oh yes indeedy little ladies! Shhhhhhhhhhh. Just whisper about it. Do not tell anyone unless you make them pinkie swear they won`t tell anyone else, or Heaven forbid…..do anything about…
2014
Solid Work: Blogger Gets Anti-Abortion Group’s Funding Pulled
Not really my story, so I’ll let them tell it. Swapping insults on the Intertubes is nice, but if you really want to put the boots to the Conservative Menace©,…
Gorbachev Warns of New Cold War and Lays the Blame At Washington’s Feet
Former Soviet premier, Michael Gorbachev, has had the past quarter century to live with the legacy of betrayal. Now he’s returned to Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate to warn that we’re on…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – The Globe and Mail reminds us why we should demand the restoration of an effective census, while Evidence for Democracy is making a…
Has Conservatism Become a Death Cult?
Some day our grandchildren will ask “why?” They’ll want to know why their grandparents’ generation failed to act against climate change while there was still time to prevent their own…
Moon and Autumn Leaves
(click to enlarge) Filed under: Light
At The Breaking of Day
Day broke, a liquid egg: Filed under: Light
Clearing The Forest
The Queen’s act against this homeless woman is unkind, and Canada’s laws shouldn’t be unkind for the sake of protecting unused land from First Nations people building a temporary home.…
Stephen Harper’s Bizarre Missionary Mission to China
Well I see that Stephen Harper's visit to China has got off to a heavenly start. With our new Chinese overlords wanting to talk about business, now that Harper has…
Apprentice. Intern. Slave.
The employment climate for many students and graduates has been a difficult terrain to not only navigate but also survive. And slavery masked under labels of ‘apprentice’ or ‘intern’ only…
I’d say he deserves some criticism
Wouldn’t you?
25th Anniversary: Thatcher Tells UN Markets Must Face Limits to Prevent Climate Change
Margaret Thatcher was at the height of her premiership when she took to the podium at the United Nations general assembly on the global environment held at the UN building…
No sex please, we’re parliamentarians.
When you are part of Canada’s parliament, you are assumed to be an adult. You are expected to act like one. You hardly expect Members of Parliament and Cabinet Ministers…
Becoming Our Burden
http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/ As EKOS reports that the Harperites are making political hay from the fear of terrorism, Paul Adams argues that there is a good case to be made for doing…
Con MP Supports Action on Climate Change? What?
What? What? What? What? Could this be the end of the denial of science? Chong for prime minister? What? “This most recent report concludes that the warming of the planet…
Violence Against Women: Why We All Need to Look in the Mirror
I'm ashamed to admit that when the stories about the ghastly harassment of women in this country began to emerge, first at the CBC and then on Parliament Hill, I…
Stephen Harper’s Outrageously Stealthy F-35 Scandal
Two years ago he told us that he was pressing the "reset button" on his plan to buy 65 F-35 fighters from his friends at Lockheed Martin, after it was…
Poppy Day will never be the same in Canada
For the first time since I was a little kid when my mother sewed one on my coat, about sixty years or so ago, I will not be wearing a…
Poppy Day will never be the same in Canada
For the first time since I was a little kid when my mother sewed one on my coat, about sixty years or so ago, I will not be wearing a…