Cat on her rocker
On her rocker Maybe needs a bit more fussing. I’m thinking I might try to take out the black cat outline. Filed under: art, digital Tagged: calico, Cat, madeWithPaper
June 2015
Apparently they’ll let anybody blather away on the intertoobz
Here, for instance, is me chatting with Paul Dechene. (And to correct myself, the impending provincial election is the second under fixed election dates – though the first where it’s…
Caregiving With Strength – A Guidebook for Grieving Caregivers
Eleanor Silverberg understands grief. She is a child of holocaust survivors who often witnessed her mother silently weeping. An unspoken sorrow infused the Silverberg family home…..grief seeped into their furniture,…
Elmer is the politician, Peter is the son.
While the name MacKay might be prominent in Nova Scotia, it is not held in as high esteem today in Canada’s House of Commons. Peter MacKay is leaving the building.…
It’s About Obsessions
Stephen Harper is a man obsessed. He’s obsessed by Alberta bitumen. He’s obsessed by the Liberal Party — particularly the name Trudeau. And he’s obsessed with punishment — most particularly,…
Election 2015, in 140 characters
Campaigns matter, of course, per the cliché. Bien sur. But the picture that is emerging from the last few weeks of polling is distorted. Am I wrong? Am I right?…
You can’t blame this
…on money or the ethnic vote. But, God knows, you can’t stop people who should know better from peddling dangerous fantasies.
Stephen Harper and the Monstrous Cruelty of the Con Regime
Sometimes when I'm writing about the atrocities of Stephen Harper's bestial Con regime ,I like to end a post by saying please unite to defeat that monster before he kills…
Politics, CETA, and the fishery #nlpoli
The European trade deal came up in the House of Assembly on Monday. Everyone kept to the same lines they’ve been kicking around for months. Believe it if you want,…
Autism, Intellectual Disability and Seizures, When Together, Constitute ONE DISORDER
In the picture above, taken 3 years ago my son erupted in sudden self injurious behavior smashing himself violently in the head a split second after he had been on…
Creating an Economy of Need in Greece
Filed under: Europe Tagged: Eurozone Crisis, Greece, Socialism, Syriza
The tough road ahead for Alberta’s opposition PC Party
When Members of Alberta’s Legislative Assembly gather on June 11 to choose a new Speaker, the seating chart will be unlike anything Albertans have seen in this province’s 110 year…
My Dad, who died 11 years ago years ago this month
…would have been happy about this day. When he was dying, in fact. He told us to “sue those tobacco companies.” And someone did. In a ruling described as “historic”…
RCMP officer to Bill C-51 protester: “You could be branded a terrorist” [VIDEO]
During the May 30 protest against Harper’s Bill C-51 in Ottawa, a candid camera caught an RCMP officer saying a Canadian protester “could be branded a terrorist”. The post RCMP…
Life In Scarborough: The Gangs Of Scarborough
When I moved out here my car insurance went up about thirty bucks a month. As one of my co-workers said at the time: “They’re worried someone is going to…
On The Sinister Implications of Bill C-51
One of the biggest threats posed by Bill C-51, the anti-terrorism legislation so loved of the Harper cabal, is that it could be used to criminalize dissent. Jesse Brown, over…
Rio Tinto Alcan Polluting Kitimat Airshed to Save Money, Has Province’s Approval Tribunal Hears
When the B.C. Ministry of Environment approved Rio Tinto Alcan’s application to modernize its aluminum smelter in Kitimat, B.C., local resident Emily Toews assumed that would mean an improvement in…
Inside Out Festival’s new gay film trend: the Post-Gay Man…
Scene from award-winning short ‘Hole’ The 25th annual Toronto Inside Out LGBT Film Festival has just wrapped up for another year. Dozens of films were consumed by audiences, many enjoyed,…