The Quick and Powerful Response by the ACLU
Image via Reddit. Over the weekend President Trump enacted what has come to be known as the Muslim Ban. Immediately protestors took to their nearby airports in act of solidarity…
2017
Out Of Respect
Out of respect for those lives tragically cut short or otherwise affected by hatred in Montreal last night, I don’t feel it is appropriate to post on another topic today,…
Maximum disruption, promise made and promise kept
Observing terrible events from a great distance – you might say we are On The Beach in more ways than one – I’d like to offer up a couple observations…
Donald Trump and the Wild Child in the White House
He has unleashed chaos all over the world with his insane travel ban. He is triggering massive protests all over his country. Tens of thousands of people rallied in U.S.…
Justin Trudeau responds to Québec City mosque shooting: “We condemn this terrorist attack on Muslims”
Responding to Sunday night’s Québec City mosque shooting, which left six people dead, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said: “We condemn this terrorist attack on Muslims.” The post Justin Trudeau responds…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of January 30, 2017
Here are this week’s leading legal news stories from Wise Law on Twitter Discrimination based on religion in not hiring unqualified applicant – Canadian Employment Law Today 20 Years of…
Chez Vous
Hatred is a virulent disease. Last night it broke out in Quebec City. Apparently, the two suspects are in custody. The justice system will deal with them. Premier Phillipe Couillard’s…
Outrage and shame over Québec City shooting
There is a meme going round the internet for a couple of years now showing the faces of several American terrorists — the white man who opened fire on the…
May comes; May goes.
Did you see that lovely picture of British Prime Minister Theresa May and President Donald Trump holding hands outside the West Wing? It was all the lady came to Washington…
The Con Bigots and the Quebec City Massacre
I wonder how Kellie Leitch, our sad Trump impersonator, is feeling today. Not so good I imagine. Or should I say, I hope.For on Saturday as I told you yesterday,…
Duff in the hole encore #nlpoli
Oh dear. The CBC has gone off to the mainland to get Duff Conacher to make a comment about the need for political finance reform in Newfoundland and Labrador. Three…
Mean Tweets #nlpoli
In the United States, a late-night television program created a regular feature that has celebrities read the comments made about them on Twitter. The comments are – to borrow the…
Ted Byfield’s back, cyber-crusading for Jason Kenney’s bid to lead Alberta back to the Fifties!
PHOTOS: Ted Byfield at the microphone (Edson leader photo). Below: Alberta Education Minister David Eggen, the late Link Byfield, Mr. Byfield’s son, and a cover from the bad old days…
Guess which country dodged Trump’s travel ban
President Donald Trump has manifested his regime’s Islamophobia with a ban on the nationals of seven majority-Muslim countries entering the U.S. for at least 90 days. The choice of countries…
Shooting at Mosque in Quebec City and Initial Islamophobic Reaction
Here is what is currently known. The Centre Culturel Islamique de Quebec in Quebec City was attacked during evening prayers just before 8:00 pm (the same mosque was also targeted…
Guess which country dodged Trump’s travel ban
President Donald Trump has manifested his regime’s Islamophobia with a ban on the nationals of seven majority-Muslim countries entering the U.S. for at least 90 days. The choice of countries…
Shooting at Mosque in Quebec City
Reports are still coming in, however here is what is currently known. A mosque in Quebec City was attacked during evening prayers, At this point we know of five people…
Quebec City
Murdering people at prayer is deeply evil. Assassiner les gens à la prière est profondément méprisable. #Quebec — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) January 30, 2017
On Silence in the Face of Alt-Facts
I think part of the reason we’re swimming in crap is because we care more about being friendly than we do about spreading accurate claims. There are courses out there…
Ontario’s Electricity Sector: Privatization and deregulation
We’re pleased to present this very topical post by Edgardo Sepulveda examining what has caused Ontario’s rising high electricity prices. This is Edgardo’s second guest post as a PEF member,…