Conservative minister denounces "radicalism"
Time once again to juxtapose, with a multiple juxtaposition today. (In the spirit of New Year comity, I hereby acknowledge Small Dead Animals’ Kate McMillan for what has proven to…
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Time once again to juxtapose:
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Michael Coren as English Defence League stenographer
Don’t know how I missed this, but a few days ago “Tommy Robinson” (real name Stephen Lennon), leader of the fascist English Defence League, claims he was assaulted: “He described…
Media QOTM: "Can Rick Santorum…
…become US president if his name isn’t even safe for kids to Google?” A caption contest would be fun, but this is a family blog. Don’t make me turn the…
Neo-nazi to assist at Calgary gun show
According to John Marleau’s Facebook profile: “I am working a gun show the 14th. Lol. Who is heading over?” That would be this event. Move along. Nothing to see here.
Open class warfare erupts in Canada
The by-now-notorious lockout in London, Ontario by the American corporate giant Caterpillar, and another in Quebec by the UK colossus Rio Tinto, signal a new make-or-break era for organized labour…
You go, girls!
First the feared Egyptian military is forced to issue a rare apology for its misogynist brutality. Then young religious toughs in Benha, Egypt try to bully women in a beauty…
Maggie Thatcher’s private dream to be realized in Canada?
I agree with the thrust of this quite reasonable article. A privatized state funeral would be a superb tribute to the now rapidly rusting Iron Lady and everything She stood…
Lawyerly conduct and Mr. Levant
Is it OK for a lawyer—an officer of the court—to tell someone to “f*ck your mother” on national television? And then to complain that his remark didn’t get more coverage?…
"Pro-life" arsonist motivated by "dislike for abortion"
Meet Bobby Joe Rogers. I always thought names like that were invented by latte-sipping Eastern lib’ruls. In other news, the Pope was revealed by highly-placed sources to be Roman Catholic,…
Indian agent continues to threaten Attawapiskat
The Harper government, through an Indian agent now euphemistically called a “third-party manager,” is hoping to starve the Attawapiskat First Nation into submission. True, the band will not likely be…
How the GOP won the presidency in 2008
Virtually a guest editorial by Glenn Greenwald. Read it and weep—the only presidential hopeful who stands opposed to this catalogue of infamy is a racist anti-choice wingnut Republican. Greenwald isn’t…
Butterfly wings
New Year’s Eve follies: I wasn’t going to post about this mountain of silliness, but I can’t resist. Sometime on the evening of December 31, I found that I’d finally…
"Now that we’ve got the recipe…"
Rowan Atkinson channels the Harper Cabinet.
Undercover cops
Literally. The one stipulation, according to the officer from the Special Demonstration Squad (SDS), a secret unit formed to prevent violent disorder on the streets of London, was that falling…
Well, sorry, readers
The highly entertaining and as-yet-unfinished saga of Patrick Ross has been disappeared. The reason? CC disapproved of my site policy that includes a generally open door to commenters. He insisted…
Israel: the Godwin factor
Israel, one might think, would be the last place where the lazy or polemical use of Nazi analogies with present-day Israeli actions and policies would flourish. So I hardly know…
The Conservative Ministry of Truth
I’m all for the new Office of Religious Freedom the Conservative government is due to unveil, pun fully intended. It won’t be accessible to Canadian niqabis, presently denied social services,…
The Sun shines again on anti-Muslim bigotry
Naheed Nenshi, the Muslim mayor of Calgary, was accused of “anti-Christian bigotry” yesterday by Sun columnist Ezra Levant. Calgary City Hall security and police had escorted a street preacher named…
"Whose year? Our year!"
Zuccotti Park is retaken. #OccupyNewYear!