Ethnic states of mind
He’s a prominent politician in his country. He’s fiercely loyal to the ethnic majority: the others, he says, should make a pledge of loyalty to that majority. The state itself…
Dr.Dawg
Sweet: the CWB gets a reprieve
Law-breaking Conservative Minister Gerry Ritz is called to account. Given the results of previous plebiscites, looks like Western farmers will keep their bargaining agent for the foreseeable future.
Anti-gay bullying
It kills people. But stopping it, we are told, is nothing less than an attack on religion. Which confirms me in my belief that religion, at least of the organized…
JDL-Canada: an historical echo
History doesn’t repeat itself, exactly: rather, it’s a rag-bag of memes, of resemblances, of familiar stories re-told. The Jewish Defence League in Canada is a case in point. It resonates…
Shadowy Con games
Good grief, here we go again. Conservatives have installed another shadow MP. Susan Delacourt is right—it’s not the first time. But how quickly the media forget! In 2007, the Conservatives…
December 6
Thanks to Big City Lib, I learn to my utter disgust that a gang of bigots are planning to “support” memorial services at the University of Toronto for the women…
Field notes: Conservative people
After the vindication of Abousfian Abdelrazik by the UN Security Council’s “1267 Committee”—a kind of distillation, if you will. Quoted with no further comment, for your edification: shouldn’t get nothing…
Juxtapose!
Never Judge a Book by its Cover And: Everything You Ever Needed To Know About Cairo
The National Post, âpihtawikosisân, and misunderstandings
People should read âpihtawikosisân’s splendid follow-up piece, responding to the National Post’s reprinting of her original article without permission and misattributing it as well. She’s now been outed, with far…
NDP leadership: Debate 1
The purpose of leadership debates is winnowing, at least among the party faithful. It’s not so much specific debating points made but over-all impressions that will move the rank and…
National Post lifts column by Métis blogger!
Word for word, blogger âpihtawikosisân’s detailed deconstruction of Conservative myths and stereotypes about Attawapiskan has been ripped off, for want of a better phrase, by some dude from the National…
Comic fascism
Just to prove that comics aren’t funny any more: Frank Miller, an American fascist who glorifies war and violence for its own sake in his Sin City series and in…
Canada’s secret police on torture
Shorter CSIS: “Torture? Nuh-uh. Just give us whatever you get out of the bastard.”
More Attawapiskat facts
…to counter Conservative spin and popular ignorance. Some useful Saturday reading. Briefly, successive governments put the Attawapiskat people where they are, invented rules, regulations and prohibitions to keep them there,…
Conservative war on the CBC: a succinct response
A CBC veteran explains for the hard of thinking why the CBC is not like other broadcasters, and how it is being hung out to dry by its competitor Quebecor…
Cherry cooler
Do Canadians really love right-wing vulgarity? Apparently not. SunTV, despite Ezra Levant’s fevered cross-dressing antics, has fared dismally. Torontonians have tired of the crass Rob Ford. And now, contrary to…
And it’s one, two, three…
…what are we fighting for?
Homophobia on campus
“I come to Canada, a country that carries the name of human rights…I came here to be free…where can I go now?” These are the words of hate crime victim…
The Pantsafire Chronicles
Gazebos and chandeliers, false rumours, now fishing trips…Tomorrow? Who knows. But Harper’s cabinet promises endless new material. Enough for an on-going series? Why, yes, I do believe so. Today Peter…
Conservatives admit they are lying scoundrels
…and ask, “What’s wrong with that?” “Every political party in the House identifies its voters in one way or another,” Conservative MP John Williamson said. “This is an important part…