No mistake
I’m back from the forests of the Gatineau, to discover with considerable pleasure that Luna not only accepted my invitation to take up temporary residence here, but in such a…
Dr.Dawg
The city editor of the Calgary Sun
…is Dave Naylor. He thought the death of Jack Layton would be a great occasion for a sick little joke. Got a Twitter account? Let him (and the rest of…
John Gilbert "Jack" Layton, July 8, 1950-August 22, 2011
You will be sorely missed, Jack, and fondly remembered, for your personal courage and your leadership. Your achievements will live on. You built our party into a force to be…
The Ontario NDP has some ‘splaining to do
I’m with BCL; I don’t think NDP candidate Diana Andrews’ sexual orientation is at issue in Etobicoke North. Party bureaucracy and back-room machinations, on the other hand, have edged her…
Saturday random reads and musings
1) Israel stuff. I thought I’d preface this reading with a bit of plain common sense. Commenters here and elsewhere have criticized me for “singling out Israel” in my blog—code…
Casual racism; ritual humiliation
The new world order is upon us, and it isn’t pretty. Here’s conservative icon Rush Limbaugh, mainstreaming racism—just for the lulz. And here’s the Toronto police, who routinely strip nearly…
Asbestos and the Conservative killers
In solidarity with Michaela Keyserlingk. If you’re going to kill people for profit, Stephen Harper, we’re going to call you on it. Peace out....
Corruption
Tony Clement is a deeply corrupt Conservative federal government minister. He should be sacked. He should be jailed for fraudulent conversion. Money earmarked for border security bought cute little municipal…
Ottawa police brutality: the beat goes on
At this rate, Ottawa’s Finest are going to run out of citizens to attack. Yet another story of unprovoked violence against an unresisting person: a man sleeping on a sidewalk…
Unnatural birds?
I’ve always wondered why the “gay sex is unnatural” crowd keep sidestepping these inconvenient observations. In any case, it is rumoured that CBSA has been alerted, and zebra finches have…
Office of the Auditor General: would you trust your books to this crowd?
Because they are our books. After a blatant cover-up involving the pork-barrelling expenditure of millions of dollars of taxpayers’ money by Conservative minister Tony Clement is revealed by the Official…
Nutroots conservatives: the incredible thickness of being
Ever have one of those days when a couple of houseflies in the livingroom seem more worthy of your attention than, say, an overdue work assignment, the London riots, what’s…
UK riots: collateral damage
Restoring order, UK style. Yup, that’s a rifle pointed at a prone 15-year-old boy: Each of the boys had their names and addresses taken and police tore open one of…
DawgNews exclusive interview: "White is the new Black"
(Ottawa, August 14) DawgNews has been fortunate to secure an exclusive interview with David Snark-Raving, British historian and social commentator who has recently spoken out on the London riots. This…
"It’s not Blackberries, it’s Black thugs": Michael Coren racializes the London riots
I must admit that I was sceptical when a reader reported this, but there is Michael Coren, in all his ugly racist glory, @3:22. As “Canadian Patriot” (who has my…
Visions of policing: a juxtaposition
Former New York City police commissioner Bill Bratton on the UK riots: A U.S. law enforcement expert who has agreed to help tackle gang violence in Britain in the wake…
The new new McCarthyism
Because everything old is new again. I refer to Toronto City Councillor, homophobe and stalker Giorgio (formerly George) Mammoliti, finally coming completely unglued. This being 2011, of course, the commies…
Israel Derangement Syndrome
The announcement by Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu that the colonization of East Jerusalem and the West Bank is picking up speed has prompted in me another attack of IDS. Apparently,…
Colombia: "Security is improving"
“We kill trade unionists because they interfere with people working.” —former paramilitary leader Carlos Castaño Stephen Harper loves the way the government of Colombia operates. Defending the Colombia-Canada free trade…
Colombia: "security is improving"
“We kill trade unionists because they interfere with people working.” —former paramilitary leader Carlos Castaño Stephen Harper loves the way the government of Colombia operates. Defending the Colombia-Canada free trade…