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“Naked religious bigotry” – UPDATED
I used to shop at Lowe’s. Used to. The evangelical extremists who pressured Lowe’s to pull its ads from the TLC show All-American Muslim is the Florida Family Association, a…
Hudak endorsed homophobic campaign flyers…
…does he support this bullshit, too? Tory MPP Frank Klees sponsored today’s press conference and I’m told that fellow MPPs Lisa MacLeod and Peter Shurman attended, too. Reason kabillion that…
John Snobelen: PCPO Whisperer
You may not have heard but there’s a race for a new Ontario PC Party president. Here’s John Snobelen and his campaign manager, Josie. I especially like how he goes…
Conservative MP celebrates killing gun registry
How about you do that in front of their loved ones? Suzanne Laplante-Edward is the mother of one of murdered women, which took place 22 years ago today. She calls…
Remembering Dad
He’s been gone 40 years now. Had he lived, he would’ve turned 70 this year. As it is, I’ve been on this Earth a dozen years longer than he had.…
Bullied
With a rash of recent suicides in Ontario this fall, and elsewhere, bullying has received a lot of media coverage lately. Finally. Even governments have taken action. But this isn’t…
Michele Bachmann’s biggest threat is Michele Bachmann
What’s that old political saying? When you’re in a hole, quit digging. Bachmann just can’t seem to give herself a break. One of her latest: Gay people “can marry a…
Because it’s not really Christmas until your baby gets to play with a machine gun
I will never understand these people.
With apologies to Sally Field
Nominations are out for Canadian Blog Awards. Yours truly has been nominated for Best New Blog, Best Feminism Blog and Best Political Blog. Check it out here. Vote now, vote…
Let them eat cake!
Or, alternatively titled, 2012 Toronto budget. Closing homeless shelters, cutting student nutrition programs (affecting more than 14,000 of Toronto’s poorest kids) and cutting several HIV/AIDS programs. These are just a…
Mon Dieu!
And that’s about all the French I know. But then, I’m not an NDP Quebec MP who claims to be fluently bilingual. One of the McGill students sent to Parliament…
Rob Anders ‘crashed’ in the House of Commons – UPDATED
Somebody missed nap time. Here’s more on Rob – as you can tell, he’s quite the stellar MP. Also, thought the subject matter interesting given NDP MP Charlie Angus’ post…
Etch A Sketch: My generation’s iPad
The malls are insane. Not sure how Black Friday made its way north of the border.
Once again, MP Rob Anders does Albertans proud
Somebody missed nap time. Here’s more on Rob – as you can tell, he’s quite the stellar MP. Also, thought the subject matter interesting given NDP MP Charlie Angus’ post…
Hudak huffs and he puffs, etc.
Yesterday, an email from the PC’s landed in my inbox threatening to force an election in the next year. Seriously? Pretty big talk from the guy who blew a 12…
Justin Trudeau takes it off
Why Justin will never be Liberal leader, reason kabillion.
Pro-lifers at it again
Prince Edward Island is the only province in Canada that does not provide abortion services. Women need to travel out-of-province to New Brunswick or Nova Scotia. Shocking, right? A group…
Reason 117 why I’d never be an MP
Because once in a while it may become necessary to tell someone to fuck off. As a private citizen I can do that and not make headline news for it.
Filed under: Who gives a shit?
Why this is news, I’m not sure. The fact that it’s the lead story on NNW boggles my mind. Leave them alone.