Once again, let’s hear from a few Sun readers
Breathless smear merchants on King Street manufacture another “scandal.” Hilarity ensues. And then Sue Ann’s readers show their class …
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U.S. doctor urges colleagues not to perform transvaginal ultrasounds
Guest Post: A Doctor on Transvaginal Ultrasounds – Whatever: ‘via Blog this’ It is our responsibility, as always, to protect our patients from things that would harm them. Therefore, as…
The Ethical Oil Spokespuppet Smear
A little bauble I ran across today … I can’t say for sure whether Ezra and Kathryn are faithfully represented, as I’ve never met them in person, but … snerk.…
Sure. Private-sector involvement in police work. | #areyououtofyourfuckingminds
Via a helpful reader, one of the most disturbing things I’ve seen this week: I don’t know Joe Couto, and I’m sure he’s a perfectly decent guy in real life,…
Saskboy and Jymn rub The Globe’s nose in #RoboCon | #cdnpoli
RoboCon: Journalism Failure at the Globe – UPDATED | Saskboy’s Abandoned Stuff: “And what’s the reason that John Ibbitson, a professional journalist for a national newspaper, treats Giorno with so…
Harper and the electoral fraud scandal | #cdnpoli
You know, I really want to believe this thing will grow uglier and get out of control. Massive, systematic and coordinated misinformation, all with the express purpose of disenfranchising voters?…
One Town’s War on Gay Teens | #uspoli #lgbt
One Town’s War on Gay Teens | Politics News | Rolling Stone: “Asked on a radio program whether the anti-gay agenda of her ilk bore any responsibility for the bullying…
The post-partisan plea: it’s now or never | #lpc #ndp #cdnpoli
Some weeks ago, I urged Canada’s two main opposition parties to set aside their differences and work together for the greater good. Perhaps “urged” isn’t the right word. But I’m…
Once again, time to play … Let’s hear from another Sun reader!
Source here. Strictly speaking, I have doubts about the authenticity, as this guy can actually spell. Related posts: Electro-Motive: Foreign corporation takes Canadian tax dollars, fucks over Canadian workers |…
Electro-Motive: Foreign corporation takes Canadian tax dollars, fucks over Canadian workers | #cdnpoli
… while Harper’s thumb stays firmly planted up his ass. Montreal Simon and Owen Gray have already flagged this, so I can’t really add much. But hey, I could be…
Police accountability in Toronto | #G20
From the Globe: The Office of the Independent Police Review Director concluded constables Michael Adams, Babak Andalib-Goortani, David Donaldson, Geoffrey Fardell and Oliver Simpson used excessive force after tackling Mr.…
Same-sex marriage blows up in Harper’s face | #cdnpoli #lgbt
Sweet, sweet irony. Or is it poetic justice? Don’t care, really. Either way, there’s a week’s worth of schadenfreude watching Harper squirming on this. Here’s a guy who redefines the…
Liberals, NDP, whoever. I don’t care what we call them | #cdnpoli
The Tyee – This Year, Put the Country Ahead of the Party: ” … with the election of Stephen Harper, everything changed. No prime minister in Canadian history has come…
Oh, and while we’re busy demonizing the #Occupy movement … | #classwarfare #cdnpoli
Daily Kos: I See What Occupy Vancouver Did There…And It’s Brilliant: ‘via Blog this’ At the Daily Kos, Ed Murray shines the light of reason on the corporate media’s theme-O-the-week:…
Media culpa catches Wente being sloppy again | #journalism
Media culpa: Margaret Wente, Math and Christianity: More factual/attribution errors?: ‘via Blog this’ What’s that? Wente being sloppy with numbers? Wente being shoddy and haphazard with attributions? I’m shocked. Shocked.…
Fiscal demonization of @OccupyTO continues on CTV | #classwarfare
Like clockwork, the corporate media are swinging into action. Or perhaps like robots. Either way, the narrative is being reinforced and amplified. Just now on CTV a “news” report is…
How The Globe channels the 1 per cent | #Occupy #classwarfare
Managing Occupy protest cost city $1-million, city says – The Globe and Mail: ‘via Blog this’ It’s masquerading as “objective” “news,” but in fact it’s anything but. Note how Canada’s…