A night of one liners
The hardest part about getting back on line is actually giving a shit about what this government says or does at any moment in time. At night, reading my news…
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Dustin Brown on Michal Rozsival: Dirty Hit or Incidental Contact?
Dustin Brown Knees Michal Rozsival I felt a huge adrenaline surge and a level of ecstacy I haven’t felt since… when I woke up and found out the Los Angeles…
Classifying the unemployed
Because we have do something, McDonalds is importing temporary workers and there are unemployed Canadians that could be flipping those burgers. So to fix the problem, the Harper regime will…
New Affiliate
Please welcome to Progressive Bloggers: Feminist Mom In Montreal
To New York, Paris, Vancouver, and Toronto
Big orangutan kisses to all of you there for showing your support for the Quebec student movement. You have brought this ape to tears (and this rarely happens). Thank you.…
Breaking the law to protect future generations
As I’m sure most of you know, Montreal now has a bylaw banning masks at protests. Mayor Gérald Tremblay asks, “When a cause is just, why is it necessary to…
Peace, Order, and Corrupt Government
Yesterday saw the convergence of two events: the 100th day of the student strike marked by a demonstration of more than 150,000 people in the streets of Montreal and the…
Maybe it’s time to kill the May Show
The May Show of today is a pale imitation of the May Show that was so successful through the 1980′s and the first half of the 90′s, so maybe it’s…
Photos of the Peaceful Protest, May 22, 2012, Montreal,
Just a few of my photos of Tuesday’s protest in Montreal, the single biggest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history. Estimates of crowd numbers run from the tens of…
The Age of Entitlement
In 1967 the 5th Dimension released the “Age of Aquarius” which quickly became one of the 60’s most popular songs. According to Wikipedia, “The lyrics of this song were based…
English language Montreal media gets it wrong, again,
If you read the first sentence of the article above about the 28th consecutive nocturnal protest in Montreal against proposed tuition hikes, it states that “Hundreds of people returned to…
You can call me Al
Seriously, I usually revel in my depressions and what would you expect from someone who names their blog after an old suicidal salesman. However, the way things have been stacking…
Who could believe this?
I would hope that, to most readers of this blog, the material referenced below would read like something produced by a raving lunatic. However the writer, the late Julian Simon…
Toronto Photo Gallery Mixes Artistic and Political
So, I’ve released ‘Toronto‘, a living gallery of photographs taken in Canada’s largest city. Frequently vibrant, at times dreamlike and often gritty, ‘Toronto’ captures the light, the dark and the…
Video: Montreal Police Officer Pepper-Sprays Protesters
Yet another display of shameless brutality from the City of Montreal Police Service (SPVM). This gem shows “Constable 728” pepper-spraying protesters in an obvious abuse of power. Stay classy SPVM.…
Song: "You’re Walkin’ on the Fightin’ Side of JB"
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, I posted up another song an’ video on YouTube. It pretty much speaks for itself. Have a look-see:
Video: Montreal Police Car Hits Protester and Drives Away
Yet another example of shameless brutality coming from the City of Montreal Police Service (SPVM). The video was apparently shot Sunday at the 27th consecutive nightly protest against the Quebec…
Molly’sBlog 2012-05-20 13:58:00
CANADIAN LABOUR:RIO TINTO OFF THE PODIUM: Over in London England the international mining company Rio Tinto has been awarded the position of the metals necessary to make the award medals.…