Let the Batshit Craziness Begin
It's official. Michelle Bachmann is seeking the Republican presidential nomination for 2012.
Same-sex marriage – just not the wedge it used to be
For a couple of reasons, same-sex marriage just isn’t the wedge issue it used to be.First of all, in Canada the prevailing attitude – even among large numbers people who…
Free agent professor
If you’re a college or university teacher, whom do you work for ?” Thus begins Stanley Fish‘s latest New York Times editorial on the subject of academia. Here are a…
“Don’t keep looking for your brother, they threw him from a helicopter”
Pura Soto Rojas points to a headline: “SHOT”. It refers to the deaths, by secret firing squad, of leftist guerrillas during the “democratic” years of the Fourth Republic. Years which…
Asbestos – Harper’s Shame
Canada is one of the world's biggest exporters of Asbestos, even though its is severely limited in its use here at home due to health concerns. We are in some…
In treatment…
really looking forward to season 3...if what you're reading here grips you, holds you, fascinates you, provokes you, emboldens you, pushes you, galvanizes you, discomfits you, tickles you, enrages you…
Up for debate
The NDP has released a first look at the prioritized resolutions from this weekend's #vancon2011 (PDF). And while most of them may not come as too much surprise (or appear…
Radio Topics for June 14th
The summer festival season has started. Westfest concluded this past Sunday and Jazzfest starts soon. We continue every Tuesday though, festival or not. We have an exciting show lined up…
On The Hill – Twitter List
Canadian Federal Political resources on Twitter: Looking for hashtag or twitter account for an MP, check out this page here compiled by David Akin. You can find it on his…
Quebec woman wants to stay in Saudi Arabia: Reports
If you believe these reports, well, Stalin's Show Trials were a true reflection of reality. Remember she's not able to leave the home without her husband's permission. Under Saudi law,…
Okay, one more post about the RLCT
And then I'm done. First up, a public thanks to my partner and Mallory's mother, Irene Jansen. I've been eating up at least six non-work, non-sleep hours a week since…
Yes, the NDP can get things done….
‘We can get things done’, Joe Comartin justice critic, for the NDP That's the way to do stuff. Comartin is a lawyer and has been on this issue for a…
Ugandan lesbian seeks asylum after brutal assault and outing…
Stop the deportation of Betty TibakawaPlease sign this petition: stop the deportation of betty tibakawaBackground (trigger warning) :Betty Tibakawa, a young lesbian living in Uganda, had gone for a walk…
Nalcor negotiating Muskrat transmission with Hydro-Quebec
Nalcor is currently trying to strike a deal with Hydro-Quebec on wheeling power through the province to other markets Read all about it in the Toronto Star. Newfoundland and Quebec…
"Now don’t you step back, sisters!"
HoLY Elder Crone with a plan!if what you're reading here grips you, holds you, fascinates you, provokes you, emboldens you, pushes you, galvanizes you, discomfits you, tickles you, enrages you…
Interior Dept Okays Thousands Of New Unconventional Gas Wells In Utah
kensalazar.jpg Last week, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced that his department and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are fast-tracking unconventional gas drilling permits in Utah&...
FINALLY! Something about poly i can repost…
this article works for me, though...A Straightforward (But Complex) Loving Life Editors' Note: Guest blogger Wintersong Tashlin is a presenter and writer whose work focuses on topics related to sexuality,…
If a tree falls – a story of the earth liberation front…
given the destruction they've wrote and the way they choose to not listen to our voices united against them repeatedly, the powers that be should feel terror. they should be…
QP: One week later
Jack Layton kicked off question period with a trio of questions about Libya, which asked about the mission Parliament intends to vote upon, why Canada was not playing a bigger…
On no he di’nt!
It’s not often that malfunctions of a political mind are put so obviously on display. Well, expect for perhaps our dear friend, Hugh McFadyen. OK, we all know that on…