why I’m not supporting boycott2014
“I don’t need to spend this morning rethinking my view on violent overthrow of the government, do I?” I teased my husband as he prepared to leave for work. My…
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Obama Takes On Coal Power Plants
Coal is one of the worst sources for energy given that its contribution to destruction of our planet is unmatched. There have been attempts to make coal branded as “clean…
ConCalls: Trial Begins for Sona in #RoboCon #elxnfraud
An important trial in Canadian history is underway in Guelph, Ontario. Michael Sona, the only person accused by prosecutors of carrying out the illegall robocalls in Guelph to redirect people…
Why I’ve Chosen the Alberta Liberals
When I look to the legislature I see policies being put in place that run counter to how I see a modern, 21st century government would run the province. We…
“Harper’s way out should serve as a Supreme precedent”
Summarized by Paralegal student Michael Yen “Harper’s way out should serve as a Supreme precedent “ by André Pratte, Special to The Globe and Mail, May 29 2014. The aftermath…
Hudak Math
It doesn’t add up.
Conservative Million Jobs Plan ads removed from Google Ads
I had been seeing Ontario Conservative’s Million Jobs Plan adds on websites for weeks. Some times I would even click on them knowing it would mean money would be transferred…
Misogyny quota for a millennia met!
Last week: Elliott Rodger’s murdered six people in Isla Vista, California because of his hatred of women, whom he blamed for a life of “loneliness, rejection, and unfulfilled desires.” Hours…
Labrador’s School System Causes Distraction
Send the teachers and administrators home for causing a distraction. Mistaking 2014 for 1914, they sent young women (and even a couple men) home for wearing clothing that showed some…
PRISM: NSA Caught In Another Lie about #Snowden
The NSA had claimed that Ed Snowden hadn’t contacted superiors with concerns about their illegal activity. They released an email attempting to discredit his claim that he had raised concerns,…
The Ontario Election, Austerity and The Social Commons
In his Second Treatise of Government, John Locke argued that land, when Common, was fallow and unproductive. Mixing one’s labour with the land, such as growing grain or picking an…
The Ontario Election, Austerity and The Social Commons
In his Second Treatise of Government, John Locke argued that land, when Common, was fallow and unproductive. Mixing one’s labour with the land, such as growing grain or picking an…
Ontario Conservatives, Mathematically Irresponsible
It’s been four days since the mathematical failure of the Conservative’s Million Jobs Plan was relieved, yet strangely it isn’t the top story of the election. There have been two…
Technically, this election sign is legal…
But, being that it is blocking the line-of-vision at the entrance of a large childcare centre, it’s a hazard and should be removed. But so far, requests to remove it…
The Freedom of MPs
Andrew Coyne isn’t always great, but when he’s great, he’s great. Spot on here. Andrew Coyne: Trudeau helps the cause of democratic reform (by not pursuing it) MPs should be…
The Freedom of MPs
Andrew Coyne isn’t always great, but when he’s great, he’s great. Spot on here. Andrew Coyne: Trudeau helps the cause of democratic reform (by not pursuing it) MPs should be…
Is Red the New Orange?
The Ontario election has featured a deeply divided, ideologically intrenched split. Two polarized points of view on how our province should run which will determine who runs it. To be…
Lisa MacLeod – her mouth runneth over…
Or…. should a candidate make unfounded claims about “dirty tricks”? Dirty tricks – Leaking secret information, digging into a candidate’s past (opposition research) or exposing real conflicts between the image…
Boy Stalin rides again
Robin Sears, who earned his nickname “Boy Stalin” as then NDP premier Bob Rae’s chief of staff wrote this stunner of a commentary trashing the people who signed that open…
I’m a woman, not a cis-woman.
My last blog post was about two children’s books about people not wanting to admit that they had seen something because they were scared they would be judged for it,…