PR Campaign Uses Gays To Clean Up Tar Sands Image
Well, here’s a very special way to have your struggle for equality used by large corporations! The Alberta tar sands, condemned internationally as one of the most harmful environmental projects…
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The ‘debt crisis’ and the undermining of democracy in Europe
While CK’s on the road, she’s invited me to blog and cross-post here. So I’m recycling this tasty little item, which I found via @NaomiAKlein. (They say she’s polarizing ……
Yay, more debt!
Congrats to the USA for raising the debt ceiling. Wait, is that a good thing? No, I’d say it isn’t. I think the fight over reigning in US spending is…
Tim Hudak’s record on abortion
In 1996, under the Harris Conservatives, an MPP by the name of Frank Klees introduced a private member’s bill that would limit access to abortion by mandating parental notification before…
Abortion: The issue Hudak wants to go away
The Star’s Heather Mallick says it best: “I am warning those who want Canadian women to lose their right to abortion that this will not be a skirmish. It lives…
Gay Teens More Likely To Be Homeless
One in four GLBT high school students in Massachusetts are classified as homeless, according to a new study from the Children’s Hospital Boston, published in the American Journal of Public…
That Blows
Wow,big thunderstorm last night. A lightning photo if mine was featured on http://cjme.com/story/best-web-regina-trembles-under-massively-violent-storm/16966
Hudak will do this in Ontario
Six American states have defunded Planned Parenthood. By promising to cut LHINs Tim Hudak and his gang will do that here, too.
Hudak experiences shrinkage
And they thought the abortion issue would never gain traction… The Tories have seriously underestimated how strongly pro-choice women (and pro-choice men) feel about protecting reproductive freedom, and access to…
A Little Bit of This
Politics in North America are not going too well in my opinion. I don’t know many people happy with how it’s turning out either, which makes the election(s) this Fall…
#OpPayPal to End WikiLeaks Blockade
WikiLeaks is an organization of journalists who publish whistleblower leaks of documents from corrupt governments and corporations. PayPal is an eBay company who quickly caved to US State Department threats,…
Rob Ford breaks the law and gets away with it
The mayor’s assistant admits that Ford was talking on his cell phone while driving, even though it’s been illegal since 2009. The assistant doesn’t, however, say Ford won’t do it…
Run, Sheila, run
The veteran politician says when the Liberals are stuck in third party status, “it’s time for people to step up to the plate and either put up or shut up.”…
Better Late Than Never: Gay Group Gets UN Accreditation
The International Gay and Lesbian Association, one of the world’s oldest GLBT equal rights organisations, has finally won consultive status to the UN Economic and Social Council, after years of…
The post-Fordist era can’t come soon enough
Oh Toronto. So glad I don’t live in you right now. Not just because of the horrible summer heat, but because you have a troglodyte for mayor… Rob Ford is…
Sadly, I’m not even surprised
I guess this is ‘respect for taxpayers.’ Coincidentally, we recently found ourselves behind Ford’s minivan – seriously, who has their full name on their plates?? (Before you send me angry…
Tim Hudak’s candidate’s comment on abortion
Since Dammit Janet! helped vault Hudak’s position on abortion into the internet stratosphere, I’ve been reading the various blogs and MSM articles on same and I was struck by a…
Jack Layton Steps Down Temporarily As He Fights a New Cancer With the Same Courage He Usually Does
Jack Layton made the announcement this morning alongside Olivia Chow in Toronto. As usual, Layton shows optimism by telling the media and Canadians that he will be back when parliament…
Flight
April and I are on our way home from Halifax. We woke up at 4;15 to catch the shuttle, which after a short cab ride to catch it was probably…