Sister Sage's Musings

See How Austerity Will Really Pay Off Canadians in the Long Run

By ck, on January 26th, 2012

Step right up, boys ‘n’ girls, see what you’re forced to sacrifice for!

Tell me again how these mega-low corporate tax cuts and austerity for the rest of us is supposed to benefit Canadians in the long run?

H/T deBeauxOs who also wrote some lyrics. I don’t think they’re white stuffed shirts . . . → Read More: See How Austerity Will Really Pay Off Canadians in the Long Run

Gerry Nicholls snaps the ball. NCC prez Peter Coleman punts. Hilarity ensues. UPDATED

By Jymn, on January 25th, 2012

(Scroll down for scrumptious update.)

Here’s the first assignment for the Globe & Mail’s new Public Editor Sylvia Stead. Explain to non-partisan Canadian citizens why the venerable grey lady is publishing a Conservative loyalist like Gerry Nicholls who regularly spreads his right-wing propaganda in rags like the Sun empire, National Post and the Frum/Worthington Huffington Post Canada?

Stead, tell us . . . → Read More: Gerry Nicholls snaps the ball. NCC prez Peter Coleman punts. Hilarity ensues. UPDATED

Will Globe & Mail’s first Public Editor (aka Ombudsman) make a difference? The question of Sylvia Stead.

By Jymn, on January 24th, 2012

Public Editors, or Ombudsmen as they are more often known, can be iffy things. Defined loosely as “one that investigates, reports on, and helps settle complaints”, the role can be broadly defined.

The New York Times is probably the best example of an effective Public Editor, where its ‘Ombudsman’ researches complaints of bias . . . → Read More: Will Globe & Mail’s first Public Editor (aka Ombudsman) make a difference? The question of Sylvia Stead.

Media’s anti-Occupy stance revealed. More than half of Canadians support the movement.

By Jymn, on January 20th, 2012

By reading 90% of the Canadian media, you’d have thought the people who Occupied cities across Canada and the world were unemployable dirty fucking hippies intent on violence and rape.

Seems a majority of Canadians - and most of the world - still do not share the media’s jaundiced view of the mostly young people who pitched tents . . . → Read More: Media’s anti-Occupy stance revealed. More than half of Canadians support the movement.

So, Suzy ALLCAPS, Are You Promoting…MURDER??

By ck, on January 19th, 2012

Well, boys and girls, I know I’ve been gone for awhile. Blogging for me will still be sporadic as I am still dealing with health issues and learning my new position at work, which I am loving and it’s challenging and I learn something new every day. It’s all good, except, of course, . . . → Read More: So, Suzy ALLCAPS, Are You Promoting…MURDER??

A right-wing blogger’s take on feminism

By Jymn, on January 19th, 2012

Slithering through the right-wing blogosphere – from Vox Populi via Instapundit to Canada’s proud wingnut Canadian Cincinnatus – is this revealing but puzzling comment about feminism, using the tragedy of the Costa Concordia as an excuse for a lame joke:

Those big, burly crewmen shoving aside women as they prioritized their own . . . → Read More: A right-wing blogger’s take on feminism

Meat to Barking Dogs

By TorontoEmerg, on January 18th, 2012

Cruising through Memeorandum this morning, this item caught my attention: Michelle Obama’s Birthday Restaurant Has Occupy-Themed Burger Menu. The restaurant of her birthday festivities features a “99% Patty Melt” on Wonder Bread for $9.99, and a “1% 8 oz Kobe burger” decorated with gold leaf.

Because Michelle Obama drives righties insane (smart, black, female), . . . → Read More: Meat to Barking Dogs

Tanker Safety

By Kim, on January 16th, 2012

There is much talk these days about the safety of transporting bitumen via tankers in the Douglas Channel and out into Hecate Straight. The proponentspimps of the project insist that technology is just wonderful and there will be the utmost care taken to avoid the unthinkable, a catastrophic spill on the pristine North . . . → Read More: Tanker Safety

Huffington Post’s Kathryn Marshall has meltdown on Power & Politics. Goes viral. UPDATED

By Jymn, on January 14th, 2012

When I looked yesterday afternoon at the now famous Kathryn Marshall Ethical Oil freakout on youtube, the hits were just 6,000. It’s now well over 26,000 and quickly rising. Word has been blazing around the web, snaking its way into the States where amused commenters are comparing Marshall’s clueless and belligerent approach to that of . . . → Read More: Huffington Post’s Kathryn Marshall has meltdown on Power & Politics. Goes viral. UPDATED

The Spirit of Conservative Giving

By Logan, on January 13th, 2012

Cartoon Representation May Not Be 100% Accurate, Much Like Adler's Own Musings

After reading a recent post by resident cranky old man of Sun News Network Charles Adler I decided to take Adler’s advice; write a letter to the PM.

I’ve of course done this before, but never in this vein. I decided to . . . → Read More: The Spirit of Conservative Giving

Christy, what are you thinking? BC Liberals hire Harper aide and Enbridge lobbyist Ken Boessenkool as chief of staff.

By Jymn, on January 13th, 2012

If you ever wanted to know which side of the political spectrum the BC ‘Liberals’ fall, it’s pretty obvious by now it’s neither centre nor left. When a supposed centre-left political party hires a lobbyist whose previous tenure involved working as senior policy advisor and strategist to Stephen Harper and lobbying for Enbridge and Suncor, . . . → Read More: Christy, what are you thinking? BC Liberals hire Harper aide and Enbridge lobbyist Ken Boessenkool as chief of staff.

Drip. Drip. Drip. Conservatives chip away at our freedoms.

By Jymn, on January 12th, 2012

Jean Chretien has a point about the role the Liberals need to play in the age of a Harper majority – be bold. With the Conservatives chiselling away at the personal freedoms formerly enjoyed by Canadians – and non-Canadians - this country needs strong opposition to counter the upcoming tsunami of . . . → Read More: Drip. Drip. Drip. Conservatives chip away at our freedoms.

Why is Ethical Oil too terrified to confirm if it is funded by Enbridge or not? UPDATED with video.

By Jymn, on January 12th, 2012

"Don't ask me hard questions. I'm a student!"

Wow. Just wow. Yesterday, I watched Power & Politics with Huffington Post’s Kathryn Marshall debating the Northern Gateway hearings with a representative from the Sierra Club. What was so amazing is that every time host Evan Solomon correctly asked if Enbridge was funding Ethical Oil, . . . → Read More: Why is Ethical Oil too terrified to confirm if it is funded by Enbridge or not? UPDATED with video.

Crudities

By Kim, on January 11th, 2012

Update in comments, see links below. EthicalOil. Ezra. Shares an address in Toronto with Tony Clement. Minister of Gazebo’s in Muskoka. From a website in the archives…

02/ 19/ 04 12:21 pm

Fourteen Canadian Alliance Councillors say: “CHOOSE TONY” Fourteen members of the former Canadian Alliance National Council released a statement today, declaring . . . → Read More: Crudities

Conservative solution to bad service: break the server’s finger

By Jymn, on January 11th, 2012

You Schmuck!

Times are tough for the 1% these days. What with Occupiers, the press, even the government hounding them, the rich are getting edgy.

The poor just don’t appreciate the sacrifices they have made. But what really pisses off the rich is that the fucking poor don’t even know how . . . → Read More: Conservative solution to bad service: break the server’s finger

Next time some ‘Ethical Oil’ salesperson gives you the ‘foreign influence’ bunk on the pipeline hearings, mention Alison’s post on the subject at Creekside

By Jymn, on January 9th, 2012

I watched in mild horror ’Question Period’ yesterday. Horror, not because CTV is too cheap to broadcast the show in HD, but because of the nonsense delivered on behalf of Alberta’s ‘Ethical Oil’ lobby by Huffington Post’s Kathryn Marshall. Her spiel was more about trying to trap Eric Swanson of Dogwood Initiative with circuitous and unrelated arguments rather . . . → Read More: Next time some ‘Ethical Oil’ salesperson gives you the ‘foreign influence’ bunk on the pipeline hearings, mention Alison’s post on the subject at Creekside

Canada’s Energy Future

By Kim, on January 5th, 2012

Pressure mounts in the Media, as Canadian Petroleum Producers bombard us with propaganda to forcefeed the Northern Gateway Pipeline and it’s associated Tanker traffic in the most dangerous and pristine water ways in the world. Across Canada, you are being told by the Press that the majority of British Columbians support a . . . → Read More: Canada’s Energy Future

I see the BC Liberals have learned from Harper’s Ignatieff attack ads

By Jymn, on January 5th, 2012

Watching the Canucks. Ad comes on real slick-like. I mean Conservative slick. It’s a BC Liberals ad attacking NDP’s Adrian Dix. I swear the ad could’ve been made by the Cons. It looks and sounds exactly like any of the many Ignatieff attack ads. Oh, here it comes again. And again.

Mmm. . . . → Read More: I see the BC Liberals have learned from Harper’s Ignatieff attack ads

Welcome to Canada’s new world of Haves and (mostly) Have Nots

By Jymn, on January 4th, 2012

Another generation's dirty effing hippie

Stephen Douglas captures Harper’s new world order as it applies to Canada with a scalpel-like efficiency.

Harper and his cadre of conservative ideologues share this collective denial. In these hard economic times where concern is growing about the disparity of wealth, when one in nine Canadian children live . . . → Read More: Welcome to Canada’s new world of Haves and (mostly) Have Nots

Operation Maple takes on Globe & Mail. Number 6 in Gang of Seven.

By Jymn, on January 4th, 2012

Operation Maple has been doing a yeoman’s job in pointing out the main pillars of Canada’s Conservative media monopoly. So far OM has grappled with the following behemoths of industry:

Sun Media Corporation Bell Canada Enterprises The Rogers Dynasty Irving Media Shaw Media

And now at number 6, OM tackles . . . → Read More: Operation Maple takes on Globe & Mail. Number 6 in Gang of Seven.