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

ck — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:18:25 +0000

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??

My five minutes watching Sun News Network. Plus, what does it take to be an SNN host?

Jymn — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:30:56 +0000

Apparently, this.

C'mon Sun Newsfan, you know you want it

Jacqui’s television credits include co- hosting “Argos Access” with Michael “Pinball” Clemons, hosting “Dancing at the Palais” on Women’s Television Network, host/reporter on Sportsnet Ontario, co-hosting a late night talk show on Toronto One and until recently she anchored the daily Current . . . → Read More: My five minutes watching Sun News Network. Plus, what does it take to be an SNN host?

Christie Blatchy Blatchford Misses John Wayne And Other Machismo–Plus Other Bonus Tracks

ck — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:30:03 +0000

Poor Chrissie, down time from hanging around the Shafia trial and sounding “honour killing” dog whistles is proving not to suit her too much. Her latest column in the Nasty post proves as much. I guess during down time for Chrissie, she can only write so many autobiographical columns about being a bitter . . . → Read More: Christie Blatchy Blatchford Misses John Wayne And Other Machismo–Plus Other Bonus Tracks

December 6, 22nd Anniversary of the Polytechnique Massacre–With Every Passing Year, We Seem To Keep Going Backward

ck — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 03:59:34 +0000

Here we are again, boys ‘n’ girls, another somber December 6; another year has come and gone and it is time again to commemorate the Polytechnique Massacre when fourteen young women’s lives were lost at the hands of a deranged misogynist. For the two plus years since I’ve started Sister Sage’s Musings, I’ve . . . → Read More: December 6, 22nd Anniversary of the Polytechnique Massacre–With Every Passing Year, We Seem To Keep Going Backward

Hey, Andrea Mrozek! Why Don’t You Practice what You Preach?

ck — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 04:27:00 +0000

No, not at that dreadful site, Prowoman Pro-fetus. Her other activity, as manager of research and Communications at the Institute of Stepford wifery. You, boys ‘n’ girls, perhaps know it as the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada. Yes, today, Andrea, like so many right wingnuts, has decided to have a crack at . . . → Read More: Hey, Andrea Mrozek! Why Don’t You Practice what You Preach?

Herman Cain – serial sexual harasser? That’s nothing. Try being a female Mountie.

Jymn — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:48:13 +0000

Your life will be a living hell. Welcome to the famous RCMP, home to sexual harassment and thuggery.

“Everything that came out of his [a supervisor's] mouth was sexual,” Galliford said. “If I had a dime for every time one of my bosses asked me to sit on his knee, I’d . . . → Read More: Herman Cain – serial sexual harasser? That’s nothing. Try being a female Mountie.

Just in time for accusations in his past of sexual harrassment, Herman Cain complains of Clarence Thomas treatment

Jymn — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:33:22 +0000

"Life is like a 12-inch pizza. You never know what you're gonna get."

The victimization of the right continues. Not missing a beat, GOP presidential contender Herman Cain whined to a right-wing scribe over the weekend that he will be targeted by Democrats in the same manner he alleges Clarence Thomas encountered.

Quebecor And RLQ’s Chou-Chou, Eric Duhaime Has Hit a New Low–Enough With The Canadian Arrogant Complacency!

ck — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:41:30 +0000

Yes, that would be the same Eric Duhaime, the one who begged the feds, not once, but twice, to somehow intervene in the construction scandal woes in la Belle province, a problem that dates decades that needs systemic changes that not even the feds can touch. That same scandal that ol’ Chrissie Paradis . . . → Read More: Quebecor And RLQ’s Chou-Chou, Eric Duhaime Has Hit a New Low–Enough With The Canadian Arrogant Complacency!

Private bus company in Brooklyn orders women to back of bus. It’s God’s way!

Jymn — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:31:02 +0000

Not much to add to this:

The B110 is a bus run by a private bus company that has a contract with the city of New York. It runs from Williamsburg to South Brooklyn and caters mostly to Orthodox Jews. And to hipsters, probably, with their love of retro trends, in Brooklyn! The . . . → Read More: Private bus company in Brooklyn orders women to back of bus. It’s God’s way!

In The World According To ‘Pro-Lifers’ It’s Best To Just Let Women Die

ck — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:18:46 +0000

In some cases, horrific, gory deaths at that. Yes, boys ‘n’ girls, with every fetus fetish bill Rethuglicans, with the help of some ‘friendly’ Democrats, they pass or attempt to pass in a feverish attempt to circumvent Roe v Wade, it just never seems enough for them, nor for their fetus fetish lobbyists. . . . → Read More: In The World According To ‘Pro-Lifers’ It’s Best To Just Let Women Die

Austerity More Important Than Justice For Victims Of Conjugal Violence in Topeka, Kansas

ck — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:09:36 +0000

Is there nothing the Batshit crazy won’t stop at in the name of austerity? Here’s something that could warm the heart of Super Vic Toews. According to a report from Daily Kos, it appears that Topeka Kansas, nor Shawnee County, can “afford” to prosecute perpetrators of domestic abuse.

The Topeka City Council on . . . → Read More: Austerity More Important Than Justice For Victims Of Conjugal Violence in Topeka, Kansas

Jane Taber and Candy Hoeppner Are Now Into Fiction: Part 2–Inconsistencies Between Scrapping C-391 And Tough On Crime Agenda

ck — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:18:37 +0000

Part 2 doesn’t really have anything to do with Janie Taber’s little apparent attempt at fiction regarding Candy getcherguns Hoeppner’s little ego trip, but it did raise questions in mind like how does stripping away at gun control square with a tough on crime agenda? How does the meme of not wanting to . . . → Read More: Jane Taber and Candy Hoeppner Are Now Into Fiction: Part 2–Inconsistencies Between Scrapping C-391 And Tough On Crime Agenda

Maybe It’s Just Me, But Isn’t The (O)NDP Supposed To Be a Forward Thinking Party?

ck — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:02:58 +0000

I did see this pic of the orange stiletto on some of my facebook friends’ profile pics and wondered what it was. For them, I thought it was amusing; they were celebrating fall; the advent of Halloween; stuff like that. After all, I’m in Quebec and not privy to all . . . → Read More: Maybe It’s Just Me, But Isn’t The (O)NDP Supposed To Be a Forward Thinking Party?

Time for another Slutwalk, this time in Brooklyn

Jymn — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:32:05 +0000

In Saudi Arabia, the religious police regularly patrol the country for citizens who may be flaunting the Kingdom’s version of Islam, especially when it pertains to women exposing too much flesh.

Think this kind of thing only happens in the in the medieval backwoods of Riyadh? Think again. In Brooklyn’s Park Slope . . . → Read More: Time for another Slutwalk, this time in Brooklyn

Surprised Stevie Hasn’t Scolded Bratty Brad For His Tantrum? I’m Not

ck — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:24:12 +0000

Harpercon MP for Saskatoon-Humboldt and Fetus Fetishist extraordinaire, Brad Trost is having a temper tantrum as of late:

Late in the afternoon of Thursday, September 22nd, I received a phone call from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) about a news story on the CBC that had run earlier in the day. The . . . → Read More: Surprised Stevie Hasn’t Scolded Bratty Brad For His Tantrum? I’m Not

Allen West to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “You are not a lady”, “shut the heck up”

Jymn — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 04:22:29 +0000

CK told you earlier today about the vile, unprofessional, and despicable conduct of Rep Allen Wests. Well, the idiot has done himself one better, telling a female Democratic Representative to in effect get back in the kitchen and shut the fuck up.

Here’s the email that speaks it all about Allen West and . . . → Read More: Allen West to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “You are not a lady”, “shut the heck up”

Rethuglicans Despise Regulations Except To Regulate What They Don’t Like & Andrea Mrozek Says That Roe V Wade is Anti-Democratic

ck — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 18:09:46 +0000

There are only three clinics that provide abortions left in the state of Kansas. That is three too many for the Rethuglican Kansas governor. like many other state governors, this winner is finding new fangled, creative ways of circumventing Roe v Wade. They’re doing it by taking a new liking to red tape . . . → Read More: Rethuglicans Despise Regulations Except To Regulate What They Don’t Like & Andrea Mrozek Says That Roe V Wade is Anti-Democratic

New National Anthem-My Canada Day Gift-And Why I Boycott Canada Day

ck — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 17:03:13 +0000

Well, while Stevie Spiteful has already begun the task of flushing Canada down the toilet in earnest:

And he turns us into another version of tea-party nation:

Stevie Spiteful keeps one promise: We’re really beginning to longer recognize Canada. Canada, is now Harperland, . . . → Read More: New National Anthem-My Canada Day Gift-And Why I Boycott Canada Day

Kiwi CEO: no equal pay for women because “once a month they have sick problems”

Jymn — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:02:44 +0000

Alasdair Thompson of the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) in New Zealand is unapologetic about his recent comments on why women should not receive equal pay. In fact, he’s a bit peeved at the media and the way his perfectly-clear words were taken.

But during the 22-minute segment, Mr. Thompson did not apologize for . . . → Read More: Kiwi CEO: no equal pay for women because “once a month they have sick problems”

Fetus Billboard Boy Would Rather Go To Jail Than Take Down His Billboard

ck — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:52:55 +0000

Remember that gawd awful image below? Is it just me? Or does he really look diabolical? He looks like he’s about to devour that invisible baby.

Yes, #gregfultzisacreep, that billboard boy has been ordered to take down his billboard immediately.

But Fultz’s attorney said his client is adamant about protecting his . . . → Read More: Fetus Billboard Boy Would Rather Go To Jail Than Take Down His Billboard