Sister Sage's Musings

Fallout from the Komen disaster. New-found power for pro-choice voices.

Jymn — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:54:00 +0000

Sitting back after the dust has settled on Susan G. Komen’s awkward about-face (which is actually no about-face at all but a bit of temporary cover), one thing has become clear. Komen has given a renewed voice back to the pro-choice movement, too long drowned out by the money and loud talking . . . → Read More: Fallout from the Komen disaster. New-found power for pro-choice voices.

Susan G. Walther-Komen soft on guns. Hard on women.

Jymn — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:04:05 +0000

It's OK. It's pink!

I felt a little bad feeling so much animosity towards a person, but Nancy Brinker’s reaction to her disengagement from Planned Parenthood has quickly become the stuff of history. Not the good kind mind you, but the wrong-side kind. Now I find her organization is soft on guns, . . . → Read More: Susan G. Walther-Komen soft on guns. Hard on women.

Planned Parenthood gains back the $ it lost to ideology-driven Susan G. Komen turnabout

Jymn — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:02:11 +0000

From Dammit Janet!

While the the big news, and the ultimately sad news, is that the Susan G. Komen foundation has allowed far-right evangelical ideology to interfere with its formerly well-respected humanitarian work, the news that Planned Parenthood has replaced the $650K it lost from Komen so quickly is good news, indeed.

Sun News Network + Jason Kenney = frothy mixture

Jymn — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:16:21 +0000

If you ever wanted to combine the worst of Conservatism – that frothy mixture of deceit, barely-veiled racism and amoral opportunism – look no further than the perfect marriage of the Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism and Fox News North.

Six federal bureaucrats were drafted to pose as new Canadians for a citizenship reaffirmation ceremony broadcast . . . → Read More: Sun News Network + Jason Kenney = frothy mixture

Vic Danger – Third Eye. Toews doesn’t know ‘statistics’. But he sure knows fear.

Jymn — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:55:36 +0000

Vic Toews doesn’t let reality get in the way of a good ideology (emphasis mine).

“I don’t know if the statistics demonstrate that crime is down,” he said.

“I’m focused on danger.” Toews said his concern is that the public is in danger as long as criminals walk the streets. The government’s crime . . . → Read More: Vic Danger – Third Eye. Toews doesn’t know ‘statistics’. But he sure knows fear.

Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu Sticks His Foot in it–Again!

ck — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:42:42 +0000

Well, boys ‘n’ girls, here the ol’ Senator “sell-out” Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu goes again! He appears to be promoting suicide amongst prisoners.

“Basically, every killer should (have) the right to his own rope in his cell. They can decide whether to live,”

And boys ‘n’ girls, like the abortion debate that is making a . . . → Read More: Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu Sticks His Foot in it–Again!

Vancouver Observer: Canada’s right-wing media monopolies move further right

Jymn — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:51:47 +0000

I’ve made the domination of Canada’s right-wing media the centrepiece of this blog. Sometimes I wonder why. Those posts are the least travelled, the least linked of any on this blog. I guess the blogging community has other things to talk about. As for the media, it certainly doesn’t want to spoil its . . . → Read More: Vancouver Observer: Canada’s right-wing media monopolies move further right

Today’s Conservative: afraid of debate, emboldened by a docile media

Jymn — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:08:08 +0000

For the 13th time in nine months, the Conservatives have stifled debate on an issue important to Canadians, especially those approaching old age. "Enthusiastic support", indeed. When the public is shut out from discussion, of whose support is Van Loan speaking?

Mr. Van Loan made the accusations of delay in spite of . . . → Read More: Today’s Conservative: afraid of debate, emboldened by a docile media

RCMP Call for submissions…into Workplace Harrassment

Kim — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:07:16 +0000

Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP c/o Public Submissions, File 2011-3791 PO Box 1722, Stn B Ottawa ON K1P 0B3

To Whom it may concern,

I am writing this email in response to your call for public input into this problem of workplace harrassment in the RCMP.

. . . → Read More: RCMP Call for submissions…into Workplace Harrassment

Scene from Syria, Saturday January 28, 2012. Rodney Kirkland Sr. edition.

Jymn — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:28:05 +0000

Oops. Turns out that was Oakland last night.

UPDATE: Dr. Dawg has the goods on an Oakland cop, annual salary $202K and unbelievably works for the Youth and Family Services agency, who apparently beat a pregnant woman leukemia sufferer off her bicycle and allegedly beat her as she was being carried away on a stretcher. Luckily, Anonymous (I’m . . . → Read More: Scene from Syria, Saturday January 28, 2012. Rodney Kirkland Sr. edition.

The Pension Plan fiasco. Who cares? There are few jobs for someone 60, let alone 65 or 67.

Jymn — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:57:14 +0000

I've been watching bemusedly - and with no little horror - the arguments waged between elite media types, celebrated authors and lowly bloggers over Stephen Harper's hint about raising the qualification for old age pension from 65 to 67.

It's all academic, literally. What's not being considered in these finely-wrought debates . . . → Read More: The Pension Plan fiasco. Who cares? There are few jobs for someone 60, let alone 65 or 67.

Harper vs. Harper: Elijah tackles Stephen’s Daddy State

Jymn — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:54:14 +0000

Truer words have rarely been spoken. First Nation chief from Manitoba Elijah Harper says what needed to be said, that 'the federal Indian Act treats aboriginals like children and chains them to the government for their entire lives'.

Asked about his seminal moment in history, Harper said he opposed the Meech Lake . . . → Read More: Harper vs. Harper: Elijah tackles Stephen’s Daddy State

“Let Me Be Perfectly Clear…”

Kim — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:21:09 +0000

Our Canada is gone. Harper made that perfectly clear this morning in Davos, Switzerland. Sweeping changes to Old Age Pensions. Privatisation of science and innovation. Deregulation. MacKay signed off our military sovereignty quietly yesterday, authorising Homeland Security operations on Canadian soil, in the event of an emergency, or a terrorist attack…

Canada and . . . → Read More: “Let Me Be Perfectly Clear…”

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

ck — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:27:36 +0000

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

Jymn — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:53:28 +0000

(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.

Jymn — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:58:55 +0000

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.

Jymn — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:39:39 +0000

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??

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??

A right-wing blogger’s take on feminism

Jymn — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:33:52 +0000

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

TorontoEmerg — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:09:10 +0000

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