May 2013
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May 18th
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“If there has ever been a more obvious personification in the Canadian context of...”
– Dangerous addictions: Toronto, right wing hypocrisies and Rob Ford | rabble.ca Good argument from Michael Laxer.
May 18th
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May 18th
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Everything Mr Mayor has done in one place →
bluestockingsredux: icanwonder: mousetomouth: thank you whoever did this wow I’m so angry I literally can’t sleep. Until the Mayor actually has blood on his hands Mike Harris will remain Canada’s Biggest Asshole, but damn, Robbo comes pretty close. Whoever put this together, Toronto owes you a beer.
May 18th
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“Knowing that the United States and the world are on a course toward instability...”
– Chris Hedges: The ‘Terrifying’ State Assault on Press Freedom - Truthdig Frightening words from the guy who handed Kevin O’Leary his ass a year and a half ago. Related posts: Chris Hedges schools Kevin O’Leary | #uspoli #OccupyWallStreet Video: Chris Hedges owns Kevin O’Leary (YouTube) |...
May 16th
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May 16th
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May 15th
Canada and science: NRC will now only do science... →
Blinded by bad science.
May 14th
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“Even as the New York Times and its ilk now use hipster-bashing to delegitimize...”
– The ‘Fucking Hipster’ Show | Jacobin
May 14th
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May 14th
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May 14th
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May 14th
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May 13th
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WatchWatch
Video: Dog trying to get a “stranger” to throw a stick. I almost peed laughing. Related posts: Black russian terrier puppygasm Moar Black Russian Terrier puppehz Mugged by neighbours’ cat
May 12th
May 12th
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“Note that the USTR is not criticizing Guatemala’s laws nor enforcement...”
– Michael Geist - Stop Being Poor: U.S. Piracy Watch List Hits A New Low With 2012 Report
May 11th
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After Explosion, Texas Remains Wary of Regulation... →
Nah, the hell with regulations. We’d rather just get blowed up real good. H/t Brad Fraser.
May 10th
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May 10th
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Harper Government Spends Millions Monitoring Press... →
Really? A nasty authoritarian streak? I’m shocked.
May 9th
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“All this makes me wonder if the game from these councillors isn’t real transit...”
– Do Scarborough councillors want a subway or just political cover? | Metro Good question from Matt Elliott.
May 8th
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May 8th
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CNN Anchors Pretend They're Not Having A Satellite... →
Another CNN whoopsie.
May 8th
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NRA Vendor Sells Ex-Girlfriend Target That Bleeds... →
No comment necessary. (h/t @AntoniaZ and @midtowntrolley)
May 7th
U.S. Govt. Attack on Megaupload Bears Hallmarks of... →
H/t @Min_Reyes.
May 7th
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Harper stokes resentments in discreet class war:... →
Nothing discreet about it.
May 7th
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May 7th
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May 7th
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May 5th
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May 5th
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“Private sector dynamism versus public sector inefficiency has been the dominant...”
– ‘The private sector is superior’. Time to move on from this old dogma | Andrew Simms and Stephen Reid | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk (h/t Sabina Becker) Related posts: Public space, public amenities and the public good, or corporate colonization? | #onpoli In defence of the...
May 4th
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Company Selling "My First Rifle" Deletes Website... →
After that 5-year-old marksman in Kentucky killed his 2-year-old sister, the company that makes and markets the rifle he used must have thought it had a PR problem or something. Who’d’a thunk? H/t Brad Fraser.
May 3rd
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May 3rd
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“To all those who don’t think the rape joke was a problem, or rape jokes are a...”
– Time-Machine (via a comment at shakesville.com) Single greatest argument about this I have ever heard.  (via justintheallan)
May 3rd
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May 2nd
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Sun News will shut down if it doesn’t get what it... →
Ah, what the hey. Let’s pile on.
May 2nd
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Sun News faces ‘death sentence’ without CRTC help,... →
That coffin-lid thing again. Because, you know, @sladurantaye.
May 2nd
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Sun News To CRTC: No Guaranteed Spot On Cable... →
Don’t let the coffin lid hit you in the face on the way down.
May 2nd
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May 1st
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“… a recent poll by Israel’s Dialog polling group found that a majority of...”
– Pasternak’s Pride hush money
May 1st
April 2013
22 posts
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“Best case scenario: Twitter makes like Google and opens up a Canadian policy...”
– Why is Twitter opening up a Canadian office, anyhow? - Blog Central, Jesse Brown, Science & Technology - Macleans.ca
Apr 30th
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Apr 30th
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“So why would we expect him to change now? Of course, he’s fighting tooth and...”
– http://afuitbs.com/2013/04/25/transit-defiled/ Another ugly truth about the worst mayor in human memory.
Apr 25th
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“Let’s imagine that instead of sending a handful of investigators from the ATF...”
– Boston, West, Newtown: For Whom the Bells Toll, For Whom the Alarms Ring | The Nation
Apr 22nd
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Apr 22nd
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Apr 17th
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“What I see is sadness. Often gracefully suppressed, but manifold. My...”
– The Sexual Revolution has officially gone awry, and my daughter is paying the price Via Patricia Pearson.  I can’t add anything. Go read it now.
Apr 15th
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“Rather than attacking the Conservatives to demonstrate their political might,...”
– The NDP stumbles over the ‘S’ word: Strategy | rabble.ca Via Nora Loreto. (@NoLore)  Related posts: I guess what’s really infuriating … Among the most glorious fruit of the harvest of freedom … Horwath seemed to indicate that politics — and not sound transit planning —...
Apr 15th
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Apr 14th
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“I guess what’s really infuriating is that while we socialists are forced...”
– Of ‘illegal immigrants’ and ‘democratic socialism’ | rabble.ca H/t Erika Shaker and Nora Loreto.
Apr 14th
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Apr 12th
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