unrepentant old hippie: The party’s over

This has been coming for awhile, but the teabaggers have finally jumped the shark.  Proof?  Look no further than Ron Paul, arguably the godfather of the tea partying rEVOLution, who faces primary challenges from no less than three Republican teabaggers: Paul, the Gulf Coast congressman whose 2008 presidential run excited libertarians nationwide, even though he didn’t get much traction overall, is considered by many to be the “father of the Tea Parties.” But he has three opponents in the March Republican primary – more than he has faced in his past six primary campaigns combined. All... Click Here

Broadsides: Slapshtick

So the controversy around the Tebow Mother-and-Son anti-choice Super Bowl ad turned out to be a lot of hype, hype perhaps pumped up by CBS which telecast the game. Crooks and Liars makes a case for that: Did you see the Tim Tebow ad that actually aired during the Super Bowl yesterday? The only one I saw was much different than what CBS told us was going to air during the game and which drew… Read More From Broadsides Click Here →

Broadsides: Coming up short

The welfare of women continues to dominate the political agenda through the suspension of Parliament. And so, a few items of note. Over at Rabble.ca, Murray Dobbin nicely sums up how the Harper government has run “roughshod” over women. Nothing new there as regular Broadsides readers know. If I had the time, I would add in a lot more starting with the threats to our reproductive choices and the pending elimination of the long-gun registry…. Read More From Broadsides Click Here →

the regina mom: What Harper’s Done to Canadian Social Programs

I wrote this for rabble.ca some time ago but never did blog it.  I’ve been trying to find it for some time because it’s in need of an update. Here it is.  Please feel free to use the comment box below to add the other places Harper’s axe has landed since this was written. What Harper’s Done to Canadian Social Programs by Bernadette Wagner In September 2006 our boy, Steve Harper, pulled out his axe. Here’s a little review of where the axe fell.* Aboriginal Programs Indian and Northern Affairs Canada “operational efficiencies” = $3.5 million cut “Unused funding”... Click Here

Broadsides: Fertile ground

It’s solid info like this (reg. req’d.) that reinforces my long-held contention — now generally accepted wisdom by everybody but the Harper government — that investing in women is just plain good business. Those folks at McKinsey are not exactly lefties. Indeed, corporations hire their people at mind-boggling rates just to take advantage of their expertise. Which is why, when they say something about economic growth, it’s worth paying attention. Here’s the gist of their… Read More From Broadsides Click Here →

Broadsides: Women overboard

Didn’t want you to miss this by friend and colleague Olivia Ward in yesterday’s Star. It’s about how women may be thrown under the bus if NATO types, ie. the US, decide to get out of Afghanistan by reinstating the Taliban. Yeah, I know that’s not how it’s being phrased in polite circles. But let’s not mince words here, okay? Because that’s what they would really do. After all, didn’t we install our man in… Read More From Broadsides Click Here →

unrepentant old hippie: Good grief, they’re idiots

CC tackles the sad task of describing the reaction of the Moronosphere to Sarah Stupid’s cheat notes.   Predictably, Right Wankistan is as impressed as hell that Palin needed only 6 little words to unleash a 45-minute torrent of word salad — hell yeah!  That would be impressive… if it had really happened. On Planet Reality, Palin read her speech off a prepared document several pages long.  In the first few seconds of the video below, she can be seen carrying it on stage with her, plunking it down on the lectern, and, um… reading. For those who can’t hack watching... Click Here

unrepentant old hippie: Gimme an “H”, gimme a “Y”, gimme a “P”…

Outrageous outrage and firing offense:  Referring to Democrats angry about the health care bill as “fucking retarded”. Satire:  Referring to Democrats angry about the health care bill as “retards” (and “kooks”). To top it off, when called out about Limbaugh’s remark (essentially the same remark as Emmanuel made, about the same group of people), Palin blithered: “They are kooks, so I agree with Rush Limbaugh“. So following this to its logical conclusion:  if Palin agrees with Rush that  Democrats are “retards and/or kooks”, “retarded”... Click Here

unrepentant old hippie: Would she run?

Bumdiggity, you betcha!: Sarah Palin has President Obama in her sights, telling FoxNews.com she “would be willing” to challenge him in the 2012 presidential race. The former Alaska governor, in an interview Saturday on the sidelines of the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville, said President Obama’s “lack of experience” has held him back his first year in office and that she would put her credentials up against his any day. I guess having been Mayor of the meth capital of Alaska must count for something. Nobody will ever know how good a Governor she might have... Click Here

unrepentant old hippie: She’s tanned, rested and ready

Sarah Palin, the Cretin Who Would Be Queen, gave her $100,000 speech to the Teabaggers Ball tonight, and if her level of brainless hubris is any indication (“How’s that hopey-changey stuff workin’ out for ya?”), she’s thinkin’ she just might take a run at that Presidentin’ job in 2012.  And why not?  She’s up to it, and here’s the proof. After the speech, during a 15-minute, scripted Q&A session (her handlers don’t trust her to go ad lib even in this ultra-friendly teabaggy environment), she was caught doing something that looked... Click Here

Creekside: Stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before …

Canwest : “Because the president cannot rely on Congress to pass the legislation … sources say the agreement as structured would allow the White House to use executive power to treat sectors of the Canadian economy as American by claiming supply chains are so integrated they cannot be separated. While Canadian government officials declined to comment, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative distributed copies Thursday of the Canada-U.S. agreement for review by members of an industry advisory committee.” Harper and Co have been working hard since their dismissal of Parliament.... Click Here

Antigone Magazine: GET LOUDER: Dreams for Women Week 35

It’s been a while! Please enjoy this installment of Dreams for Women and remember to check out the 2010 Dreams for Women Calendar if you haven’t already. Proceeds from the calendar go directly to the Dreams for Women project and the Antigone Foundation. Enjoy the rest of your weekend! What are your dreams for women? Discuss in the comments below or send them to: Antigone Magazine C/O WILLA Box 61 – 6138 SUB Blvd Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z1 OR antigonemagazine(at)hotmail.com See more postcards. Filed under: women’s issues Read More From Antigone Magazine Click Here →

unrepentant old hippie: CHBC-TV pulls anti-abortion commercial

A somewhat gory and graphic anti-abortion ad featuring the hand of a supposedly aborted fetus has been pulled by CHBC-TV Kelowna before it ever aired: Dennis Gabelhouse, general manager of CHBC, says the decision to pull a graphic anti-abortion ad even before it aired, was made locally, even though it had be previously cleared for use by Telecaster Canada, a national advertising standards organization. “That doesn’t mean they won’t be unacceptable to some viewers,” Gabelhouse told Kelowna.com. “The decision was based on it being visually graphic and not being appealing for most of our... Click Here

Creekside: And now a few words for one of our Olympic sponsors

From the National Film Board of Canada and Cinema Politica :The Coca Cola Case directed by Carmen Garcia and German Gutierrez “a searing indictment of the Coca-Cola empire and its alleged kidnapping, torture and murder of union leaders trying to improve working conditions in Colombia” “On January 11, 2010, lawyers representing Coca-Cola sent Cinema Politica a letter implying that by showing THE COCA COLA CASE throughout our network we were violating the law. As far as we have been told, this is not the case, and we are continuing with our plans to screen this critical and controversial... Click Here

Broadsides: Change of life

The Star’s Peter Gorrie today neatly sums up one of the major flaws in Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s supposed ”championing” maternal health care and child mortality. It’s a point on which I have briefly touched several times. Here’s Peter, with linkage by me: Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he wants to save the most vulnerable people on Earth. “As president of the G8 in 2010, Canada will champion a major initiative to improve the health… Read More From Broadsides Click Here →

Antigone Magazine: Some Leaders Are Born Women, Proposal and List Edition

This week, I finally sent out the book proposal to 4 publishers (two US and two Canadian publishers). I had been working on this proposal for about a year and a half now. In the fall, I sent out a query to a number of agents and got no bites – but I did get one helpful response by an agent directing me to a particular publisher. The book industry is tough to crack into and I’m not discouraged! Just keep spreading the word about my blog to your friends and I’m sure that we will get this on the desk of an agent or publisher who will see the value in a book featuring female world... Click Here

Broadsides: Long-distance feeling

Friday’s treeware. Thursday was my birthday. Now I have a clear view of the top of the hill I am about to descend, due to how I spent Christmas – in a Montreal emergency ward with my mother. Thursday, I was supposed to celebrate – more like commiserate – with friends but we had to postpone. That’s because we all thought we’d be racing east on the 401 instead, I to my ailing mother, they… Read More From Broadsides Click Here →

Broadsides: Murder most fowl

Excuse me? The Harper government cuts off KAIROS, UNRWA and imposes its Christian-Zionist supporters on Rights and Democracy — just because they all support human rights in Palestine and Gaza — but boasts about its relationship with Turkey? Our ”ally,” via NATO, Turkey? What’s wrong with this picture? Here’s what’s wrong. And sickening. And obscene. Medine Memi was found in a sitting position with her hands tied, in a two-metre hole dug under a chicken… Read More From Broadsides Click Here →

Broadsides: Labour pains

It just gets better and better. Further to the previous post, about how the HarperCons are now caught between the devil and the deep blue machine on the connection between maternal health and reproductive freedoms, this As It Happens interview last night by CBC Radio’s Carol Off is a totally worth your time. You can listen to it by clicking on Part II here — the interview is at the top of the half hour… Read More From Broadsides Click Here →

Broadsides: Electile dysfuntion

Here’s an absolute must-read by my Star sistah Susan Delacourt. It’s all about how the Liberals are wining that ”left-wing fringe group” called women while PM Stephen Harper is playing to the oil guys and cowboys — at the expense of the environment and Canadian unity, according to my other Star sistah Chantal Hebert. Not surprisingly, its headline reads ”PM from Mars, Iggy from Venus?” and it shows how Harper’s Johnny-come-lately position on maternal healthcare,… Read More From Broadsides Click Here →

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