Politiclone – often those living in poverty are deemed not capable of thinking for themselves.
Office ghost – agency workers who maintain a position but are never in the office.
Voters Remorse – similar to buyers remorse but symptoms may take longer to appear.
Electile Dysfunction – inability to get aroused by any of the candidates up for [...]
He jumped off a bridge in Vancouver BC
Long after he had come to visit with me
He lived for a while after that fatal fall
All bruised and battered in a hospital.
He’d been trying for decades to do himself in
His chances of survival were extremely thin
I wish I could have been there
I wish I could have done [...]
Please read part 1 and 2 of Ned’s interview at the bottom of this page for background.
Below, read the letter Ned sent to Habitat describing his living conditions at 160 Oakwood Ave and his plea for some help.
Then, read a bit about Habitat Housing as it is meant to be.
Following that, we talk to Ned about what’s happened [...]
Come on out to show your support for the need for external accountability of Children’s Aid Societies
Sunday, September 27, 2009
TheStar.com | Opinion | The reality of trying to live on disability support
Sep 25, 2009 04:30am
When her son was born, Charnelle Wade grew up in a hurry. She knew she couldn’t support a child as a motel chambermaid and couldn’t get a better job as a Grade 9 dropout. She was determined [...]
Every G20 nation wants to be Canada, Stephen Harper insists
David Ljunggren, Reuters: Saturday, September 26, 2009
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper addresses a press briefing at the end of the G20 Summit on Sept. 25, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Penn.
Photo Credit: Eric Feferberg, AFP/Getty Images
PITTSBURGH — Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, appearing to forget that his countrymen [...]
Updated Mon. Sep. 21 2009 6:46 PM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
A proposed law that would give the B.C. government the power to force people into homeless shelters has civil liberty activists crying foul.
According to government documents leaked to the BC Civil Liberties Association, the proposed legislation would allow authorities to make a declaration of extreme weather, [...]
as the moon gathers herself i long to relinquish control back into the hands of the Old Ones i need to howl my name into the wildness that lies outside the boundaries of nice girls and rules and uncivil society i want to consort with angels and the earth feel them meet within me offer [...]
One-time neo-Nazi claims free expression victory in legal battle defending his controversial website
Sep 03, 2009 04:30 AM
Jesse McLean
staff reporter
TORONTO STAR
A one-time member of a Canadian neo-Nazi group is declaring victory after the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal denounced the country’s Internet hate speech law as an unconstitutional violation of free expression.
“What this means is that I [...]
Toronto Star
Joe Fiorito
Sep 04, 2009 04:30 AM
On the subject of photos lost and found, or snapped and snapped up, I have a friend, Stephan Briones, who has been around the block, and he did some things while making his way, but now he’s clean and doesn’t do those things any more.Joe Fiorito
We had coffee in [...]