Category Archives: Canadian Counterpunch

What do I have against Facebook ads?

Oh, only shit like this: Isn’t Facebook wonderful, letting advertisers use people’s pictures to sell product without permission, much less a cut of the profits? And even more wonderful: They help dead girls find dates! Just a pity Rehtaeh Parsons … Continue reading

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Rape culture? WHAT rape culture?

I don’t see anything here… The trial for a University of Toronto architecture professor charged with sexual assault nearly two years ago began Thursday. James Andrew Payne was charged on Dec. 10, 2011 with one count of sexual assault. Payne, … Continue reading

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Happy Labo(u)r Day!

And just in time for this day, a little good news from the working front of Toronto, courtesy of LabourStart’s newsletter: Striking hotel workers in Toronto have won a huge victory, due in large part to the solidarity they were … Continue reading

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Dear “One pissed off mother!!!!”: You are an asshole.

Dear woman who wrote the above letter to the grandmother of an autistic boy: You, madam, are an asshole. Clearly, on some level, you must be aware of this. You didn’t have the guts or the common decency to sign … Continue reading

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Petro defines progress

“Progress isn’t an eight-lane highway. It’s children from Ciudad Bolívar playing classical music on violins.” –Gustavo Petro, mayor of Bogotá, Colombia. Is it just my imagination, or does the popular left-liberal mayor of Bogotá look like his counterpart from Calgary, … Continue reading

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DENIED.

Ezra the Putz…just one of FUX Snooze North’s many diverse examples of elite right-wing thoughtleadership. (Snurk.) Ha, ha. Sun News Network has been denied a guaranteed spot on basic cable TV packages in a CRTC ruling released today. The Quebecor-owned … Continue reading

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Music for a Sunday: If this dream would stay

A little New Wave poetic summer escapism, courtesy of one of Toronto’s all-time best bands.

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Happy Canada Day. Here’s your friendly reminder…

…of what we’re all about, and what the Harper Government™ is working overtime to dismantle: And, since the hate speech provision was recently struck off the books by a HarpoCon backbencher, I would add that this was a gross violation … Continue reading

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Music for a Sunday: Sleep is my friend and my rival

This song has been on heavy rotation in my head lately: Happy Canada Day!

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The Snowden Affair, as seen from Venezuela and Ecuador

So far, Venezuela has not received any asylum request from Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor turned whistleblower who revealed that the intelligence agency is spying on pretty well everyone who’s got a telephone and/or internet access. But, says President … Continue reading

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