Category Archives: Canadian Counterpunch

Ontario ready to fire the pope; Québec student strike more popular than you knew

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Couple of quick education-related items for ya. First, one from my own province, one that spells bad news for institutionalized bigotry: Ontarians favour the right of students to form gay-straight alliance clubs in Catholic schools by a margin of almost … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Why is this hottie smiling?

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Heh…maybe a better question to ask is Why wouldn’t he be? After all, with approval ratings like these… The approval ratings for the governance and credibility of the president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, surpassed 80 percent in Quito and Guayaquil. … Continue reading →

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Nothing Gaga about these ladies!

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Sabina Becker

A terrific Lady Gaga parody celebrating the women’s suffrage victory of 1920 in the US. Canadian women had limited suffrage already, as of the federal election of 1917 (when female relatives of military men could vote “on behalf of their … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Bananada

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Sabina Becker

How do I know we’re becoming a banana republic? Exhibit A. And Exhibit B. The only difference between us and an actual banana republic is that we don’t grow bananas. And that we’re not a republic. (Yet.)

Posted in Canadian Counterpunch, Economics for Dummies, Environmentally Ill, Fascism Without Swastikas, Filthy Stinking Rich, Isn't It Ironic? | 1 Comment

On “personhood” and what it means to be a non-person in Canada

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Sabina Becker

The Famous Five, gagged. This is what it’s coming down to, folks. Well. How about that “debate” in the House of Commons today? Or should I say, that NON-debate? Because the legal status of zygotes, embryos and fetuses in Canada … Continue reading →

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So much for the Great Liberal Conspiracy Theory!

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Remember Vikileaks, when a certain adulterous SupposiTory got his comeuppance via the tweeting of publicly available details of his scandalous divorce? Sure you do. And now, the guy who tweeted those deets reveals all. And it isn’t what the SupposiTories … Continue reading →

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LOL @ Bev Oda!

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Sabina Becker

While the rest of us are being told to tighten our belts and prepare for (more) austerity, guess who’s living high on the hog. Oink, oink, OINK!

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Musings on “Stand Your Ground” and dumb gun laws

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Sabina Becker

My best friend wrote me an e-mail a few hours ago that got me to thinking. Here’s what he wrote: I keep hearing people who support the murderer in the Trayvon case saying that the “stand your ground” law in … Continue reading →

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What happens when local news gets decimated

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Sabina Becker

When local channels are no longer locally run, but just part of some big corporate conglomerate, bad things happen. Bad things like this: CHCH’s vice-president of news Mike Katrycz said he believes the station ultimately aired around a minute of … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: We can haz new proggregator?

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Yes, we can haz. And this is terrific news, since teh illiberalz eated the old one. I’m still waiting for the bumper sticker (and the typo in the banner to be fixed), so I can add it to my sidebar … Continue reading →

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