Category: Think

Please keep them away from us…..

Not that I want to give the freak killing on the Greyhound too much discussion – but I read this latest nuttiness and had to link it here. You know, because God hates Canadians, and Canadians hate crazy fundamentalists. But you know, not to… Continue Reading “Please keep them away from us…..”

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Best quote in the Globe & Mail ever.

“Had I wanted a Nazi scene, I would have said I wanted one and [the women] would have got some of the inexpensive Nazi stuff from the joke shops that provide uniforms and would not have gone to Marks & Spencer and got quite… Continue Reading “Best quote in the Globe & Mail ever.”

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Creepy.

It’s Thursday! Which means the weekly motherlode of syndicated advice columns to drink my morning coffee to. Today’s crop yielded the usual smattering of neurotic kinksters, traumatized 9-11 survivors and dating disaster stories – but the letter below – well, I dunno that I’ve… Continue Reading “Creepy.”

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Another day, another apocalypse

Yesterday Salon magazine ran a piece by Mike Davis about the end of the Holocene and how this abrupt departure from the climate stability we’ve known for the past 10-11,000 years means that global agriculture is doomed and the planet is going to start… Continue Reading “Another day, another apocalypse”

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As legitimate as who?

Last week I spoke at a conference of women from my union about the current state of collective bargaining and pay equity. While there I noticed on the agenda that Daisy Kler from Vancouver-based Rape Relief was scheduled to speak the following day on… Continue Reading “As legitimate as who?”

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