Archive for June, 2007

Toronto City Council Chickens Out

Friday, June 22nd, 2007 by TS.

I am mightily pissed off at the Toronto city council. To set up the background, over the last year, decals of yellow “support the troops” ribbons had been attached to the ambulances and fire engines of the city. They were of a pretty good size and highly visible. I found this disturbing, because while the […]

What to do? (A morning’s reflection)

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007 by thwap

I was just reading a series of articles about the tragic results of the monstrously cynical treatment of the Palestinians (catch it here and here) and I was thinking about posting something about, you know, what the hell can ordinary people do to stop our leaders from causing one atrocity after another.
Then, I thought that […]

Anti-Torture Cartoon

Saturday, June 9th, 2007 by thwap

I drew this cartoon around the time the torture in Afghanistan was breaking in Ottawa.

The Problem with Wishes

Sunday, June 3rd, 2007 by elmateo

The CBC recently started something called the “Great Canadian Wish List” on Facebook. The CBC asks for Canadians to write your wish for Canada, it can be anything. People can then join your wish to support it. The top wishes will get some radio time on CBC Radio’s Canada Day programing. This is part of […]