June 2011
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Hello, Tumblr
This is the third time this week I will have worked past midnight
the latest I started working this week was 9 am and that was because there was something so urgent I HAD TO BE CALLED AND WOKEN UP after working ‘till nearly 3am the night before.
Work is trying to kill me.
So is my physiotherapist (though I’m pretty sure this is ostensibly for my own good.)
I am really...
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Senate Passes Back to Work Legislation for Canada...
Now all it needs is royal assent to become law.
It should be noted that this was not a simple or straight forward passing, there were several hours of debates and speeches, and they called witnesses before the Senate, which is more oversight than the House had. Many similar comments were brought up about the wage legislation as well as concern regarding the wording and whether or not it was...
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Amelia Curran - Hunter, Hunter - the Mistress
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Anonymous asked: How would you respond when people say that unions aren't necessary anymore?
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lesbrary asked: So, correct me if I am wrong, but are they essentially saying:
"You don't deserve these benefits, because mail isn't as important anymore."
and
"You can't strike, what you do is too important! Think of the children/elderly!"
"You don't deserve these benefits, because mail isn't as important anymore."
and
"You can't strike, what you do is too important! Think of the children/elderly!"
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Canada Post Back to Work Legislation Passes House
In a letter to Jack Layton, CUPW President thanks the NDP for their efforts, as well as the efforts of thousands of others throughout the country, but it has not been enough to resolve the impasse. The NDP proposed several amendments to the bill, each one voted down by the Conservatives.
The bill must now pass the Senate, who will sit tomorrow in a Sunday session for a reading. If the bill is...
“You might not know this, but one of my responsibilities as commander-in-chief is...”
– President Barack Obama • Speaking at Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Engineering Center yesterday. About robots. The president plans to launch an initiative that will invest $70 million on robotics, so if these robots rise up and kill their creators, it’s his fault. Just sayin’....
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Dear Conservatives
“Socialists” should not be a bad word in Canada. Please stop using it like that.
No love,
Mei
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Let's Talk About Canada Post (briefly)
I’m a bit stymied, honestly, because I’d love to know the specific positions that Canada Post has taken and what specific negotiations are being addressed, but of course, these are not available to me on the web. I am using what information is available to me, via CPACE and the internet (which, for once, failed to give me all the glorious information I needed from multiple...
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I Have a Confession to Make
nomoremicrophones:
politicalcanuck:
I find filibusters very exciting.
This is our system! In action! Wheeeee!
I will attempt to make a more informed post later. work is killing me currently.
One disappointment: CPACE is not closed captioned today for some reason. Woe.
Can you imagine filibustering? I mean, I can yak pretty good with a couple of drinks down my neck - not like my roommate...
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I Have a Confession to Make
I find filibusters very exciting.
This is our system! In action! Wheeeee!
I will attempt to make a more informed post later. work is killing me currently.
One disappointment: CPACE is not closed captioned today for some reason. Woe.
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Canada Keeps Asbestos Off UN Hazardous List →
OTTAWA — Canada has single-handedly blocked listing chrysotile asbestos as a hazardous chemical, the United Nations confirmed Wednesday, even as the Conservative government maintained its silence back home.
At a summit in Switzerland, Canada’s delegation ended days of silence and speculation by opposing the inclusion of asbestos on a UN treaty called the Rotterdam Convention.
“Yes,...
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Accept Reforms or Go, Canada Tells Syria's Assad →
Canada’s top diplomat says Syria’s President Bashar Assad has a choice to make – allow real political reform or go.
Foreign Minister John Baird said in a statement issued late Monday that Syrians have endured terrible crimes at the hands of Mr. Assad’s regime and they want real change now, not at some undefined later date.
“Canada joins several allies in saying the president has a choice: he...
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Canada Urges Europe Not To Dawdle in Greek Crisis →
TORONTO — Canada stepped up pressure on Europe on Monday to swiftly resolve the Greek debt crisis, warning that failure to do so could harm even Canada’s relatively healthy banking sector.
In the strongest sign yet that Europe’s partners are increasingly jittery about a possible Greek default, Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of...
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File under: Things that would not happen with...
stfuconservatives:
downlo:
youmightfindyourself:
Man robbed bank for $1 to cover jail health care
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Desperation apparently drove a North Carolina man to commit a bank robbery last week. What made him sit down and wait for police to arrive to arrest him, is another story.
“I’m sort of a logical person and that was my logic, what I came up with,” James Verone said.
Verone...
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Senior Conservative Hints Harper Could Go Nuclear... →
what an inflammatory description, Globe and Mail! oh never mind. Here are some excerpts:
Jason Kenney is suggesting his boss Stephen Harper could do away with the Senate if his Conservative caucus in the Red Chamber doesn’t play ball and accept his reforms.
Choosing his words carefully, Mr. Kenney avoided saying the word “abolish.” Rather, he said the Prime Minister is prepared to “entertain...
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The Once - the Once - Marguerite
This is the last...
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Hi!
uhm. I have been away and I am still sorta kind of away, because I am a fragile thing who apparently from time to time has her body completely REJECT THE INTERNET OR ANY COMPUTER OR LAPTOP AT ALL (the HORROR) - but I am coming back! ish. Kind of. My hands still hurt. And my head still throbs. And really, I want to write long-winded posts of many opinions, but even copying and pasting is kind...
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mattgorman:
squee-gee:
I’m going to pinch you like an animal: WAXIN’ (and wanin’)
invertebrateparty:
“Blah blah blah, hair removal is a choice, dammit, and I can make whatever choice I want, don’t judge me, blah blah blah.”
Fine.
But look, that “choice” doesn’t exist in a social vacuum, and turning a critical eye to the contours of the that “choice” isn’t about condemning individuals who...
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nomoremicrophones asked: i looked for that decision, but couldn't find it. (the ontario court of appeal decision i thought was the basis for the case going to the SCC you blogged about)
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According to Badoo.com, Canadians Just Aren't...
Americans are voted best at making people laugh, while Canada comes in at a dismal twelfth. Considered funnier than Canadians: Italians, Brazilians, Britons and the Dutch.
Least Funny Nationalities: Germans, Russians, Turks.
“Non-Canadians simply don’t realize how many of their favourite ‘American’ comic stars are actually Canadian: Jim Carrey, Seth Rogen, Mike Myers,...
Things I Meant to Write About This Week But Didn't
The Throne Speech (not the part where it was interrupted, but the actual text - however, the first paragraph I wrote actually was about how I read some of the throne speech and promptly fell asleep, and somehow I didn’t think it would be useful for anyone.)
Why we should decriminalize prostitution (Hey! did you know that the Ontario Supreme Court is reviewing an appeal of a case the...
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“Power is shifting. New forces are coming to the fore.
“Some we will be...”
– Prime Minister Stephen Harper during a Conservative Convention 2011 Speech
I’m sorry, what is our dearest Prime Minister talking of, here? New forces? Is he referring to the nascent democracies happening in Tunisia, Egypt and hopefully, soon, others? If so, why? What risks, precisely is...
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Oooooh.
I gotta click the THING And then it pops up all nice and compacted for me.
Ahem. Too bad I noticed that AFTER I went: AAAAAUUUUUUGHHHH all up in Tumblr’s support email.
You think I’ll be able to convince them I’m actually tech-savvy (no, really, that’s what my “career” is) and they totally want to hire me some day?
No?
Woe.
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Uhm.
Dear Tumblr,
while I like the new message feature, and seems very pretty (SEND ME MESSAGES SOMEONE SO I CAN USE IT), you know what I really really liked? Seeing both my blogs on the top of the menu.
Yeah. I’m pretty sure this is a bug. Can we fix, please and thank you?
Kisses!
Mei
ETA: Never mind. Nothing to see here.
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Harper Government Receives Diplomatic Spanking... →
OTTAWA — Foreign diplomats bombarded Canadian climate change negotiators with questions Thursday in Bonn, Germany, as they challenged the Harper government’s transparency and policies to fight global warming.
In the wake of media coverage highlighting missing and conflicting information in an Environment Canada submission to the United Nations, officials from Australia, China, Lebanon,...
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Now, Having Posted This Latest Political Cartoon
I feel like I should say something about Anthony Weiner and the whole … weinergate thing.
I hope, to be honest (and I say this after perpetuating it myself, but you know) that this dies down for him soon. I one hundred percent do not believe that he should resign, and frankly, I think the people calling for his resignation should get the hell off their high horses.
I don’t believe...
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“In that case, when the cost of sex is very low, as it is today, the derived...”
– Thriving in a sexual economy, Vancouver Sun
The good people at Postmedia News are really killing it with the “WTF are you talking about” content today.
(via lawschooled)
Oh, good, Vancouver’s paper of record now accepts guest editorials from something called the Institute of Marriage and Family...
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“There was a bill read to give dower rights to men, and the leader of the...”
– “The Play”
Nellie McClung, Purple Springs
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DEAR TUMBLR
EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY, I SWEAR. DEEP BREATHS.
Love,
Mei
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Canada Pledges $5 Million to Fight Drug Crime in... →
The Canadian government is stepping up aid packages to help fight destabilizing crime in Latin America and the Caribbean, but is warning that radical suggestions like legalizing drugs are no easy solutions.
At the annual general meeting of the Organization of American States in El Salvador, nations have once again focused official talks on combating organized crime that is destabilizing...
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nomoremicrophones asked: I'll try to look it up - I think the Ontario Court of Appeal decision the Supreme Court overturned provides a very different perspective on the case - if it's the one I'm thinking of.
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m1chaelll-deactivated20111228 asked: in your budget 2011 post, you called Scott Brison an NDP, but he's actually Liberal!
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“Supreme Court of Canada Justice Morris Fish registered crisp disapproval last...”
– This is in reference to a Supreme Court of Canada ruling that unconscious persons cannot give consent to sexual activity. Apparently, this motherfucker here thinks that’s creating some kind of slippery slope. Ugh. (via jakke)
(Triggerwarning my comments - abortion, rape) You know - there are...
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Budget 2011
So the budget, much like the Throne speech (Senate Page notwithstanding) was not particularly shocking or surprising. There were the requisite digs about the Conservative’s new majority and that this is a repetition of nearly the same budget that was tabled in March.
The budget purports to continue the economic growth that Canada has enjoyed and work toward closing the deficit by year...
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Well.
I was going to maybe do some live blogging of the question/answer period about the Budget. However, in my efforts, I realized it can be summarized thus:
Opposition [Liberal or NDP]:
Why are you [not doing this/doing this in this way - cutting taxes, leaving out low income Canadians in tax breaks, etc].
Minister of Finance:
On May 2nd, Canadians voted and we won, and this is what they voted...
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“As I was saying on March 22nd…”
– Jim Flaherty opens his presentation of the 2011 Budget
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Amanda Lies - Mark Bragg - The Reckless Kind
When...
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“Canada needs an Arab Spring”
– Brigette Marcelle DePape.
No. Canada does not need an Arab spring. We are not Libya. We are not Bahrain or Syria. The very fact that you were able to publicly non-violently protest the sitting Prime Minister on the senate floor speaks very much to how very different our countries are.
This...
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US Joins Canada in Boycott of UN Racism Summit →
WASHINGTON - The United States will not participate in the Durban III UN summit on racism in September this year, which commemorates ten years since the controversial 2001 Durban Declaration conference, officials confirmed Friday.
“We will not participate in the Durban commemoration. In December, we voted against the resolution establishing this event because we believe the Durban...
