Things We Wish We Could Say Out Loud – Ghomeshi Trial

Mar 26

Things We Wish We Could Say Out Loud – Ghomeshi Trial

After reading so many articles about the misogyny inherent in the Ghomesh acquittal, here are some things I wish we could say aloud. The women WERE NOT RAPED!!!!! They were slapped around. Not nice. Not right. But not enough to go to trial over a decade later! Women ARE NOT HELPLESS INFANTS!!!!! A few slaps cannot account for major lapses in memory or untruths. If...

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Moronic Political Media, Elections are about Character

Feb 25

Moronic Political Media, Elections are about Character

Every day, on every media channel – online, newspaper, television, radio – we read the same crap from the so-called political literati. They promised this, they promised that. Perhaps it is my ongoing black cloud of anger and depression but reading Neil Macdonald’s piece of crap, “Liberals sunny on the surface, much fudgier underneath”,...

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Joining ISIS – Expected and to Some, Heroic

Dec 06

Joining ISIS – Expected and to Some, Heroic

I enjoy watching Meet the Press and other Sunday news shows. I get to see both newsmakers and talking heads filling time speaking with a stunningly America-centric view of the world. This morning, turning MTP on a bit late, Donald Trump filled the screen. The Donald was being asked about the unfortunate shooting in California and about ISIS. As he issued his stream...

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Mass Shootings in the US – Not Tragic, Just a Cost of Doing Business

Nov 29

Mass Shootings in the US – Not Tragic, Just a Cost of Doing Business

On Friday, November 27th, 2015, I was not surprised to see news of a shooting incident on progress at a Planned Parenthood location in Colorado. On December 2nd, 2 more mass shootings, including 14 dead in San Bernadino. At this time, we don’t truly know the motivation of the shooters. One was the usual hillbilly picture of a born-again Christian. The other seems to...

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