Monday, June 29, 2015

Please Advise! Too Soon for a Sinking Ship Metaphor? | The Tyee

Please Advise! Too Soon for a Sinking Ship Metaphor? | The Tyee:

[Editor's note: Steve Burgess is an accredited spin doctor with a Ph.D in Centrifugal Rhetoric from the University of SASE, situated on the lovely campus of PO Box 7650, Cayman Islands. In this space he dispenses PR advice to politicians, the rich and famous, the troubled and well-heeled, the wealthy and gullible.]

Many Theories, No Answers from BC Gov't on Health Ministry Firings | The Tyee

Many Theories, No Answers from BC Gov't on Health Ministry Firings | The Tyee:

"I don't want the truth. I want something I can tell the Parliament!" -- Cabinet Minister James Hacker in Yes Minister

Same-Sex Marriage a Civil Right? 'Vile and Disgusting' Said Harper | The Tyee

Same-Sex Marriage a Civil Right? 'Vile and Disgusting' Said Harper | The Tyee:

Okay. Here we are a dozen years later. Why hasn't Harper used the power of his majority government to bring his itched-for debate about same-sex marriage to Parliament by introducing legislation making such unions illegal again in Canada? After all, Harper has yet to proclaim that LGBT people deserve the same rights anyone else.

His zip-lipped reluctance to revive the fight probably has something to do with the fact that a strong majority of Canadians think same-sex unions should have the full legal weight of heterosexual marriages. Such support zoomed from 39 per cent in 2004 to 62 per cent in 2012, according to the polling firm Ipsos Reid.

Amazing what a civil rights struggle can accomplish, regardless of politicians who pander to a base on the wrong side of history.

Saturday, June 13, 2015

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Wednesday, June 03, 2015

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