Sooey Says

Hey - all these arguments about privatization point to one fact: our governments clearly don't direct enough of our tax dollars to providing both quantity and quality healthcare for Canadian citizens. Smarten up you cheap incompetent bastards!

Posted by Sooey at 07:30 AM | Permalink

Shorter Peter Van Loan on crime: We need harsher penalities for killing girls and women when it's because of "fill in Muslim excuse here" than when it's because of "fill in non-Muslim excuse here". Which somehow sounds like Peter Van Loan thinks it's worse when Muslim men kill girls and women than when... say... guys who share Peter Van Loan's... uh... "family values" kill girls and women. Or am I missing something here?

Posted by Sooey at 10:04 PM | Permalink

Aha - I finally get it! Western Conservative men want Feminists to hate Muslim men as much as they do in order to prove how much we care about Muslim women!

Posted by Sooey at 05:36 PM | Permalink

RobertFulfordLiesHere

Seriously, what is his point, do you think, and why is this anti-Feminist propaganda regularly popping up in mainstream Canadian newspapers?

Posted by Sooey at 10:12 PM | Permalink

Why, of course the recession is over. But in the wonderful world of Mark Carney, had it ever really started?

Posted by Sooey at 10:50 AM | Permalink

I guess in backward patriarchal theocracies, men get away with murder, as long as the victim is female, but why has the Canadian media imported the expression "honour killing" to excuse Muslim men of first degree murder? It's as if the press is saying it's less of an offence when Muslim women are murdered by Muslim men - in Canada - than when Christian women are murdered by Christian men - in Canada.

Of course, it's a slippery slope, as they say, and domestic murders of women by men are generally tainted in the media by some version of "she must have asked for it" - the taint coming via Conservative punditry, of course. Although, it's no longer legal in this country to be raped by our husbands so I guess we can thank Conservatives in government for not... oh wait... it was a Liberal government that made marital rape illegal - in 1983.

Nevermind.

Anyway, I'm just not sure why the Canadian media thinks the murders of some Canadian women are honourable. It seems kind of backward and patriarchal, if you ask me.

Posted by Sooey at 08:59 AM | Permalink

Why is the expression always "women and children"? Women are nothing like children. Men, on the other hand...

Posted by Sooey at 09:01 PM | Permalink

It's amusing to me how often Rightwingers on the Internet claim that the real reason its New Conservative government is making a right royal hash of governing is because it's not Conservative enough.

True in one sense, I guess. At least if the New Conservative government had governed conservatively and not done much of anything, but rather, stayed the good-old-fashioned Canadian course, we wouldn't be living in one big fat unfunctioning ideologically driven mess of a country right now.

Posted by Sooey at 12:47 PM | Permalink

Okay. So obviously, Shona Holmes is a pitch person for corporate healthcare. But why is it that we never hear the New Conservative Government of Canada standing up for our publicly funded healthcare system? And why isn't the corporate media all over them like a cheap suit for it?

Oh yeah - I keep forgetting - we've got corporate government and corporate media working together against socialism, the big bad bogeyman of Liberal and Conservative politics.

You know, anybody who knows anything in Ottawa knows that this government has been systematically destroying the federal government from within. It'd be nice if these New Conservative traitors were called to account someday. It'd be even nicer if we had a media to do it.

Posted by Sooey at 07:27 AM | Permalink

AndGetsSnarkedAlive

As publisher John Cruickshank told several readers this week: "It creates confusion about how committed we are to the truth and gets imbued with too much seriousness because we are the Star."

And then he got his ass kicked?

"What we're discovering is that as we try to broaden our online audience beyond a subculture that writes and reads by its own set of rules, the new readers expect us to adhere to the same ethical and professional code as we do in print."

Omigawd, please let your next sentence be: "And then he got his ass kicked".

Call me earnest. Call me an idealist. In a world of change, these ethical standards are our constant.

Oh, well, actually, those weren't either of the names I had in mind. But say, could you end your next apology with, "And then John Cruickshank got his ass kicked for being a pompous drool fart"? Thanks.

Signed

New Reader

Posted by Sooey at 10:49 PM | Permalink

Gee, if you have to go looking for it, maybe anti-semitism is not really the most pressing issue of the Canadian day. Whatever. The Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Antisemitism is all set to conduct a national inquiry into anti-semitism in Canada: We're All Israelis Now

While accusations of blood libel, or petty vandalism are still issues for the Jewish community, new fears have arisen especially for those who support the State of Israel.

Uh... fears that you might be supporting a country that is oppressing an occupied people? Just kidding, just kidding. *{{{Hugs Israel}}}

But back to the search for anti-semitism in Canada - I suggest the coalition start the hunt in the backyard of the Old Reform/New Conservative Party of Canada:

AlbertaBound

*Official anti-semitism disclaimer

Posted by Sooey at 09:05 PM | Permalink

The government can dress it up any way it wants, but the Roma are being persecuted in Europe and we're effectively denying them entry to Canada, which is exactly what we did to the Jews of Europe in the 30s and 40s. Thanks to Jason Kenney, we're all Nazis now.

Posted by Sooey at 07:19 AM | Permalink

... Fox.

Posted by Sooey at 06:54 PM | Permalink

Apparently, Hamas is becoming increasingly Islamist - particularly in its oppression of Palestinian women, who probably don't need any more oppression right now. So, I think, instead of waiting until Hamas becomes a full blown Taliban, which I'm surprised it hasn't already, we invade Gaza now to secure freedom, such as it is trapped behind "the happy fun wall" as it is now portrayed in Israeli popular culture, for the Palestinian women and girls of Gaza. I mean, maybe we could even get Israel to help us out. Afterall, it's sittin' right there, knows the area, has an army at the ready. Hey - I think I've found our next mission!

Posted by Sooey at 07:24 AM | Permalink

First, there was the Gay Pride Parade.
Then there was a group called "Queers Against Israeli Apartheid". (Hunh?! Sex and politics in one parade?!)
Which got Bernie Farber's (Head Gay, Er, Guy at the Canadian Jewish Congress) knickers in a twist (because nothing gets Bernie Farber's knickers in a twist, like the two words "Israeli" and "Apartheid" used together to say "Israeli Apartheid").
So, next thing you know, Bernie's marching in the Gay Pride Parade with the hastily convened "Queers Against Queers Against Israeli Apartheid" contingent, or somesuch. And for some reason, Bernie Farber chooses to march in the Gay Pride Parade wearing a tee-shirt that proudly proclaims in Hebrew (ooh... kinky... but discreet, a most unlikely combo in the Gay Pride Parade) "Nobody Knows I'm Gay".
Uh, okay. Nobody really cares, either, but... uh... does your wife know?
Never one to miss a quip, out of the blue (although in the comments section of an entry in which she details the ins and outs of the whole "Queers Against Israeli Apartheid" imbroglio, which became an imbroglio because Bernie Farber tried to prevent "Queers Against Israeli Apartheid" from being allowed to march in the Gay Pride Parade), along comes Antonia Zerbisias of Broadsides:

Yes, Susan, imagine my surprise when I saw Bernie Farber identifying himself as queer by joining a pro-Israel gay rights group in the parade. Funny because I had never seen him in the march before. Funny because I didn't know he was gay.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

He even posted a picture of himself, and on Twitter wrote:

''Pride just finishe, great day to be a Jew and Zionist in Toronto
1:18 PM Jun 28th from mobile web ''

Which is pretty funny (especially for a Feminist-on-the-Left, I think). And when I read it, I knew that Antonia Zerbisias was joking about Bernie Farber being so desperate to add some corporate muscle to "Queers Against Queers Against Israeli Apartheid" that he found himself marching in the Gay Pride Parade wearing a tee-shirt proclaiming in Hebrew (heheh - gawddammit - who knew so many exhibitionists could read Hebrew?) - "Nobody Knows I'm Gay".

Now, in my opinion, all of the above is neither here nor there. Bernie Farber could be gayer'n Liberace for all anybody should care - or as straight as Cher. And he could be the Gayest Zionist or the Most Zionist Gay at the CJC, too, and it's really nobody's business but his (and whoever he's practicing safe sex with, of course). But what happened next changes everything because Kathy English, the public editor (I know - who knew?) of the Toronto Star, not only apologized for The Zerb's funny quip (which Bernie Farber SO asked for, don't you think?) but spanked her for it. And (here's the kicker) she did it because Bernie Farber demanded she do it.

Which takes us to now and the apology I demand from Kathy English, to The Zerb, for not telling Bernie Farber, instead, to "get bent"- literally, figuratively - whatever turns his crank.

Update: Apparently, "Nobody Knows I'm Gay" only looked Hebrew (er, well, I'm not sure how else to put it...) but was in English.

Posted by Sooey at 07:40 AM | Permalink

Why is the Minister of the Environment pimping for car manufacturers? I mean, shouldn't that be the job of the Industry Minister?

Posted by Sooey at 05:03 PM | Permalink

You know what we need to settle this matter once and for all?

An Exorcism.

Posted by Sooey at 12:15 PM | Permalink

In my opinion, religion is just one big-assed man-made excuse for bad behaviour, but I suppose if you're the Catholic Church and society has had a legal spotlight focused on your paedophilic priests and nazi popes for a decade or two - you'd want to remind everybody of the importance of communion wafer protocol, too.

Myself, I think the Prime Minister pocketed that communion wafer so he could put a little peanut butter on it later, maybe wash it down with a glass of milk. It doesn't matter. You know why? Because wafers are only as holy as you THINK they are.

Addendum: I wonder what the Catholic God's punishment is for lying on behalf of someone who pocketed a communion wafer instead of eating it - eh, PMO? (And who knows what kind of sacrilege the PM got up to with that wafer once he was safely out of the Catholic God's house and back at 24 Sussex Drive.) I bet it's burning in hell for all of eternity. Haha, fartcatchers.

Posted by Sooey at 07:34 AM | Permalink

No offence to all those grieving nutcases out there, but wasn't Michael Jackson last seen alive WEARING A BURKA IN SAUDI ARABIA?! I mean, ferchrissakes people. Get a grip.

Although, to be fair, I suppose it's possible that millions of Earthlings doing the moonwalk has spared us further attempts by NASA to have us walking on the moon.

Gawd. The moon. How over-rated did the moon turn out to be, eh?

Posted by Sooey at 07:16 AM | Permalink

How can we miss you if you won't go away?

Posted by Sooey at 08:55 PM | Permalink

... Quite like a car alarm does?

Just so you know, yuppie scum, whenever I hear your car alarm go off parked somewhere on my street, I just sit on my balcony hoping it's somebody actually stealing your car.

Posted by Sooey at 06:44 PM | Permalink

Fuck Canada Day!

Haha! Just kidding - I'm white. So don't put me on a no-fly list, please, Big Canadian Brother Government. Although, I guess you can read my personal email, since it mostly says, "get me a job you useless tit dumbass incompetent corrupt bunch o' fuckfaces!" But speaking of fucking Canada Day, isn't that what Dominionists and Monarch Leagueists and crazy old Yankee lovin' Conservatives say every year? And don't they pretty much live the Fuck Canada Day lifestyle? I mean, isn't hanging out a Union Jack or an American flag a bigger Fuck U Canada than Fuck Canada Day? And isn't sitting in maudlin reverie about the good ol' days of British rule or armchair warrioring the modern days of American raping and pillaging also a Fuck Canada Day every day kind of existence? Cripes, isn't signing Free Trade deals and agreeing to Security and Prosperity partnerships the biggest possible Fuck Canada Day imaginable? Especially since the country we've signed both with routinely breaks its word and has no moral difficulty in invading sovereign countries resulting in the indiscriminate killing of foreign civilians, setting up torture prisons in contravention of the Geneva Convention, and executing its own citizens - all the while invoking a Christian God as its rationale. I mean, c'mon - who's kidding whom here.

Oh wait, those ol' Fuck Canada Dayers are white, too. Nevermind.

OhMyOmar

Posted by Sooey at 08:47 AM | Permalink