Your tips thread for Wednesday.
(Woke up feeling pretty crappy this morning, so things may be slow for a few hours.)
55 Replies to “Reader Tips”
Barbara Kay: Michaëlle Jean shouldn’t take sides in the domestic abuse issue
Barbara Kay
By coincidence, on the very day that I published a column once again pointing out the myth of domestic violence as a one-way street of male abusers and female victims, I see in the Toronto Star that there was a conference in Kitchener, Ont., yesterday on violence against women, called “Communities Working to end Violence Against Women.” (I suppose it isn’t really a coincidence — there is probably a conference on violence against women somewhere in Canada every day of the year.)
My attention was drawn to this one because the guest of honour was the Governor-General. Michaëlle Jean said to the 1,000 people assembled that too often women don’t admit their suffering: “We don’t see them, we don’t hear them, but they are there, taking the full brunt of the abuse.”…. http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/02/27/barbara-kay-micha-235-lle-jean-shouldn-t-take-sides-in-the-domestic-abuse-issue.aspx
Avi Lewis joins al-Jazeera
This is not a joke.
via The National Post
So how does Avi go about this move anyway? Does he simply rotate his books and turn his desk toward the window?
He’s still sitting in the same cubicle, isn’t he?
In the NP article, he actually takes potshots at the CBC for kicking him to the curb. Apparently even the Ceeb has standards, will wonders never cease?
Pat
“…It’s off the twig! It’s kicked the bucket, it’s huffled off its mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin’ choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-BRITAIN!
Posted by: felis corpulentis at February 27, 2008 8:55 PM”
From memory: It did not move. It wouldn’t move if you put 3,000 volts through it!
Barbara Kay: Michaëlle Jean shouldn’t take sides in the domestic abuse issue
Barbara Kay
By coincidence, on the very day that I published a column once again pointing out the myth of domestic violence as a one-way street of male abusers and female victims, I see in the Toronto Star that there was a conference in Kitchener, Ont., yesterday on violence against women, called “Communities Working to end Violence Against Women.” (I suppose it isn’t really a coincidence — there is probably a conference on violence against women somewhere in Canada every day of the year.)
My attention was drawn to this one because the guest of honour was the Governor-General. Michaëlle Jean said to the 1,000 people assembled that too often women don’t admit their suffering: “We don’t see them, we don’t hear them, but they are there, taking the full brunt of the abuse.”….
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/02/27/barbara-kay-micha-235-lle-jean-shouldn-t-take-sides-in-the-domestic-abuse-issue.aspx
Avi Lewis joins al-Jazeera
This is not a joke.
via The National Post
So how does Avi go about this move anyway? Does he simply rotate his books and turn his desk toward the window?
He’s still sitting in the same cubicle, isn’t he?
In the NP article, he actually takes potshots at the CBC for kicking him to the curb. Apparently even the Ceeb has standards, will wonders never cease?
Pat
“…It’s off the twig! It’s kicked the bucket, it’s huffled off its mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin’ choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-BRITAIN!
Posted by: felis corpulentis at February 27, 2008 8:55 PM”
From memory: It did not move. It wouldn’t move if you put 3,000 volts through it!