This isn’t a popular opinion, but I’m just going to say it: let’s just forget about her. She isn’t worth anyone’s time or attention. She obviously has some psychological issues which has caused her to want to escape her identity and deny her racial heritage. She deserves to be called out for taking positions and…

He’s doing ok, but people are pissed at him for backing out of unrealistic promises he made during the campaign. His party is and always has been centrist, which is far to the left of what Americans would recognize as centrist. A lot of the really pissed off people are supporters of the NDP party who voted liberal the…

Enough public pressure may get his ass removed or get him barred from hearing future rape cases.

Great fucking question! 

Question: do you have a uterus? I’m asking because the mechanics of this seem pretty straightforward to most people on here with uteri. You need something thin and long that will penetrate the cervix to break the waters and induce a miscarriage. During labour, if you have your waters broken, they use an implement that…

You cannot work your way out of poverty in this day and age - it just isn’t possible. Corporations are ruining the economy. They have transformed the economy into something that works against human interests. People are more concerned about economic growth than sustainability, more concerned about maintaining low…

I fell on my way in to work this morning. There’s a nice layer of ice under everything. By the way, this street is really steep. The camera angles make it look almost flat, but it’s not.

it really is odd how trump supporters appear to romanticize authoritarian dictatorships. I wonder if the tendency towards puritanical sexual repression in conservative American culture is contributing to all of this. Seems like their channeling their sexual frustration into a kind of fetishization of patriotism. …

Framing her complaint as - this is what a “liberal snowflake” would say - is the equivalent of asking advice about an embarrassing problem and framing it as “I have this friend who... what should they do?” Honey, it doesn’t matter if a liberal snowflake would whine about being edited, you just whined about your…

They’ll have at all ways, please and thank you. They think truth is whatever they choose it to be. Everything is open to interpretation. Really, they’re incredibly post-modern.

Now I see, we Jews have been doing this all wrong! For decades we’ve been saying “never forget” when it comes to the holocaust and this is why nazism persists. Really, we should have been saying “just forget” because burying our heads in the sand is always the best approach! Just stick your fingers in your ears and…

Where did it state the model is POC? The article(s) identifies the model as white and the model describes herself as “white passing” which could be code for mixed-race but I couldn’t find any corroboration of that in her own words. Unfortunately, we have no way of knowing what the precise instructions of the magazine…

The magazine really shouldn’t have to do more than put out a request to agencies for photos of black or mixed race women with hair and expect that they’ll receive photos of POC women with hair. If a magazine requests photos of white women with straight hair, I’m pretty sure they’ll get what they asked for. What we…

I like humour in advertising. Taylor Swift talking us through selecting a playlist was pretty pathetic though.

Thanks for reporting on this story. Our CanLit elites have a significant problem with entitlement. Basically, they can’t begin to imagine that one of their noble ilk could possibly be guilty of anything as vulgar as sexual assault. Sexual assault is something that only happens today in the pages of their novels, as…

No, you were suggesting that Canada has done shit-all relative to the US or UK. And now you’re denying that’s what you said because apparently it’s better to accuse other people of misinterpreting your very clear statements than to just admit that what you don’t know anything about Canada’s international contributions…

Learn some history. Imperialism doesn’t end conflicts, it creates them. Also, learn some geography. Canada’s economy is deeply dependent on its trade relations with the US and its global partners, we are far from isolationist. Apparently, you think that Canada needs to step in and fill America’s shoes because we…

How exactly have we not been an example to the US or the world? You think Canada has no international commitments, we just sit at home and stare at moose and polar bears all day long?

In that case, we really don’t want anything to do with taking over the “responsibilities” of either the US or the UK, which have always been to serve their own self-interest and maintain their status as superpowers. Canada does not see itself as an imperial superpower. When a Caribbean island said it wanted to join…

Liberalism as a political philosophy certainly makes space for Merkle. Progressive liberal or socialist liberal, perhaps not.