Jack's Dream

This song comes from Jacks words in his letter to Canadians.

Its a State Funeral

Jack died 22 hours ago.  Like many I was stunned.  I thought I had prepared for the news I knew in my heart it would likely come soon.I had my fingers crossed, I guess I wanted him back soon

He was an original. He was there for all of us. A man who practised what he preached.  A recurring theme from folks in other political parties today was that Jack would fight hard on something, but he was always approachable.

Maybe the reason Jack has a State Funeral is that Prime Minister Stephen Harper could see it would be just wrong not to have one.  Jack will be the first leader of the opposition to be granted a state funeral.








Jack and Olivia have one more public event to get through. And so do we.


Here is a link to those who have received State Funerals.

Asbestos is wrong, Even a Widow knows its true

If you feel the Government of Canada's support for exporting Asbestos is wrong, and you support the work of Michaela Keyserlingk. She is the widow who lost her husband to Cancer caused by Asbestos. Go here and get a badge like I have at the top of my sidebar! Like Alison says, sign this petition.

Get the badge and info here.

mob of flower wielding men

Flower power got two gay men released from jail in 1968.  The Los Angeles police vice squad arrested two men in the Wilmington Gay bar in August 1968.  The police witnessed a patron slap another patron on the rear end. Apparently this was against the law in that city in 1968 unless you happened to be the other patrons father.  Then you could beat the crap out of him if he was under 21.

The owner of the bar was quite pissed off.  He rallied the men in the bar to take action.  Lee Glaze the bar's owner asked if there was a florist in the bar.  A man stuck his hand up. Glaze told him to go to his shop and bring all the flowers to the bar.

With flowers in hand the men marched to the LAPD station that was holding the two men arrested earlier.  "We're here to get our sisters out!" said Glaze.  The station had never been confronted with a mob of flower wielding men before.  The two men were released on bail.

This little footnote in gay history and the struggle for equal rights was recently recognized by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, when they bestowed "sainthood" upon Mr. Glaze. 

Its the actions of many, big or small, that set us apart, that set us free.

See LA Times story here

Hidden message on a shirt

Look out tea party homophobes!  This could happen to you .



A German group has taken new tech printing on t-shirts to a new level.  The group handed out free t-shirts to a gathering of 600 skinheads.  The t-shirts had a shull and crossbones image and the wording "Rebels Forever."

The t-shirts when washed saw the image fade and a new message appear.  The new message, "What happened to your shirt can happen to you. We can help you break with right-wing extremism."

The group (Exit Deutschland) that distributed the t-shirts works helps young people transition out of militant right-wing lifestyles.


Can you imagine the horror of some tea baggers?  As the image fades and the message is "you wore a t-shirt made by a fag," or "celebrate gay pride".  The possibilities are too rich.  I would love to make up this kind of product to hand out to the young Conservatives in Canada!

Take out six Wisconsin Senators today!

Wisconsin voters go to the polls Tuesday to recall six Republican state Senators.

The Wisconsin State AFL-CIO lists some of the dirty tricks perpetrated by the right wing and allies of Gov Scott Walker and his rich buddies the KOCH Brothers1

• Americans for Prosperity sending absentee ballot mailings with the incorrect election date.

• Right to Life handing out monetary gifts to their volunteers based on how many absentee ballots they can obtain completed for their candidates. State law prohibits giving anything of value to any voter “or any other person” to induce someone to vote.

• A right-wing third party “election bullying” scheme training poll volunteers with incorrect information on how to challenge voters at polling places, which could lead to intimidation at the ballot box.

Elections today will be held in these six districts...

• District 2: Sen. Robert Cowles (R) vs. Nancy Nusbaum (D)
• District 8: Sen. Alberta Darling (R) vs. Rep. Sandy Pasch (D)
• District 10: Sen. Sheila Harsdorf (R) vs. Shelly Moore (D)
• District 14: Sen. Luther Olsen (R) vs. Rep. Fred Clark (D)
• District 18: Sen. Randy Hopper (R) vs. Jessica King (D)
• District 32: Sen. Dan Kapanke (R) vs. Rep. Jennifer Shilling (D)

Not sure where to vote or what you may need to have with you too vote.  Do not use information supplied to you from people you do not know or trust. (See dirty tricks above.)  Go to the Wisconsin Government site for Voter Access.  https://vpa.wi.gov/

Dr. Dawg calls for a Posse

A canadian blogger was recently successfully sued for libel. You can read all about the case here.  Now you know it had to be bad when you see what has been written on blogs across the country.  Still, Patrick Ross has run for cover, likely hiding out in Northern Alberta or Saskatchewan.

You can read all about this on Dr. Dawg's Blog, Where, oh where, is Patrick Ross?

It was 1976 - A British Columbia Court dismisses the appeal of the Vancouver Sun against a decision of the Canadian Human Rights Commission's board of inquiry that found the paper discriminated by not publishing an ad from Gay rights group GATE.

The ad that the Vancouver Sun thought would offend its readers was...

“Subscription to Gay Tide, gay lib paper. $1.00 for 6 issues. 2146 Yew St., Vancouver."

The group would not have been successful were it not for a change in the BC Human Rights Code, made by the NDP government led by Premier Dave Barrett.   

"The legislation would set a new standard in Canadian human rights law with a new section prohibiting discrimination on the basis of “reasonable cause." Other human rights laws banned discrimination on the basis of certain grounds, such as race. However, the 1974 British Columbia Human Rights Code banned all forms of discrimination unless the action could be justified on the basis of reasonable grounds. This new legislation would open the door to precedents in areas such as sexual harassment, pregnancy, and sexual orientation." - Canada's Human Rights History