Sister Sage's Musings » Brigitte DePape http://sistersagesmusings.ca Center-left blog from Canadians across the country and beyond Wed, 26 Jun 2013 03:36:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 Brigette DePape, iconic images, and Occupy http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/10/28/10579/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/10/28/10579/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:15:52 +0000 Jymn http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=10579

While establishment journalists muck around in muddy waders searching for a clue about the Occupy movement, condescending in their attitudes because they do not understand, I look back on perhaps a bit of the genesis of our Canadian versions of Occupy.

Brigette DePape.

Like the Occupy movement itself, Brigette’s action and . . . → Read More: Brigette DePape, iconic images, and Occupy]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/10/28/10579/feed/ 1 Jack Layton, Just Like the Rest of ‘em http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/06/05/jack-layton-just-like-the-rest-of-em/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/06/05/jack-layton-just-like-the-rest-of-em/#comments Sun, 05 Jun 2011 15:23:27 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=8147 Jack Layton just finished telling Craig Oliver that he thought what young Brigitte DePape did was wrong. He basically said that while he and the rest of ‘em are striving for that all polite decorum, she was disrespectful. Like Carolynn Bennett and Dizzy Miss Lizzy, ol’ Jack basically said that while he is just . . . → Read More: Jack Layton, Just Like the Rest of ‘em]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/06/05/jack-layton-just-like-the-rest-of-em/feed/ 13 Dizzy Miss Lizzy Now Just Part of The Establishment Woodwork, Along With Senator Porky Puffy Duffy http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/06/04/dizzy-miss-lizzy-now-just-part-of-the-establishment-woodwork-along-with-senator-porky-puffy-duffy/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/06/04/dizzy-miss-lizzy-now-just-part-of-the-establishment-woodwork-along-with-senator-porky-puffy-duffy/#comments Sat, 04 Jun 2011 17:59:12 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=8135 Various reactions to the highlights of the throne speech show in the form of  ex-senate page’s  Brigitte Depape’s protest in the middle of the floor, flashing her “Stop Harper” sign (see more details from Jymn’s post) yesterday had the usual reactions and  yielded a few surprises.

First from Senator Porky Puffy Duffy, who seems . . . → Read More: Dizzy Miss Lizzy Now Just Part of The Establishment Woodwork, Along With Senator Porky Puffy Duffy]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/06/04/dizzy-miss-lizzy-now-just-part-of-the-establishment-woodwork-along-with-senator-porky-puffy-duffy/feed/ 6