Not Rex
The Not Rex Murphy ChannelNot Rex: Free Hundert, bust Bubbles
This week Not Rex, Humberto DaSilva, argues that by criminalizing activists like Alex Hundert and others as dangerous subversives, law enforcers are justifying the massive costs of brutality on Toronto's streets during the G20 summit. Similarly, democratic dissent by anti-war and pro-Palestinian activists is also being stifled by associating their actions with terrorism.
Not Rex: LGBT youth and the politics of 'it gets better'
When your conception of queer community includes both those most comfortable and those most marginalized, what does it mean to tell queer youth "it gets better"? That's a conversation worth having, says Shawn Syms (@shawnsyms) as Not Rex this week.
Not Rex: Election in Hogtown
Ford, Smitherman, Pantalone, Rossi? Who to vote for? Not Rex's Humberto DaSilva laments his options for Toronto's next mayor.
Not Rex: French citizens demand a new deal
The people of Europe are demanding a new deal -- to create jobs, reports Humberto DaSilva, from Paris. On Wednesday, the European Trade Union Confederation staged a protest in Brussels and strikes across Europe.
Not Rex: Protests and the rise of the bubble
This week on Not Rex, Muriel Wiens takes a look at the rise of the bubble -- at protests, in politics and online.
Not Rex: Spend my tax dollars on heroin, please
There's a lot of hot air circulating these days about taxpayers having no voice and getting no respect. Taxpayer and Not Rex, Shawn Syms, tells you what he'd like his money spent on. Heroin. Pharmaceutical-grade heroin for chronic opiate addicts for whom other forms of treatment have failed.
Not Rex: Fox hunt north
Humberto DaSilva takes a shot at Fox News North and plans to can the long gun registry.
Not Rex: The long and the short - census, guns and more
Lalo Espejo is back as Not Rex! In this week's episode Lalo looks at why debates over the long-gun registry, the long-form census and long-range fighter jets led to a summer of longing for a return to reason.
Not Rex: The future of Canadian food security
On this week's Not Rex, Humberto DaSilva, chews on the future of food and inaction by Canadian regulators. Potential outcomes? Food shortages and...cannibalism?!
Not Rex: Terrorists, traffickers and Tamil Tigers? Oh my...
Shawn Syms, this week's Not Rex, asks: what can be done about Public Safety Minister Vic Toews' irrational fear of boats?
Toews insists the MV Sun Sea, which arrived on the B.C. coast last Thursday carrying just under 500 Tamil refugee claimants, is full of terrorists and human smugglers. But neither recent history nor reliable intelligence seem to back up his claims.