Sentences with phrase «ms soapbox»

The recent media frenzy generated by Tim Hortons» decision to pull the Enbridge ads off their in - store Tims TV monitors almost drove Ms Soapbox to drink (G&T s not Tims double double).

Ms Soapbox was trolling through Hansard searching for signs of intelligent life under the Dome when she discovered (sandwiched between the Wildrose Opposition's accusation that the Premier appointed a Soviet - era communist to serve as her deputy chief of staff and the NDP MLA for Edmonton - Ellerslie admires «the worst leftist dictators») a few glimmers of wit....

Yesterday, Ms Soapbox and a friend judged the final round in the Sir Winston Churchill High School Debate Competition.

Ms Soapbox has the flu and missed Thanksgiving dinner last night with her family and friends.

But even in her foggy state of mind Ms Soapbox couldn't help but notice that Mr Trump is a peevish, unapologetic lout.

«I know the math is difficult...» Jim Prentice to Rachel Notley during the Leaders Debate Apr 23, 2015 Ms Soapbox doesn't like math.

Many Albertans, including Ms Soapbox, are over the moon.

When Rick Fraser and Stephen Mandel, two former Progressive Conservatives, entered the AP leadership race, Ms Soapbox wondered... Continue reading →

When Greg Clark stepped down as the leader of the Alberta Party Ms Soapbox wondered whether the party had lost its mind.

Ms Soapbox's plane got in late last night.

Yesterday, Ms Soapbox and a friend judged the final round in the Sir Winston Churchill High School Debate Competition.

Ms Soapbox spent the afternoon in an overheated community hall listening to Jason Kenney (UCP), Dr Philip van der Merwe (NDP), Romy Titte (Green Party), Wayne Leslie (Independent), and David Khan (Liberal) tell us why they were the best candidate... Continue reading →

Let's hope mainstream media finally starts to underscore this abuse in the same manner that Ms Soapbox does every week in her blog.

Ms Soapbox is grateful to Ezra Levant (and that's not an easy thing to say).

Ms Soapbox doesn't like math.

I realize that this isn't really a «first thing,» nor is it my first thought on the subject, but this is my soapbox and you are my captive audience, so here goes.

Here's my soapbox since I'm a lover of good stuff including virgin coconut oil.

It was a soapbox for the 21st Century.

All that's missing is a soapbox.

That's my soapbox for today.

Now don't get me started on people having an opinion on whether or not some women choose to wear or not wear a bra (that's another soapbox for another day).

It needn't have been a soapbox, but all the same the subject matter surely lends itself to some sort of debate... Writer / director Mitchell Lichtenstein also falls into the trap of giving Dawn an easy way out, as so many of the men in the film seem to be almost cartoonishly evil.

Your BOOK is your soapbox.

This was 1973, the chair was his soapbox, and I, a cowering student, was his only audience.

The dinner table is his soapbox; family is his captive audience; and holidays are the main event.

I began working in the bike biz later that year and the blog has since shifted to be my soapbox for anything bike.

Drives me nuts when people start quoting «resume rules»... but that's a soapbox for another day.

Not exact matches

What we're doing is flattening organizations: SoapBox lets all employees submit ideas for making or saving money, for changes they'd like to see in the company or for ways to improve the customer or employee experience.

If you launch something like SoapBox — even if it's just an email address for ideas — you need to respond to the community.

We had trepidations at first, not wanting people to think that we were standing on our soapbox.

In 2012 the co-founder and CEO of Rockville, Md. - based SoapBox Soaps was demonstrating the product in a Whole Foods in Ohio when a woman approached him.

Though I won't get back on my soapbox, I will say that our problem is not without its consequences.

At a time when any small change to our familiar and much - loved digital landscapes prompts thought pieces and 140 - character soapboxes, we're finding newer ways to express ourselves.

Saint Elizabeth was also the first healthcare organization to implement SoapBox, an employee idea platform and Canadian startup that has received support through MaRS Venture Services and MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund.

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The Soapbox family celebrated Canada Day at Olympic Plaza trying to dislodge a Big Red Ball wedged between some girders, admiring children's art work (our favourite was a mask... Continue reading →

I read the piece by Jean in the Herald and was appalled at the half - truths, misleading statements, and lies as Ms. Soapbox elucidates so well.

Liberal candidate Susan Wright placed fourth with 1,519 votes, leading many of Mr. Clark's supporters to lament the vote split among the two centrist opposition parties (Ms. Wright, aka Susan on the Soapbox, is supporting the NDP in the 2015 election).

When Mr Soapbox worked for the municipal government years ago, he was told that the reason why he was paid less than the private sector was because a government job was secure and had less risk... then they laid off 40 % of his department.

She is stepping on this child's back like a soapbox to advance her own confused worldview.

Everybody here is on a soapbox for some cause or another.

Tom, Tom, you sound like a preacher in the way you are ardently, rather, RELIGIOUSLY soapboxing.

So, until you are willing to condemn the child's family members, his or her teachers, and his or her sports coaches, get off the soapbox and stop pretending that clergy members are somehow more likely than average to abuse kids.

Fine... no one is suggesting you be silent... freedom of speech insures you can stand on your soapbox all day long and shout your ideas of values to the masses... however... attempting the legislate them into law and force others to live by your ideals... THATS UNAMERICAN!

I know that I've shifted in what I blog over the years — less blogging about my tinies experiences / lives, for instance, less burn - down - the - Internet soapbox rants, less day - in - the - life blogging with simple stories from daily life — but that means that when I do write, it's with more thoughtfulness and intention, I hope.

I thought of that this morning when I sat down at the computer to blog about the past week or two because I don't have any manifestos or soapbox rants right now, I don't have any thing worth «sharing» with your Facebook friends or pinning on Pinterest, it's a little story of our family's days the past while here.

Treat others as you want to be treated and don't cast stones, lessons most christians seem to forget from their soapbox.

I remain wary and yet here I am with a broad brush and a soapbox: this way of treating each other — violence, dominance, bondage, abuse, exploitation — is wrong.

Though there does seem to be a lot of incivility in politics, and no limit to the various soapboxes from which extreme views can be heard, Buchanan, North and others all ran losing campaigns.

Often they are speaking from their moral anchor, which motivates them to step up onto their soapbox.