Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter, 1977 I discovered I didn’t own Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter either on LP or CD — which means I don’t know the music from it, except for anything performed live or on compilations. This means I have only my current opinions and impressions, and no earlier thoughts
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Fundamental Incompetence
All those boos this summer have gotten to Doug Ford. His government has gone back to the drawing board and is revamping its funding strategy for autistic children. And yesterday Ford’s new education minister, Stephen Lecce, announced that plans to increase class sizes and to lay off teachers would not
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Choral Interlude – Choose Something Like a Star – Randal Thompson
Wonderful song to sing. O Star (the fairest one in sight), We grant your loftiness the right To some obscurity of cloud— It will not do to say of night, Since dark is what brings out your light. Some mystery becomes the proud. But to be wholly taciturn In
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Sex comes back to Ontario.
After supporting the religious right in denouncing the recent revision to the sex curriculum in Ontario schools, the Ford regime introduced a version suspiciously similar to the previous liberal version. After juggling a few of the grades when certain subjects were taught and adding a few non-sexual topics, we found
Continue readingRegan Wolfrom: The Manitoba Liberal Party Policies: a brief guide
So I’m knocking on doors and talking to people in Elmwood, and I’m getting questions about the policies that the Manitoba Liberals are putting forward, and that are worthy of their votes. Obviously, the Manitoba Liberals website has the most up-to-date info as policies are announced during this campaign, but
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Day Andrew Scheer Revealed His Hatred For Gay People
I've tried hard to explain why I find Andrew Scheer's religious homophobia so deeply disturbing. I think it's important to do that because it explains so many things about Scheer, including his diseased hatred for Justin Trudeau.But it's not easy to portray something that ugly.Scheer knows how to hide his
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: New column day
Here, on how right-wing provincial governments across Canada are deliberately denying benefits to their constituents solely to try to avoid any credit going to the federal level in advance of this fall’s election. For further reading…– Murray Mandryk, Sarath Peiris and plenty of letter writers have already pointed out the
Continue readingThe Decarie Report: August 22: The Canadian Disaster
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/shock-denmark-greenland-cancels-visit-1.5254311 This is serious. The U.S. has a president whose ego is wildly out of control. And it can only get worse. This is a man of huge arrogance and self-worship. We’ve seen it run wild many times. Let’s get real. This man is mentally ill. He is very, very
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: We Don’t Need a Scientist; We Need a Priest
PhilosophyTube is one of my favourite channels for in-depth analysis of issues in a philosophical and comedic yet profoundly heartfelt manner. Today Ollie tackled “Climate Grief” by working through the stages of grief. It’s curious how similar it is to my previous post: “Seven Shades of Green.” In brief: 1.
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Your Ward News Sentencing Update: One Down. One to Go.
As the sentencing hearing for Your Ward News editor, James Sears, and publisher, LeRoy St. Germaine, resumed this afternoon, I started taking bets with friends about whether it would drag on longer. It was clear after my last post that Paul Fromm, if no one else, maintained his enthusiasm and
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Hate rag editor gets a year in jail
Finally. James Sears, the editor of the so-called newspaper called Your Ward News, was finally sentenced this afternoon in a Toronto courtroom to one year in jail. He’d been convicted in January of promoting hatred against Jews and women. I just did an interview with some Toronto media, and noted
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Canada Must Stop Land Fraud: Press Release of the Mohawks of Kanesatake
Photo by Jessica Deer/CBC On 21 August 2019, Ellen Gabriel and other Kanien’kéha:ka (Mohawk) of Kanehsatà:ke held a press conference in the Pines, the site of the so-called “Oka Crisis” that took place in the summer of 1990, to address the ongoing land fraud in their homelands. They are giving
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: James Sears, Editor of Racist, Antisemitic, and Misogynistic Rag "Your Ward News" Sentenced To One Year
More information will posted in another article but in the meantime here are a few reactions: James Sears, who was convicted of two counts of willfully promoting through his publication, Your Ward News has had his application to have his case reopened denied by Justice Richard Blouin. @CityNews — Adrian
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: The Life and Times of Justin Trudeau – The Long Read, The Guardian
Justin Trudeau is featured in The Guardian’s latest “Long Read.” The title – “Justin Trudeau: the rise and fall of a political brand” – has something for everyone, fan and critic alike. I won’t go into the content. Fact is I didn’t read it all. I found it pretty tedious.
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: Eight Years Ago…
In many ways, I consider myself to be very blessed and to be very fortunate. I have a loving family who I can always depend on, an amazing wife and best friend who I can’t imagine life with and a bubbly daughter who is full of life, curiosity and who
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Lungs Of The Planet Are Failing
Called “the lungs of the planet,” the Amazon rainforest is now ablaze; this year alone has thus far seen about 73,000 fires. When you consider that the rainforest provides about 20% of the world’s oxygen, the situation, compounded by all the other climate-change havoc taking place, is dire indeed. Start
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Cowardice
Two days ago, Donald Trump backed down on his pledge to legislate background checks for gun owners. Max Boot writes: What the hell is wrong with us? After every mass murder, Republicans offer lame excuses and tawdry evasions in lieu of badly needed action. They claim that it’s too soon
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Wilson-Raybould’s not a party person.
It was amusing reading Jody Wilson-Raybould’s remarks yesterday seeking to justify her running as an independent candidate. What a terrible waste of talent, tenacity and time that is! It is also an embarrassing waste of money for her and her supporters. And, if by any slim chance that she wins
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Defining Neo-Liberal Political and Economic Ideology
Know it when you see it so you can oppose it. 🙂
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