A few days ago, Margaret Atwood put out a tweet (now it has 140,000 “likes”) about how America turned itself into The Handmaid’s Tail world because people couldn’t get over high gas prices. And in response I posted one of the “But Her Emails” memes, this one based on McCarthy’s
Continue readingIN-SIGHTS: Foundation of lies and misinformation supports the Horgan-Clark boondoggle
BC Hydro sought environmental approval for construction of Site C in 2011. In that year, global wind power capacity was 238 gigawatts. While construction of BC’s controversial hydropower project dragged on, worldwide capacity for wind power reached 837 GW in 2021. If Site C suffers no further delays in its
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Danny Altmann discusses how infection with COVID-19 tends to produce weakness and long-term illness rather than immunity, while Tom Livingstone likewise notes that reinfection is worse than previously assumed. Hanna Geissler reports on the warning from experts that we’re looking at another new
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: Covid and Climate Change: Similar Rationalizations, Different Intensity
I was searching through YouTube looking for things to include in my career retrospective, mainly looking for a clip of an old CKCO show, What’s Your Point/The Final Round, from March 28, 2009, filmed at my school. Four teachers were set up to argue on various random issues, and Brent
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Freedom’s Cost
Americans are a strange and contradictory lot, to put it mildly. They claim (not unlike a certain candidate running for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada), to love freedom, yet that love of freedom clearly has its limits. For example, many of them exult in the recent decision
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Nepotism?
A week ago, Doug Ford introduced his new cabinet. And, lo and behold, his nephew, Michael has a seat at the table. Marcus Gee writes: Mr. Ford and his nephew, Michael Ford, insist there is nothing untoward in this. No, no, no. All perfectly fine. Though Michael has just been
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay : Is Trudeau Sliding to Anonymity?
Watching the TV clips of prime minister Justin Trudeau’s recent travels, you have to wonder what good they are doing. His hobnobbing with the elites of the Commonwealth and the G7 is not solving Canada’s problems with inflation. We are not hearing better news from Ukraine. He appears to lack
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Canada Day Part Deux
Here, I think, is the last and best word on the Convoy, from Scrimshaw tonight: "The Convoy’s a disgrace. It’s also a walking advertisement for hatred, bigotry, and indifference towards your fellow man, all things that Conservatives usually strive to avoid looking like."Me on Convoy 2.0 and the future of
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Musical interlude
The Knocks feat. Donna Missal – Bang Bang
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Happy Canada Day, eh
Weslemkoon fireworks! pic.twitter.com/BWPYt1o8EC — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) July 2, 2022
Continue readingIn This Corner: A Canadian quiz for our delicate times
Happy 115th birthday, Canada! To quote from the great Russian philosopher, Yakov Smirnoff, what a country! In honour of the birthday of this semi-great dominion (I’m sorry, is the term ‘dominion’ considered offensive today?), I present for your edification and enlightenment the utter unofficial All-Canadian Quiz. Please note that the
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CANADA DAY pic.twitter.com/dqGN87Fc1P — Brittlestar (@brittlestar) June 30, 2022 Love this classic "I Am Canadian" rant! 🇨🇦👍🍁 #IAMCanadian https://t.co/GoXPPde6wZ — Canuckle (@CanuckleGame) July 1, 2022 Happy Canada Day from Ottawa!Final rehearsal with my team last night! #CanadaDay #CanadaDay2022 pic.twitter.com/B4vvjLst9k — Gurdeep Pandher of the Yukon (@GurdeepPandher) July 1, 2022 Happy
Continue readingScripturient: Berman Flails Over Jurisdictions
Sure, most Canadians are appalled at the recent decisions by the Talibangelists on the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS), and the loss of rights and freedoms their overturning Roe v. Wade represents to women. But aside from never voting for Conservatives to avoid the same thing happening here, what can Canadians
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Happy Canada Day
As factious as we can be, I hope most of us can at least agree on this: H/t Theo Moudakis Recommend this Post
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Day Pierre Poilievre Exposed His Far Right Extremism
As you know, Pierre Poilievre has been running away from the new Con convoy which is now preparing to occupy Ottawa again. I thought he had finally learned that his close relationship with the convoy terrorists had many decent Canadians turning away in disgust. And who can blame them? With the so
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Canada Day 2022
Another Canada Day. The celebrations this year will be on the other side of the river, in Quebec. Anti-vaccine protester James Topp has arrived in Ottawa, where he was joined by Pierre Poilievre. Tamara Lich, who was in the capital in February, will spend the day in jail after violating
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Salut D’Amour
Been to a wedding? You’ve probably heard this one. 🙂
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay : In Defence of Democracy.
It’s Canada Day, 2022, and never has Canada’s democracy been under greater challenge. While we try to lay to rest the vestiges of a pandemic, we find the burial sites of un-named aboriginal children from our time of colonialism. We face the anger and confusion of a convoy of truckers
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Today’s News: Catching up
Sorry for missing posting yesterday – my computer was in the shop for a tune-up. So let’s catch up with the news: pic.twitter.com/tzvU7MH6rM — Margaret E. Atwood (@MargaretAtwood) June 30, 2022 Ottawa update: Pierre Poilievre re-enacts the opening scene from 1977’s Saturday Night Fever, but this time with the Village
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