The good news for Alberta’s Freedom Conservative Party is that it’s recruited a national figure as one of its candidates. The bad news for the FCP may be the national figure in question is Neal Bernard Hancock, better known as “Bernard the Roughneck.” A three-paragraph news story on Mr. Hancock’s
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Hey, Jody and Jane, why don’t you just break the law. We Star writers are bored.
Hate to sound like a guy who teaches at a law school and all that, but I am and I do. And so, Judy Sgro and Susan Delacourt and others: stay in your lane, please. Violating your cabinet oath is a serious offence. Violating solicitor-client privilege will get a lawyer
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Is Jody Wilson-Raybould Really After Justin Trudeau’s Job?
I've been trying very hard to ignore Jody Wilson-Raybould and her best buddy Jane Philpott, because like most Canadians I'm sick to death of the fake scandal.Which in my opinion has now reached such a level of absurdity, it's starting to resemble an episode of mass psychosis.I should add that I've also
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Paul Fromm on Christchurch Manifesto: "I would agree with 95% of it" (and other racist ramblings)
NOTE: This is from ARC’s newest writer, officially making the ARC Collective actually a collective again. Those following along this week know that Paul Fromm is being investigated for publishing the Christchurch shooter’s manifesto on his CAFE website. ARC has since learned that Fromm also published the manifesto, and the
Continue readingThe Decarie Report: March 21: I don’t like this one, either. But this is reality.
This morning, I awoke early to get busy on the blog. But it wouldn’t work. Most of my text was off the screen. As well, tiny problems kept interrupting. Eventually, in desperation, I took my computer to a repair shop. The shop keeper plugged it in. Everything was working perfectly.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Cowichan Conversations Is Back Online
Our server advised that a major MySQL crash caused any site powered by databases to go down. We have been restoring all the files but it takes a long time. All files had to be Read more…
Continue readingwmtc: winter drive: alice lake loop
A few weeks ago, we took a scenic drive known as the Alice Lake Loop. We read there were various short hikes and natural attractions along the way. We may have missed some stops or turn-offs, as it really was mostly driving and very little walking. On the other hand,
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: ICYMI, cont’d…
As stated in my previous post, the next few posts will cover various statements, letters, etc. released on SNC-Lavalin’s website that the Canadian media have, for whatever reason, ignored, and continue to ignore… In an open address to Canadians, dated October 26, 2018, [in PDF], SNC-Lavalin’s CEO says: “You may
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: ICYMI!
ICYMI! [And I know you did.] The next few posts will cover various statements, letters, etc. released on SNC-Lavalin’s website that the Canadian media have, for whatever reason, ignored, and continue to ignore… SNC-Lavalin released this statement, via its website, December 14, 2018… SNC-Lavalin and the province share the desire
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Is Justin Trudeau on the ropes as Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister?
Here is the latest regarding former Treasury Board President Jane Philpott’s determination to shine light on the processes and background that ignited the SNC Lavalin scandal. Is Justin Trudeau on the ropes as both Read more…
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Two Days Running, The Guardian Editorial Slams Theresa May
Theresa May’s televised address to the nation last night left a lot of people scratching their heads. Why, when she so needs support in the House of Commons, would she go on air merely to crap on members of parliament? The Guardian calls it “a form of national sabotage.” A
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Climate Change Going to Start Hitting You In Your Pocketbook
Few understand the reality of climate change better than the insurance industry and one of the industry’s biggest re-insurers, Munich Re, says people will soon have to pay a lot more to protect their most valued possessions. The company warns that premiums could become too expensive for many ordinary people.
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Trump – US to Recognize Israeli Sovereignty Over Illegally Occupied Golan Heights
Russia (Crimea), China (Tibet) and Israel (West Bank) flout international law that prohibits annexation of occupied territory. Donald Trump cares little for international law or the organizations that America itself forged to uphold the international order. Now he’s showing his contempt for the community of nations by announcing the US
Continue readingExcited Delirium: And You Cons Vote For Them Because …?
Doug Ford and Andy Scheer aren’t too different from Trump. Here’s a recap of what American voters got themselves into.
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Rogue Waves – Good News and Bad News
The beaches of the west coast are a big draw for tourists and locals alike. And every year there seems to be one or more news reports about rogue waves sweeping people far out to sea, often to their deaths. You might want to keep that in mind next time
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Why Are These Jetliners Falling Out Of the Sky?
Three recent crashes of Boeing airliners have raised questions of what in hell is going on. Now all but forgotten is the crash of a Boeing 767 cargo plane operated for Amazon by Atlas Air on February 23rd, killing the crew of three. The 767 was approaching Houston for landing
Continue readingStuart Mackinnon's BetterParks for Vancouver: Pacific Great Blue Herons return to Stanley Park for 19th year
More than 180,000 people have checked out the Heron Cam since it was launched in 2015. It’s amazing to be able to get a birds eye view of these magnificent birds. Stuart Mackinnon, Park Board Chair March 20 2019 The long-legged Pacific Great Blue Herons are nesting again in
Continue readingMontreal Simon: How The Filibustering Cons Ended Up Looking Like Idiots
As you know Andrew Scheer is desperate to try to keep the fake scandal going, to try to make Canadians forget that he has been exposed as a far-right extremist.So he came up with the idea of a filibuster to try to force the Liberals to allow Jody Wilson-Raybould to
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Trump Linked to Brexit Leave Campaign
Arron Banks and Andy Wigmore, the “Bad Boys of Brexit,” were guests last year at Trump’s favourite hole-in-the-wall, Mar-a-Lago. Congressional investigators in the US are investigating whether the Brexit leaders served as a conduit between the Kremlin and the Trump campaign. The Florida club where Trump frequently spends weekends charges
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Oh Dear. Jane Wants to Talk.
This one’s gonna hurt. Jane Philpott wants to tell “her truth.” The former Treasury Board president has given an interview to Macleans’s Paul Wells that can only flame the embers of the Jody Wilson-Raybould/SNC-Lavalin affair. She believes, as she put it, that “there’s much more to the story that needs
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