Today’s News: "tired of the petty little games"
In my post yesterday I noted that Conservative MP Michael Ma had crossed the floor to join the Carney Liberals - another Festivus miracle! Today I saw some more good…
Musical interlude
Lavaros - Afternoon Memories
We Are In A Constitutional Crisis
We Are In A Constitutional CrisisLots of people are arguing that if the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) rules to restrict the Notwithstanding Clause (S33) or the Governor General dusts…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Bill McKibben writes that Donald Trump's level of impunity now includes blatant piracy as the U.S. steals oil to try to lay the groundwork…
Things that make me cheer out loud – Canada grows, and Trump declines
So after yesterday's gloomy post, I found some good stuff to share tonight: First, Carney keeps growing that Liberal caucus!Ontario MP Michael Ma crosses floor to Liberals. One short of…
Finally, a forceful response to the UCP’s policy hot mess by the NDP’s Naheed Nenshi
Better late than never, Opposition Leader Naheed Nenshi finally effectively hammered the governing United Conservative Party’s policy hot mess at a news conference yesterday morning marking the end of the…
Things that make me go hummm…. a Russian plot, a tanker hijacking, old man goes crazy and takes America with him. And the world won’t forget it.
Today I seemed to see a lot of stuff that was just crazy, so I thought, hey, lets share it! First, what? Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to…
Danielle Smith among the targets of the latest recall petitions approved by Elections Alberta yesterday
And then there were 21! Twenty-one petitions acceptable to Elections Alberta to recall members of the Alberta Legislative Assembly, that is. Twenty of them are directed at MLAs from the…
This Should Keep Them Out, Eh?
It puzzles me that people still choose to visit the United States. Each day offers a myriad of reasons to avoid that diseased country, and although the number of Canadians…
Danielle Smith Just Forced Detransition On Trans Youth In Alberta
Last night, the UCP slammed down the Notwithstanding Clause to bolster its anti-transgender legislation.I'm not going to spend my time talking about my objections to Bill 9 and Bills 26,…
A Concept for Giving Back to Caregivers
A Concept for Giving Back to CaregiversThere have been times around the holiday season of giving when I have thought, “I give to others every day. Will anyone give to…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Cathy Young and Cas Mudde each discuss how the Trump regime's "national security strategy" is based on pushing cronyism and bigotry over democracy and…
Is Transsexual Another Word For Lumpen? A brief response to Bromma
Strap in sisters, this is a rough one. Let me start by saying that I appreciate Bromma’s effort here. I’ve long found his work useful and I think he’s dancing…
American Foreign Policy Laid Bare
Quietly and without fanfare this week, the White House released a policy paper: “National Security Strategy of the United States of America.” It is a blueprint for ending NATO, MAGAfying…
The evil within
Attacks on Jews at Toronto’s Metropolitan University. Students at a California school forming a swastika with their bodies on a football field, alongside a quote from Adolf Hitler. A far-Right…
Sink, Ireland, sink
This post has been seen nearly 500,000 times. Haven’t had much pushback on it, either.
Atlantis On My Mind (and Ignatius Donnelly, and Graham Hancock)
This was originally published on my Substack, Spoilers Ahead! You can read it there. It could use the views. But Substack in my experience has been a bit of wasteland,…
Important notice to readers: Be strong! You may not be able to comment for a spell this weekend
This is an important notice to readers: You may not be able to comment on AlbertaPolitics.ca posts this weekend. If you encounter that difficulty, it’s not you, and it’s not…