So Capital Power just announced that they are cancelling their greenhouse gas/carbon sequestration program just outside of Edmonton. Now, if one was to listen to the United Conservative Party of Alberta (UCP), one would think that the recent announcement from Capital Power was an outlier. If one were to listen
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: My latest: images of October 7
KIBBUTZ NIR OZ AND SDEROT – On this, Holocaust Remembrance Day 2024, the image that is difficult to forget is found on a bed at Nir Oz. It is of a child’s clothing, fresh out of the laundry: a stack of tiny, carefully-folded underwear, toddler-sized, placed on the corner of
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of May 6, 2024
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Continue readingThe Daveberta Podcast: “We win by being more New Democrat, not less,” says NDP leadership candidate Gil McGowan
Longtime labour leader joins the Daveberta Podcast to explain why he’s running for the Alberta NDP leadership Labour leader Gil McGowan joins the Daveberta Podcast to share why he’s running to succeed Rachel Notley as leader of Alberta’s NDP. The full interview with Gil McGowan is available to paid subscribers of the
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of May 5, 2024
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of May 5, 2024 from Wise Law on Twitter: ‘Harmful and discriminatory’: Ontario school board investigating video showing comments staff member made towards student wearing a keffiyeh She peed in an Amsterdam alley, then waged a 9-year battle for ‘urination equality’ University
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The British Columbia NDP Government Fails to Protect Women and Girls.
The BC NDP hate women and their rights, boundaries, and safety. They won’t actually say that, but any legislation that is proposed that safeguards females in their province is immediately struck down. This was the case regarding the Fairness for Women & Girls Sports Act. The NDP and the
Continue readingAlberta Politics: May 6, 2015: Alberta awakes to the realization it’s just elected a majority NDP government, surprising everyone, including the NDP
What can you say nine years after we all woke up and realized that the night before Albertans really had elected a majority NDP government? Well, it was a great night, a great morning after, and, despite some disappointments, the government run by Rachel Notley wasn’t a bad one by
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Today’s news: the stupid, it burns!
What a crazy week it has been — we’ve all been sick with what I am calling the Black Death Cold, plus a family member fell and now has a broken pelvis. I’m afraid to leave the house. You spend your 40s thinking “hey, maybe aging isn’t so bad, I’m
Continue readingIN-SIGHTS: Everything is not broken
In the House of Commons, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre told Canadians: “Everything is broken.” Canada is imperfect, but it is far from broken.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Seems Bad To Flood All Coastal Cities
CC @AleanaYoung and the entire @Sask_NDP who think it's 1999 and we can mess around with methane, instead of 2024 with #ZeroYears left to hit 1.5° to stay alive. #skpoli https://t.co/XODYtKNKWc — John "Saskboy" Klein (@JohnKleinRegina) May 5, 2024
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: My latest: Israelis on the occupiers who oppose “occupation”
HOSTAGE SQUARE, TEL AVIV – They haven’t missed it. They’ve seen what’s happening on our campuses. They’ve seen and read the news reports – reports showing over-privileged white Gen Z and Millennial types in keffiyahs, demanding if the visitors to their campus encampments, their “Little Gazas,” are Jews. They’ve seen
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Kibbutz Nir Or
Some shots from kibbutz Nir Oz, where dozens were slaughtered or taken by Hamas. The picture of that family? Every one of them was slaughtered here.
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Saturday Photo: Guerilla Gardening?
Came upon these daffodils when out walking near the Champs des possibles, a park that is being left to re-wild in the Mile End district, not far from the CN train line. The arrondissement planted a lot of bulbs last fall in curb extensions and they’re looking great these days.
Continue readingScripturient: The Death of Truth in the Trump Era
The ongoing criminal trial of Donald Trump (the first one; others are to follow) continues to expose the difference between what he and his followers believe and anything related to evidence, truth, or facts. Trump lies. Blatantly, shamelessly, openly, and frequently. He lies so often that quite literally nothing he
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: Suppressing free enterprise in Florida
Meat. Steak and hamburgers. Who would have thought a diet staple would become such a controversial subject? Conservatives, as is their wont, have dragged the issue into the culture wars. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has banned cultured meat (grown in a lab from animal cells) from sale in his state.
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Annual Report on Kanata South Pathways Deterioration, Spring 2024
Another year has gone by and it is time to report again on the deterioration of the Bridlewood and Glen Cairn pathways in Kanata.Bridlewood Glen Cairn Previous ReportsSpring 2023 Bridlewood & Glen Cairn Spring 2022 BridlewoodSpring 2022 Glen Cairn Spring 2021 Bridlewood
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: Conspirituality
George Monbiot has a compelling theory to explain what makes people believe conspiracies. “Those who believe unevidenced stories about hidden cabals and secret machinations tend to display no interest in well-documented stories about hidden cabals and secret machinations. Why might this be? Why, when there are so many real conspiracies
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Musical interlude
Royksopp – Stay Awhile
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