Donald Trump is hawking Bibles. Michael Harris writes: It wasn’t cologne. It wasn’t those $399 Never Surrender gold high-top running shoes. It wasn’t a T-shirt featuring Teflon Don’s mugshot. It wasn’t even dubious steaks, or third-rate wine. It was the Bible. And Pastor Trump was making it available in
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of April 1, 2024
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Continue readingWise Law Blog: Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of April 1, 2024
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of April 1, 2024 from Wise Law on Twitter: Parents file $1.5M lawsuit after Quebec teacher accused of selling students’ artwork online Trump Can Post Smaller Bond in Civil Fraud Case, Court Rules What the U.S. Supreme Court hearing on abortion medication
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: A Case for Colour Blindness – Coleman Hughes.
To illustrate how deep the ‘social-justice’ mindset has permeated the cultures of the West, consider the following – Watch the video, and then try to imagine a white person saying the same thing. Would the reactions be different? Are your expectations different? Coleman argues that we should do our best
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: How the tax industry is keeping automatic filing out of reach
In 2018, the largest tax filing companies in the country came together to form Tax-Filer Empowerment Canada (TFEC), a lobby group that advocates against the creation of an automatic tax filing system—a service that would help hundreds of thousands of low- and fixed-income Canadians access benefits. Photo by Mike Mozart/Flickr.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Some news about me
This isn’t how I wanted this to come out. But someone (we think we know who) has leaked it, and it was going to come out anyway. So, yes: I’m putting out my farewell column later today, and then heading back to Ottawa, where I will again be toiling for
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Liars who lie
The other side has used the word “genocide” so many times, against so many, so inaptly, that it has completely lost all meaning. Like most propaganda, their propaganda will only persuade the propagandists in the end. It long ago became facile bullshit to everyone else.
Continue readingAlberta Politics: UCP wants restructured AHS to be known as Alberta Health & Hospitality Services
The United Conservative Party Government wants the restructured Alberta Heath Services (AHS) to be known as Alberta Health & Hospitality Services (AHHS), AlbertaPolitics.ca has learned. An architect’s rendering of the planned Ralph Klein Centre of Excellence in Alternative Medicine to be located in Red Deer on the site of the
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: Happy birthday, NATO!
This month the North Atlantic Treaty Organization celebrates its 75th. And any individual would consider themselves fortunate it they were in as good shape. NATO first saw the light of day on April 4th, 1949, when Canada, the U.S., the UK and nine other European states signed the founding treaty.
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: Four Long Years
A look back to four years ago: From Craig Spencer, MD MPH, Four years ago today, I walked into the apocalypse.Crossing the line in the ER felt like entering a whole other world.Frenetic alarms.Patients strewn about, struggling to breathe.Too few staff. Too many deaths.Covid was everything.It had completely taken over
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: Happy Easter…
It’s Easter Sunday and the world is a mess. (Cue brief political interlude) Here in Alberta we’ll have an opportunity to improve things…if we don’t get derailed in the run up to the NDP leadership race. We have a lot of policy to debate so let’s not get cross-threaded with
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Zionism: the root of the crisis in Israel-Palestine
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu displays a map of Israel omitting the occupied Palestinian territories during a speech at the United Nations General Assembly. Image from YouTube. The following is a transcript of a presentation made by Sid Shniad in Castlegar, British Columbia on March 24, 2024. Shniad is a
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: I’m Sure It Is All Very Innocent
On the ‘contradictory’ relationship PP has with corporate lobbyists: H/t trapdinawrpool.bsky.social Recommend this Post
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Random Round-up: from the Sask Easter Bunny, to the Trudeau Liberals, the RCMP, Boeing, the eclipse, and even wigs
For Easter, here is the Craig Baird Saskatchewan Easter Bunny: I recently found several good articles that are worth sharing: Evan Scrimshaw pleads with the Trudeau Liberals to smarten up —Jurisdiction’s False Sanctimony and stop pretending they can get reelected by blaming provincial Conservative premiers: …I want this government to
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Actual news flash! Anti-woke Right launches War on Easter so it can pick a fight and blame someone else for starting it!
Happy Easter, everyone! Canadian Navy cooks prepare deviled eggs – make of that what you will – for Easter (Photo: Twitter/Veterans Affairs Canada). Given the nature of the occasion – the most solemn in the liturgical calendar – it’s not really a season associated with rip-roaring fun and overindulgence like
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Musical interlude
The Beaches – Blame Brett
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: You Got Played, Girl
On March 19, 2024 the United Conservative Party of Alberta held an event that they called "Let Kids Be Kids" (spoiler alert: it was an anti-trans/anti-2SLGBTQ/anti-SOGI/"parents rights" rally in reality). They brought in a transgender woman from Lethbridge to speak to the transgender case. I don't know this person,
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Saturday Photo: Let’s Celebrate All Holidays….
So Quebec and Canada are secular? Why then do we have national holidays on Good Friday and Easter Monday? Why not Eid Muburak or Passover? Or none at all?
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