Some reporters like writing process stories. It’s easier than writing stories about actual issues, I guess. Anyhow. A reporter has spent several days talking to
Continue readingScripturient: Statement for the Judicial Inquiry
NB: This is the statement I read aloud at the public meeting for the Judicial Inquiry, Monday, Aug. 13, 2018. It is a much-abbreviated version
Continue readingIn-Sights: The Gravy Train accelerates
BC Investment Management Corporation (BCI), the public pension fund manager in this province increased compensation costs by 30% per dollar of funds managed in fiscal
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: We Are At The Airing Of Grievances Point In The Program Featuring Ronny Cameron and "No Show" Goudreau
Alternate title 1: "Cameron and Myatt: Friends Off" Alternate title 2: "'No Show' Claims to Have Minions" It is very clear that the WCAI rally that
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: "The Master of Negation"
The title, “master of negation,” could be a reference to only one person, the president of the United States of America, the terrible tempered Donald
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Top 10 Legal Headlines for the week of August 13, 2018
140Law: Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of August 13, 2018. For links, visit 140Law at http://wiselaw.blogspot.com. A post shared by Wise
Continue readingdaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Episode 17: Partisanship and the future of Alberta politics
This week on the Daveberta Podcast, guest hosts Erika Barootes, Janis Irwin and Natasha Soles chat with our producer Adam Rozenhart about their experiences in provincial
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of August 13, 2018
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of August 13, 2018 from Wise Law on Twitter: Trump’s Border Wall Could Waste Billions of Dollars,
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Beth Gutelius writes that any discussion about the future of work can draw important lessons from the past,
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: From The Top Down
Lots of Americans believe that, ultimately, their institutions will save them from the black hole that is Donald Trump. But Anne Applebaum writes that those
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Andrew Scheer and the Return of Mad Max
In my last post I looked at how the Cons had been hit by a series of bozo eruptions, just a couple of weeks before
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Physics of Skating on Ice
Just about everything becomes more interesting if you can film it in slow motion.
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: CAPP: Canadian Association for Petroleum Propaganda.
Donald Trump could take lessons from the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP). These people have been feeding propaganda to Canadians for years. And they
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Hurt you signalling
This is inarguably bigoted. https://t.co/BbwXF4Tb4C — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) August 13, 2018 3/ But why should we promote ever more diversity? If anything and everything
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Column: when monsters oppose you
Canada is in a social media war with Saudi Arabia. It’s not a real war – at least not yet. Real wars involve bullets and
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: We Bite Our Tongues. Gwynne Dyer Dares to Say It.
Sometimes our inner-Cassandra gets the better part of us, I suppose. We may read the latest report, couple it with the veritable mountain of reports
Continue readingIn-Sights: Site C provides work of questionable quality to a mostly transient workforce
The NDP promoted its PowerBC program in the 2017 election. Had they been sincere, government would be keeping a promise to voters and they would
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: Banning Alex Jones & InfoWars: Social Media Grows Up
This just in from the better-late-than-never department. Last week Apple, Facebook, YouTube and Spotify “deplatformed” Alex Jones’ InfoWars from their platforms and pages. It took
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: Something to encourage American patriots
This post is dedicated to American family, friends and any other Americans who happen to read this missive. As I witness the events unfolding south
Continue readingIn This Corner: Nuttiness in the Great White North
This week, two examples of Canadian craziness. First, let’s go east, to Ontario, where the poisoned fruits of the Trump tree have fallen and taken
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