The Provincial Government had peaceful protesters arrested on Monday for having a tipi in Wascana Park. The government’s position was that the grass would be
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The Disaffected Lib: Right Now, It’s a Spectator Sport. Before Long It Could Become a Blood Sport.
Trump has people in Canada, Mexico, Japan and Europe a bit worried about how we’ll fare in a trade war with the United States. We’re
Continue readingThings Are Good: Coast to Coast Artistic Billboards for Resilience in Canada
Resilience (English) from MAWA Programs on Vimeo. Thanks to the Resilience art project from now until August art is being shown on billboards from coast
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude – Passacaglia BWV 582
Around 250 organ works by Bach have been handed down, the most intriguing of which are works thought to have originated early on, but of
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: What Then Must We Do? Canada’s Place Alongside the United States in Turbulent Times.
Do you ever wonder how close the United States may be to abandoning democracy? Do you ever wonder what that might mean for Canada? Are
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: How Do You Get In A Fight With Canada?
So asks Seth Myers. To which he answers, “That’s like holding a grudge against a Golden Retriever puppy.” Or, to put it even more succinctly,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Voting Against Your Better Interests – What Just Happened in Ontario
Facts do not necessarily win political arguments. The sooner the progressive left realizes this, the better. As a progressive lefty I’m consistently amazed by the
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: The Disaffected Lib 2018-06-08 13:26:00
There is no proof that Donald Trump is working for Vlad Putin but Obama’s national security advisor, Susan Rice, writes that Putin couldn’t have wished
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Bridge For Sale
Government Buys The Bridge. size / dimensions: 36″ Diameter; 980 Km long For sale: one pipeline project, in fair condition. Comes with federal approval. (subject to
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Transactivism and the Connection to Patriarchal Double Standards
Did you ever want to see what a patriarchal double standard looks like in action? Most women understand completely as it onerous crap like
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: It is 2018 and Men Still Hate Women – A Showcase of Male Terrorism in Toronto
Did you want to see the effects of toxic masculinity? Most women do, but men don’t. The reason for this glaring difference cuts to the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Alberta Politics: Recent Poll Indicates Albertans Ready to Climb Back Up Into Their Own Asses.
Silly me. I thought Alberta was timidly embracing the idea that the province was going to be run for the benefit of someone other
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Geopolitical Sunday: Don’t hold your breath waiting for the state of war to officially end on the Korean Peninsula
If the Korean War formally ends any time soon, North Korean Leader Kim Jong-il should be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. Why not? Just
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Constitutional expert debunks “National Interest” argument for Kinder Morgan pipeline
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau (Photo: Premier of Alberta/Flickr) Read this April 13 Desmog Canada article on lawyer Jack Woodward’s view
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Mission accomplished in Syria? Don’t bet more than you can afford to lose on that claim!
Mission Accomplished? Donald Trump’s crowing Tweets prove the wisdom of Karl Marx’s dictum: History repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce. This fact is
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Newly-signed FPT housing framework agreement
I’ve just written a blog post about the newly-signed federal-provincial-territorial housing framework agreement. This agreement builds on (and helps move forward) Canada’s National Housing Strategy,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: When Tolerance Serves the Status Quo – Keeping Females Silent and Complicit in their Oppression
The status quo is a nasty piece of work. It has a multiplicity of tools and avenues of attack and repression available to keep the
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: NATIONAL CARERS DAY: A TIME TO THANK YOURSELF AND TELL OTHERS!
April 3rd is National Carers Day in Canada. You won’t receive any cards or cakes for National Carers Day. You won’t be handed a box
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Reflections on Easter Sunday, 2018: There really is a war against Christianity … it’s being waged by Christians
PHOTOS: Easter Sunday shoppers at West Edmonton Mall. Is nothing sacred? Well, actually, something is: The Almighty Market, god of Canada’s state religion. Below: A
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Inequality-redistribution in Canada update
Two years ago I posted my first guest blog focused on income inequality, specifically how changes in Canada’s redistribution over the last three decades have
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