Today’s tonic: “Lindsey knew better. He chose worse.”
The headline for this Steve Schmidt Substack piece sums it up perfectly: "Lindsey knew better. He chose worse." "Lindsey Graham was a lonely and unprincipled man who betrayed his country…
The Money Of Politics
In 2025, the Conservative Party of Canada spent $99 million, nearly twice as much as the Liberal Party’s $57 million in the same election year, and, despite their bluster about…
Sunday Funday: I’m Forswunk! So here are some good posts & funny posts, plus What an Asshole, Carney Hat Trick, TrumpWatch, Animal Crackers, World Cup stories
Cartoon by Mick O'Hara Anyone else forswunk? It’s a gorgeous word from the 1300s, to which I have added my own riff with ‘foreswunk’: exhausted before you even begin. -…
Vacation home in south of France
Many years ago, our valued friends Jacquie and Lorne began searching for a vacation home. They explored possibilities in several parts of North America and Europe before deciding that the…
Something’s gravely wrong with how Elections Alberta torpedoed Corb Lund’s Water Not Coal citizen initiative petition
Combined with ongoing UCP electoral jiggery-pokery, this is turning into a genuine crisis of democratic legitimacy Public sentiment that something’s gravely wrong with the methodology used by Elections Alberta to…
UPDATED: It’s Happened Again
I'm sad to report that, as per my last post, I seem to have fallen victim yet again to the misremembering syndrome.Now it involves the Gordie Howe Bridge. This is…
Wrapping up the week: Canada v Poilievre, Canada v USA, ICE Gestapo v USA, Spain v Trump, plus World Cup Stories and shout out to Gaby Dabrowski
Canada v Poilievre: laugh of the week That white satin cowboy suit seemed to be the final blow to his credibility with Canadian media. Robert Fife on the latest round…
Today’s News: Carney, Trudeau, Poilievre, Trump and Count Binface. Plus World Cup Stories
I have often said that I feel smarter every time I listen to Carney explain something important. I don't agree with every position he takes, but its clear that he…
UCP’s ‘constitutional’ referendum questions push a grab-bag of right-wing policy goals intended to divide and weaken Canada
Through commission and omission, the final four questions we must deal with on Oct. 19 aim to support a provincial march into federal jurisdiction – say no to all nine!…
Some news clips and commentary….
Palm Beach International Airport’s name officially changed its name to Donald J. Trump International Airport on Thursday.....The project is expected to cost around $5.5 million, according to an estimate from…
Riding the hobby horse
Rob Flack riding a coin-op horse ride holding a bag of money
Thursday: Just some good news and a few funny posts, plus World Cup Stories
Busy day today so a shorter blog piece tonight!First, some good news and funny posts about Canada and Carney View on Threads Here's how you hold an impromptu press conference.…
Carney’s betrayal
In 2015 I voted for Justin Trudeau’s Liberals primarily to end the dreary decade of... The post Carney’s betrayal first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Demonizing Antifa: Federal Prosecutions Target Radical Organizers [ThreeWayFight]
By Matthew N. Lyons With the court cases against the Prairieland ICE protesters and the Minnesota 15, the Trump administration has ratcheted up its authoritarian power drive. The regime is…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates July 7, 2026
Click here for the latest compilation of every other week updates. NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners…
Misremembering Things
Sometimes I could swear I am living in the world that George Orwell so presciently predicted in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. In that world, history was constantly being rewritten, so…
Enough! Expel Hoekstra From Canada Already
At what point do we say ‘enough is enough’ and declare American ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra persona non grata?
Wednesday Wit: some good comments about Poilievre and Trump and Carney and US-Canada relations and living your dreams, plus World Cup Stories
So Poilievre went to Calgary and it didn't go very well: The Canadian media is constantly, desperately trying to prop Poilievre up at this serious policy thinker but fortunately he…
UCP referendum questions on immigration are illogical, deceptively worded and tainted by racism
The ballot questions on immigration aim to create conditions that would allow human rights violations and intrusions into federal jurisdiction Let’s take a look today at some of the “referendum…