Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Mark Kreidler notes that people from around the globe are staying away from the U.S. in droves - due to both the risk…
Back To Bootlicking
Last year, I wrote a number of posts critical of Prime Minister Carney. His efforts at appeasing Donald Trump took several forms, none of which were consistent with the "elbows…
The Right, The Far Right, And The Not Right
The far right has a bizarre fascination with two big things: disinformation — and Russia.
Today’s News: America and Israel start a war with Iran "I expect this war will turn out to be just as inept, corrupt and half-assed as everything else Trump does"
James Lucas Look at this fascinating map, showing the great variety and complexity of regional rug patterns in Iran -- how many centuries of organized culture does it take for…
Canada’s shameful response to Trump’s Wag the Dog effort
The contrast with our language on Ukraine is stark. For four years, Canadian officials have rightly called Russia’s invasion an “unprovoked,” “unjustifiable,” “illegal” violation of the UN Charter and of…
Mark Carney made ‘terrible mistake’ by parroting Donald Trump’s justification for war on Iran, says historian and security expert
Prime Minister Mark Carney made “a terrible mistake” with his immediate full-throated support of U.S. President Donald Trump’s war of choice in Iran, Canadian historian and security-intelligence expert Wesley Wark…
The first trillionaire!
Oxfam frames Musk’s potential trillion-dollar fortune not as a milestone to celebrate, but as evidence of a system that increasingly rewards extreme wealth over broad economic fairness.
So You Think The American Midterms Offer Hope?
Having seen a great deal through the years, I have grown quite pessimistic about the future, especially in regard to the U.S. Yes, there are those who put great hope…
The Ones Who Walk Away
illustration from Sam Woolfe So tonight I was reading some Rodger Sherman posts about sports - one of the American journalists I follow because of his wide sports knowledge -…
Iran’s criminal (and devout) regime
Sometimes one wonders about the connection of religion and morality. We currently have a trio... The post Iran’s criminal (and devout) regime first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Musical interlude
CHVRCHES - Killer
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Owen Jones writes that a stunning Green by-election win in the UK can be traced to their offering meaningful hope that things can get…
Signs of the times
Mixed messages for the road ahead. #onpoli #ldnont #roadSafety
Tubes to Transistors to Today’s Chip Crisis
When I was a young lad, in the latter part of the 1950s (not long after the Stone Age ended…), one of my self-taught technical skills was to be able…
Here we go again — another Poilievre re-set
Here we go again. Another Poilievre "re-set" is underway. This time, he's Serious!!! Calm!!! Statesman-like!!! Thoughtful!!! The occasion was a speech in Toronto to the Economic Club of Canada on…
Nobody expected UCP Finance Minister Nate Horner to deliver an NDP budget, but yesterday he did!
Surely nobody expected Finance Minister Nate Horner to stand up in the Alberta Legislature yesterday and table an NDP budget. But that’s pretty much what he did. In the leadup…
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2026-02-26 19:43:00
Ontario's Paranormal Investigators.From O'Neill House to Oxford Hotel: A Legacy of History, Baseball, and Hauntings(Facebook) By Don RiffelFeb-26-2026Nestled in the heart of Woodstock, Ontario, at the corner of Finkle and…
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2026-02-26 19:27:00
The Timekeeper(Facebook) In May 1944, a train arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau carrying Jewish families from the Subcarpathian region of Czechoslovakia.Among them was a 14-year-old girl named Irene Fogel. She was holding…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Adam Serwer points out the glaring contrast between real accountability for bad actors in other countries, and the U.S.' culture of absolute elite…
Clean renewables – the cheapest way to create electricity
Too often, the default approach is to maximize immediate wealth from non-renewable resources and defer the long-term consequences. That choice effectively transfers environmental, economic, and social costs to future generations.…