On Escaping the Self
The quest for the answer to Who am I? is often an attempt to separate ourselves from our influences. Do I like to garden, or is that just a suburban…
Just a few cartoons to enjoy
Sorry, I don't have much of a post tonight. I'm not feeling very well so I'll just go to bed a little earlier tonight. In the meantime, a few cartoons…
Uh-oh! Sounds like the UCP is about to give more taxpayer money to profitable oilsands giants
It’s Friday the 13th. Let’s hope that’s not an omen about how much the “new oilsands growth incentive” that’ll be announced this afternoon in Calgary is going to cost us…
Modern genocide
When Canadians learned the full truth of the Holocaust that occurred before 1946, the reaction was a complex mix of visceral shock and horror. Where is the shock and horror…
World Juniors Update, "Karma is a Bitch", Praise for Carney
Actually, its not really such a Terrible Map at all, is it.World Juniors updateSo on Wednesday, Canada confirmed it will NOT allow Russian teams into Canada for the World Juniors.…
UCP says it has a plan to build 9 new ‘urgent care centres,’ just like the ones it announced last year, and in the last budget
Judging from the announcement earlier this week about nine new “urgent care centres” the Alberta Government is starting to think about planning to prepare to build sometime in the indeterminate…
The real Alberta divide
I have lived and worked in four provinces and found them all to be fine... The post The real Alberta divide first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Amy Hamm and the Undefined Notion Of "Sex-Based Rights"
So, Ms. Hamm is appealing her disciplinary ruling to the BC Supreme Court. Okay, in itself, I think of that as mostly a "nothing burger" moment. Like every other anti-transgender…
Separated At Birth?
H/t MoudakisI sometimes indulge in a bit of a thought experiment: how would we evaluate the actions and policies of Prime Minister Mark Carney if we no longer faced such…
"At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them"
Cartoon by Ingrid Rice Wednesday is Remembrance Day in Canada so I found some interesting posts to share about this day and what it still means to us all.My title…
Dale Nally’s ‘international mission’ to Kentucky’s famous Bourbon County takes on a life of its own
It’s sure starting to look as if Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction Minister Dale Nally’s “international mission” to Kentucky’s Bourbon country has taken on a life of its own,…
On Idle
Four persons with scattered eyes looking up
Something interesting is happening in Australia, and it’s to Alberta’s detriment
Since the war in Iran was initiated by the United States and Israel, Australia has paid more than twice as much as any other nation in additional diesel costs. In…
Whodathunkit? Trump blames Democratic voters for Midterms loss! Plus predictions about Stephen Miller, and the latest on the World Juniors
Too many voters? Its just not fair! So Trump finally found something about the Midterms to complain about - there were just too many Democratic voters! Well, yeah. And this…
What the new American Congress Needs to do to Counter the Harm of the Trump Regime – A Canadian Perspective
The first thing the new Democratic Party controlled United States House of Representatives and Senate need to do is make it clear they do not support the Trump Regime. They…
Ending Chrimacracy
That active income is taxed at a higher rate than passive income is one of the great puzzles of neoliberal thinking, and yet those who rely entirely or mostly on…
Dale Nally’s Bourbon booze-cruise brouhaha probably could have been avoided with a little effort
Dale Nally doesn’t seem like the brightest bulb in Danielle Smith’s relatively low-wattage cabinet. Still, Mr. Nally’s Kentucky bourbon tour mini-scandal is the kind of problem that could easily have…
Sunday Funday: Zingers about the Midterms, Interesting Posts, Funny Posts, Getting Old(er), Carney Hat-Trick, TrumpWatch, Animal Crackers
Good zingers about the Midterms and what's happened since So here's what happened Saturday - which is, by the way, the anniversary of the Four Seasons Total Landscaping fiasco. Trump…
El-Sayed — unprincipled acts
Newly elected Senator Abdul El-Sayed appeared on MS Now's Morning Joe. He was asked what message he had for Jewish voters. His response to the question was part of a…
Cuba Under Siege
CUBA UNDER SIEGE: Washington’s War, Collective Resistance, International Solidarity is the name of a discussion held at the Ukrainian Labour Temple in Winnipeg, Canada on November 6, 2026. Organized by…