Losing My Religion (by André Moncourt)
Recently one of those issues that arises constantly to tangle up leftists and liberals reared its head in my little world. Some folks (all of European decent) in a band…
2015
Is the bell tolling for the Hair?
When 17th Century English churchman and poet John Donne wrote ‘No man is an island’ he had obviously never met Stephen Harper. For the Prime Minister is the Hair and…
The New Europeans: Like the Old on Greece
Poland’s man in Brussels, President of the European Council Donald Tusk, has truly settled into his shoes as a new member of the European elite. On Tuesday, he issued the…
The New Europeans: Like the Old on Greece
Poland’s man in Brussels, President of the European Council Donald Tusk, has truly settled into his shoes as a new member of the European elite. On Tuesday, he issued the…
Beware the ides of the Summer months
Dippers will be over the moon about this, naturally. And who can blame them? No less than Canada’s National Newspaper™, has declared that they will win! To the barricades. Um,…
Don’t Build a Mother Canada Statue. Build 10! 20! 30!
Yes, it is ugly hubristic and just plain wrong. So, build several across the country. And the Monument to Victims of Communism while we are at it. Let the first…
Stephen Harper and the Disappearing Budget Surplus
Well he's still out there with his trusty sidekick the rhinestone Cowboy Jason Kenney, trying to put a brave face on the situation.Still serving pancakes to the faithful, and judging…
The long summer campaign #nlpoli
Liberal leader Dwight Ball kicked off a 10 week campaign swing around the province this week. It’s basically a tour of the local festivals coupled that the party leaders do…
On Whether it is Preferable to Attack or Rehabilitate Offensive Symbols
Recently several New Brunswick retailers pulled the ConfederateFlag from their shelves in light of a racism-fulled shootout thatoccurred in the US. Great! I have had the privilege to spend time…
Will Canadian troops in Ukraine have to train radical Islamist volunteers said to be tied to ISIS?
PHOTOS: Defence Minister Jason Kenney explains who Canadian troops will train in Ukraine last fall. Below: Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Ukraine in 2010. Photos are from the CBC and…
NDP to repair Canada’s damaged relations with aboriginal peoples
An NDP federal government will repair Canada’s relations with First Nation, Inuit and Métis peoples, Mulcair told the Assembly of First Nations this week. The post NDP to repair Canada’s…
The Case For Letting Canada’s Forest Fires Burn
As climate change is fingered as a culprit behind the early rash of forest fires across northern and western Canada, experts say the most prudent approach at this stage is…
Lew and Lagarde raise pressure on EU to avoid Grexit – FT.com
Lew and Lagarde raise pressure on EU to avoid Grexit – FT.com. Filed under: Eurozone crisis Tagged: Austerity, Debt Relief, Eurozone Crisis, Greece, Syriza
‘It’s the New Wild West’: Alaskans Leery As B.C. Pushes For 10 Mines in Transboundary Salmon Watersheds
Long-held perceptions of Canada as a country with strict environmental standards and B.C. as a province that values natural beauty are taking a near-fatal beating in Southeast Alaska, where many…
Syriza: For Better or For Worse
Photo posted on nycsocialist.org. The victory of Syriza in Greece is a historic turning point for Europe and the world, for better or for worse. I fear it’s going to…
Night Hawks in the Night
Not to make too much about it, but when I woke up about 4 a.m. to open the windows after a thunderstorm I lay in bed listening to nighthawks flying…
July 8:Man uses gun to kidnap girlfriend for sex game…
It looks like the kind of mental bubble gum you read in those tabloids at the supermarket. – as in “Lady Camilla having affair with Muslim preacher”. But it’s the…
Heiltsuk, Haida, Nuu-chah-nulth join forces to protect herring
Former Council of the Haida Nation President Guujaaw (left) and Heiltsuk resource management director Kelly Brown at last week’s peace treaty celebration in Bella Bella (Damien Gillis) Three powerful coastal…
In which I handicap the federal race for Charles Adler
…and I even get to cite Gene Simmons of KISS as a source of wisdom! Right here. He also says I am “one of the most interesting commentators on Earth,”…