Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Joe Gunn argues that it’s long past time for Canada to live up to its climate commitments. And Carol Linnitt writes that…
2015
Best Thing I’ve Read On ISIS
It’s run by Saddam’s old gang from the Baath party. The best bit: Rayburn questions whether even some of the foreign volunteers realise the extent to which they are being…
Revelations about Revelation
It’s got treachery, betrayal, politics, violence, skullduggery, sex, war, philosophy, politics, religion, an empire teetering on the brink of collapse, mystical visions, rebellion, emperors and slaves, angry priests accusing other…
Severe Autism With Intellectual Disability And Epilepsy Can Be Tough But It’s Still a Wonderful World
My Son Conor Wore The Blue on World Autism Awareness Day I understand some of the criticisms of the day and of thinking that wearing a color in itself creates…
On conventional choices
Following up on this post, other commentators are starting to raise questions about what will happen after the impending federal election. Based on the Harper Cons’ track record, the default…
The untold story behind the central coast herring fishery fiasco
Herring gillnet boats outside Kitasu Bay just before giving up on this year’s fishery (Tavish Campbell) This is the untold story behind one of the most heated standoffs over fish…
April 4: Wow! The News YOU Need to Know.
Headline. Page 1. “Stained glass craft survives”. Gee! I never knew that. I mean, I’ve seen stained on even new churches and new houses. But I always thought angels it…
April 5: It’s a sad day of great memories….
Elmer Lach died yesterday at 97. Of course, readers of this blog in Russia and Germany and Ukraine and France will never have heard of him – and generations of…
Stuff happens, week 13: Election? What election?; this week in atrocities.
There was plenty of speculation amongst the political class about when Premier Grim Jim Prentice would call his (illegal) election. Monday came and went with no word. Then came the…
AK Press Fire Update #1
The following is an update from the AK Press collective, who are coping with the aftermath of a deadly fire on March 21st. If you can, please help AK by…
Ontario can have a two-day budget day.
Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa hardly needs us to tell him what to do. Premier Wynne put Ed Clark of TD Bank in charge. That way, she tells Clark and…
mcdonald’s announces phony wage increase: workers rising on april 15
The resurgent workers’ movement scored a huge victory earlier this year, when Walmart announced it was raising wages – a step on the road to a true living wage and…
Sorry, Your Partisan Slip is Showing
We know that the House public safety committee has been ‘studying’ the government’s anti-terror bill and that despite the long list of influential and knowledgeable people wishing to speak to…
The Truth Is It’s A Lie
http://www.thesleuthjournal.com/ After Joe Oliver announced his budget date this week, he pivoted immediately to an attack on the Liberals, implying that they did not have what he had — “a…
Jason Kenney’s Hugely Embarrassing Russian Problem
As we all know Jason Kenney is a raging Cold War warrior, who is always going after the Russians, with his big mouth as his weapon.To satisfy his inner religious…
Paul Fromm’s Huge Ego and Woman Woes
Right now Paulie is currently visiting all his close friends at KKK leader Tom Robb's "Faith and Freedom" Conference in Arkansas. There, Paulie and the other giants of the, "white…
Stephen Harper and the Mysterious Conscription Story
Golly. I see my post about the Stephen Harper and that mysterious conscription story has caused quite a commotion on the internet.With many people wanting to know more, and others…
New Rule
If your party has cultivated a constituency whose interest lies in perpetuating a state of permanent warfare, you have forfeit any right to participate in democratic governance. If your party…