An Unsettling Experience
At a time when CEOs are comparing Donald Trump to fascists like Hitler and Mussolini, the experience I had yesterday must surely qualify as deeply disturbing.I entered a local grocery…
June 2016
Demagogues and dictators
I’m not sure why they fascinate me, but I’ve been reading about demagogues and dictators for many decades now and still can’t seem to get enough of them. Of course,…
Vote Reform Primer: Preferential.
The following is a new primer as we did not consider preferential voting a factor in the Democracy Papers of 2007. This is the third of the updated series. Preferential…
Donald Trump: The Fraud and the Con Artist
Donald Trump likes to claim that he's a great businessman, who is going to protect American jobs, and that all his employees love him.He even claims that the Mexican-Americans he…
Those Who Could Stop It Remain Silent
In Israel, the voices arrayed against the Netanyahu government are becoming louder. Murray Dobbins writes:In the space of two days, new critics emerged from within the highest positions of Israel…
The F-35 Fiasco and the Shape of Aerial Warfare to Come
I'm glad to see the Trudeau government has told Lockheed Martin to take its threat to blackmail us, and shove it. And that if it doesn't provide the jobs it…
Wilting Roses: Wildrose ‘coup’ bid pushes party toward social conservative fringe, former leader Danielle Smith says
PHOTOS: Danielle Smith leads Wildrose Party members in the 2014 Calgary Pride Parade, with then-MLAs Kerry Towle is on her right and Jeff Wilson on her left. She was punished…
Please Help Save the Brutalized Albinos of Malawi
As you may know, I despise bullies of any kind with a passion. Especially those who terrorize children.And this has to be one of the most horrifying bullying stories I've…
What Commissioners and Councillors get up to when you’re not looking…
City Councillor Raymond Louie, Park Board Chair Sarah Kirby-Yung and yours truly at the Champlain Heights Community Fair today. Just a little bit of fun for everyone.Everyone loves a bouncy…
What Commissioners and Councillors get up to when you’re not looking…
City Councillor Raymond Louie, Park Board Chair Sarah Kirby-Yung and yours truly at the Champlain Heights Community Fair today. Just a little bit of fun for everyone.Everyone loves a bouncy…
There Is Something Rotten in the State of California, New York, Arizona, Nevada . . .
William Shakespeare Oh my God, what’s that smell. It stinks to high heaven. Incredibly, the stench from what’s now going on during the US primaries is making it’s way all…
There Is Something Rotten in the State of California, New York, Arizona, Nevada . . .
William ShakespeareOh my God, what's that smell. It stinks to high heaven. Incredibly, the stench from what's now going on during the US primaries is making it's way all the…
There Is Something Rotten in the State of California, New York, Arizona, Nevada . . .
William ShakespeareOh my God, what's that smell. It stinks to high heaven. Incredibly, the stench from what's now going on during the US primaries is making it's way all the…
Power, naked ambition, and corruption
No matter how many times you watch the film, Titanic, the ending is always the same: the ship hits the iceberg. Sort of like watching Collingwood Council these days. They…
"YWN" Writer Can Dish It Out, But Can’t Take It
A few days ago we posted an article noting the decision by Judy Foote which ordered Canada Post to stop delivering the neo-Nazi rag "Your Ward News." Now, we would…
"YWN" Writer Can Dish It Out, But Can’t Take It
A few days ago we posted an article noting the decision by Judy Foote which ordered Canada Post to stop delivering the neo-Nazi rag "Your Ward News." Now, we would…
Murray Dobbin Denounces the Apartheid State, Our Friend and Ally
It was bad enough when the Hooligan Party tabled their motion to denounce the Canadian Boycott/Divest/Sanction movement. It was cringeworthy when a bootlicking prime minister and his government threw in…
Global Wierding
It was 71F in New York City on Thursday. Nothing particularly notable in that.It was 74F in Nuuk on Thursday, something that's very notable.Nuuk is the capital of Greenland and…
Long grey day and bike as drying rack
What do you do with a forecast that calls for temperatures in the mid teens and a 40 to 60 per cent chance of rain. And what if you are…
June 11: And so, good night.
A reader, noting my interest in the Koch brothers, sent along this item about a news station in Georgia. I takes a pretty blunt look at what has happened to…