Call Me the Queen of Cynicism. Call Me Mad as Hell.
For my birthday cake last October, the words on top were “Stop Harper” and we did, or I thought we did. Now, as Prime Minister Trudeau approves permits for the…
September 2016
Welcome To the Age of the Id
It’s the sleaziest, most despicable and effective political weapon to be had. It’s fear or, more specifically, fearmongering. It’s gotten Donald Trump to the point where he’s a serious challenge…
Couldn’t They Have Placed a Conference Call?
The timing couldn’t have been much creepier. One day after the federal government announced approval of a major LNG “carbon bomb” in British Columbia, experts are gathering at the White…
Anti-Palestine Media Bias Remains Untouchable Even to Canada’s Media Critics
Photo by Montecruz Foto Media coverage of world affairs mostly focuses on Ottawa/Washington’s perspective. While the dominant media is blatant in its subservience to Canadian/Western power, even independent media is…
Republicans review the Republican candidate
See, progressive friends? Decent conservatives do exist. (And watch Hillary continue to reach out to them in the weeks to come.)
Simulations Help Predict How People Panic
Sadly there are still incidents of death that are a result of people panicking while evacuating spaces. For decades engineers have looked into ways to make buildings easy to evacuate…
The “People’s Poet” in three dimensions
Milton Acorn: The People’s Poet Kent Martin & Errol Sharpe Roseway Publishing, 2015 Though I had heard of Milton Acorn for many years before his death in 1986, I never…
It Only Stokes Anger
In what Lawrence Martin calls The Anglosphere, conservatism is in crisis. He writes: In the United States, the conservative brand has gone from Dwight Eisenhower to Ronald Reagan, to George…
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday September 28, 2016. Today we are talking about Family Law. A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Sep…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Mariana Mazzucato makes the case for a progressive message of shared wealth creation: A progressive economic agenda must have at its heart an…
Shimon Peres
R.I.P. I met him. I did, and I was better for it. More than 20 years ago, in Jerusalem. The next day, we Canadians were supposed to meet with the…
Protecting public assets.
What government, municipal, provincial or federal, has not looked longingly to selling off public companies as a fast way to some ready cash? The government can promise to do nothing…
Another Religious Fanatic Joins the Con Leadership Race
As if the Con leadership race wasn't bizarre or pathetic enough. With Kellie Leitch trying to stir up hatred against refugees and immigrants.And Brad Trost trying to stir up hatred…
Donald Trump and the Big Polling Fraud
Anyone who watched the Donald Trump Hillary Clinton debate knows who won. And it wasn't the Annoying Orange.But don't tell that to the bloated demagogue, because he simply can't accept…
Through others’ eyes #nlpoli
For Newfoundland’s pseudo-intellectuals, the Toronto Globe and Mail is a kind of one-handed reading material. They use one hand to scroll down the Internet site looking at stuff. They use…
Trudeau Just Approved a Giant Carbon Bomb in B.C.
The federal government has issued an approval for the $36-billion Pacific Northwest liquified natural gas (LNG) export terminal on Lelu Island on the B.C. coast, undermining its commitments to take…
NDP MP Randall Garrison introduces bill to repeal Bill C-51
Randall Garrison’s Bill C-303 seeks to repeal the Harper-era “secret police” legislation, Bill C-51 or Anti-terrorism Act, 2015. Experts and rights groups say C-51 violates the Canadians Charter of Rights…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats on the go.
Not everyone thrilled with Sunfest – “Many, including CVRD personnel have told us to just move away.”
When large outdoor music concerts are promoted, it is not unusual to hear of negative effects on locals in the communities. Safety concerns are glibly dismissed in some cases, and…