Soldiers of Odin: "Denies…. Links to…. Biker Gangs"
It's been a while since we last wrote about the Soldiers of Odin. Since our last post about the group they have garnered a significant amount of media attention, though…
October 2016
It’s official: Sandra Jansen is now running for the Progressive Conservative leadership
PHOTOS: Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Sandra Jansen, in hat, in the Calgary Pride Parade, photo grabbed from her campaign website. Interestingly, the same photo was used on a Rebel Media…
Putin Ally: Vote for Donald Trump Or Die
As we know Donald Trump has a cozy relationship with the Russian strongman Vladimir Putin.So cozy in fact that the Obama administration has accused the Russians of trying to influence…
This isn’t a front page
…it’s a tombstone. He’s done. Get ready for three-week hate.
David Suzuki: We Can’t Dig Our Way Out of the Fossil Fuels Hole
I’ve often thought politicians inhabit a parallel universe. Maybe it’s just widespread cognitive dissonance, coupled with a lack of imagination, that compels them to engage in so much contradictory behaviour.…
Donald Trump, predator
Earlier today, I did an interview with Post City about the low-level campaign stuff Lisa and I have done for Hillary Clinton. One of the questions was: “Do you think…
David Suzuki: Confronting the crisis of violence against Indigenous women and girls in Canada
David Suzuki on the crisis of violence against Indigenous women and girls in Canada, and the “hard work and leadership of Indigenous women and communities who have spent decades calling…
Hypergraphia
An article in the September, 2016, issue of Doctor’s Review looks at the curious, compelling affliction called hypergraphia: the obsessive need to write. I never knew before this that there…
Cause and Volume of Pipeline Spill in Alberta Wetland Still Unknown Six Days In
A crude oil pipeline operated by Trilogy Energy Corp has released an unknown volume of oil emulsion, a mixture of oil and produced water, into surrounding marshland, according to the…
Oct. 12: An angry day
A couple of nights ago, I caught the last scene of the film “A Tale of Two Cities”. This is Dickens’ view of the French revolution , a view in…
Washington Hits Back at Putin’s Humiliation
By Finian Cunningham Information Clearing House The Obama administration is now accusing Russia of cyber-crime and trying to disrupt the US presidential election. The claim is so far-fetched, it is…
Why Is the Mainstream Press Ignoring This Story About Donald Trump?
I was alerted to this story by my friend Jonathan; it is profoundly disturbing, even though, because it involves an alleged rape committed by Donald Trump, it probably should not…
Hillary vs. The Groper
Try it. One of the best pieces of online oppo I’ve ever seen. Simply brilliant. (Addictive, too, so be forewarned.)
Bad Moon Rising
Oh dear, EnviroCan is warning that the island is going to take a kicking, several kickings in succession, starting tonight and running through Sunday. It reminds me of John Fogerty…
Hillary’s Emails Finger – Saudi Arabia, the Real State Sponsor of Terrorism
Great, Canada is shipping weaponry to the real state sponsor of terrorism in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia. Take it from Hillary Clinton or rather this email she wrote in…
Edward Snowden Explains Who Really Rules The United States – It’s Not The Russians…
Edward Snowden is a hero treated like a criminal by the corrupt US government who have been tracking the private lives of citizens without any justification whatsoever. This above the…
George Will’s Prognosis – It’ll Take Chemotherapy for the GOP to Save Itself from Trump
Chaos has caught up with the Republican Party and, while there’s never been a better opportunity to indulge in schadenfreude, that would be a terrible mistake. It’s important that the…
Kamloops Councillor Claims Ajax Open-Pit Mine Application Violates Canadian Charter
Just over a hill, beyond the rolling grasslands that flank Kamloops, there’s a looming problem that could upend the lifestyle of neighbourhoods on the outskirts of the city and, after…
Monbiot – The Madness of Neoliberalism
The Guardian’s George Monbiot contends that today’s hyper-neoliberalism is fueling mental illness. What greater indictment of a system could there be than an epidemic of mental illness? Yet plagues of…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Alex Himelfarb discusses why a proportional electoral system can be expected to produce better and more representative public policy: The adversarial approach often…