Greece’s Debt Relief Conundrum
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February 2017
Saturday Photo: Winter Seating–But Not for Long
Last Sunday Lukas and Thomas built an igloo in the backyard, and the snow was knee deep in the parks. Not much chance that anyone would have been tempted to…
Saturday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your weekend reading. – David Giles reports on the increasing cost of living in Saskatchewan. And Barbara Ehrenreich writes about the future of the U.S.’ working class…
Leitch goes all alt-Right
But Breitbart isn’t “alt-Right.” It’s the principal North American platform for white supremacists, neo-Nazis and motley bigots and haters. And Conservative leadership candidate has chosen to advertise there. It wasn’t…
Saturday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your weekend reading. – David Giles reports on the increasing cost of living in Saskatchewan. And Barbara Ehrenreich writes about the future of the U.S.’ working class…
You Can’t Believe A Word He Says
Kevin O’Leary has been making the occasional trip up from Boston in his bid to become Prime Minister of Canada. His sales pitch — like Donald Trump’s — is that,…
All You Need To Know About Kellie Leitch
The picture below conveys all one needs to know about Kellie Leitch. In the right-hand corner is an ad placed by that very strange lady in Breitbart. Conservative leadership candidate…
You Can’t Believe A Word He Says
Kevin O’Leary has been making the occasional trip up from Boston in his bid to become Prime Minister of Canada. His sales pitch — like Donald Trump’s — is that,…
All You Need To Know About Kellie Leitch
The picture below conveys all one needs to know about Kellie Leitch. In the right-hand corner is an ad placed by that very strange lady in Breitbart. Conservative leadership candidate…
Is that Mainstreet or Elm Street?
Having started out as a young man writing scripts for telephone co-incidental research, we are not about to easily buy into Interactive Voice Response (IVR) polling. This is mentioned in…
A week and a verdict later #nlpoli
Last Saturday, this headline (left) in the Telegram prompted a storm of outrage from people who thought that it placed the blame for a sexual assault on the victim. The…
A week and a verdict later #nlpoli
Last Saturday, this headline (left) in the Telegram prompted a storm of outrage from people who thought that it placed the blame for a sexual assault on the victim. The…
Will city folk continue to be Alberta’s second class citizens?
Amid debate about adopting a voting system to replace the egregiously undemocratic first-past-the-post, another offense against fair voting is sometimes overlooked. In Alberta, an opportunity to redress that particular sin…
America’s Deep State – More and Less Than Meets the Eye
There’s a lot of talk about America’s “deep state.” This supposed hidden government is the stuff of many conspiracy theories. Donald Trump is obsessed with the idea, wants them exposed.…
Will city folk continue to be Alberta’s second class citizens?
Amid debate about adopting a voting system to replace the egregiously undemocratic first-past-the-post, another offense against fair voting is sometimes overlooked. In Alberta, an opportunity to redress that particular sin…
Trump’s Bitter Harvest
This may not surprise us, but it should still horrify us. In the middle of a crowded bar, Adam Purinton yelled at two Indian men to “get out of my…
February 2017 Bits and Bites
We were out of the country for a couple of days and missed a few stories that would have been mentioned on the blog earlier. First, Arthur Topham, who was…
Trump’s Bitter Harvest
This may not surprise us, but it should still horrify us. In the middle of a crowded bar, Adam Purinton yelled at two Indian men to “get out of my…
February 2017 Bits and Bites
We were out of the country for a couple of days and missed a few stories that would have been mentioned on the blog earlier. First, Arthur Topham, who was…
Susan Mabey to receive 2017 Chaplin Memorial Award
“A Christian who happens to be a lesbian”, Susan Mabey’s is a name which has been more than incidental in the long struggle for LGBT inclusion in the United Church…