The Hypocrites Are In Charge
There is much to despise about Donald Trump. But Jonathan Freedland points out that Trump is not the only villain in the present drama, which is straight out of the…
March 2017
A Coward, Pure And Simple
When I was young, we had a term for certain individuals. We called them “gutless wonders.” It still seems like the most apt term today. Watch this video and you’ll…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Lana Payne questions whether Justin Trudeau’s brief nod to precarious work and burgeoning inequality will be reflected in any action. But Sheila Malcolmson…
Saturday Photo: The Waters of March…Canada and Brazili
I’ve posted this before, but I like the photo a lot. It’s March and the snow is/was melting. (I say was, because we’re quite cold today so there won’t be…
The Hypocrites Are In Charge
There is much to despise about Donald Trump. But Jonathan Freedland points out that Trump is not the only villain in the present drama, which is straight out of the…
A Coward, Pure And Simple
When I was young, we had a term for certain individuals. We called them “gutless wonders.” It still seems like the most apt term today. Watch this video and you’ll…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Lana Payne questions whether Justin Trudeau’s brief nod to precarious work and burgeoning inequality will be reflected in any action. But Sheila Malcolmson…
Asking the right people.
The report from Ottawa is that the Liberal government wants Canada’s Communications Security Establishment (CSE) to advise politicians and Elections Canada on computer security. Just why these should be the…
In which the United States, 2017, becomes Germany, 1941
And Sophie’s Choice is real.
Musical interlude
Yuri Kane feat. Sopheary – Obsession
Musical interlude
Yuri Kane feat. Sopheary – Obsession
Tillerson Gives Secretary-General the Brushoff.
A newly minted U.S. secretary of state and a new U.N. Secretary-General. You might have thought they would sit down for a chin wag in no time. No, we’re talking…
Neo-Naziism isn’t “speech,” Frank Addario
CBC story here. Images taken from this white supremacist, Hitlerite rag here. The paper is filled with offensive imagery and writing aimed at just about every identifiable group, discredited theories…
March :3: Stupidity and Insanity – the Keys to Power.
Here’s the story on just one tax-dodge scheme for the wealthy. It seems to have been done with the knowledge of the Canadian government through a firm that has many…
Tillerson Gives Secretary-General the Brushoff.
A newly minted U.S. secretary of state and a new U.N. Secretary-General. You might have thought they would sit down for a chin wag in no time. No, we’re talking…
The Scariest Part Is If You Take Him at His Word
Donald Trump, eager to pump up his defence cred, recently described himself as the “most militaristic” person in the world. Sure that’s the now standard bombast from a pathologically narcissistic…
March :3: Stupidity and Insanity – the Keys to Power.
Here’s the story on just one tax-dodge scheme for the wealthy. It seems to have been done with the knowledge of the Canadian government through a firm that has many…
The Scariest Part Is If You Take Him at His Word
Donald Trump, eager to pump up his defence cred, recently described himself as the “most militaristic” person in the world. Sure that’s the now standard bombast from a pathologically narcissistic…
Cash give-aways haven’t helped the Liberals so why double down?
The government has answered the question about who might benefit from the improved fiscal situation of the province. At least in part. The government’s announcement that they will spend $2.5…
The Night of the Generals
The headline in Politico is kind of jarring – “The Generals Guarding American Democracy: It has fallen to military men to keep our institutions safe.”It comes down to a simple…