Donald Trump and the Russian Connection
Donald Trump must have hoped he would be able to bury the Russian election hacking story, in some dark place where nobody could ever find it.Or shred it, or burn…
March 2017
St. Albert Mayor Nolan Crouse makes it official: he wants to lead Alberta Liberals
PHOTOS: St. Albert Mayor Nolan Crouse, second from left in Liberal red tie, announces his bid to lead the Alberta Liberals, a party that currently has only one member in…
So, What Was in the News Today?
Here are a few stories that we came across. See if you could spot the theme. Blaze at Toronto Islamic centre arson: Cops Late-night fire at Islamic centre being investigated…
David D. Orr’s ‘Encountering Riel’ remains atop Edmonton fiction bestseller list
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended Feb. 24, 2017, compiled on Feb. 29, 2017, by Audreys Books…
LOCK HIM UP
Oh look, the Klansman-pal is in a spot of trouble: Then-Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) spoke twice last year with Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Justice Department officials said, encounters…
So, What Was in the News Today?
Here are a few stories that we came across. See if you could spot the theme. Blaze at Toronto Islamic centre arson: Cops Late-night fire at Islamic centre being investigated…
Oh My, My – This Is Juicy
Did Obama leave a minefield for the Trump administration/junta, one sown with Trump’s own mines? The New York Times reports that Obama officials in the final days before the new…
Oh My, My – This Is Juicy
Did Obama leave a minefield for the Trump administration/junta, one sowed with Trump’s own mines? The New York Times reports that Obama officials in the final days before the new…
March 1:We are on the path to disaster.
This news did not appear in the New Brunswick newspapers. http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/automation-jobs-canada-computers-white-collar-1.3982466 This is no longer something that is coming. It’s here. Heard of any government plans to deal with it?…
March 1:We are on the path to disaster.
This news did not appear in the New Brunswick newspapers. http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/automation-jobs-canada-computers-white-collar-1.3982466 This is no longer something that is coming. It’s here. Heard of any government plans to deal with it?…
Sorry, But Those Jobs Aren’t Coming Back
Say what he will, and we know by now that Donald Trump will say just about anything,Trump’s promise of many hundreds of thousands of new, high paying jobs is nonsense.…
Sorry, But Those Jobs Aren’t Coming Back
Say what he will, and we know by now that Donald Trump will say just about anything,Trump’s promise of many hundreds of thousands of new, high paying jobs is nonsense.…
CAPP Lobbies Government to ‘Recycle’ Carbon Tax Revenues Back to Oil Industry
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), Canada’s largest oil and gas lobbyist group, asked the federal government to introduce a carbon pricing scheme that would “recycle” revenues back into…
Lent schment
I don't drink, smoke, take any drugs or eat much red meat. So I don't really have much left to give up for Lent, except Lent. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren)…
Trump’s New Commerce Secretary Focused On One Aspect of Climate Change. Of Course.
America’s newly minted commerce secretary, shady billionaire Wilbur Ross, doesn’t entirely share Trump’s view that climate change is a hoax. No, to Wilbur, sea level rise is real. For the…
CAPP Lobbies Government to ‘Recycle’ Carbon Tax Revenues Back to Oil Industry
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), Canada’s largest oil and gas lobbyist group, asked the federal government to introduce a carbon pricing scheme that would “recycle” revenues back into…
Trump’s New Commerce Secretary Focused On One Aspect of Climate Change. Of Course.
America’s newly minted commerce secretary, shady billionaire Wilbur Ross, doesn’t entirely share Trump’s view that climate change is a hoax. No, to Wilbur, sea level rise is real. For the…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – François Côté-Vaillancourt suggests a greater focus on redistributing wealth and income to ensure a secure standard of living, rather than seeking primarily to…
Militarism: Revolutionary Mothering and Rosie the Riveter
Woman working on an airplane motor at North American Aviation, Inc., plant in California, June 1942 • Photo by Alfred T. Palmer The women who mobilized the January global protest…
amman to cairo to home: in which things out work very nicely
EgyptAir, we love you! I’m writing this from an airport hotel, where I did not expect to be. After Ridiculous Breakfast #3, we did a little negotiating (see below), then…