Because he really is one
SFH is heading back into the studio in May to re-record this gem about the Unpresident, and a dozen other guaranteed chart-toppers, too. Sing along! Dance! And buy all our…
April 2017
BC’s NDP: big labour pays their salaries – and is chummy with Trump, too
From the Straight, not exactly a paragon of anti-NDP sentiment: Oh, and here is a fascinating video on the BC NDP’s pals palling it up with Donald Trump – the…
Quick analysis of the anti-fascist counter demo Montreal April 23
Following the explicitly anti-Muslim demonstration held on March 4, on April 23 some of the same far right forces tried a different approach, calling for a demonstration against the governing…
I miss my life before you became President, too, you moron
…as one of my witty readers put it. To wit, from that now-infamous Reuters interview with the Unpresident: He misses driving, feels as if he is in a cocoon, and…
Even the Prime Minister of America wouldn’t get this wrong
From Commentary. In all seriousness, tall-forehead commentary-type folks, when you get stuff this basic wrong, you undermine your entire story/column/editorial. And so I used to tell my students at Carleton’s…
No Teachable Moments
Michael Harris was not impressed by the final Conservative leadership debate: For what felt like hours, the candidates alternated between snarking at their colleagues and making grandiose claims about their…
Kevin O’Leary was never in.
When TV personality Kevin O’Leary declared himself out of the federal Conservative leadership race the other day, it was a race he had never really been in. He came late…
egypt photos are online
Our photos from Egypt and Jordan are now on Flickr. Below are the various albums. I’ve also added links to the individual wmtc posts. egypt / giza egypt / pyramids…
Farewell, United Kingdom
At times she seems to think herself a latter day Margaret Thatcher but Theresa May’s legacy might be as the prime minister who destroyed the United Kingdom. She’s been pushing…
Few hints about coming NDP workplace law reform in minister’s speech to Alberta Federation of Labour
PHOTOS: Alberta Labour Minister Christina Gray at the Alberta Federation of Labour Convention in Edmonton yesterday. (Photo: Dave Cournoyer.) Below: AFL President Gil McGowan and Labour Code review chair Andrew…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Ben Kentish reports on the Equality Trust’s research showing that the poorest 10% of the population in the UK actually pays a…
Change You Can Believe In, Even If You Would Rather Not
It caused a ruckus (is that still a word?) back in 2013. Four years ago, can you imagine? That’s when we learned that atmospheric carbon dioxide had broken through the…
New column day
Here, on the Libs’ delayed climate change action as going beyond mere backloading of promises to outright destruction in the meantime. For further reading…– For just a few examples of…
Fact Checking Christy Clark’s LNG Claims
For years, the B.C. government has touted the benefits of developing a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export industry — and while some of those benefits may be legit, one of…
Ontario Budget 2017: A Twitter take
#onbudget: balanced budget, youth pharmacare, student aid, indigenous initiatives, all good. Size of debt, not so much. #onpoli — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) April 27, 2017
LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday April 27, 2017. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. A last will can leave instructions for who will…
LA REVUE GAUCHE – Left Comment: NORTH KOREA NUKE FREE White House: Military Prepa…
LA REVUE GAUCHE – Left Comment: NORTH KOREA NUKE FREE White House: Military Prepa…: NORTH KOREA NUKE FREE White House: Military Preparations ‘Underway’ for North Korea Which means TRUMP is…
LA REVUE GAUCHE – Left Comment 2017-04-27 16:09:00
NORTH KOREA NUKE FREE White House: Military Preparations ‘Underway’ for North Korea Which means TRUMP is bullying HIS way again into a Masculine Show of Force for Poll Ratings ITS…
Dirtier Than We Had Ever Imagined.
Oil and gas fracking doesn’t draw the same attention in Canada as it has attracted in the United States. It’s probably fair to say that most of us hardly think…