As Elvis leaves the building, so do we all
No one gets out of here alive. We all die. And with us go into the dustbin the dreams, the values, the ideals, the culture we grew up with, we…
May 2017
Water, Water Everywhere (At Least Everywhere It’s Not Wanted)
Let’s cut to the chase. The IPCC, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, has estimated sea level rise over the course of this century will be somewhere between 30 cm. to…
Assange Outwaits the Swedish Heat
Julian Assange may walk on the rape allegations from Sweden that have kept him bottled up in Ecuador’s London embassy for years. Swedish prosecutors have dropped their preliminary investigation into…
Weiner’s Final Tumble
Registered sex offender. That should be the last nail in the coffin for the former Democratic congressman, Anthony Weiner. Mr. Weiner will plead guilty to a single charge of transferring…
Picture, thousand words, etc.
Bert Archer told me Mad magazine did it first, but this one is pretty powerful.
You Can See The End
The Canadian who edits Vanity Fair — Graydon Carter — writes that you cannot fight Donald Trump by using the usual tools of resistance: As anyone who has followed his…
Fixing Ontario’s out-of-date work laws.
Ontario Labour Minister Kevin Flynn has a tough road to travel with the Wynne Cabinet. He is seeking to address the antiquated labour laws in Ontario. He wants to restore…
The Lamentable Legacy of the Con Clown Rona Ambrose
It's not a very good picture, but I thought I'd keep it anyway, because it's historic. Sort of.A picture of the Con Queen Rona Ambrose announcing that she's retiring from…
Gavin McInnes’ ‘Alt-Right’ Fan Club Drifts Towards Neo-Nazi Violence (repost)
His people are getting arrested in Boston, and he lost a speaking gig in Chicago. Folks are becoming wise to this scumbag’s plans, and a guest contributor breaks him down.…
Trans cartoonist’s website hacked and replaced by Nazi imagery by ‘alt-right’ trolls (repost)
Sophie LaBelle, who created the Assigned Male cartoon, was known for taking on transphobia and transmisogyny with her well known strip. But then an orchestrated attack deleted every comic, she…
Tories, Wildrosers agree to call new entity United Conservative Party … without ever speaking the initials aloud
PHOTOS: Wildrose Leader Brian Jean and Progressive Conservative Leader Jason Kenney pose uncomfortably in this Wildrose Party photo. Below: A CBC shot by Terry Reith may have captured the real…
I think the post below hit a nerve
Free speech and all that.
The U-C-P: Jean and Kenney launch the United Conservative Party
Today’s announcement from Wildrose Party leader Brian Jean and Progressive Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney that they plan to create a new conservative political party has been expected for weeks.…
Rebel, Rebel, they’re gonna put you down
Sleeping Giants, having hammered Breitbart’s bottom line,, has turned its sights on The Rebel. This won’t end well. For The Rebel. the @slpng_giants have done about breitbart. We thought about…
Canada’s vanishing point: Reconciliation and the erasure of Indian personhood
According to Tara Williamson, a singer-songwriter and poet from Manitoba, one of the many problems inherent in Canada’s current effort to reconcile with Indigenous peoples is this: “We must be…
Yes, Dame Cathy, Pollution Isn’t Free.
It’s only taken a year and a half but, finally, Justin’s EnviroMin, Cathy McKenna, has declared that “pollution isn’t free” – only she really doesn’t mean it. She’s just bullshitting.…
On Leadership and Definitions
SOURCE: CBC News: Ryan Meili Seeks NDP Leadership for 3rd Time By this point in time, most of you have likely heard the new that Ryan Meili has announced his…
postscript: some clarifications and addenda to my recent post on cultural appropriation
Many people have been discussing my recent post about cultural appropriation on Facebook. I’m not surprised that many people disagree (that’s why I wrote it, to put my countering opinion…
Out with the soft, in with the firm.
So happy to have a bunch of new firm pencil tips. Why can’t I buy these? I would. Filed under: digital, drawing Tagged: firm tips, Paper by 53, Pencil
May 18: Hey. Give me a break. I’ve had a couple of busy days.
Sorry! This is a disorderly blog. I had nothinig but interruptions in trying to write it yesterday. And today, I felt a need to write the long intro below. Our…