Scheer Stupidity?
So it’s Andrew Scheer. The Conservatives dodged a bullet when they narrowly rejected Maxime Bernier’s full blown libertarianism. They now claim that they have chosen Stephen Harper with a smile.…
May 2017
ANDREW WHO? Oh, wait! I grabbed the wrong picture from the file cabinet!
PHOTOS: Andrew Scheer … I mean Joe Clark, a then-almost-unknown MP from Alberta, celebrates his victory in the Tory party leadership contest with his wife, Maureen McTeer, on Feb. 22,…
Lindsay Thurber High School: WCAI and CCC Still Refuse To Accept Reality
This past Monday, members of the WCAI, Canadian Combat Coalition, Soldiers of Odin, III% members as well as a few local supporters protested outside of a Red Deer, AB school…
Somewhere, Justin Trudeau is smiling
The #CPC just selected the evil Richie Cunningham. #cpcldr pic.twitter.com/TpNUv5PlEF — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) May 28, 2017
Fountain pens!
!*~&$! Fountain pens! Various filters over an original drawing of Tomas Fedora Ingrami via Raphael from the ever faithful Ufizzi catalog. Filed under: art
This tweet about #CPCldr is quite popular
Seriously: we all know #CPC members mostly hate @JustinTrudeau. But Canadians mostly don't. They need a new strategy. Seriously. #CPCldr — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) May 27, 2017
The Simpsons on Donald Trump’s 125 Days in Power
After nine days abroad in Europe and the Middle East Donald Trump is on his back to Washington and calling his trip a "home run."When in fact it was a…
President Trump’s National Security Adviser, H.R. McMaster: "I Smell Nothing"
It’s sad to witness the total failure of the olfactory system. Thanks to the work of The Washington Post for this: Recommend this Post
authors i keep wanting to read but don’t
My book list is extremely long, so long that I don’t call it a reading list or a to-read list, because I will never read even half the books on…
what i’m reading: the new jim crow by michelle alexander
When I first heard the incarceration of African Americans in the United States referred to as a “new Jim Crow,” I thought it must be hyperbole. So did Michelle Alexander,…
Maybe the US Should CUT its Budget by 50%?
Donald Trump pushes NATO members to increase their military budgets. Shouldn’t we push back and ask America and other countries to scale back?
"Six Against One"
Donald Trump is wrapping up his “Fabulous 2017 Boor Tour” at the G7 summit in Sicily. The Cheeto Benito emerged to praise the G7 chin wag as “tremendously productive.” Apparently…
Not Even Twenty Years
It was December, 1997, not that long ago yet, in many ways, an eternity. Bill Clinton was president. 9/11 was still years off. We hadn’t invented “perma-war” that now holds…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – David MacDonald studies the federal government’s loopholes and giveaways targeted toward those who already have the most – noting that there would be…
On Public-Private Partnerships
Much has recently been written about the Trudeau government’s plan to establish an Infrastructure Bank whose putative purpose is to leverage private sector money to help fund projects. One can…
The Ghastly Beginning of the Con Clown Convention
As I watched the Con leadership candidates deliver their final speeches yesterday evening I was struck by three things:How small the convention room was, how old and white the audience.And…
The
Michael Gerson used to write speeches for George W. Bush. He considers himself a conservative. But he is deeply disturbed about what has happened to conservatism in the era of…
Income Inequality Surged Under Harper
Just as Conservatives gathered to elect a new leader, Statistics Canada released income data for 2015. These allow us to look at trends under the full term of the Harper…
Trump’s travels as ‘The Ugly American.’
U.S. President Donald Trump has been out of the country this week. Life in Washington has been more peaceful. While Congress is despairing, trying to make sense of his budget,…
Intolerance-inspired effort to defund Pride Toronto thwarted
The City of Toronto just thwarted an attempt by some right-wing councillors to force the city to pull its $260,000 grant to Pride Toronto, the non-profit organizer of the annual…