A Great Liar Who Lies Without Inhibitions
“was a great liar, a very talented actor who lied without inhibitions; a man capable of self-suggestion, from which he would build his willpower – the most dangerous combination you…
“was a great liar, a very talented actor who lied without inhibitions; a man capable of self-suggestion, from which he would build his willpower – the most dangerous combination you…
Here’s the theory. The Russia investigation begins to close in on Donald Trump. Congressional Republicans seeking to save their own skins abandon their president. A desperate, authoritarian president throws his…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Colin Gordon discusses how contempt for democracy is one of the uniting principles of the right around the globe while reviewing Nancy MacLean’s…
“A man walks into a pub…” – the opening line of countless jokes. Only this time it was 53-year old Simon Smith of Reading, England and he’d just been hit…
I try to recycle every scrap of plastic that I can. I’ve kept vaguely current on the state of plastics in our oceans and along our coasts. Still I was…
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday June 28, 2017. Today we are talking about Family Law. Ontario’s Family Law Act (FLA) governs the equalization and division…
NDP leadership candidate Jagmeet Singh has proposed (with few details) to reform the current Old Age Security system by integrating Old Age Security (OAS) and the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS.)…
Because that’s what the panel investigating Canada Post’s delivery of the violence-promoting hate rag Your Ward News did this morning. And it was what I and others had warned them…
Business that adapt to climate change are more likely to be successful in the coming years, and business that basically cut their carbon footprint to zero will thrive. This is…
If you start at the two-minute mark, you will see the start of Senator Al Franken’s public humiliation of Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, as the latter amply demonstrates both…
According to a new Pew Research poll, Canadians are not impressed with Donald Trump. Only 22% of us have confidence in the Trump presidency. But Tim Harper reminds us that,…
I'm sure many of you have read the book, or seen the movie Ship of Fools. Well now get ready for Ezra Levant and his Ship of Bigots.Because the Rebel…
In politics, you are not always able to dine with people you like. All to often you have to deal with the position rather than the person. And in the…
Pay attention to Section 44. BC Liberals with their media friends and hired guns – the Digital Warriors – pretend the Speaker’s voting rights are limited. But, the provincial statute…
PHOTO: Bashir Mohamed of Black Lives Matter Edmonton speaks in front of the Edmonton Police Service downtown headquarters yesterday. Below: Some powerful charts showing carding practices in Edmonton. It’s too…
One of the key faulty assumptions underlying Canada’s approval of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline is that Alberta’s bitumen is being unfairly discounted by U.S. buyers and that its price…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Katie Allen reports on Kathleen O’Grady’s look at precarious work – and how a generation of young workers is being taught to…
In 1653, with great prescience, Oliver Cromwell spoke about you in England’s House of Commons: It is high time for me to put an end to your sitting in this…
His denunciation is powerful and passionate. Watch as Keith Olbermann excoriates those who are aiding and abetting Trump’s foul agenda. Recommend this Post
The Alberta Social Credit Party is no more. Taken over by a group of anti-abortion activists in 2016, the party has officially changed its name to the Alberta Pro-Life Political…