Canada’s NDP backs American Empire
Hélène Laverdière, MP Laurier—Sainte-Marie (NDP) • Photo by Alain Décarie Does the NDP consistently support a foreign policy that benefits ordinary people around the world? Or does the social democratic…
August 2017
The day we all knew there would be a change coming at Indigenous Affairs
This was the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women booth at the AFN in Regina last month. Lisa took this picture and sent it to me. Here’s what I wrote then:…
Ezra Levant’s Hateful News Outlet Enabled by Canada’s Media Establishment
Photo via screenshot In the weeks following its sympathetic coverage of the deadly far-right rally in Charlottesville, the Rebel, an online outlet started in 2013 by Ezra Levant, has seen…
Just What in Hell Is Going On in Houston
Houston, you have a problem. From The New York Times, “Houston before and after Harvey.” Harvey, the storm that has hit the Houston area hasn’t been a typical hurricane/tropical storm.…
Krugman – the Fascist State of America
“F-S-A, F-S-A, F-S-A.” How long before that’s heard at Trump rallies or tractor pulls or gatherings of white supremacists, white nationalists, the alt-right and Ku Klux Klan? New York Times…
Another X: Tecipe for Hate review
Four out of five stars! Snippets from the NetGalley review: I loved X. I’ve been lucky to come across a rare few like him in my life, and they’ve added…
Sixty-two Years Ago Today
On August 28, 1955, Emmett Till was murdered in a horrific racist crime that reverberated throughout the world. In April of this year, Jazz Night in America recorded Wadada Leo…
When hate demands an answer
We toss around the word hate a lot in our common parlance. I hate Brussels Sprouts. He hates that band. She hates mornings. But those are really things we dislike,…
The Search for Trans Mountain’s 15,000 Construction Jobs
When Prime Minister Trudeau announced approval of the Trans Mountain project he said the expansion “will create 15,000 new, middle class jobs — the majority of them in the trades.”…
August 28: The worship of war.
First, a third and final piece on what the wars of the last 150 years have been about. Then excerpts from various news media. The Nature of Warfare Since 1871________________________________________________After…
‘Thirsty’ trees need help from residents, says Vancouver Park Board
Thousands of newly planted trees are at risk in prolonged hot, dry conditions By Chad Pawson, CBCNews, Aug 28, 2017 The City of Vancouver and the Vancouver Park Board are…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – The Star’s editorial board offers a needed response to the Fraser Institute’s tired anti-social posturing: The study’s greatest failing, however – the omission…
Top 10 Legal headlines for the Week of August 28, 2017
140Law: Here are our Top 10 Legal Headlines for the week of August 28, 2017. For links, visit 140Law at http://wiselaw.blogspot.com. For more information on Employment Law, Family Law, Wills,…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of August 28, 2017
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of August 28, 2017 from Wise Law on Twitter: Ohio Judge is shot outside courthouse; he and a probation officer fired…
Chile Says Yes to Penguins, No to Mining
Chile has recently decided not to approve a mining proposal in an area that harbours endanger species, including penguins. This is really nice to see since on the other side…
Andrew Scheer and The Rebel Ties That Bind
As we all know, Andrew Scheer has vowed not to grant more interviews to Ezra Levant's hate mongering Rebel until it changes its "editorial direction."Whatever that means.But after having spent…
That Kind Of Contempt Can Get Expensive
Last week, Mike Duffy launched a lawsuit against The Senate and the Attorney General. No one should be surprised. Michael Harris writes: Who could seriously argue that both the political…
What’s wrong at NDP HQ?
There was a promise that Babel-on-the-Bay would publish its Morning Line on the New Democratic Party leadership today. That is hardly possible when we have been stalled by the party…
This week’s column: when inmates run the asylum
BOSTON – Is being batshit crazy an impediment to high public office? It is a question being much-debated, these days, down here in the Disunited States. As the Unpresident continues…
The Quebec Demon #nlpoli #cdnpoli
The fancy word for it is revanchism. People who study words and language call it a borrowed word, meaning that we use it in English but got it from the…