There’s a Book In This.
Mike Duffy is suing the Senate and the RCMP for some $8 million in damages over the ordeal that saw him buried in scandal, expelled from the Senate and then…
August 2017
Leadership 2017 Links
The latest from the federal NDP’s leadership campaign. – Evidence for Democracy has released the candidates’ responses to its questions about science in Canada. And Canadian Dimension offers replies on…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Owen Jones points out Portugal’s example as a demonstration that that there is indeed an alternative to austerity – and that it’s better…
Suzuki Asks If We Are Embarking On a New "Dark Age"?
I know that David Suzuki isn’t alone in asking if we’re entering a new Dark Age. Lately it seems so. News reports are enough to make anyone want to crawl…
PEGIDA Canada Rally in London, ON
As a result of their first public rally where they were swamped by those who opposed them PEGIDA Canada had been until today very quiet about their protests, instead opting…
Eclipse: The Experience of Totality
Being the path of totality, was one of the most incredible things I have ever witnessed. The sun’s corona during the 2017 total eclipse of the sun as seen near…
Too Stupid to Understand an Eclipse
Here’s an image re-tweeted by Donald Trump. Created by Trump fan and raging anti-Semite, Jerry Travone, the four panels are supposed to show Trump, complete with shit-eating grin, gradually eclipsing…
Gorka Booted, Arpaio Pardoned
Gorka and Arpaio. They’re both obnoxious but only one drew the short straw. Yesterday the White House announced that the odious Sebastian Gorka is no longer part of Team Trump.…
Saturday Photo: Bees….
My overgrown, mostly-indigenous garden of perennials has been hosting a bumper crop of bees this summer. Glad to see that, given the current worry about the fate of bees in…
Sketching on Mother’s Beach
38,000 words in six weeks, too. Cooking with gas. Screw politics.
There’s Now Only One Objective
Donald Trump’s opponents are outraged — as they should be. But Trump is the Master of Distraction. One outrage is rapidly followed by another. He constantly shifts the focus of…
Mike Duffy and the Con Scandal That Won’t Die
I know the Mike Duffy trial seems like ancient history now, and I can hardly remember the details of the case.Except that the wrong man was put on trial. The…
They are rewriting history, again.
Now the revisionists are going after Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada’s first prime minister. And what is their problem? They think Sir John was racist and disrespected Canada’s aboriginals. You…
Time for a changeup? UCP Caucus’s money troubles are funny and ironic, but not enough to win an election for the NDP
PHOTOS: NDP Health Minister Sarah Hoffman. Is she the best person to hold Alberta’s finance portfolio as Alberta’s 2019 election edges nearer? Below: Finance Minister Joe Ceci and Jason Kenney,…
The Real Reason Jason Kenney Won’t Be Going to the Pride Parade
Well I can't say I'm surprised that Jason Kenney has turned down an invitation to attend Calgary's Pride parade. Even though the invitation came from an Albertan with way more…
Anti-Muslim Protest Permit Revoked in Grand Prairie; Another Planned For Edmonton
We had been hearing about plans for an anti-Muslim rally to be held in Grand Prairie, AB tomorrow, however it seems that they have hit a wee bit of a…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Abigail McKnight and Richard Reeves write about the gilded floor that prevents the wealthy from facing the realities lived by most people. Eric…
Musical interlude
Republica – Ready To Go
Disrespectful treatment of the mayor, again
There’s a seemingly innocuous story in the Connection this week titled, “Collingwood to sell railway to County of Simcoe for $900,000” that underscores the ongoing disrespect The Block and the…
From my talk wth CBC this morning: the growing racist menace
Here: People in positions of power need to use it. We have hate laws on the books, they should use them. All of us have a role to play and…