The #RecipeForHate book tour begins!
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November 2017
Paugan Road closing for good?
I admit it’s a bit of an acquired taste, but I like riding Paugan Road in Denholm Québec. The latest bout of severe rainfall and flooding has done away with…
How Jason Kenney Will Help Re-Elect Justin Trudeau
The other day I looked at what might happen if or when the bigot bully Jason Kenney becomes Premier of Alberta.And I warned that by blockading B.C., and declaring war…
The Sickness Unto Death
Cognitive dissonance might be one way to describe how we conduct our lives in the face of climate change and environmental degradation. Willful ignorance might be another. Or, perhaps most…
You Need To Take A Shower
Two weeks before the Mueller indictments, the Trump propaganda machine began to trumpet the line that Mueller should be investigating Hillary Clinton for a uranium deal. E.J. Dionne understands the…
The pivot: Rod Phillips, and why Patrick Brown needs to emulate Jean Chretien
My old friend (“old” because we’ve known each other for just about two decades, not “old” because we are both, you know, older) Rod Phillips is running for Patrick Brown’s…
LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday November 2, 2017. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. For more information on Employment Law, Family Law, Wills,…
OECD Wants International Action Against Climate Change
One of the most influential international economic is calling for a bigger push to combat climate change. The Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Angel Gurría, gave…
New column day
Here, summarizing a few of my earlier blog posts on the state of the Saskatchewan NDP’s leadership campaign – and the choice between two positive and appealing leaders that played…
Does Donald Trump even like America?
If President Donald Trump takes any pride in the United States of America, he has a funny way of showing it. Did he run for the presidency as a joke…
The Poppy
According to the Royal Canadian Legion’s Poppy Manual, the Legion will never authorize the display of a poppy on “blogs or discussion groups even of a remembrance nature, as the…
Economic challenges ahead
This week, I’ve focused on the BCUC reports and will write more about Site C later. I also looked at Statistics Canada employment reports. I don’t put a lot of…
You Can’t Stay Here, stories by Alberta author Jasmina Odor, tops Audreys Books Edmonton Bestseller List
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended Oct. 29, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
A gripping tale of lost Bitcoins
I’m just glad this wasn’t me. You probably won’t be disappointed reading this tale of a man losing his Bitcoin recovery information, and the low-tech, and high-tech means he tries…
Five candidates run to lead the Green Party of Alberta
Photo: Green Party of Alberta leadership candidates Grant Neufeld, Romy Tittel, Marco Reid, James Friesen and Brian Deheer. While the Green Party has succeeded in electing MLAs in British Columbia,…
And This Is Where We Need to Worry
China is in the process of ascending to superpowerdom, displacing America from its perch. And the US Navy is worried that they’ll get away with it without a fight. There…
You Can’t Stay Here by Jasmine Odor tops Audreys Books Edmonton Bestseller list this week
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended Oct. 29, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
The Debasement of John Kelly Continues
This jackass has ridden his four stars into the dirt. Having made a fool of himself over his remarks on the Civil War that aped his fuhrer’s comments, the “good…
I Wonder What an Original Hitler Goes For?
An original Donald Trump sketch just went for $16,000. Here it is. That’s Trump’s sketch of the Empire State Building. Impressive, huh? Probably not the best week to bring this…
Site C Dam Over Budget, Behind Schedule and Could be Replaced by Alternatives: BCUC Report
A highly anticipated review of B.C.’s Site C dam has found the project is likely to be over budget and behind schedule and alternative energy sources could be built for…