Conservative Christmas Grinch
A loyal reader of this blog sent me a picture of this. It’s apparently an insert that was put into a well known Conservative MP’s Christmas Card that this MP…
2017
Premiers: who’s up, who’s down, who cares
I don’t put much stock in Angus Reid’s little Premier’s popularity poll thing, and neither should you. I think the Reid folks do it mainly for fun, and to get…
The bollocks of Brexit.
“It is not as simple as we were told.” We assume that comment has been made many times as the United Kingdom heads towards its divorce from Europe. For Prime…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Ryan Avent discusses how wage stagnation is harming U.S. productivity – and how a shift toward empowering workers could be the solution…
War Is a Racket
I stumbled across – or over – this recently. War is a racket. It’s a phrase attributed to a US Marine, Maj.-Gen Smedley Darlington Butler, a soldier who twice earned…
Derek Fildebrandt’s hit-&-run fine is only $402 but the political tariff is likely to be much steeper
PHOTOS: Derek Fildebrandt in a pose evocative of his next legal challenge, hunting without permission on private land. Below: Mr. Fildebrandt famously loading jerry cans full of gasoline in his…
Pam Geller and Ezra Levant Event In Toronto: A Brief Who’s Who.
By the time this article is published, the JDL sponsored event featuring Pam Geller and Ezra Levant may very well be in full swing. As such ARC decided to remind…
B.C. Bans Grizzly Hunt for Trophies and Meat, But Indigenous Practices to Continue
As Valerie Murray realized she was witnessing the end of grizzly bear hunting in B.C. she burst into tears. After years of tirelessly campaigning to stop the trophy hunt, Murray,…
Mueller Sets His Sights on Cambridge Analytica
At what point does the political interest in swaying public opinion during elections cross the line into anti-democratic electoral manipulation, brainwashing? Grownups know that politics is a dirty business. It…
War on Korea by March, 2018?
There have been news reports in recent days that Washington has assured Beijing that, if American troops enter North Korea, it will be a limited mission to neutralize Kim’s nuclear…
A New Way to View Your Political Leadership
Around the world democracy is giving ground to plutocracy, oligarchy and authoritarianism. In some nations, the US in particular, it happened so incrementally that only a few really noticed and,…
B.C. Finds Gas Industry Built Numerous Unauthorized Fracking Dams Without Engineering Plans
Originally published by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. More than half of nearly 50 dams that fossil fuel companies built in recent years without first obtaining the proper permits…
The Empire of Delusion
We’ll know by the end of the day what the world will look like to the United States and what the States, Trumpland, will look like to the world. In…
Away in the manger
Filed under: Cartoons (Single Panel), Non political, Paintings Tagged: Societal
Chris Hedges – The "Permanent Lie"
We’ve seen this before. It’s a standard feature of authoritarian/totalitarian governments – the “permanent lie.” Now it’s America’s turn as it drifts into the grip of rightwing authoritarianism. Chris Hedges…
Top 10 Legal Headlines for the week of December 18, 2017
140Law: Here are your top 10 Legal Headlines for the week of December 18, 2017. – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website:…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of December 18, 2017
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of December 18, 2017 from Wise Law on Twitter: Beverley McLachlin retires after 17 years as Canada’s Chief Justice Lawyer linked…
Fasten Your Seat Belts
Neal Gabler writes that November 8, 2016 marked the beginning of the Second American Civil War: By that perspective, just as the first Civil War was the last gasp of…
What We Know After Building Generation One of Net Zero
Popular building low density developments like then pictured above are really bad for the environment. To truly understand how disastrous low density housing is one needs to consider the physical…
Column: #MeToo, Ottawa, and what to do if it happens to you
That didn’t take long. Last Monday Monday morning, this space wondered why the #MeToo movement had yet to alight in Ottawa. Seventy-two hours later – and just as Prime Minister…