Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – The Star’s editorial board calls for a reworking of Canada’s tax system to make sure businesses pay their fair share: The tax bills…
2017
Now our daily National snore.
As a news junkie, it has been important over the years to end the day with a regular dose of CBC National News. It also might now have become an…
Hill Times calls Recipe For Hate one of the best books of the year!
Here’s today’s front page: And here’s the interview Laura Ryckewaert did with me:
The Many Hateful Lies of the Con Clown Andrew Scheer
For a man who claims to be a religious fanatic, Andrew Scheer seems to have a very casual relationship with the Ten Commandments.Especially the one about not bearing false witness.Because…
Get ready for the kinder, gentler Jason Kenney as United Conservative Party leader pivots toward the rhetorical centre
PHOTOS: Get ready for the new, kinder, gentler Jason Kenney. Below: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley; Mr. Kenney, who is about to be sworn in as the leader of the Opposition,…
Vote in the Best of Alberta Politics 2017 Survey (Round 2!)
In our most recent episode of The Daveberta Podcast, Ryan and I asked you to help us shape our final episode of 2017 by voting in the Best of Alberta…
On points of agreement
With both Ryan Meili and Trent Wotherspoon having run leadership campaigns before, both could be expected to have plenty to offer by way of policy. And that’s proven true –…
Open Letter to Jagmeet Singh: NDP’s reactionary foreign policy positions must be changed
Photo from Jagmeet Singh’s Facebook Page Dear Mr. Singh, As the newly elected leader of the federal NDP you are in a position to carry on with the party’s sound…
Jason Kenney’s “Big” Win
Jason Kenney and the media describe Kenney’s win in the Calgary-Lougheed byelection with 71.5% of the votes as a “landslide” and the final tick in the box before Kenney cruises…
The III%ers Were Nestled All Snug In Their Beds, While Visions Of Murder And Genocide Danced In Their Heads
Every once in a while I check on the III% militia pages to see what they are up to. The Alberta Threepers are consistently the most active which, when one…
Global warming: Our most dire predictions for the future of the planet are probably right
Photo from Public Domain Climate change models that are more severe are likely more accurate, according to a study published on Wednesday in Nature. The study discovered that predictions with…
Canada Must Stop Support to Honduras Regime following Botched Election
Photo by Moises Castillo In the chaos following national elections in Honduras on November 26, Canadian authorities must take a strong public stand and forcibly denounce evidence of electoral fraud…
Why Aren’t Leaders Held Accountable for War as They Are Beginning to Be for Sexual Abuse?
Photo by DVIDSHUB What makes a Harvey Weinstein moment? The now-disgraced Hollywood mogul is hardly the first powerful man to stand accused of having abused women. The Harveys who preceded…
Venezuela votes in municipal elections
Photo by ruurmo Municipal elections took on 10 December 2017 in Venezuela, electing 335 mayors. There was also an election for the governorship of the Zulia state. This was the…
The Return of Stuff Happens, week 50: The year in Google
In lieu of an actual look at the past week, here’s a look at last year, as tabulated by most popular searches on Google. Here in Canada, Hurricane Irma was…
Mining Company Loses 5-Year B.C. Lawsuit Meant to ‘Silence’ Critics
The Wilderness Committee has won a landmark defamation case brought against it by Taseko Mines Ltd. but, despite the win, the non-profit environmental group will suffer financially after fighting the…
How Internet Monopolies Threaten Democracy
I have been thinking a lot about the internet and what it means for journalism and democracy lately. I am currently writing a book the topic, so will have much…
The Block do it to themselves. Again.
Some readers may be tired of me pointing out how dim-witted The Block on our council are, how little they understand, how little they know, how they dislike reading and…