Grimskunk at Verdun Art
Yesterday was the now annual event on Wellington street called Verdun Art organized by Nadia Gagnon of Maltehops. And it was nothing less than an awesome day of music on…
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Leadership 2017 Candidate Rankings – September 10
No, there isn’t any change in this week’s rankings compare to last week’s positioning. But I’ll post nonetheless to discuss how the candidates performed in today’s debate, and how that…
I Like Ike
He warned us about the emergent military-industrial complex. We didn’t listen. Dwight D. Eisenhower also warned his fellow Americans of what today masquerades as his own Republican Party when he…
Political Prisoner Herman Bell Assaulted
Black Panther Party political prisoner Herman Bell was viciously assaulted by guards at Great Meadow Correctional Facility (Comstock) on September 5, 2017. While being “escorted” by a guard back to…
Vonnegut Fans: A Five-Pack of New/Old K.V. Stories
Wonderful news. Vonnegut friend, Dan Wakefield, and Vonnegut scholar, Jerome Klinkowitz, were going through the author’s papers and stumbled across five previously unpublished short stories. “Complete Stories” will be published…
Surrounded By the Three Brutes
Angela Merkel appears to be riding for another election victory. Despite voter discontent over Merkel’s refugee policies the German voter seems far more concerned by the Three Brutes – Trump,…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Janine Jackson interviews Sarah Anderson about the lack of any public return on massive U.S. corporate tax breaks. And Greg Jericho discusses…
It’s All Such A Mystery
Of course it is. Recommend this Post
Meet My New Favourite Candidate For U.S. President
I'm afraid it's just too nice today to think of blogging instead of sailing. Or whatever.But now that Hurricane Irma has finally come ashore in Florida, before CNN blew up…
Terminal Decline
The ravages of Neo-liberalism are everywhere. Will Hutton writes that neo-liberal prescriptions have left Britain in permanent decline. A recent report from the Institute for Public Policy suggests that recent…
Hurricane Trump
I did a radio panel yesterday. The subject-matter doesn’t matter. I only mention it, in fact, because I did what I often do on TV and radio, this year: I…
Colourful black cat
Then it became a sunny day. Filed under: art
Hébert hails the Hair.
It is unlikely that many of political commentator Chantal Hébert’s fans read her Toronto Star columns for the humour. It is only occasionally that she writes with her tongue firmly…
help me find a new series to binge-watch
I need a new series to binge-watch. Requirements:1. Must have a ton of episodes2. Must have good characters and relationships3. Nothing too scary4. Nothing sweet or heartwarming5. No zombies6. Best…
Political words before elementary school audiences could’ve, should’ve been a teaching moment, literally
PHOTOS: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley with the school children at Lois E. Hole Elementary School in St. Albert, before whom she dared to speak political words. (Photo: CBC.) Below: St.…
Woman Who Verbally Attacked Jagmeet Singh Tied to Rise Canada
ARC's readers are already well aware of the incident in which a woman verbally attacked NDP leadership candidate Jagmeet Singh at an event in Brampton, ON. Of course the woman…
Leadership 2017 Links
The latest from the federal NDP’s leadership campaign in advance of tomorrow’s final official debate. (Though the Huffington Post is advertising another to come on the 27th.) – Elizabeth McSheffrey…
Protests Planned For September 30 Because…. Reasons?
While I anticipate that the anti-government and Islamophobic rallies that have marked the past spring and summer with diminishing returns will start to decline as fall arrives and cease almost…
Site C Dam Costs Could Escalate 40%, Says Auditor’s Report
The Site C dam project faces “significant schedule and cost pressures” that could inflate its final price tag to more than $12.5 billion, according to a new report by one…
Why are they called The Block?
Seven members of our council are collectively referred to as “The Block” in common parlance. A fitting nickname for a group that includes its leader, the deputy mayor, Brian Saunderson,…