The Ultimate Caregiver’s Playlist
Music is often the soundtrack of our lives. Particular songs evoke memories of personal pain, triumphs, love, commitment and maybe a broken heart. Other tunes just make us happy by…
2017
Because Taking the Piss Out of Donald J. Trump Just Never Gets Old
Donald J. Trump, man/baby president of the United States, has set the Twittersphere howling with laughter over his claim that he and Putin have discussed forming “an impenetrable Cyber Security…
MayBot Cautioned Not to Jump Too Quickly Into Donald Trump’s Lap.
British prime minister Theresa May went to the G20 summit in Hamburg looking for a date. With the combined impacts of the Brexit fiasco, her disastrous performance in Britain’s last…
Who wants to lead Alberta’s Green Party?
Green Party of Alberta leadership candidates Grant Neufeld, Romy Tittel, and Marco Reid. The Green Party of Alberta may not enjoy the same success of its cousins on the West…
The Khadr file – justice finally served
As a long time follower of this case and someone who decried a couple of different Canadian governments refusing to speak up about the farce taking place at Guanatanamo Bay…
The Rand Corporation and America’s Simpleton in Chief
There may be nothing Donald Trump likes better than to bash America’s NATO partners as freeloaders who are feeding off the US economy, dragging America down. A study conducted by…
Joe Stiglitz on Trump’s Rogue State America
No one would have expected a progressive such as Joe Stiglitz to be a cheerleader for Donald Trump and he’s not. The Nobel laureate economist does, however, make a compelling…
Are Republicans "Victims"?
It sounds like a stretch, Republicans as victims of their health care reform aspirations. That, however, is the Brookings Institute’s Isabel Sawhill’s take. But are Senate Republicans evil people? Do…
Facts Are Facts
Despite the impotent snorting and sputtering of the likes of Andrew Sheer and his fellow travellers, the facts about the apology and compensation awarded to Omar Khadr speak for themselves.…
The Operative Word is "Already"
310 million people living in low-lying coastal areas are already vulnerable to sea level rise compounded by severe weather events. Sea level rise has increased markedly in recent decades and…
in which telehealth sends me to the emergency room and i wonder why. or, what’s the deal with telehealth?
I used Telehealth for the first time this past week, Ontario’s call centre for health questions. I thought it was a great service, but now that I’ve spoken to others…
a must-read if you’re responding to ignorance and bigotry about omar khadr’s settlement
In case everyone hasn’t seen this yet, written by someone named Ben Feral Selinger. July 6 Okay, I’m fucking sick of the idiocy and done with writing a diatribe every…
Things Went Swimmingly
The world waited last week, like the audience watching the season finale of The Apprentice, to witness the outcome of the Trump-Putin tete-a-tete. If you believe Rex Tillerson, the show…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Damian Carrington reports on new research showing that the actual change in temperature caused by greenhouse gas emissions may be larger than…
A purchased presidency.
Is it possible to place a price on the American presidency? Can its worth even be determined? Whatever the price might be, it probably is nowhere near the damages being…
The Conservatives Have No Right To Argue Against The Due Process Rights of Canadians
Due process is a right that ensures every Canadian citizen is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law, and the ability to properly defend and question evidence…
At Sunfest Victoria Park #ldnont
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July 2017 Bits and Bites Part I: More Proud Boys, Fromm and Goudreau Antics, and Hamilton Shooting
Well it has been a few days since ARC first published the story on the Proud Boys who disrupted the memorial in Halifax and who happen to be members of…
What do I listen to when I write? Liars, mostly.
At present, I am at the cabin, blasting them at the trees as I peck away. Little-known facts.
This Should Make Your Day
The leader of the free world, Angela Merkel, reacts to a bit of mansplaining from Vlad Putin. Madam Chancellor seemed underwhelmed when Putin corrected her understanding of missile trajectories. More…