The Ghastly Beginning of the Con Clown Convention
As I watched the Con leadership candidates deliver their final speeches yesterday evening I was struck by three things:How small the convention room was, how old and white the audience.And…
2017
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Michael Gerson used to write speeches for George W. Bush. He considers himself a conservative. But he is deeply disturbed about what has happened to conservatism in the era of…
Income Inequality Surged Under Harper
Just as Conservatives gathered to elect a new leader, Statistics Canada released income data for 2015. These allow us to look at trends under the full term of the Harper…
Trump’s travels as ‘The Ugly American.’
U.S. President Donald Trump has been out of the country this week. Life in Washington has been more peaceful. While Congress is despairing, trying to make sense of his budget,…
Intolerance-inspired effort to defund Pride Toronto thwarted
The City of Toronto just thwarted an attempt by some right-wing councillors to force the city to pull its $260,000 grant to Pride Toronto, the non-profit organizer of the annual…
Musical interlude
Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts – I’m Shattered
Nathan Cullen’s Electoral Reform tour stop in Regina
@gtlem @pau1234la @Erin_Weir @nathancullen Here's the good one he took, and got @Carla4Lakeview in the background. pic.twitter.com/o9q29JLDA4 — Saskboy (@saskboy) May 26, 2017 Room filling up at Knox-Met for @nathancullen…
May 26: —– just disgust.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/14/business/monsanto-roundup-safety-lawsuit.html?_r=0 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/topic/monsanto http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/15/health/roundup-herbicide-cancer-allegations/ Don’t waste your time on Brunswick News. It will never carry this story – though it has been an issue in this province. Norbert Cunningham has a…
Are Trump’s Ties To Russia About To Be Made Transparent?
You can read the long version here, or watch the short version below. For a slightly different slant, The Raw Story’s evaluation of the writer of the article cited provides…
Brazil in Crisis and the Challenges for the Left
Photo from http://harvardpolitics.com/covers/protesting-everything/>HarvardPolitics.com On Thursday, May 18, an incriminating audio recording surfaced containing the voice of current Brazilian president Michel Temer of the historically centrist, but recently turned right wing,…
Kinder Morgan ‘Misleading’ With Claim Trans Mountain ‘Approvals Are in Hand,’ Says Chilliwack Resident
Kinder Morgan Canada’s president Ian Anderson may have misled potential investors in a statement released Thursday that claimed “execution planning is complete, our approvals are in hand” for the Trans…
Albert and the Lion
There’s a famous seaside place called Blackpool, That’s noted for fresh-air and fun, And Mr and Mrs Ramsbottom Went there with young Albert, their son. A grand little lad was…
Is Facebook a Threat To What Remains of Our Democracy?
Social media was credited with the toppling of Hosni Mubarak during Egypt’s Arab Spring uprising. New evidence suggests it could be a double-edged sword, one capable of ending liberal democracy.…
what i’m reading: leaving lucy pear
The year is 1917. A teenage girl from a wealthy family is pregnant, the result of rape — by a man who her mother pushed her to pursue for marriage.…
All fossil-fuel vehicles will vanish in 8 years in twin ‘death spiral’ for big oil and autos
Photo by the Department of Energy No more petrol or diesel cars, buses, or trucks will be sold anywhere in the world within eight years. The entire market for land…
The Cassandra Award
This is an interesting concept. Check out the website and watch the following brief video. Recommend this Post
Credit Where It’s Due. Kudos to Volkswagen.
The Boys from Wolfsburg will always be associated with the diesel emissions scandal. It began when VW was caught cheating. When undergoing tailpipe testing its “clean diesel” engine proved remarkably…
Justin – "The Political Equivalent of a YouTube Puppy Video."
He gave it a good run but the pundits are finally catching on to the fact that Justin Trudeau, the King of Selfies, is “all hat and no cattle.” The…
A quick look at the Interim Report of Alberta’s Electoral Boundaries Commission
The Interim Report of Alberta’s Electoral Boundaries Commission was released yesterday. I plan to take a more in-depth look at the interim report in the coming days, and plan to…