Ratings trump truth: Justified edition #nlpoli
Someone in Gander Bay has been catching and selling quantities of smelt. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans received complaints, conducted in investigation, and laid charges against an adult who…
2017
Contempt, and the Tone Deaf Premier: A Play in 6 Acts
Belligerence is so 1980s. So is T***p, #AmericaFirst, #MakeAmericaGreatAgain, #MAGA, and…#BCFirst, the darling new BC Liberal Party meme ! But in BC we’ve had this whole century to get used…
Others sure to suffer as Sudden Apocalyptic Deficit Syndrome strikes affluent, older, white males from Saskatchewan
PHOTOS: The economic landscape nowadays in Saskatchewan. Below: Economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman (Twitter), Canadian economists Jim Stanford (Twitter) and Toby Sanger, and, of course, Saskatchewan Premier…
Trump Taps Advocate For Anti-LGBT Policies for Health and Human Services
President-elect Donald Trump has tapped U.S. Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) to be the administration’s nominee for director of Health and Human Services. Price, a medical doctor, has a long history…
White Nationalists Rejoice at Trump’s Appointment of Breitbart’s Stephen Bannon
Recently, President Donald Trump made his official appointments, selecting Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus as his chief of staff and Stephen Bannon, head of Breitbart Media who temporarily took…
Former Executive Director of Anti-Immigrant Hate Group FAIR Joins Trump Administration
Julie Kirchner, the former executive director of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), has been named chief of staff at U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the largest federal…
A nation mirrored on one woman’s face
Was talking today to a banker friend who told me I had to see this. “You have to see what she does when he turns away,” she said. “She knows…
Monday Evening Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Rahul Kalvapalle reports on the latest Ipsos poll showing how younger Canadians expect to lead a worse life than the generations who went…
"A Giant Gift to China."
It makes you wonder about the Giant Orange Bloat’s “thought envirnoment.” Today in TrumpLand, the order of the day was the presidential decree withdrawing the United States from the Trans…
HOW VIRTUAL REALITY IS REVOLUTIONISING DEMENTIA CARE
As my regular readers know, I’m a huge fan of technology. It is my pleasure to host an exciting guest post about virtual reality possibilities for dementia care. This is…
HOW VIRTUAL REALITY IS REVOLUTIONISING DEMENTIA CARE
As my regular readers know, I’m a huge fan of technology. It is my pleasure to host an exciting guest post about virtual reality possibilities for dementia care. This is…
Too Good Not to Share. Zondag Met Lubach on Trump. Brace Yourself, This is Hilarious.
This is one I think you’re going to want to pass around.
Jan. 23: I couldn’t escape Trump today.
The Guardian had much of little to say about Trump. This difficulty may continue for a time because Trump has no political philosophy. EVen before he got elected, he was…
The Birth of a New World, Possibly Our Last.
From Deutsche Welle, “Hate Is In the Air”: “The old world of the 20th century is over for good” – Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the current German foreign minister and probable next…
Carl Sagan Foresaw Today
Astronomer Carl Sagan left a vacuum with his passing. Fortunately, he also left behind a great deal of timeless wisdom. Consider this in the “alternative fact” world of Donald J.…
Jan. 23: I couldn’t escape Trump today.
The Guardian had much of little to say about Trump. This difficulty may continue for a time because Trump has no political philosophy. EVen before he got elected, he was…
Facts Are Clearly Overrated
Thanks to my friend Jonathan for sending this along: Recommend this Post
Should the CPC use Harper for fundraising?
If it works, sure. A snippet from this week’s Hill Times: Liberal strategist Warren Kinsella said Mr. Harper has always been a “polarizing candidate,” and, as a result, has the…
Good News? Trump Has Rejected the Trans Pacific Partnership
The New York Times is reporting that Trump has said “no” to the Trans Pacific Partnership, the TPP. With Junior in trail that presumably takes Canada off the TPP hook.…