Is Donald Trump Losing His Marbles Again?
It's really good to know that the U.S. nuclear commander says he would resist an illegal order from Donald Trump.The US armed forces could refuse an order from the President…
2017
Ontario’s Electricity Sector IV: Pre-Election Update
My first, second and third posts on the Ontario electricity sector described how policy and administrative decisions by different Liberal Governments gave rise to excess electricity generation with an inflated…
The Great War on Christmas Is With Us Again
Uh oh, don't look now, but it seems that the Great War on Christmas has begun.And not in the United States where Donald Trump has vowed to save Christmas from…
Samantha Bee on the Homophobic Pervert Roy Moore
As I'm sure you know, Roy Moore is a disgusting creature, more hog than human, for many reasons. He's a dirty old man who had to be banned from a…
Is 2018 Our Year of Reckoning?
People out this way realize that the earthquake called the “Big One” could arrive any day. We’ve heard the seismologists tell us that we’re probably overdue for that once every…
I Don’t Think Steven Myatt Likes ARC Anymore
ARC first became acquainted with Steven Alexander Wicket Chirpa Tokkat Zephee Gregory Myatt in reference to his involvement in the June 3 Ottawa anti-M103 rally that was being organized by…
George Monbiot Attacks the Predator State
Watch this and see if you can spot anything that resembles what’s going on in our own country? Think of it as terminal stage neoliberalism, the gutting of the state…
Leadership 2018 Links
The latest from the Saskatchewan NDP’s leadership campaign – though it’s noteworthy at the outset how little of the activity in the race is taking place in the public eye.…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Peter Goodman examines how a basic income could relieve against some of the most harmful effects of capitalist economics. And Sarah O’Connor discusses…
Ontario NDP Digs Huge Hole With Millennial Vote Over College Strike
(Andrea Horwath Looks Tone Deaf on Biggest Voting Demographic) The decision by Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne to order striking college workers back to work was a decision that was based…
What’s That Smell? What’s Burning?
I’ve been devoting a bit of extra time lately to the endless hot mess also known as the Middle East. To put it simply, hash is not being settled. If…
Nov. 18: The Deepest Corruption
This is an extra blog since there is more to say about the paradise papers. That ‘more’ is in contrast to the ‘nothing’ that the irving press of New Brunswick…
Mad As Hell
It used to be that, when the economy was doing well, the politician at the head of the parade did well, too. But Allen Freeman writes that, even with a…
On Tax Fairness
Ed Broadbent recently wrote on the need for real tax reform, calling for an end to the various favours our government bestows on the ultra rich. His thesis was compelling:…
Andrew Scheer and the Fatal Rebel Connection
As we now know, Hamish Marshall, the Con's new campaign manager who used to work at The Rebel, has been desperately trying to change Andrew Scheer's image.From Dr Schmear and…
Saturday Photo: November Skies, Meteors and Visual Pollution
There’s been some talk about the possibility of a good meteor show from the Leonids tonight: here’s the link to The New York Times story about meteors showers in general,…
The late lamented Liberals.
When discussing the sorry state of the Liberal Party of Canada the other day, we never did mention the provincial Liberals. It is actually an interesting subject. Would you believe…
Mixed Messages
Apparently some MPPs who regularly vote for or against long and complex pieces of legislation without fully studying it personally (they all blindly vote much of the time as told…