Jan. 17: re Trump – a promise
.I shall try to avoid mentioning Donald Trump as much as I can. It’s going to be tough. The news media all over the world are obsessed with him. But…
2017
Next Stop – Imbecility
Gene warfare. Apparently humans have a tricky little gene deficiency that works to make us a slight bit dumber, generation by generation. Geneticists in Reykjavik find that certain genes that…
Trump’s Next Ratings War
Obama Inauguration, 2009 Donald Trump thinks of people in terms of ratings. He’s fond of tweeting that this critic or that is “grossly overrated.” He couldn’t resist taking a swipe…
Jan. 17: re Trump – a promise
.I shall try to avoid mentioning Donald Trump as much as I can. It’s going to be tough. The news media all over the world are obsessed with him. But…
LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday January 17, 2017. Today we are talking about Employment Law. A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Jan…
The Final Humiliation of the Con Clown Joe Oliver
It isn't the biggest story in the world, compared to the coming of Trump, or for that matter any other story.But like the ghost of Harper past, the old Con…
Be of good cheer!
Life's short. The world is 4.54 billion years old. But when you are down, remember you can always say: "I lived in the same time as Warren." — Warren Kinsella…
Reusing Renewable Power Pieces
Despite being more efficient and better than other forms of generating electricity renewable power generation does cause waste. The waste isn’t in the form of smog or tailing ponds or…
No Catharsis
Donald Trump is the new LBJ. That’s Richard Cohen’s conclusion in this morning’s Washington Post. And, like Lyndon Johnson, his presidency is doomed: But Trump ought to pay attention to…
When a friend gives a friend a lift.
This is not the prime minister’s problem. It must be the ethics and conflict of interest commissioner’s problem. This commissioner acts independently and reports to parliament on those issues that…
The last man on the moon
Gene Cernan died on Monday. He was many things in his life but Cernan will be best known as the last man who set foot on the moon during the…
Cognitive Dissonance (2014) #nlpoli
People like things in life to fit together. When things don’t fit together, people get upset. They get fidgety. They try to make things fit together. It’s an idea regular…
Yes we are all going to die
NATO is not something that can be brazenly referred to as obsolete in a brief missive by the PEOTUS in the days before assuming office. The shockwaves of uncertainty generated…
Yes we are all going to die
NATO is not something that can be brazenly referred to as obsolete in a brief missive by the PEOTUS in the days before assuming office. The shockwaves of uncertainty generated…
Powerful NDP fundraising machine, Kenney implodes the Tories, Liberals launch leadership campaign
The Alberta New Democratic Party raised more than the Wildrose and Progressive Conservative parties combined in the final quarter of 2016 and more than any other party over the entire…
When Leading Means Leaving
Some decisions in politics are easy. It is not hard to oppose Trump and every vile thing he stands for. You can be a decent human being or a Trump…
This week’s column: conservatives, call home
Anyone seen the Conservative Party of Canada? They were here just a minute ago. Remember? Had just about half the seats in the House of Commons? Forty per cent of…
Reclaiming socialism for this new millennium
L. B. Foote / Winnipeg Free Press Archives1919 StrikeCrowd gathers at Victoria Park Sometime in the 1990s, it became fashionable for many socialists to refer to themselves as “anti-capitalists.” I’m…
Alberta Liberals launch leadership race as Tory contest takes an acrimonious turn
PHOTOS: The Alberta Liberal Party executive. From left to right: Vice-President Fundraising John Roggeveen, Secretary Alyssa Moore, Treasurer Greg Springate, President Karen Sevcik, MLA David Swann, VP David Khan, VP…
Unpresident unpoll
.@realDonaldTrump-haters pre-inauguration self-deception list: — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) January 17, 2017