The Taliban are Already Playing Trump
The Taliban aren’t waiting for the inauguration to test Donald Trump’s presidential mettle. They’ve released a video of their American hostage, Kevin King, and Australian, Timothy Weeks. In the video,…
2017
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He Just Can’t Stop Lying.
The latest. Donald Trump claims that America’s Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, “called him to ‘denounce the false and fictitious’ report that Russia held compromising information about the president-elect.”The…
Coming Apart at the Seams. Can Trump Lie His Way Out This Time?
As scandals go, this one is really complicated. It involves a blowhard businessman/incoming chief of state of questionable mental stability and the sexual appetites of a goat; more than a…
Council is privatizing our utilities
Collingwood council and its administration are planning to privatize both our water and electricity utilities. All, of course, without consulting you, the public. Some members of council have even stated…
Here’s an Idea
Thank Loki I no longer work in a congested downtown core. From what I’ve heard it’s gotten vastly worse since I took my leave. A new struggle has emerged, bicyclist…
Credibility
Donald Trump will match his credibility against Christopher Steele’s anytime. That’s Trump’s problem. If there’s anything that the last two years have proven, daily, it’s that Donald J. Trump is…
John Horgan has had more positions than the Kama Sutra
This is a good bit about the BC NDP leader, who – on the big policy issues – seems to be whoever spoke to him last. It’s from an attack…
Kate Boorman’s Heartfire tops Audreys Books’ Edmonton Bestseller List
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended Jan. 6, 2017, compiled on Jan. 10, 2017, by Audreys Books…
Dead, near death, or just a case of the sniffles?
I take a look at the once-mighty Conservative Party in next week’s Hill Times. What do you think is my diagnosis about the relative health of the CPC? What’s yours?…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Alex Hemingway highlights the similarities between Justin Trudeau and Donald Trump in pushing infrastructure plans designed primarily to turn the promise of…
Donald Trump’s Other Big Russian Problem
It was Donald Trump's first press conference in six months, and it was all that I expected it to be and more.There were more flags than I could count, he…
LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday January 12, 2017. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on…
New column day
Here, on how a change in government hasn’t done anything to slow the spread of Canada’s surveillance state – both in terms of intrusive new legislative proposals, and a continued…
Unencumbered By The Thought Process
Wherever Donald Trump goes, salacious details follow. Jonathan Manthorpe doesn’t believe the salacious stuff. He writes: Intelligence reports don’t work that way. They’re usually a jigsaw puzzle of hints and…
European Lawmakers Vote to Pursue Tar Sands Oil Friendly Trade Deal with Canada
EU lawmakers today voted for the European Parliament to push ahead with a trade deal that could encourage Canadian tar sand oil imports and make it easier for energy companies…
We hold the powerful to account! Also, Bob Woodward wants to know where did you get those stylish Jimmy Choo pumps?
Ah, the paper that uncovered Watergate, still breaking news with the big stories. https://t.co/V5O2dipkdY — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) January 12, 2017 "Should designers dress Melania and Ivanka? The question is…
Work for Your Future Self
If you have trouble motivating yourself to start a new project or change something about yourself, change your perspective from now to the future. By thinking about what will benefit…
Culling Canada’s Cabinet.
Cabinet making and cabinet tending are different requirements of a prime minister. Those were sunny days in late 2015 when Prime Minister Trudeau chose his first cabinet. Change can come…
Debt servicing and revenue, 2013-2016 #nlpoli
There are lots of ways of looking the government’s budget. Here’s one that’s a bit unconventional. Rather than look at how much the government is spending on debt servicing as…