Canada in a Trump World
I’ll be hosting, and these fine folks will be on the panel: Desmond Cole, Activist, Author, Journalist Bernie M. Farber, ED the Mosaic Institute Ihsaan Gardee, ED National Counicl of…
2017
Books, tents, fishing rods and such #nlpoli
Don’t ask why but Statistics Canada groups books in with sporting goods, hobbies, and music. The picture shows total sales in Newfoundland and Labrador each months from january 2014 to…
Don’t We Get a Say In This?
Did you get the memo? I didn’t. That’s why it came as a surprise to hear the Dauphin proclaim Canada the world’s first “postnational” country. He did it in a…
Alberta’s electoral map is being redrawn, here’s how to participate.
The process of redrawing the electoral map for Alberta’s next provincial election will begin in a few weeks. The Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission will propose a new map of provincial…
Taxing Credulity
Nation, I'm kicking off 2017 on this blog with a simple plea: Don't be dumb. I've watched the hysteria around the NDP's shiny, new "Carbon Levy" (aka "Carbon Tax" or,…
Taxing Credulity
Nation, I’m kicking off 2017 on this blog with a simple plea: Don’t be dumb. I’ve watched the hysteria around the NDP’s shiny, new “Carbon Levy” (aka “Carbon Tax” or,…
Taxing Credulity
Nation, I’m kicking off 2017 on this blog with a simple plea: Don’t be dumb. I’ve watched the hysteria around the NDP’s shiny, new “Carbon Levy” (aka “Carbon Tax” or,…
Bloggers are not dead just yet.
First of all: Happy New Year 2017 to all of my readers. Secondly, thanks to Warren for his nice shout-out to me (and to other long-time bloggers) as proof that…
105-year-old orca missing, likely dead
Satire inspired by these headlines. http://www.news24.com/Green/News/105-year-old-orca-missing-likely-dead-20170103 http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/scheer-oleary-french-1.3919611
The Lifeblood Of Democracy – A Guest Post By Pamela MacNeil
In response to my post yesterday on rebellion, Pamela MacNeil had this commentary, which I am featuring as a guest post: Rebels Lorne, especially intellectual rebels, are the life blood…
105-year-old orca missing, likely dead
Satire inspired by these headlines. http://www.news24.com/Green/News/105-year-old-orca-missing-likely-dead-20170103 http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/scheer-oleary-french-1.3919611
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday January 4, 2016. Today we are talking about Family Law. A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Jan…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Jared Bernstein highlights how a generation of public policy has systematically transferred risk from the wealthy who claim to bear it, to the…
It’s Getting Shorter
We’ve known for at least twenty-five years that the time we have to reverse global warming is limited. David Suzuki writes: We can’t say we weren’t warned. In 1992, a…
Highly Scientific Poll™ on CPC leader race
In other news, Justin Trudeau is going to be Prime Minister for 142 years. The #CPCldr race is: — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) January 4, 2017
Kellie Leitch and the Trump Whisperer
Kellie Leitch's third rate Trump impersonator act has always been a freak show. But now it's getting even more bizarre.Now she's not just dancing with the devil, like she once…
In the quiet before the storm.
It is the ho-hum time between New Year’s and the real reasons for having a January. In our area, that just means more damn snow. At least the ski hills…
Taxing our understanding #nlpoli
Over the past week, there’s been a flurry of comment about gasoline prices and the fact that, as of New Year’s Day, a provincial sales tax now applies to books.…
Spending the future (2005) #nlpoli
” That’s very dramatic…Some people are going to stand back and say ‘Oh yeah, that’s just because your very lucky. That’s because the oil prices have gone up.’ Well, no.…