Leadership 2018 – #skndp17 Debate Liveblog
With the first candidates’ debate taking place at the Saskatchewan NDP’s provincial convention, I’ll take the opportunity to do a bit of liveblogging. Again, you can find my reference page…
2017
IMF Worried that High Inequality Could Threaten Global Capitalism
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And people wonder how Trump for elected
Wonder no more, etc. (Even here in Canada.) Support for Bill 62: Quebec 76% BC 69% Saskatchewan 69% Manitoba 69% Ontario 66% Alberta 64% Atlantic 57% — Karl Bélanger (@KarlBelanger)…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Dennis Howlett highlights how the Libs are only making our tax system even less fair by overreacting to trumped-up criticism of a plan…
Saturday Photo: Pumpkins…and Pumpkin Pi
Just returned from scouting pumpkins. Thomas and Louis (5 and 17 months) are coming over today and we’re going to make a pumpkin, or maybe two. We currently have two…
Time To Put Away Childish Things
For a nation that calls itself the greatest country on earth, the United States has a lot of growing up to do. That is the trenchant opinion offered by Heather…
The Age Of Conspiracy
The release of the Kennedy assassination papers revealed no smoking gun. But that will not silence the conspiracy theorists. That’s because, Jonathan Freedland writes, we live in a Conspiracy-Post Truth…
The Day Stephen Harper Betrayed His Own Country
We always knew Stephen Harper was a miserable coward, who at the first sign of danger ran for the nearest closet. We always knew that he hated Canada, and its…
Curating the consensus of the crowd.
It is most unlikely that Maude Barlow and the membership of the Council of Canadians see Canada’s future as being a pastoral society. It just appears by the collective’s recent…
Utility woes
There is an interesting note in BC Hydro’s quarterly report issued in mid October for the period ended June 30, 2017: These interim financial statements were approved on behalf of…
Trailing UCP candidates knuckle under after brief rebellion over evasion of voting limits on home computers
PHOTOS: Shhhh! UCP voting in progress! (Photo: Wikimedia Commons.) Below: UCP leadership frontrunner Jason Kenney, and, like deer caught in the headlights, challengers Doug Schweitzer and Brian Jean. Former Wildrose…
Donald Trump and the Nightmare Before Halloween
It's the weekend before Halloween, and Donald Trump has been looking more orange than ever.Trying to convince Americans that he's not afraid of Bob Mueller's investigation into Russia's involvement in…
Reading *The Lorax* to Enbridge! (And opposing the Line 10 tar sands pipeline expansion!)
My first effort at making a video that’s more than just linear editing of a talking head. It’s a little rough, perhaps, but it’s a chance to see some of…
First charges filed by Mueller
Here you go, Trump. May your misery be long and deep. A federal grand jury in Washington, DC, on Friday approved the first charges in the investigation led by special…
Quebec’s niqab ban uses women’s bodies to bolster right-wing extremism
Quebec’s recent passage of Bill 62, which bans the wearing of the niqab in Quebec for people seeking access to public services, appeases the political demands of the ultra-right in…
Mueller Investigation, First Charges Laid
Who is charged? No one knows as yet. What are the charges? Ditto. Arrests could be made as soon as Monday. CNN reports that a federal grand jury has approved…
Musical interlude
Royksopp – What Else Is There?
BREAKING: Just got this from someone who was at today’s “deleted email” trial
The OPP, as you may recall, criminally charged two Ontario Liberals for “deleting” some emails which weren’t deleted. The guy they used to do the deleting is Pete Faist. That’s…
Few and Far by Allison Kydd leads Audreys Books Edmonton Bestseller list this week
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended Oct. 22, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
Oct. 27: Why the ‘other side’ is always evil.
Would Canada torture people? You bet. The Canadian government cooperated fully with the U.S. forces in torturing Afghanistan prisoners. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/terrorism-torture-syria-canadians-1.3669425__________________________________________________________ Big oil companies get a free ride in Canada. Gee!…