Ministers of the faith #5
Real nice blunt opaque wood-cut quality to this brush. Probably with some reshaping and multiplying onto a wood texture layer, it could look real good. Filed under: art
2017
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Matt Bruenig explores the U.S.’ wealth inequality and finds a similarly skewed distribution of wealth among all kinds of demographic subgroups. And Robert…
The Trump Show
When it comes to Donald Trump, Neal Gabler writes, we keep missing the point. We judge him as a president. Trump doesn’t see himself as a president, Instead, he is…
Big political graves are dug with tiny shovels
Bev Oda’s orange juice. David Dingwall’s gum. Mike Duffy’s travel claims. British MPs claiming for barbecues and garden equipment. None were capital offenses, none approached the threshold for a crime,…
Trump stands steadfast, Justin.
Prime Minister Trudeau dropped in to the White House to see President Trump the other day. It is likely that two minutes after Trudeau left the Oval Office, Donald Trump…
Wildrose leader complains UCP voting system may be rigged, and not in his favour
PHOTOS: Then Wildrose Party leader Brian Jean, holding microphone, addressing an anti-carbon-tax, anti-Bill-6, anti-etc. rally on the steps of the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton in December 2016. The visible sign…
Vancouver By-Election Endorsements
Just in case anyone is wondering how I will vote in this Saturday’s Vancouver municipal by-election, here’s the plan: City Council: Pete Fry (Green Party) School Board: Judy Zaichkowsky (Green…
Kevin Goudreau Planning Rally in Toronto And Pretending To Be A Hammerskin
When anti-government/anti-refugee extremist groups held rallies across the country on September 30, they were outnumbered in most locations by as many as 10 to 1 (only in Quebec were numbers…
Influences
There is this building on Saint Ambroise in Saint Henri that I always refer to as the “Cartier-Bresson Building” because it reminds me of this picture. And that’s the way…
This is all a lie by Alberta author Thomas Trofimuk tops this week’s Audreys Books Bestseller List
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended Oct. 8, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
You’re Entitled to Feel Exhausted
It’s no wonder we’re always so goddamned tired. I had one of those fitness bracelets that tells you how many steps you’ve walked in a day. That got me wondering…
How the West is Getting Whipsawed by Climate Change.
The current western phobia is wildfire. From Mexico to Alaska wildfires have swept the Pacific region this year. Somehow this island was spared although the fires far inland were so…
Okay. Brace Yourself.
Down in Louisiana they’ve got a “plain spoken” sheriff by the name of Steve Prator. One of sheriff Steve’s pet peeves is the early release policy in the state’s jails…
Guy who said my wife should be raped and killed is arrested
Hamilton police release here: His original threat here. His latest threat to Yours Truly and our kids here. Well done to Hamilton police – and to my Hamilton council friend…
Neo-Nazis planning rally in Toronto’s East End
…but some of us are going to ensure it is opposed. Stay tuned. anti trudeau rally kew beach park toronto nov 4th https://t.co/BloYrK01TK via @YouTube — Kevin Goudreau #CNF (@KevinGoudreau)…
The International Monetary Fund Says – Eat the Rich.
In another blazing flash of economic sanity, the IMF, which lately has denounced neoliberalism as the wrecker of national economies, has prescribed levying higher taxes on the rich as the…
It’s Not Terrorism in TrumpLand If the Bomber Is a White Guy
A guy dressed in black with a black hat walks into the Asheville Regional Airport in North Carolina shortly after midnight last Friday. He’s carrying a black bag. A short…
Twitter Suspended Victim
Some days (most days) Twitter really sucks at limiting abuse, and supporting victims of the same. People wonder why it's so hard for women to come forward with their stories…
Andrew Scheer and the Con’s Alt Right Candidate
One week ago, I wrote about how Andrew Scheer had given his blessing to a certain candidate in a by-election to replace Rona Ambrose.Even though that candidate, Dane Lloyd, was…
Eating up the Hill: Lasagna at Cafe Colonade
It’s my own fault, really. Cafe Colonade is renowned for having some of the best pizza in Ottawa. So when I found myself there for dinner a little while back,…