Tillerson Did Not Call Trump a "Moron."
The Washington Post, Washington Examiner, GQ, MSNBC and other news outlets maintain that those in attendance at that Pentagon meeting say that state secretary Rex Tillerson called Trump “a f@#king…
2017
How a Green Dealt With Holding the Balance of Power
A look at the voting record of former Vancouver Green Party trustee Janet Fraser and how critics and observers interpreted those votes. By Katie Hyslop Today | TheTyee.ca 04/10/17 Katie…
Oct. 4: The news ain’t good.
In general, the history of the last seventy years or so is that the U.S. government, pushed by its business leaders, wants to conquer the world. The purpose is to…
#CrudePower The Price of Oil tonight at #UofR
We haven't ignored the sour gas story in SE sask. We broke the story two years ago https://t.co/DQFhI1m7pY — Geoff Leo (@gleocbc) October 4, 2017 So this is the resulting…
Coming soon: a new look for this here web site!
Stuff you will see: New regular contributors – from the Left, Right and Centre! Regular news updates – Canadian news and top news stories! Smartphone-friendly content! Less clutter! Still not…
Rosy Rhetoric Won’t Get The Job Done
Those of us who pay even a modest amount of attention to the ever-increasing toll that climate change is exacting on the world know or sense that we have reached…
Cats and beasts #8
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LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday October 4, 2017. Today we are talking about Family Law. Ontario’s Family Law Act (FLA) governs the equalization and division…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – The Equality Trust examines the UK’s increasing level of personal precarity – and how public policy needs to be changed to support the…
The Heroic Healers of the Las Vegas Massacre
I am trying to avoid watching TV stories or reading anything more about the Las Vegas massacre.Even though I am still curious about what could have driven someone to commit…
Lessons on Dealing with Assholes
The Asshole Survival Guide is a new book by Robert Sutton, a specialist in dealing with assholes. No, he’s not a proctologist. Sutton’s research is about what makes someone behave…
Get Ready To Feel The Burn
Andrew Nikiforuk writes that megafires will be a part of our future. The source of his information is a new book by Edward Struzik, Firestorm: How Wildfire Will Shape Our…
thoughts on the latest u.s. gun massacre
As part of my continuing efforts to post here rather than — or at least in addition to — Facebook, here are some thoughts on the latest horrific massacre in…
Are the Scheer Cons Becoming the Trump Party?
I've been having so much fun enjoying the dying days of summer that I haven't spent much time in my political observatory, scanning the stars, and trying to figure out…
Netflix should be told to “Get Stuffed.”
Canada’s heritage minister needs a better understanding of Canada’s heritage. Another of the junior grade ministers in the Trudeau cabinet, Mélanie Joly, defended Netflix last week. It was a betrayal…
BC Hydro – overdue and unimproved
Policies of British Columbia’s public sector management dictate that: Crown corporations must follow the spirit and intent of B.C. government core policies and procedures and comply with all applicable legislation,…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Elevated cats.
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Brad Delong writes that political choices – not a lack of resources – are responsible for the limited progress being made toward…
It’s the economy, stupid!
Washington’s Long War on Syria Stephen Gowans Baraka Books, 2017 The impression of a region teeming with internecine enmities along bewilderingly archaic ethnic and religious lines hampers understanding of the…