The Dream of the 90s is Alive in the UCP
Jason: Do you remember the 90’s? Y’know. People were talking about flat-taxes and buying paisley neckties. And people were singing about budget deficits and debt and reforming the Senate? Maggie:…
January 2018
Getting What It’s Owed
There’s been a lot of sound and fury — particularly from Tim Horton’s franchisees — about Ontario’s recent minimum wage hike. But, Alan Freeman writes, the raise makes perfect sense:…
Saturday Photo: The Lantern Waste?
One of the delights of having children is revisiting books you’ve read as a child, or reading books that have been written since then. The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S.…
Donald Trump and the Shithole Presidency
Donald Trump has always been a racist. From the day he launched his campaign to the monstrous place we are in now.But yesterday had to be his worst and most…
Welcome to our Gripes of Wrath.
It makes sense to save up our complaints and just share them periodically. There is no need to write too much about them. We should see if we can give…
Toronto "White Nationalist" Ronny Cameron Approves of Donald Trump’s "Shithole Countries" Comment
ARC has been publishing a series of posts regarding Ronny Cameron's attacks on other figures on the right (here and here). In the screen shots that were provided Cameron made…
Musical interlude
Philosopher Kings – Charms
Two Faces Of Appeasement
T The first picture you will recognize as Neville Chamberlain, the British Prime Minster sufficiently deluded to believe that he had a deal with Adolph Hitler that could keep his…
2018 in a tweet
You know it’s 2018 when hush money being paid to a porn star by the president of the United States is more damaging to the career of the former than…
B.C. Quietly Releases Emissions Update That Shows It’ll Blow 2020 Climate Target
Figures in a B.C. greenhouse gas inventory released quietly before Christmas show emissions have risen for four of the last five years. Previously the province released a full public report…
America’s Ambassador to Panama Has Had His Fill of Presidente Shithole, Resigns.
56 year old John Feely, career diplomat and former Marine chopper pilot, serving as America’s ambassador to Panama has resigned his post. “As a junior foreign service officer, I signed…
Who ya gonna call?
This song keeps running through my head: If there’s something strange in you neighborhood Who you gonna call? (your councillor) If there’s something weird And it don’t look good Who…
Der Spiegel Captures Trump Perfectly
The Spiegel cover says it all:
They’re Not the "Party of Lincoln" Any More
Republicans like to praise themselves as the “party of Lincoln.” Of course that was when the Republican Party was a party of the north. Back then the slave state South…
A Timely Message For Mr. Trump And His Fellow Travellers
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The Inspiring Courage of Justin Trudeau
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Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Gwynn Guilford discusses how dependence on coal and other resources has left the U.S.’ Appalachian region both poor and ill-equipped for the future…
An Ignorant, Senile Old Man
Two days ago, the cameras were allowed into the cabinet room as the members around the table talked about reaching a deal on immigration. Donald Trump actually looked reasonable, capable…
When a neo-Nazi hate rag returns, don’t stick your head in the sand
As many of you know, Lisa and I and many others – in the Jewish, Muslim, LGBT, and other minority communities – have been fighting the neo-Nazi hate sheet Your…