Kellie Leitch and the Incredible Shrinking Ezra Levant
As you may remember, Kellie Leitch and Ezra Levant had a very close working relationship during the Con leadership campaign.Both shared the same view that only they could save our…
February 2018
Who Will Trump Nuke First, The FBI Or North Korea?
As I'm sure you know, Donald Trump is at war with the FBI, in a desperate attempt to save himself from Robert Mueller.And although it's a war he cannot win.…
Brown’s fans fight for fairness.
How do you petition public opinion? How many signatures on Facebook would impress the hoi polloi? Would you send the results to Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook? Just how do…
Oh, Sh_t. Really?
Diplomats strive to be invisible, but the once pick for US ambassador to South Korea turned out to be anything but invisible and that should have us all very worried.…
Oooh, This Is Gonna Burn.
“Trumpery.” Is that even a word? Definition, please. From the Oxford Dictionary: Practices or beliefs that are superficially or visually appealing but have little real value or worth. ‘he exposed…
Why Alberta’s NDP would likely prefer a Liberal government in Victoria and B.C.’s NDP just might prefer the UCP in Edmonton
PHOTOS: Yoga enthusiasts on the lawn of the B.C. Legislature in Victoria, probably focusing the energy of the cosmos to make Alberta’s bitumen go away. Below: The Alberta Legislature in…
Alberta Election Candidate Nomination Update: 2018/02/02
Photo: Dave Schneider, Cameron Westhead, Morgan Nagel, and Todd Loewen With only about 13 months left until a potential provincial election call, the number of candidates stepping forward to run…
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo tops Audreys Bestseller List
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended Jan. 28, 2018, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
SK NDP Chasing Fossils
This was sent to me, and the person asked it be published anonymously: Tonight while scrolling though Facebook I noticed a statement from you about the pipeline in BC. I…
The Dream of the 30s is Alive in the Social Credit Party
William: Do you remember the 30’s? Y’know. People were talking about printing their own currency, restricting the sale and serving of alcohol, and buying homburg hats and knickerbokers. And people…
China’s Evolving Caste System. What a Difference a Generation Makes.
Adios, People’s Republic. Hello the Chinese Republic of Haves and Have-Nots. For decades following its post-war creation, the People’s Republic of China preached the virtues of a classless society. Of…
James Di Fiore, in a post almost as short as he is
Some of you have passed along his wee post on Facebook. Stuff about little James for you to clip and save: On that Facebook post, Di Fiore actually named and…
A Primer On Trump’s Mendacity
You probably don’t need this, but it is an incisive analysis of the multitude of lies that permeated Trump’s State of the Union Address. Recommend this Post
Canada’s financial system one of the most secretive in the world: Report
The Tax Justice Network’s 2018 Financial Secrecy Index says Canada’s financial system is less transparent than that of notorious tax havens and countries often portrayed as corrupt by the mainstream…
Our Governments’ Obsession with Short Term Growth Is Ruining Our Children’s Future
Around the world but especially in North America, governments have adapted to the neoliberal order, globalism, by focusing on short-term growth even while imperiling our future generations. As far back…
Another Global Report Card. Let’s Call It a C-, Maybe a D. "Needs Improvement, Fast"
The World Justice Project’s latest Rule of Law Report is out. It’s not terrible but it’s far from good either and it’s getting worse. “The WJP’s findings provide worrying confirmation…
Well, That’s Certainly Sooner Than We Had Expected. 1.5 C In Just Five Years.
Who can forget the heady days of 2015 when a newly minted prime minister and his enviromin stormed the Paris Climate Summit to promote a new global warming limit of…
Feb. 1: This whole blog is summed in the final paragraph.
Well, I watched the Trump State of the Union Address. At first, I thought it was just his usual exercise in self-praise (most of it quite undeserved). Then the reality…
Maybe Bill and Justin Should Read This Before They Get Carried Away with Themselves.
The Guardian’s Lefty Luddite, Polly Toynbee, offers an entertainingly morbid look at the devastation privatisation has brought to Britain. Perhaps our prime minister What Me Worry? and his finance minister,…
What Do We Do Now?
The Political Paradox that is Alberta The political paradox for Alberta is that, while we have had majority governments since 1971 we have had unstable governance since about 2004. In…