The "Beast From the East" – There’s Your Problem, It’s From the East.
It’s been a week since an Arctic cold front out of Siberia reached Europe. Now, for those of you week on geography, Siberia is the northeast of Russia, here: In…
March 2018
Now NATO Worries About Tensions?
NATO got a boo-boo from Vlad Putin’s nuclear weapons gala earlier this week. The Russian strongman unveiled his country’s latest nuclear toys and there were loads of them. New and…
So Much for Gun Control
We Own This Guy, Folks. We Own Him. The Official Sponsor of the Republican Party, the National Rifle Association, has announced that there will be no new gun control laws…
The Neoliberal Creep
The above title epitomizes both the entire Trudeau government and specific high-profile individuals within it, most notably Finance Minister Bill Morneau and International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau. The latter two…
It’s Going To Be Awhile
In Tuesday’s budget, the Liberals announced the beginnings of a national pharmacare program. But, later in the week, Bill Morneau told the Economic Club of Canada, “We need a strategy…
The Day Putin Told Trump The Bromance Is Over
It was never as torrid an affair as many people imagined. The two political thugs were forced to admire each other from afar.Thank goodness.But it was an affair. Donald Trump…
Which Tory Witch is dead?
The other evening, the wife and I gathered in the den to enjoy a streaming video of the Ontario Tory leadership debate from Ottawa. It was only when the hijinks…
The Annals of Alberta Political Discourse: Wildrose/UCP MLA Grant Hunter compares NDP to 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
PHOTOS: Cardston-Taber-Warner MLA Grant Hunter, with a suitably dramatic backdrop created by Press Progress. Below: Mr. Hunter and UCP Leader Jason Kenney shake on it, soon after the former Wildroser…
Earthquake right below Hutchinson, Kansas – March 1, 2018
#FRACKQUAKE FROM #SHALEOIL #WASTEWATERINJECTION #Earthquake right below Hutchinson, Kansas – March 1, 2018: Are you one of the people who felt the shaking ? If Yes, please tell what you…
If Ontario’s PCs really want to win, then Elliott is the obvious choice…..
Well Ontario PCs, I’m in. I finally received my leadership voting information in today’s mail and thanks to an on-line tutorial I was able to verify myself. Now all that’s…
Oh, Grant Hunter. Where do I start?
While announcing his plans to run for re-election in the new Taber-Warner district, United Conservative Party MLA Grant Hunter is reported to have compared the New Democratic Party’s 2015 election…
Another unhappy PC person writes in
Hi Warren, I thought this might be of interest since news can sometimes hit close to home — and your home includes the Beach (one of the ridings mentioned). Apparently…
Malory then and now
I recently started reading Malory in the original – that is, the language that Caxton printed in. Not the typeface Caxton used, since that would be harder to read, but…
Montreal Screening: The Gentleman Bank Robber
when: Friday, March 9 at 7 PM – 10 PM where: qpirg concordia, 1500 de maisonneuve ouest (montreal) facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1065764840275933/ The Gentleman Bank Robber is a portrait of revolutionary rita…
‘It’s An Act of Intimidation’: First Nations Call Out BC Hydro on Threat to Recover Costs of Site C Dam Logging Pause
First Nations are challenging BC Hydro’s claim of a “substantial increased cost” to the $10.7 billion Site C dam because of a voluntary pause to the destruction of areas of…
The World Will Not Mourn the Decline of U.S. Hegemony
Caricature showing Uncle Sam lecturing four children labelled Philippines (who appears similar to Philippine leader Emilio Aguinaldo), Hawaii, Porto Rico and Cuba in front of children holding books labelled with…
March 1: Billy Graham brought Jesus to America.
But his Jesus turned out to be a fake. http://www.wyff4.com/article/late-rev-billy-graham-to-lie-in-honor-in-the-us-capitol-rotunda/18754793. Trump has ordered that the funeral of Billy Graham be held under the Rotunda in Washington’s capitol. This is a…
The destructive influence of social conservatives seeping into Ontario PC leadership race
Former drug dealer and crack-filled circus enabler Doug Ford Despite his creepiness, former Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown did at least understand how the worst instincts of conservatives need…
Is This the Runaway?
This time everybody is sitting up and taking notice. Much of Europe is now colder than the high Arctic and it’s in the middle of the blackout of winter. People…