How We Fight Fascism
Political theorist and activist Clara Zetkin (1857-1933) In 1923 the radical socialist and feminist Clara Zetkin gave a report at the Communist International about the emergence of a political movement…
March 2018
Social democracy without social democrats: how can the left recover?
Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Leader, speaking at a political rally during the Labour leadership election, in Matlock, Derbyshire, 16th August 2016 • Photo by Sophie J. Brown Labour has suffered another…
Nest big thing: new bird garden unveiled at VanDusen Botanical Garden
Vancouver Park Board News Release March 1, 2018 There’s a new destination for birds and birders in Vancouver! Officially opened today at VanDusen Botanical Garden, the Backyard Bird Garden offers…
Whatever Happened To – Rudy?
He was Donald Trump’s Prince of Darkness. Rudy Giuliani, America’s Mayor, and, during Trump’s presidential campaign sometimes called the shadow director of the FBI’s New York field office. It’s suggested…
Is This How the Diesel Engine Dies?
The city of Rome has announced plans to ban all diesel vehicles from its roads. Meanwhile a German court has ruled that cities in that country can likewise ban diesel…
How F#@ked Up Is This?
Remember Reverend Sun Young Moon and his Unification Church, one of the wackier cults to put roots down in America? To keep up with the times, i.e. the school massacres,…
Arms Race Update – Red Square Edition
Vlad the Confounder is planning on staying around for another six-year term. Oh I suppose he could lose the upcoming election but there’s slightly more chance of our sun turning…
Bad week
Got more than two million in last few weeks. Patrick Brown, come back! My week on Twitter : 1.14K Mentions, 490K Mention Reach, 2.99K Likes, 891 Retweets, 619 Replies. See…
Goodbye Hope. Welcome Home, Mooch.
During a recent appearance on Bill Maher’s Real Time show, Anthony “the Mooch” Scaramucci was pretty obviously angling to get back into the White House. Now Trump is short one…
Survey says: Elliott won the debate
But you can still vote now, vote often! (If I were Ms. Mulroney, I would be a bit worried that I’m getting clocked by Ms. Windmill Sex Corrupt Patrick Brown…
A Healthy Mind Comes from Autonomy and a Sense of Control
A new book authors William Stixrud and Ned Johnson describe a healthy way to raise children is to let me e themselves. In the book, The Self-Driven Child, they argue…
LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday March 1, 2018. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. A post shared by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on…
New column day
Here (via PressReader), on the importance of Saskatchewan’s citizens staying engaged and active – rather than viewing the end of the main parties’ leadership races as a basis to tune…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Thomas Walkom and Andre Picard took the time to wonder whether the Libs actually planned to deliver on pharmacare before Bill Morneau…
Pouring Gasoline On the Fire
It’s generally agreed that Justin Trudeau’s recent trip to India was an abject failure. An invitation to a convicted would be assassin was the original cause of Trudeau’s problems. But…
Is Andrew Scheer Slowly Losing His Marbles?
Ever since the Liberal government tabled its new budget, Andrew Scheer has been looking distinctly under the weather.Or as one might say a little less delicately, looking like a man…
The mild-mannered Minister Morneau.
To think that it was only during the last half of last year that I was calling for the finance minister’s head. This week’s budget hardly left me feeling fonder.…
Has Trump Gone "Full Bunker"?
Things aren’t going well for the very stable genius, el Presidente Donaldo Trump.Not well at all. Son in law Jared has lost his top secret security clearance which means he’ll…
CBC offered “pure propaganda”
After a CBC radio offering that made little effort to provide a complete story, economist Erik Andersen sent a message to CBC Early Edition. Erik keeps a close eye on…