Will April 2018 mark a breakthrough for Alberta Party fundraising?
As anyone who is on a political party email list will be well aware of, March 31 marked the end of the first quarter of fundraising for Alberta’s political parties.…
April 2018
"I For One Welcome Our New Redneck Overlords"
Okay I've sort of broken my promise not to schedule updates while I'm away, however I had to include at least one on this day since today the government of…
We must demand redress
Important people perverted British Columbia’s judicial system so that wrongdoing in the privatization of BC Rail assets was hidden and remains in that state even today. These people included politicians,…
Monday Night Candidate Nomination Update
Here are some of the latest updates to the list of candidates running for party nominations ahead of Alberta’s expected 2019 provincial general election: Airdrie-Cochrane: Airdrie realtor Mauri Stiff is…
Canada Moving to Exempt Majority of New Oilsands Projects From Federal Assessments
After more than a year of public hearings, the federal government unveiled its new and improved environmental assessment legislation in February 2018 with much ado. But the new rules —…
Caveat Emptor – Beware Lockheed’s F-35
I do not believe that Canada needs a warplane that does one thing perhaps, possibly, maybe, better than its rivals: the ability to launch a first strike attack on an…
Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week. – Charlie May writes that the inequality which is radically reshaping the American political scene receives short shrift compared to other stories. And Thomas…
Their Default Position?
In the last federal election, Justin Trudeau’s Liberals swept Atlantic Canada. Daniel Savoie writes that Maritimers’ support for Trudeau has not been reciprocated: Consider the following. For the first time…
Google And Android Phone Data Mining – A Guest Post
Commentator BM left a very useful analysis in response to my recent post on ways to protect online data. Here it is: Extreme lack of privacy suspicion back in 2010…
NATIONAL CARERS DAY: A TIME TO THANK YOURSELF AND TELL OTHERS!
April 3rd is National Carers Day in Canada. You won’t receive any cards or cakes for National Carers Day. You won’t be handed a box of chocolates or a new…
Hog Trump and the Corruption That Could Destroy Him
As I'm sure you know, I've been portraying Donald Trump as a hog as long as I can remember.I realize that there are other names one could call that misogynist,…
Refuse to Cooperate: Karl Marx – Founder of Historical Materialism
Refuse to Cooperate: Karl Marx – Founder of Historical Materialism: “Last words are for fools who haven’t said enough.” – Karl Marx This short biography is based on Friedrich Engels’…
Refuse to Cooperate: Capital: A Critique of Political Economy – A Revie…
Refuse to Cooperate: Capital: A Critique of Political Economy – A Revie…: “Money is the alienated essence of man’s labor and life; and this alien essence dominates him as he…
Column: the Canadian connection
It’s the biggest political scandal in the world. And it involves a bunch of Canadians. For quite some time now, it’s been known that Vladimir Putin’s Russia – and assorted…
Ford isn’t fast with his math.
It was really very funny last Thursday when conservative leader Doug Ford got pompously to his feet to harangue the liberal government for their election budget. It seems that towards…
Conventional media bias #nlpoli
You know what “spin” is, right? Spin is a biased interpretation of something to favour one side or the other. You get spin when someone uses an interpretation of an…
The Road From a Victoria Startup to An American Billionaire Runs Right Into No. 10.
The Cambridge Analytica scandal gets murkier by the day and now it wends its way from some data wizards in a walk-up shop in Victoria through Republican America (Robert Mercer,…
Reflections on Easter Sunday, 2018: There really is a war against Christianity … it’s being waged by Christians
PHOTOS: Easter Sunday shoppers at West Edmonton Mall. Is nothing sacred? Well, actually, something is: The Almighty Market, god of Canada’s state religion. Below: A brass idol to the Market…
things i heard at the library: an occasional series: #28
With apologies to my man C. Dickens, it was the worst of customers, it was the best of customers. Our Children’s Department is short-staffed right now, and although that is…