Jess Spindler won!
Lisa and I were very unhappy when it looked like she was going to be denied the opportunity to compete for the St. Paul’s nomination – but the Premier eventually…
April 2018
Ancient Glass Sponge Reef Smothered By Salmon Farm Waste in B.C.
As Tavish Campbell dropped his remote camera into the water close to a salmon farm in the Broughton Archipelago, his heart sank. Earlier in the day, during a dive, he…
MINDFUL PHOTOGRAPHY FOR THE CAREGIVER
In photography, mindfulness is like observing something for the first time, even though you may have looked at it a thousand times before. For example, when you’ve been away from…
Andrew Scheer and the Alt-Right Conspiracy
I've tried to imagine who was more disappointed to find out that the man who killed so many people in Toronto wasn't a Muslim. Ezra Levant or Andrew Scheer?Because one…
Adler-Kinsella on Yonge Street – and haters who hate
It’s been a horrible week. On this week’s show, Charles and I talk about the Yonge Street massacre – and also the rapist Bill Cosby, and related gender issues.
Resistance Lives
“And this you can know – fear the time when Manself will not suffer and die for a concept, for this one quality is the foundation of Manself, and this…
Ignorance Still Rules the Roost
Albertans — a good number of them anyway — are making a lot of noise about the University of Alberta’s decision to award David Suzuki an honorary degree. One of…
Alberta Candidate Nomination Updates: 2 NDP cabinet ministers announce re-election and 3 more UCP MLAs plan to retire.
Photo: Oneil Carlier, Shannon Phillips, Sonya Savage, and Tyler Shandro. Nominations are picking up speed. Three more United Conservative Party MLAs have announced their plans to retire when the next…
Kids getting Summer jobs don’t perform abortions.
So why is Justin Trudeau still trying to control what they think about abortions? Can someone explain this to me – a decidedly pro-choice guy – please?
Let’s Go Exploring: Calvin and Hobbes by Michael Hingston leads Edmonton non-fiction bestseller list this week
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended April 22, 2018, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
Ten Cents a Pound by Nhung Tran-Davies leads Edmonton fiction bestseller list this week
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended April 22, 2018, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
Not Ready For Prime Time?
Given the current dearth of leadership within both the Trudeau government and the rudderless Conservative Party of Canada, this one really hurts: Recommend this Post
U.S. Looks to Crack Down on Pollution of Montana River from B.C. Coal Mines
The continuous flow of dangerous pollution from B.C.’s Elk Valley coal mines into a Montana watershed is a top discussion item for Canadian and U.S. delegates convening at a bilateral…
From May 1968 to May 2018: Politics and Student Strikes
Photo by Xvex7 Much is and will be written comparing the student uprisings in the late 1960s in the United States and the current turmoil in some French universities. Like…
Nine Inch Honky Tonk
The lyrics to this NIN song are so totally ridiculous, SFH also ridiculed them on our last album. But the Tonk Honkys cover of Closer is way better.
April 26: Lies our news media tell us…
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/163023251d057d58 https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-25/opcw-investigators-found-no-evidence-chemical-weapons-syrian-facilities-bombed-us Our major, commercial news media lie to us. They always have. They exist to serve their wealthy owners, to make us pay for and serve in their wars,…
Our Prime Minister is a living doll
Given that I own this shirt and wore it at our last gig (and a strange woman did something totally weird to me that I’ll let Lisa tell you about),…
More Ducks, Hungrier Bears: Climate Change is Altering Arctic Arithmetic
The effects of climate change can be complex and unpredictable. For one species of Arctic duck, the result is a tense standoff between population growth and decline. Eiders are a…