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May 2018
Doug Ford and the Swamp People
Doug Ford's handlers have been pulling out all the stops, trying to portray their candidate as Mr Nice Guy.The kind of guy you can trust to run a lemonade stand,…
May 22: The coming decline of the U.S. empire.
I’m opening with a lot of Anti-Media items because it seems to be the only source that has a lot of coverage of recent developments. (The only world news in…
Wynne’s unpopularity and the economy
A key feature of this campaign is the unpopularity of the Wynne Liberals; they have become the unacceptable alternative, making the effective choice between the Doug Ford PCs and Andrea…
This Way It’s Easier to Make Sense of Rachel Notley.
It’s easier when you think of Rachel Notley as that distant cousin who shows up blotto at the family reunion, snarling at everyone. Alberta’s outgoing premier is laying it on…
Rebuild Public Hospitals and Long-Term Care
Photo from Public Domain After touring Ontario in recent weeks, Ontario Health Coalition spokeswoman Natalie Mehra returned to Toronto on 16 May 2018 at a press conference outside the Emergency…
The United States’ Hand in Undermining Democracy in Venezuela
Photo by Diario Critico Venezuela The Trump administration’s foreign policy toward Venezuela includes supporting a boycott of Sunday’s elections in Venezuela, hinting at the possibility of a coup, and enacting…
In Most Countries This Might be Disturbing News. In Canada, Not So Much.
The Trump regime has joined forces with the fossil energy giants in fighting American cities over climate change. Just before a critical hearing to determine the fate of a pair…
Doug Ford’s Lead Evaporates in Vote Rich 905
A new Ipsos poll shows for the first time the Ontario NDP in the lead. The poll also shows that the NDP have started to chip away at the Tory…
It’s Don’s Party and He’ll Cry If He Wants To…
Donald Trump probably believed he was in line for the Nobel Peace Prize. His Congressional munchkins certainly imagined he was a shoo-in. All the Mango Mussolini had to do was…
The Boot on That Neck? The Boot is Us. The Neck is Earth.
The human race is just 0.01% of all life on our planet but a study finds our tiny, infinitesimal presence has been responsible for eradicating most other living things. The…
As Good a Take as Any. The Roots of America’s Malaise.
His book is, “Tailspin – The People and Forces Behind America’s Fifty-Year Fall – and Those Fighting to Reverse It.” He is Steven Brill, founder of American Lawyer magazine and,…
LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday May 22, 2018. Today we are talking about Employment Law. It is very difficult for employers to prove “just cause”…
Abandoning the Liberals in certain regions to vote NDP may actually get you a Doug Ford PC majority
NDP tweeter Derek Leebosh turning the tables. Some New Democrats have been having a field day on Twitter lately, getting their revenge it would seem on Liberals for previous elections…
The "Perils" Of Socialism
If you have a few minutes, check out the following video. Enlightened, witty and amusing, its message will, of course, be lost on many citizens of the Benighted States of…
It’s Here
Because Donald Trump is who he is — a man who operates on what Globe and Mail columnist Lawrence Martin calls “a low information base” — the United States is…
How to Deal with Problematic Recyclables
Recycling programs still can’t recycle every consumer good, which means that we still need to think about what we put in the blue box (or whatever colour it is where…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Tom Parkin discusses the distinction between giveaways to the rich which are perpetually seen as carrying no price, and the expansion of…
A cabinet, a caucus, and a legislature walk into a bar… #nlpoli
Don’t feel bad. Most people in Newfoundland and Labrador have no idea how our political system works. Self-described experts. Reporters. Pundits. Very often hopelessly lost when discussing even the most…