The Toronto Star misses something
Totally missing from this story: she is also a neo-Nazi, a former Heritage Front activist, and a columnist for the women-hating, Holocaust-denying, white supremacist rag, Your Ward News. Here.
June 2018
Neoliberal Friends With Benefits
Kinder Morgan couldn’t have a better friend than Justin Trudeau: Texas-based Kinder Morgan made a seven-fold return on the sale of its Trans Mountain pipeline system to Canada’s federal government,…
A Death Sentence for Being Gay in America.
If this wasn’t from The New York Times you would never believe it. Some of the jurors who imposed the death penalty on Charles Rhines, who was convicted of murder,…
Eating up the Hill: Winner winner Chicken Farmers dinner
The annual Chicken Farmers reception is, for those who are fans of chicken, one of the top receptions of the Parliament Hill reception circuit, right up there with the Cattlemen.…
There’s Hope for Old Stoners
If you’re old enough, you may come to like your prime minister a lot more on October 17. That’s when the recreational use of marihuana will become legal in Canada.…
What’s amazing isn’t that Doug Ford is doing this
…what’s amazing is that Kathleen Wynne didn’t do it when she could’ve. (And, before any trolls take a shot at my friend Dalton, remember this.) Premier-Designate Doug Ford will build…
That Sounds Like Pretty Good Advice.
It’s not every day you come across an article that beings like this: The world is full of assholes. Wherever you live, whatever you do, odds are you’re surrounded by…
Back in the News – the Justin Trudeau Memorial Pipeline.
Let’s say you’re trying to sell your old car, a real beater. You hope you can get some sucker to give you five grand for it. And then along comes…
UN State of the Climate Report for 2017 Debuts Online
The United Nations has released a web version of its first annual report. It covers the state of the climate as of 2017. While the report reveals how action and…
Another Dred Scott Decision
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court approved Donald Trump’s third version of his travel ban. The Republicans refused to talk to Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland. They waited until…
WCAI Looks Cold
I almost missed this. Looks like Joey and a tiny group from Artur Pawlowski’s Street Cult Church were in Calgary protesting…. something. But mostly standing in the snow being cold.…
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday June 27, 2018. Today we are talking about Family Law. The amount of child support payable by a non-custodial parent…
How to Start Bird Watching
Spending time outside in nature is good for your physical and mental health, so why not do something while you’re out there? Bird watching could be the thing for you!…
Signs Of The Times
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Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Katrina vanden Heuvel discusses how the Trump tax giveaway to the rich will exacerbate class and race inequality in the U.S. And David…
Here’s how partisans react
It’s old news. It’s fake news. It’s not news. And so on, and so on. That’s what Conservative partisans would say if the wrongdoer was a Conservative Prime Minister. That’s…
Do polls prove their point?
Reading a recent newspaper article about the pollsters congratulating themselves on their accuracy in the last provincial election was enough to make me ill. The more serious question on that…
Death threats and restraining orders – What the heck is happening to the UCP in Chestermere-Strathmore?
Photo: Chestermere-Rockyview MLA Leela Aheer and former Wildrose Party leader Brian Jean, who she endorsed in the 2017 UCP leadership contest (source: Facebook) The contest for the United Conservative Party…
It’s not equalization! It’s the taxes, stupid! They’re almost too low to keep the lights on and something’s gotta give
It’s not equalization. It’s the taxes, stupid! That is to say, Alberta’s taxes are too low to run the place over the long term and something’s gotta give. The great…