Patrick Brown is back.
The wife was worried with my unrestrained laughter over breakfast. “Brown is back,” I finally managed to tell her. It was word in the Toronto Star that Barrie’s own Patrick…
July 2018
Alfred Schaefer Threatens Judge in His and His Sister’s Trial in Germany
The trial of Holocaust denying Canadians Monika and Alfred Schaefer (Alfred is a long time resident of Germany) began July 3 in Germany. Monika is still in jail (perhaps as…
Cuts Are Coming To Social Services in Ontario
Newly Elected Premier Doug Ford said during the election campaign that caregivers and parents with children with disabilities would never have to march on Queen’s Park again if he was…
Wednesday Night Cat Blogging
Surrounded cats.
Themis, Wherefore Art Thou?
Themis. To the ancient Greeks, Themis was the goddess of justice. Wiki offers this description: She is described as “ of good counsel”, and is the personification of divine order,…
It’s Easier When You Think of It as a Form of Retardation.
One of the side effects of becoming a petro-state, a purveyor of fossil energy whether oil, gas and/or coal, is the political retardation factor. Since climate change became a recognized…
End Immigration Detention: An Open Letter
On June 27, 2018, a coalition of over 2000 Canadian healthcare organizations and healthcare providers, including doctors, nurses, social workers, psychologists and midwives have signed on to an open letter,…
Aheer acclaimed but not in the clear. UCP investigating alleged ballot-stuffing in North East Calgary.
Photo: Nomination candidates Leela Aheer, Shawna Gawreluck, Janet Eremenko, and Elisabeth Hughes. Despite the drama of restraining orders and alleged death threats, MLA Leela Aheer was acclaimed as the United…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Richard Partington reports on new OECD data showing that wages are continuing to soar for the lucky few in the developed world while…
Cause For Worry
Stephen Harper was in Washington on Monday. He didn’t tell the current government that he was going. And, when he left, he didn’t say a word. But, you have to…
On Half Earth
The headline says, Scientists call for a Paris-style agreement to save life on Earth. Monbiot says this often, and E.O. Wilson, and so many others. We have to let parts…
Voting reform or disaster in B.C.
Our friends on the left coast must be already smoking something serious. I am stunned by what they are suggesting as the choice for reformed voting in British Columbia. While…
La Meute Caught Lying About "Antifa" Assault Claim
Those of us who followed the failed La Meute march this past Sunday expected that they would attempt to spin it as some sort of success despite what was obvious…
Independence Day: An excellent moment for Canadians to recommit ourselves to being different from the United States
Today is the Fourth of July, Independence Day in the Great Republic immediately to our south. Normally, as befits our national character, we Canadians celebrate this occasion with restrained fondness…
Modus operandi
When a big financial donor to Liberals wanted to acquire publicly owned BC Rail, Liberals pretended the railway was a money loser with little value and sold it, despite an…
First Time for Everything
I wonder what would have happened to Sleeping Beauty had she slept for, oh, say 20, 30 years or so, but continued to age. I’m thinking Shrek, but with the…
Time To Take A Break From What Our Country Has Become
I've been trying to get away from the heat, and the crowds on the waterfront where I live, by heading out to the quietest and coolest part of the lake.But…
Can America 3.0 Survive?
When the 2011 Occupy movement sparked and flared and, in short order, fizzled out, a lot of people said “well, that’s that.” I didn’t see it that way. That such…