John McCain: Honesty, Honour, Humour.
Senator John McCain of Arizona was old school. He was Republican by tradition. He was a gentleman. He was a warrior, from a family of warriors. He was a politician…
August 2018
How Much Damage Can Maxime Bernier Do The Cons?
When Maxime Bernier decided to break away from Andrew Scheer and his "intellectually and morally corrupt" Cons.And in the process made Scheer look like a cowardly leader. Or no leader…
Donald Trump, NAFTA, and the Shame of Andrew Scheer
Donald Trump has been busy recently, lowering, then raising, then lowering the American flag over the White House. President Trump, under enormous public and private pressure, finally issued a proclamation…
Column: when you lie down with dogs
The short, stout woman bobs through the crowd like a hungry dog, jockeying for position at a dish of meat. She screams and yells, waving a plump finger in the…
Meme Monday #1
Found this on the Monarchists Facebook page. Loyally Yours,A Kisaragi Colour
When It Comes Down to It, Survival Is Not Out Priority.
A couple of weeks ago, 2018 was said to be the fifth-worst season for forest fires in British Columbia history. A week ago that had bumped up to third-worst. Now…
Episode 18: Maximum Bern and The Disgruntled Politicians of Canada
In this episode of the Daveberta Podcast, Dave Cournoyer and Ryan Hastman discuss the what’s happening in Alberta politics, including the New Democratic Party convention on September 28, 29 and…
Hedges on America’s New Serfdom
Think of it as neofeudalism in which the masses, stripped of economic and political clout, are consigned to servitude. Chris Hedges writes of the ascent of neofeudalism. We live in…
NAFTA Dead?
So much for grand words of unity and solidarity. While Trump sidelined Canada, Mexico cut a trade deal with the US. That is Trump’s way and now he’ll use his…
On Culture Wars
I just finally got around to Angela Nagle’s Kill All Normies. It’s a comprehensive book outlining the history and categorization of various groups online that have seeped into real life,…
Top 10 Legal Headlines for the week of August 27, 2018
140Law: Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of August 27, 2018. For links, visit 140Law at http://wiselaw.blogspot.com. A post shared by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on…
These Are Brave Ladies
When you are young, it is easy to find heroes, people whose daring exploits elicit awe and wonder. When I was a kid, Superman was my comic book hero. Although…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Arno Kopecky points out that new highs in nominal standards of living around the globe are being paired with unprecedented environmental damage which…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of August 27, 2018
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of August 27, 2018 from Wise Law on Twitter: Sacha Baron Cohen Pranked Me, Can I Sue? Yes. Win? Not So…
The Pecker In The Woodshed
Canadians would probably be surprised to learn that David Pecker is on the board of Postmedia. The owner of The National Enquirer — which pumped up Donald Trump’s campaign and…
Ways to Better Avoid Fake News
Figure 1 from Cook, Ellerton, and Kinkead 2018. CC BY 3.0 The term fake news may new to the modern discourse but the idea is very old. Before President Trump…
Beauce’s Bernier bugs-out.
‘Bug-out’ is an American military term for the rapid advance to the rear of troops or an installation about to be over-run by enemy combatants. It is also an appropriate…
Maxime Bernier Opens the Diversity Debate
What lunacy is this? Maxime Bernier’s twitter rant condemning Justin Trudeau’s “extreme multiculturalism” policies ended with Bernier exiting stage (far) right, Andrew Scheer promising to fight asylum seekers who jump…
The Conservatives are going to have problems finding a new whistle
The Harper Conservatives learned the hard way that overt racism is a great way to lose elections. The Scheer-per Conservative Party has spent a lot of money building a narrative…
Globe and Mail Oped: We can save democracy from destructive digital threats
I had the privilege of speaking to the Federal Cabinet retreat this week. Details from the event can be found here. I was there to address the challenges of misinformation…