No Guarantee
As Chrystia Freeland tries to hammer out a new NAFTA deal, Paul Krugman writes about Donald Trump’s tariffs: Trump’s tariffs really are a big, bad deal. Their direct economic impact…
September 2018
“Once more unto the breach, my friends…”
The Hordes are at the gates of Castle Liberal on the Rideau and William Shakespeare, once more has appropriate words at the ready. With a year left of his tattered…
The furious denunciations of Tzeporah Berman in Alberta are unprecedented, hypocritical and dangerous
Orthodoxy means not thinking – not needing to think. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness. — George Orwell, 1984 + + + The stream of vituperation directed at B.C. environmentalist Tzeporah Berman for…
How to Increase Your Residence’s Resale Value
Everyone loves the idea of having a new house. With a fresh condition and view, it surely sounds like a new beginning in everyone’s life, doesn’t it? Some people even…
Doug Ford Shits The Bed
And its not just the nation as a whole that thinks he's a right douche-bag. It's here in Ontario: In Ontario Doug Ford is 24% positive – 51% negative (-27).…
Doug Ford Shits The Bed
And its not just the nation as a whole that thinks he’s a right douche-bag. It’s here in Ontario: In Ontario Doug Ford is 24% positive – 51% negative (-27).…
Sept. 20: The provincial election? Forget it.
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgxvzKkmXccmbPBszHRxCGKvJcRXv This first item is a long extract from a new book about journalism in Britain. It’s a long read, but an important one in understanding our own journalism._______________________________________________________________ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/18/surprise-truce-brokered-by-turkey-and-russia-spares-idlib-for-now…
Emperor Pedro II’s 1876 Visit to Canada
Emperor Pedro II Brazil was once an empire. And interms of economic, military, and socialdevelopment it ranks as a golden age ofthat country. Embodying this period ofprogress was Emperor Pedro…
Candice Bergen and the Summer of Failure
Candice Bergen, the Con house leader, is one of the loudest and most vile members of Andrew Scheer's Con Clown Circus.Her hatred for Justin Trudeau is so great it's deeply…
The rebirth of X̱wáy̓x̱way, X̱epx̱páy̓em and Iy̓ál̓mexw as Vancouver place names
The park board will be looking at adding traditional First Nations names to many civic parks and beaches. John Mackie Updated: September 19, 2018 Vancouver Sun Many local landmarks had…
Is Putin about to add to his collection of Americans occupying high office?
Those wise in the ways of the Russian GRU (nee’ KGB) regularly opine that Donald Trump is the exemplar of the person the GRU would target. This exposure is due…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Robert Skidelsky warns that having failed to learn crucial lessons from a 2008 economic crash caused by a reckless financial sector exploiting…
New column day
Here, on how the Saskatchewan Party’s self-induced aversion to responsible climate policy may producing serious political and economic consequences. For further reading…– D.C. Fraser reported on the NDP’s Regina Northeast…
LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday, September 20, 2018. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. A last will can leave instructions for who will…
Manipulation 101
It is to state the obvious that politicians and their party apparatchiks are practiced manipulators. They target their demographic, employ experts to craft messages to that demographic and, sadly, seem…
Ignoring His Colours
The Ontario Court of Appeal has decided that what Doug Ford did in the middle of Toronto’s municipal election was unfair but not unconstitutional. Ford could have waited for the…
Less Open Debates for a More Open Democracy
The last few years of this bizarre decade have witnessed the resurgence of hate groups. Some of these hate groups are just nicer sounding Nazis and that’s a really bad…
And confusion for ‘Chuckles.’
There must be days when conservative leader Andrew ‘Chuckles’ Scheer goes home to his taxpayer-provided hideaway at Stornoway and asks the wife why he is doing his duty for the…
Bob Woodward’s Fear leads Edmonton non-fiction bestseller list; Ellen Keith’s The Dutch Wife returns to top of fiction list
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended Sept. 16, 2018. The lists are compiled by Audreys Books and…
Alberta Election Update: Lorne Dach running for re-election in Edmonton-McClung, Mickey Amery seeks UCP nomination in Calgary-Cross
Photo: Lorne Dach, Allie Tulick, Roop Rai, and Mickey Amery. Here are some of the latest updates to the list of candidates running for party nominations ahead of the 2019…