Could Have Been – NaBloPoMo Day 11
Whoops. So here’s the thing. NEW PHONE WHO DIS – yeah, I got a new phone. I thought everything was working but I was, as our friend Big T would…
November 2018
Reasons To Dismantle The Current Party System
I've never been a big fan of the political party system. Partly because it's rare that party even remotely resembles the kind of perspective in government that I think we…
Remembrance Day 2018
It's Remembrance Day 2018, and a time to remember all those who fought and died for our country.A time to remember and celebrate my fighting grandfathers.Read more »
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Wade Davis comments on the ecological amnesia which has resulted in repeated cycles of extinctions: In three generations, a mere moment in…
On This Remembrance Day
Today marks the one hundredth anniversary of the end of The Great War. It was supposed to be the war to end all wars. And it’s true that, since 1945,…
In the grip of the political vortex.
Friends, foes and the pubic ask: “What the fuck is going on?” The answer is that nobody really knows. Did you see the polls before the American mid-term elections? You…
Amalgamation raises it ugly head again?
‘Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Steve Clark sent a correspondence to Association of Municipalities Ontario members communicating the province is undergoing a regional review to take a broad look at…
Shy Crane
Sandhill Crane at the Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary
U.S. midterm results remind how amoral and immoral conservatives are ruining it for the rest of us
Meme of Maclean’s cover this week Like most liberals, I was hoping for a giant blue tsunami to wash over the United States in this week’s midterm elections. While the…
Nov. 10: There’ll be bluebirds over…
…The white cliffs of Dover\Tomorrow, when the world is free.There’ll be love and laughterAnd peace ever afterTomorrow, just you wait and see. I was a very young child when I…
Donald Trump and the Blue Wave That Just Kept Growing
I can only imagine what state Donald Trump must be in this weekend, after the way he reacted to the midterm election results.Going after and then banning CNN's Jim Acosta…
Eating up the Hill: The days are numbered for the Parliamentary Reasturant buffet
Members and staff got a sneak peek at the newly renovated West Block on Wednesday, which will take over many of the functions of Centre Block in January when the…
Andrew Scheer and the Clement Sex Scandal
Ever since the Tony Clement sex scandal became public, questions have been asked about Andrew Scheer's role in that tawdry affair.How long did he know that Clement was bothering women?…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Owen Jones writes that a four-day work week being developed by UK Labour could represent an important step toward genuine personal freedom: (I)t…
Desperate
Tom Walkom writes that Donald Trump is desperate to leave his mark: He wants to be remembered as more than just a crude blowhard with funny hair. All presidents want…
Saturday Photo: One Hundred Years Later….
The end of the War to End All Wars will be remembered tomorrow, Nov. 11, 2018. One hundred years later we seem not to have learned much. The photo is…
Clement’s calamity?
It is so easy when you never liked someone to get a little lift from their downfall. It is always best to leave subjects such as this without comment, as…
Edmonton Conservative MP Kerry Diotte threatens defamation action against young people who criticized him on Twitter
Edmonton Griesbach MP Kerry Diotte has threatened a young writer and former constituent with a defamation lawsuit for tweeting critical comments about his appearance in photos with Faith Goldy, an…
Michael Harris’ Swan Song.
Pundit Michael Harris has told his readers he’s leaving iPolitics – but not before giving a well deserved shot to Tony Clement and his former boss, Andrew Scheer. Harris asks…
Musical interlude
Metric – Now or Never Now