Wrong Universe – NaBloPoMo Day 8
My mum was a brilliant woman. So was my grandmother. So is my aunt. So is my other aunt. It’s pretty cool the amount of brain power all the wymmyns…
November 2018
National Populism is "Unstoppable" – The Guardian
Bad news, democracy fans. National populism may be in your future and it may have less to do with globalization, inequality, or migration than you imagine. Think tribal. The left…
Left-wing liberal media, my ass
Maclean’s ‘The Resistance’ cover reminds us that the cries about ‘liberal left-wing bias’ is all noise and nonsense.
A Tax on Meat?
If implementing a simple (and laughably modest) carbon tax can become a threat to national unity* how then would we ever levy a similar tax on red meat? Climate change…
Protecting Those In Power
It is to state the obvious that there are many actions going on in the background to which we are not privy. Only occasionally do we see the man behind…
Dogs and cats living together, anarchy and chaos, locusts and fire and brimstone
…that’s the chaos into which Toronto has descended. Watch the shocking video I refer to in my tweet, which has been read a quarter of a million times, now. The…
How They Do It
Donald Trump thinks he won the midterm elections. He completely ignores the results in the House of Representatives and focuses on the Senate. But the number of votes for Senate…
While Albertans panicked about state of the oilsands, the Big Five bitumen-extraction corporations made billions
While Albertans have been in flap over the state of the province’s oilsands industry, the Big Five Oilsands extraction corporations have been raking in billions. “Despite the 2014 oil price…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Jovanka Beckles writes that the housing crisis in California – like those elsewhere – needs to be addressed through public investment in…
New column day
Here, on how the U.S. midterms show the political risks of putting corporations over people – and how Saskatchewan citizens should take a hint as to who deserves to be…
The Hoards are in the House.
Donald Trump can stop worrying about the hoards heading north in Mexico. They served their purpose during the run-up to the mid-terms. They gave him a target for his bigotry.…
Translating Air, poetry by Edmonton’s Kath MacLean, tops Audreys Books Edmonton Fiction Bestseller List
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended Nov. 4, 2018. The lists are compiled by Audreys Books and…
Groovy Dead
‘Groovy Dead’ by Rusty (@canrockrusty) remains one of the greatest punk anthems in Canadian history, and possibly world history.
Now Things Are Getting Really Ridiculous
A sad menagerie for all to behold. Recommend this Post
What Happens When We Take Democracy for Granted?
Canadians take our democracy for granted. Most rarely think of it at all. We were born into it and we assume it will be with us forever. History shows that’s…
Ever wondered what the Park Board does?
Here’s a video tribute to our 2014-2018 Board, produced by Margo Harper. To the out-going elected Board: a job well done. So proud to have been a part of it.
Doesn’t feel like we lost
The Democrats, after last night:
Donald Trump’s Painful Crazy Day of Reckoning
Well it wasn't the giant blue wave I had been hoping for, to bury the sinister sand man Donald Trump once and for all.But it was still quite a wave,…
Empty – NaBloPoMo Day 7
I worked pretty hard this past weekend. I was at a retreat. Had some rewriting to do on a manuscript. Thought it’d be easy. Boy, was I wrong. I mean.…
Benghazi
It won’t be long before congressional Republicans start complaining about witch hunts by House Democrats investigating corruption within the White House and the Republican ranks. Trump has already threatened to…