Our 400 MPP.
There is no point in complaining that our Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte member of the legislature is never in the electoral district. He obviously drives through it every time he goes to or…
December 2018
Creative Ways to Communicate Mobility in Cities
Navigating cities can be a challenge for anybody with mobility issues due to a lack of infrastructure and poor communication. Decades of efforts to improve urban design have made a…
Defeated in UCP nomination battle, Highwood MLA Wayne Anderson takes complaint to Elections Alberta
Is it just seasonal, or is this the new normal? No, I’m not talking about the weather and climate change. I’m talking about the daily stream of revelations about unsavoury…
My Observations Concerning Saturday’s Anti-UN Migrant Compact Protests
As I watched protests in a number of Canadian cities which were ostensibly about opposing the UN's non-binding agreement setting up guidelines for the orderly and safe movement of people…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Decorated cats.
Theresa May Struggles to Find a New Brexit Strategy
She reaches down deep to find her inner Gollum
Dec. 11: A bad day’s news.
Will we? Won’t we? Will we? Won’t we? As time runs out, it looks as though we won’t. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/09/us-russia-ally-saudi-arabia-water-down-climate-pledges-un _https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/10/tackle-climate-or-face-financial-crash-say-worlds- _https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/cdn-environment-groups-tell-world-canada-not-slowing-emissions-from-oil-and-gas-1.4940732 It’s called insanity._____________________________________________________________ So imagine what the reaction is…
When a Canadian Missile Almost Sparked World War III
I wasn’t aware of this and I’ll bet neither were you. January 25, 1995. Norway, near the Russian border. A Canadian designed and built Black Brant, four-stage rocket is fired…
Earthgauge News – December 11, 2018
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/mixdown-18-12-11.mp3 Environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online…
CJN on Judge Dan Moore’s willingness to let the death-threat neo-Nazis go free
Facts unreported to date: this judge let the taxpayer-funded neo-Nazis’ lawyers cross-examine Lisa about her views on abortion this judge let the neo-Nazis’ lawyers question me about the name of…
Theresa May Gets Taken to the Woodshed
The British prime minister, beset with Brexit bungling, reminds us why Westminster truly is the Mother of all Parliaments
One Time – Okay, a Typo. Two Times – That’s Illiterate.
Not a hard word, “smoking.” Signs everywhere read “No Smoking.” They’re inescapable. Just two syllables, real easy. Unless you’re America’s twitmeister in chief, the Mango Mussolini himself, Donald “On the…
Hostage?
It sure smells like a hostage-taking. 1) a Canadian, 2) in China, 3) Huawei CFO in custody in Vancouver facing extradition to the United States for allegedly violating US sanctions…
Has The Bigotry Of The Cons Fooled and Scared Canadians?
I think you know how I feel about Andrew Scheer's kooky far right campaign against the U.N.'s Global Compact on Migration.It's another Big Lie. It appeals to the worst instincts…
A Vast Left Wing Conspiracy?
Donald Trump and his acolytes insist that “a vast left wing conspiracy” is trying to do the president in. Lawrence Martin writes: That’s a frequent claim by Mr. Trump’s defenders,…
Oshawa and Postal Workers: Big and Small Lies We Accept
Photo by Dalson Chen In 1979, Canada’s postal union (CUPW) bargained and bargained with the employer. Eventually, having exhausted all possibilities, it made the decision, supported by a huge majority…
LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday December 11, 2018. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. View this post on Instagram A post shared by…
Taking on the GM Shutdown: Unifor, Oshawa and Community Control
Photo by Eduardo Lima/CP General Motor’s plan to end production at its Oshawa plant at the end of 2019 is a callous, cynical act by the U.S.-based multinational auto giant…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Thomas Piketty sets out a proposal to start addressing inequality across the EU. Derek Thompson discusses how the U.S.’ economy has been…