Vlad Says: US Out of Syria, UK Out of EU.
All Vlad Putin wants for Christmas, the Americans to pull their forces out of Syria and Britain to go ahead and quit the European Union. Apparently he’ll take care of…
December 2018
Kinsella’s year-end Hill Times’ political winners and losers
The year-end political winners and losers column is as clichéd, hackneyed and overdone as it gets. But no one ever accused this writer of being, you know, original. So, heretofore…
the north island report: about that rain
The first few days after we arrived in Port Hardy, the weather was beautiful for late November. It was overcast, occasionally sunny, but around 8-10 C, with very little rain.…
LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday December 20, 2018. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. View this post on Instagram A post shared by…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Anis Chowdhury highlights how industry-wide bargaining which avoids a race to the bottom on wages produces improved efficiency as well as a…
On Demagogues Debasing Language
“ becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts… if thought corrupts language, language…
The Mosaic Institute and the Arc of History
While the arc of history may bend towards justice, there is nothing inevitable about progress. Societies can and do regress, as well as progress; they can be pulled backwards by…
National News Media Council rules Sue-Ann Levy publishes “false information” and attacks vulnerable minorities
Their entire scathing judgment is here. It arose out of a racist and hate-filled “column” where Levy falsely claimed Muslim migrants at a Toronto hotel were “slaughtering goats” in washrooms…
Imperial Trump is the problem.
The Emperor of Twits was using his Twitter Throne to criticize the Fed last week. It seems that president Trump is unaware that he might just be the problem and…
No business case for Site C
The BC Government has no business case for Site C. Unfortunately, they also don’t have the courage to terminate this expensive white elephant.
About the cost of operating that truck convoy: Was it a political donation, and was it strictly legal?
I have questions about that massive truck protest convoy in south Edmonton yesterday, the one that tied up commuter traffic and prevented people from reaching Edmonton International Airport and just…
Drug tragedy worsens
The reported number of BC’s overdose deaths in 2015 was 44 per month. That number seemed appalling but now, with the death rate almost three times higher, the situation in…
Videos Of The Day
Busting a scammer: Busting a gut, as someone tries to put gas into a Tesla: Boring a Tunnel: Back in Time, to 1929: Busting your pants: pic.twitter.com/2bZMjC4AaW — Microfrost (@Microfrost_)…
Culprits Behind Recent Monarchist Group Vandalism Identified and Dealt With
The recent case of a monarchist group on Facebook beingthe victim of hacking has been solved. In a statement postedto their page by the admins they state that three members…
Role reversal: China cites human rights in spat with Canada
When China’s government recently protested the arrest in Vancouver of Huawei Technologies executive Meng Wanzhou, it used something rarely heard from Beijing — the language of individual human rights. “The…
This is Why You Should Quit Facebook
RBC disputes report that it had access to users’ Facebook messages https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/facebook-data-privacy-1.4952060
Former Black Panther, in prison for 47 years, denied release for the ninth time (repost)
Jalil Muntaqim, a former Black Panther who has been in prison for 47 years, has been told he must spend at least another 15 months behind bars having been denied…
FAQ: Perfesser Dave returns after a long absence to explain Alberta Politics to the Rest of Canada
Some stories are just too confusing for ordinary bloggers to explain. That’s when we turn to the expert knowledge offered by distinguished academics such as Perfesser Dave, The Answer Guy™,…
China…A Communist Dictatorship
All the soft selling about China in recent years belies the fact it is a repressive communist dictatorship with blood on its hands. Concentration camps, murder disappearances and genocide all…
Chinese Internment Camp Sweatshop
Barbed wire and hundreds of cameras ring a massive compound of more than 30 dormitories, schools, warehouses and workshops in China’s far west. Dozens of armed officers and a growling…