Adios, Roseanne – Don’t Let the Door Hit Ya…..
Roseanne Barr’s comeback is over. ABC has cancelled the “Roseanne” show after the loudmouth, rightwing nutjob tweeted that a former Obama aide, Valerie Jarrett, was what you get if the…
2018
The Meaning of Sleaze
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/michael-cohen-lobbying-donald-trump-1.4678567 This is by no means limited to the Republicans. It is the way the system of U.S. ‘democracy’ has always worked._______________________________________________________________ And then there’s fake news… Alas! The CBC…
The Day Andrew Scheer Chickened Out On Doug Ford
When it looked like Doug Ford was heading for a crushing majority, him and Andrew Scheer were the best of buddies.And Scheer even made plans to hit the campaign trail…
Donald’s Choice – Ignore Climate Change Science
A leaked White House memo describes Donald Trump’s approach to climate science reports generated by the US government’s own agencies. He picked Door 3, just ignore it. Last week, the…
Morneau’s Right, They’ve Already Listed the Pipeline for Sale
It’s a honey of a deal. Here, check it out: https://ottawa.craigslist.ca/hvo/d/for-sale-stalled-and/6601355647.htmlh/t Deacon Jester
Trudeau Betrays Canada And The World
If you know anything about the climate-change peril within which the world lives, you will see this announcement by Justin Trudeau and his cronies as nothing less than a betrayal…
Now It’s Time for Trudeau to Come Clean – At Last.
Since the Trudeau government decided to throw $4.5-billion to take Kinder Morgan off the hook on the Trans Mountain pipeline, it’s time we got to see the books. Let’s start…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Peter Goodman discusses how austerity has changed society for the worse in the UK: For a nation with a storied history of…
Well Liberals, You’re In the Bitumen Business Now
The Trudeau government has bought out Kinder Morgan. $4.5 billion. Canada is now a player in all things Tar Sands. No private sector buyer was interested in picking up the…
LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday May 29, 2018. Today we are talking about Employment Law. Ontario employers are prohibited from discrimination and harassment against any…
Ask a York U. kid
They’ll tell you. #ONDP = endless strikes. #OLP should’ve been exploiting that obvious vulnerability weeks ago. Surprised #ONPC hasn’t yet. It was low-hanging fruit. #onpoli — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) May…
Nothing To Do With Families
The Republican Party used to style itself as the party of family values. It has now officially adopted a policy of breaking up families. Richard Wolff writes: Earlier this month,…
This Artist Wants You to Buy All His Personal Data on eBay
Oli Frost got inspired by companies earning profit from his data and decided to sell it directly to anybody who wants it. He’s downloaded all his data from Facebook (and…
Yes, but did the fat lady sing?
Listening to and reading analyses of the Sunday night political leaders’ debate in Toronto, you wonder if they were at the same debate. Frankly, the analyses were better than the…
The Second ‘Thousand-Year’ Storm In Two Years
Try telling the people of Ellicott City, Maryland, that climate change is a hoax. The Washington Post, in a detailed analysis of this flood, has this to say about the…
Ontario Election: Impact on Inequality of Fiscal Plans
In the context of Ontario’s upcoming June 7 election, I just finalized an article on the CCPA’s “Behind the Numbers” blog, exploring the fiscal plans of the three major political…
Updates on Proud Boys Brandon Vaughan and Robert Jones, Meir Weinstein, Faith Goldy, and Doug Ford
We certainly weren't the first to report that Brandon Vaughan, a member of the Proud Boys, had been indicted for assaulting a Palestinian-American last spring in Washington D.C., but he…
Ferry innovation? Wazzat?
The Havyard shipyard announced that it received a contract to build seven battery-powered ferries for Fjord1, Norwegian transport conglomerate. The news comes after the operators of the first all-electric ferry…
The Incredible Crassness of Donald Trump
As we all know by now, Donald Trump is a man without a moral compass, and without a discernible trace of human decency,And this tweet on Memorial Day, the day…
Ontario Election: Riding by Riding Poll Numbers
Whether you plan to vote strategically or you are curious to see how your riding is shaping up, the tooclosetocall site has an excellent Ontario Elections Simulator that crunches the…