Column: heartless in Gaza
The email arrived at 6:03 a.m. It was accompanied with a little graphic of a flashing red siren, up near the top, presumably to signal its importance. “Take action,” the…
2018
Those Star Letter-Writers
They never disappoint. They can spot a shyster a mile away. It’s sad that Doug Ford’s solution to the high cost of gas is to reduce the gas tax. A…
A Fact Full Election?
Last week, Bob Rae told a crowd of distinguished dignitaries, “Facts matter. Our politics needs to understand and respect this.” Robin Sears wonders if Ontarians do understand this: Like travelling…
What Does The Return Of Stephen Harper Mean for Canada?
In case you have been wondering whether Stephen Harper has come back from the dead to haunt us again.Or will only be with us for a short time, before returning…
Mixing baloney and beer.
People in Ontario are starting to laugh over the desperate efforts of conservative leader Doug Ford to promise voters anything to vote for him. It took him until halfway through…
A Venture Capitalist on Why Kinder Morgan’s Pipeline and the Tar Sands Make No Sense.
The CEO of Chrysalix Venture Capital says “let’s get honest about the outlook for the Alberta oil sands and Trans Mountain.” In Wal van Lierop’s opinion, neither makes any financial…
Andrea Horwath is going to win Ontario on June 7 – that’s my story, and I’m stickin’ to it!
Happy Victoria Day! I’m feeling good about my prediction that the next Premier of Ontario will be Andrea Horwath. When I made that prediction back on Feb. 27, scads of…
Doug Ford Likely To Support Ontario as a Sanctuary Province If Elected
There has been a lot of hyperbole recently over the NDP Platform to make Ontario a sanctuary province by registered third party PC activists Ontario Proud. These activists are blatantly…
State of the Uniom: America a shit hole country
I must be getting old, I’m having a Decarie moment and can’t log into ffibs, so I’m posting this monstrosity on Willy Loman. I started this back when Trump misspelt…
"White Nationalist" Ronny Cameron, His National Socialist Friends, and the Jewish Defence League
For the life of me, I don't understand why Meir Weinstein of the Canadian Jewish Defence League has such an amicable relationship with Ronny Cameron: In an article published last…
Nik Nanos, please give us something more credible to help progressives stop Doug Ford
One aspect of the ongoing Ontario election campaign is unfolding as I expected: most less-than-stellar pollsters are showing the PCs in the lead with the NDP moving into second place.…
We should reform, amend or change government but we should never attack it.
When I was nineteen, I joined my first political campaign. In some ways, it was odd. For, while, I lived in a house that talked about the problems of the…
Setting The Record Straight
Robert Reich is one of America’s true heroes. He seems indefatigable in his efforts to educate the American public as a counter to the lies and distortions of Donald Trump.…
NDP and PC’s Neck and Neck as Millennials Engage
The latest poll from Abacus shows that the PC’s and NDP are now neck in neck with Ontario voters. The PC’s lead seems to have evaporated, and the progressive vote…
Dammit, Do Something. America’s Sea Level Rise Whinge.
It’s hard to feel too much sympathy for people whose main concern is their multi-million dollar beachfront home. Yet, all along the American coastline, you can hear them grumble and…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Brian Wakamo notes that Kirsten Gillibrand is pushing for postal banking in the U.S. as an alternative to predatory lenders in underserved…
Witches! Swamp!
Me: I am order, you are chaos. @LisaKinsella: What? Me: You weaken the moral universe with your femininity. @LisaKinsella: Are you fucking insane? Me : Witches. Matriarchy. Swamp. @LisaKinsella: You…
#ONPOLI this hand, that hand
Random thoughts on that startling Abacus poll this morning: On the one hand, the Abacus survey doesn’t entirely take into account regional realities, seat distribution, and turnout – so Doug…
Jordan Peterson says witches exist. And they live in swamps.
From the mouth of the latter-day Father Coughlin, in today’s New York Times. Mr. Peterson illustrates his arguments with copious references to ancient myths — bringing up stories of witches,…
The Slow Collapse of the Doug Ford Campaign
Doug Ford is still trying to buy votes, and is now promising to sell beer and wine on every street corner.No doubt to try to make people forget that he…