"The West, As We Once Knew It, No Longer Exists."
Der Spiegel has called upon Europe to join the resistance to Trump America. The editorial says Trump’s unilateral withdrawal from the Iran nuclear pact has undermined the North Atlantic consensus.…
2018
May 17: Time to Wake Up.
Ever notice that the U.S. no longer declares war? It just starts killing. The U.S. has not declared war since December of 1941. Since then, it has attacked over 70…
Block bullies are at it again
May 14’s council agenda (p. 40-49) contained yet more evidence of The Block’s bully-boy tactics and pettiness: a complaint made to the integrity commissioner against our mayor. They damn her no…
Setting The Record Straight
In theory, this primer should cut through weather-change denialism. In practice, of course, it will do no such thing. Conspiracy theories, junk science and muddled thinking, after all, are so…
He’s "Appalled" – What in Hell Does That Mean?
Justin Trudeau, the prime minister of Canada, says he’s “appalled” at the massacre of protesting Palestinians by Israeli army snipers inside the gulag that is Gaza. Somebody apparently slipped JT…
Recipe For Hate called one of the best books for young readers!
Need a great summer read for your reluctant young reader? Try one of these titles, selected as Best Books for Kids & Teens, Spring 2018! Congratulations to @sylviamcnicoll, Shelley Peterson,…
LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday May 17, 2018. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. An estate trustee is entitled to be paid for…
Undermen
Donald Trump has once again called undocumented immigrants “animals.” Juan Cole writes that Trump’s use of the word has uncomfortable echoes of Adoph Hitler’s use of the term untermensch or…
GDPR Might Make the Internet Better by Eliminating Shady Businesses
Now that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is in effect companies are reacting. You may have noticed new messages on websites outlining that they are collecting information on you,…
Mother’s magic money.
Listening to Ontario conservative leader Doug Ford recently reminded me of my early childhood in Toronto. Doug Ford never seems to worry about where the money for his promises will…
Jason Kenney’s Deplorable and Deeply Disturbing Meltdown
I have followed Jason Kenney's long and sordid career for years, and I have watched him disgrace himself over and over again.In Ottawa he was appalling, in Alberta he is…
Dispatches from the front lines of Alberta politics: Jason Kenney reveals his nasty streak … again
My, my, Jason Kenney’s vow to become the new Mr. Congeniality of Confederation sure didn’t last very long, did it? Twitterists are having fun comparing the Alberta Opposition leader’s response…
Notley NDP pass bill to halt oil and gas to BC as Jagmeet Singh finally shows up to the pipeline party
What a day. Turn off the taps: Bill 12: Preserving Canada’s Economic Prosperity Act passed third reading Alberta’s Legislative Assembly and once the bill is given royal assent, proclaimed into…
Bad Times For Canadian Alt-Right Podcasters: This Hour Has 88 Minutes Co-Host Exposed
Congratulations to those who spent months pouring through online messages and hours of podcast material to be able to publish this story: Leagueofthenorth, host of Canada’s largest alt-right neo-Nazi podcast,…
Let’s Go Exploring: Calvin and Hobbes by Michael Hingston continues to top Edmonton non-fiction bestseller list
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended May 13, 2018, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
Justin Trudeau’s Wonderful Message of Tolerance
It's finally starting to feel like Spring in the place where I live, and after a long hard winter I am reminded again why I love Canada so much.Soon I'll…
More Climate Change Woes for the Great Northern Petro-State
We’re in for a ripper of a wildfire season. I suppose they’re all “rippers” these days for the Great White Northern petro-state in this the era of anthropogenic climate change.…
Ramadan and the Story of Ibraheem
As you may know, Muslims around the world are preparing to observe Ramadan, a month of fasting and religious reflection.And it comes at a difficult time.What with the horror in…
If You Have Even the Slightest Doubt that Global Warming is Real, Ask a Fish.
I’ve been writing about this for years as I’ve watched the arrival of southern fish species into British Columbia’s coastal waters, everything from humpback whales to sardines. Fish and marine…
Well, We’ve Got the Answer to Overpopulation.
Thanks, NASA, although you could have learned as much over lunch with Maude Barlow. A “groundbreaking” (pun, sorry) study by NASA concludes that water shortages will be the key environmental…