And they spent $650,000 on the Ontario Cannabis Store logo, too!
This is how they think they’ll win? With puerile tweets like this? Here’s a fact, Wizard War Room: Kathleen Wynne, who is a smart person who you continually embarrass with…
2018
Calgary Soldier of Odin Leader Posts Antisemitic Memes and Linked to Overt Racists
It's interesting what one finds when one turns over a few stone. Now it isn't entirely surprising that members of the Calgary Soldiers of Odin would be present. Though the…
On Progressive Education
I recently watched a film, Most Likely to Succeed, which has inspired a lengthy post about educational reform. FIRST, A BIT ON DEWEY AND SKINNER: (If educational theory isn’t your…
Tying A Few Things Together
I have written a few posts recently which criticize quite strongly the recent spate of conservative “we must cut everything” hysteria over Alberta’s budget: On Alberta’s Budget 2018 On Government…
Ahem, About That Second Amendment Thing
Clearly, this guuy takes his rights very, very seriously, yet another reason to avoid the U.S. like the proverbial plague. Recommend this Post
Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Sunday reading. – Nick Falvo offers a useful summary of the federal-provincial framework on housing – including its lack of any specific mention of homelessness and…
Akratic NDP
It’s easy to understand why BC Hydro argued that pushing ahead with Site C was the preferred option. A change in course would require directors and executives to admit their…
The Lie Deflector
This is a device critical thinkers probably don’t need, but many others could benefit from. Simply click on the link within the box below to view the video: Lie Deflector…
Dante’s 21st Century Inferno
Syria, Tom Walkom writes, has become the most dangerous place on earth. It is now the centre of several intersecting rivalries. Consider what has happened since the war began seven…
The end of the gas plant affair.
The Ontario gas plant affair has ended badly. There are no good guys in the story. It was a sorry tale of misinformation and harangue. It was public participation gone…
Mission accomplished in Syria? Don’t bet more than you can afford to lose on that claim!
Mission Accomplished? Donald Trump’s crowing Tweets prove the wisdom of Karl Marx’s dictum: History repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce. This fact is a significant blessing, nonetheless, at…
April 14, 2018 Calgary Counter-Protest At City Hall a Success
This was the day that Artur Pawlowski and his Street Church members as well as folks like Steven “Four Names” Myatt, Sandra Solomon, members of the Canadian Combat Coalition, Joey…
Vancouver Park Board announces major Seawall upgrades
Areas affected include near English Bay, Sunset and Second beaches, Brockton Point Courier staff / Vancouver Courier April 12, 2018 One of Vancouver’s crown jewels is getting some love. The…
You’re Right, Justin. Delusional, but Right.
The prime minister has spoken. Justin Trudeau proclaimed that his pipeline fetish isn’t about “punishing” British Columbia. The man/boy prime minister is utterly, indisputably right. It isn’t about punishing British…
Beginner’s Kata: uncensored stray thoughts on revolutionary organization, by J. Sakai
also available for purchase as a pamphlet from leftwingbooks.net “Beginner’s mind” is a zen phrase. It reminds us that when we first took this path as beginners, we approached it…
Jennifer Quist’s Apocalypse of Morgan Turner tops Audreys Edmonton Bestseller List
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended April 7, 2018, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
On the social environment
Having written my column this week on one of the more glaring areas of increasingly alarming neglect from the Saskatchewan Party under Scott Moe, I’ll take a moment to point…