I’ve Got the Green Water Blues
I haven’t been posting much lately. I’ve been writing quite a bit, a small mountain of drafts, but I just never finish them. I give up. I’ve accepted that we…
2018
Eating up the Hill: Green Curry Tempeh Bowl, Basmati Rice
Excited by the prospect of the green curry, I overlooked the word tempeh. That was my mistake. Had I taken the time to Google, I would have learned that tempeh…
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY – A DAY TO CELEBRATE CARING!
March 8 is International Women’s Day and this year, I would like to celebrate the women in our families who nurture us, love us, feed us, drive us, shop for…
Italian Government in Chaos as Far-Right Parties Surge
Italy’s election on Sunday didn’t produce a clear winner, making the task of negotiating a coalition government particularly challenging. Raffaele Laudani, professor at the University of Bologna, discusses possible outcomes…
The Embarrassing Adventures of Andrew Scheer (Continued)
As I'm sure you remember, when we last left Andrew Scheer, he was standing outside the mother of all parliaments desperately trying to get a photo-op with Theresa May.On Day…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Ann Pettifor rightly questions the supposed gains from austerity in belatedly balancing budgets only at the expense of avoidable social devastation. And the…
Hit The Swing States
Canada has to respond to Donald Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminium. But the response must not equal Trump’s stupidity. Lawrence Martin writes: You have to threaten him, says former…
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday March 7, 2018. Today we are talking about Family Law. A post shared by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Mar…
For Inspiration Follow the Local Learning Process of a Gardener
Bees are amazing little creatures that have been around far longer than humans but now they need our help. As byproduct of industrialization and the overuse of pesticides colony collapse…
Kevin J. Johnston’s hate tour – let’s cancel it
Late yesterday, I was sent this: The piece of human garbage pictured, on the right, is Kevin J. Johnson. (That’s a swastika on his poster, to the left.) Lately, he’s…
A Species Under Indictment
The species: the human race. The charge: depraved indifference. Watch the following to see for yourself whether conviction is a forgone conclusion: If you would like to learn more about…
The troubled travels of Trudeau.
Good advice is a treasured commodity in government. Bad advice is plentiful. It seems that our current prime minister has plenty of the latter and not enough of the former.…
No room for dissent. No time for silence. #nlpoli
The controversy about The Rooms’ recent request for proposals is not about Muskrat Falls. Maybe someone at The Rooms or within the provincial government thought that was the problem when…
Is rural crime actually getting worse in Alberta? What we know and what we don’t
PHOTOS: Unlike these guys, real RCMP officers cost money to train, pay and outfit. When he promised many more of them to rural Alberta, Jason Kenney didn’t explain how he…
Steven Myatt: Leegal Exspirt
This is a long one. Grab a cup of coffee. When the federal budget was introduced last week, there was a section that wasn't highlighted but which is rather significant.…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Slumbering cats.
Canada’s Overall Emissions Are Going Down But We’re Further Away from Meeting Our Climate Goals. Guess Why.
Canada is getting further away from meeting its climate target under the Paris Accord, despite an overall reduction in emissions, according to the government’s latest submission to the United Nations…
No Social License for Coniston Ferrochrome Smelter
City officials dropped a bombshell on the community of Coniston earlier this month when, through a press release, Mayor Brian Bigger announced that Greater Sudbury had selected the small community…
Cohn, Out. Trump’s Little House of Chaos Take Another Hit.
Trump’s top economics advisor, Gary Cohn, is jumping ship. Cohn warned the Mango Mussolini that he might pack up his briefcase if Trump went ahead with a tariff war over…
Queen Survived New Zealand Assasin
This is a wild tale of a misguided 17 year old kid who later killed himself after being in and out of jail.