There’s No Time for Ottawa’s "Bitumen-Green" Economy.
We’re writing the future now for generations of Canadians to come and it’s indelible. A new study concludes that every five years we delay strong action on climate change will…
2018
And So It Goes. Mueller Files New Charges against Manafort and Gates.
The indictment is sealed meaning it will be a while before the nature of the new charges against Paul Manafort and his former sidekick, Rick Gates. Gates has pleaded guilty…
Trans Mountain Pipeline: Politics With a Purpose
Can We Build and Operate a Sustainable Pipeline?I am very much in favour of the Kinder Morgan TransMountain pipeline project. As an Albertan, and therefore the owner of the natural…
Patrick Brown “liked” this photo on March 21, 2015
…about two weeks after he won his party’s leadership. But, by all means, keep him around as a leadership contender, PCs.
How Black Panther liberalizes Black resistance for white comfort
Image by Marvel Studios This article contains spoilers. Black Panther didn’t have to be a “political” film. Its trailer didn’t have to feature Gil Scott-Heron’s legendary poem “The Revolution Will…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Rick Smith writes about the Filthy Five loopholes taking the most money out of Canada’s public coffers for the least benefit to anybody…
A Flawed Policy
Justin Trudeau is caught between a pipeline and a hard place. Tim Harper writes: For Trudeau, a major hit to his self-styled progressive climate change policy looms. In essence, a…
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On this day in 1965, Malcolm X was murdered, slain in front of his wife and children by the racist and anti-Semitic Nation of Islam. X is, as friends and…
Lost in the Madness of the Land of the Trump Beast
When I was a boy no book made more of an impression on me than did William Golding's Lord of the Flies.And no scene was more horrifying than the one…
Did the Lion roar or snore?
Since the name ‘Singh’ for Sikhs means ‘lion,’ it makes you wonder about New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh. Is he just a cowardly lion, looking for a political Wizard…
OK, maybe B.C. has a case against Alberta’s wine embargo … but so what?
PHOTOS: Well! Now we’re trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored! (Photo: Asociación De Vecinos “virgen Coronada,” Creative Commons.) Below: Alberta Trade Minister Deron Bilous and…
Of Premiers and Pipelines
In an interview with the National Observer last week, Justin Trudeau raised more than a few eyebrows by comparing B.C. premier John Horgan to former Saskatchewan premier and climate policy…
A: At the mall.
Q: Where do these guys recruit their political staffers? Favors interns half his age. Keeps them on public payroll. Deserves censure. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) February 21, 2018
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Relaxing cats.
Time To Be Atwitter?
I couldn’t help but think of this story concerning trolls spreading fake news about Black Panther-related violence when I saw this: Do I detect a pattern developing? Recommend this Post
New Legislation Shows Cracks in Trudeau’s First Nations Promises
When it comes to the rights of Indigenous peoples, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talks a really good talk. A close look at new laws that will dictate how major resource…
Feb. 20: Say Hi to the Ku Klux Klan
Americans are all abuzz that Russia played games with the U.S. election. Oh, those Russians are so evil! Now, the U.S. would never interfere in elections – unless it’s good…
Why Antonio Gramsci is the Marxist thinker for our times
Image from Public Domain At the trial of Antonio Gramsci in 1928, the prosecutor declared: “We must stop this brain from working for 20 years.” Gramsci, the former leader of…
Canada vs. Venezuela: Have the Koch Brothers Captured Canada’s Left?
Illustration by DonkeyHotey With a U.S.-backed military coup or invasion in Venezuela looking ever more likely, Canada’s progressive leftists are pushing for the federal New Democratic Party (NDP) to abandon…
American III%er Calling For Coup in Canada and Murder of Prime Minister; His Views Promoted By Vancouver Alt-Right Supporter
ARC has spoken somewhat briefly about Glen Dumont in previous articles: He can be found walking around downtown Vancouver, sometimes attending anti-government rallies in support of those causes or at…