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“Your a dork.” Takes one to know one, etc.
2018
The problems with progressive free trade and a divided labour movement
…And we’re back to regularly-scheduled programming. Apologies for the podcasting hiatus to (now really faithful) listeners; I hope to be back to regular episodes once again. I’m restarting the show…
EUROPP – What happened to Europe’s left?
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2018/02/20/what-happened-to-europes-left/
Leadership 2018: The Endorsement
The ongoing Saskatchewan NDP leadership campaign isn’t the first time I’ve chosen between the two candidates. And it likely won’t come as much surprise that there’s little change in either…
Principles? What Principles?
Donald Trump’s character is corrupting American democracy. But. Paul Krugman writes, the corruption can’t all be laid at Trump’s feet. Much of what is wrong in the United States stems…
Top 10 Legal Headlines for the Week of February 20, 2018
140Law: Here are our Top 10 Legal Headlines for the week of February 20, 2018. For links, visit 140Law at http://wiselaw.blogspot.com A post shared by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of February 20, 2018
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of February 20, 2018 from Wise Law on Twitter: Sperm Donor Denied Parental Rights How an ex-drug dealer wore a wire…
Let’s Save Brutalism
Saving architecture through Twitter seems a little odd, yet the #SOSBrutalism movement has engendered an appreciation for an architectural style and saving buildings from demolition. Critics of brutalism describe the…
Patrick Brown in pictures
One is creepy. One is arguably…you know what it is. There’s more of this sort of hung out there, I’m told. After last night’s blockbuster Globe and Mail story –…
Ontario PCs: The Morning Line.
It’s a muddy, cold day at the track but thankfully this race is not too long. The candidates for the leadership of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party will be At…
The Toxic Partisanship of the Con Clown Pierre Poilievre
For a long time after the Con regime went down in flames, and was humiliated beyond recognition, Pierre Poilievre all but faded into the woodwork.Or lost himself in the midst…
TDIH: "Quebec paper reports Lower Churchill agreement" #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Two decades ago, there was talk of a deal to develop not one, not two, but three dams in Labrador. The story broke in a Quebec newspaper, Le soleil, on…
Welcome to Canada, where Omar Khadr has more rights than Patrick Brown….
Ontario pay attention, you are about to witness the complete and utter hijacking of democracy in this province. Word is out that the committe charged with green lighting candidates for…
Jason Kenney tries to look tough, but that ship’s already sailed with Rachel Notley at the helm
PHOTOS: The real Rachel Notley, looking tough and determined, as she is. Below: The new slimmed down, but still not very scary looking, Jason Kenney, trying to scare us of…
Patrick Brown cleared his name and joined the leadership race…
Okay, first things first, full disclosure. I do not know Patrick Brown, I have never met the man. Likewise I do not know and have never met any of the…
Did Patrick Brown scheme to sell off candidate spots?
And did he plot to put the resulting many thousands in his own pocket? Check out this stunner Globe and Mail story. It is simply incredible. . Former Ontario Progressive…
Can Donald Trump Be Blackmailed Over Sex?
Earlier today I looked at what Donald Trump might be hiding. And quoted what the New York Times' Thomas Friedman had to say about that. President Trump is either totally…
The fix was in
In a November 2017 post at his blog, York University Professor Mark Winfield, notes the failures of politicians when tasked with making energy decisions: The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador…
Episode 6: Alberta-BC Pipeline War, UCP loses 2 MLAs, and Alberta Party leadership race
We’re back! After a brief hiatus because Ryan was down south helping Make America Great Again, we are back with a new episode of The Daveberta Podcast. In this episode,…
What Is Trump Hiding?
New York Times columnist Tom Friedman concludes that Donald Trump’s abject indifference to Russian hacking of America’s elections admits of just two possibilities: either Trump is criminally incompetent or there’s…