the move west: day five: brandon manitoba to swift current saskatchewan
Greetings from the prairies! Yesterday was a good day. I fell asleep super early the night before, had a great sleep, then another amazing breakfast, this one at Smitty’s, next…
2018
Musical interlude
Phantogram – Futuristic Casket
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – May Bulman reports on the growing gap in life expectancy between the rich and the poor in the UK. And Owen Jones offers…
Justin Trudeau and the Toxic Trudeau Haters. Again.
I've been warning for a long time about the way the toxic Trudeau haters out there have been slowly poisoning our country.And how Andrew Scheer's obsessive never-ending attacks on the…
We Need to Shrink the Global Economy But Destroying the Environment Can’t Be the Best Way to Go About It.
Whether the disciples of perpetual exponential growth like it or not, we’re fast heading for a day of reckoning on the global economy. In theory, at least, mankind should be…
An important essay about St. Mike’s
…written by Liam Mather, a former student there. After much painful reflection about the recent sexual assault at St. Michael’s College School, I want to share the following thoughts with…
The Idiot-in-Chief Tweets
But, as usual, he spouts arrant nonsense, designed to be cheered by the equally abjectly ignorant: Brutal and Extended Cold Blast could shatter ALL RECORDS – Whatever happened to Global…
What’s The World To Do?
Timothy Egan has been travelling California’s blackened landscape and he’s appalled: The story it tells is grim, a portent of nature altered and convulsive. It’s not just that this audacious…
You don’t have to go to St. Mike’s to be bullied.
The original intent was to ignore the bad public relations of St. Michael’s College School. It amazes me that the current situation there could be handled so badly. The principal…
the move west: bonus track
If you are following along, you might want to check comments, too. Allan often has interesting notes that he adds as comments. From yesterday: So we passed the geographical centre…
Bygumbo, children’s lit by Edmonton author Gwen Molnar and illustrator Barbara Hartmann, leads Audreys fiction bestsellers
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended Nov. 11, 2018. The lists are compiled by Audreys Books and…
the move west: day four: ignace ontario to brandon manitoba
We are finally out of Ontario! We had a lovely and eventful day — including a visit with a friend and a wolf sighting! We got up and ready very…
Goldy’s Gotta Goldy
So it has been a while since ARC checked up on failed mayoral candidate Faith Goldy since her…. well…. failed mayoral campaign. Last I checked she was calling for a…
Expozine 2018, Nov. 24-25 in Montreal!
Free Admission! WHEN: November 24-25, 11 am – 6 pm. WHERE: 1025 Bélanger (Église Saint-Arsène), Jean-Talon métro FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/events/2095604614086524/ WEBSITE: https://expozine.ca/en/ The largest bilingual small press fair in North America…
Papadopoulos Melts Down
Former Trump campaign advisor turned jailbird, George Papadopoulos now contends he was set up by Australia and the UK in a plot to swing the 2016 presidential election to Hillary…
And Then I Ran, Face First, Into This
Reading, in these times, can be a dismal, evena torturous task. At any given time I’m likely to have six, eight or even more books on the go. Some I…
American Thanksgiving: How To Survive The Horror Of Trump
It's Thanksgiving Day in America. A day for our neighbours to watch the floats in the Macy's parade, or just enjoy some quality time around a dinner table.And of course,…
LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday November 22, 2018. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. View this post on Instagram A post shared by…