Donald Trump and the Great National Anthem Fiasco
Donald Trump likes to think of himself as a super-sized patriot, with the only thing true about that being the size of his massive ego.For let's face it, it's not…
2018
Oil’s Deep State by Edmonton author Kevin Taft returns to top of Audreys Books Edmonton non-fiction bestseller list
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended Dec. 10, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
Generation Identity Canada Rebrands As ID Canada: Flyering Campaign This Past Monday
When ARC published the article identifying Stormfront member Tyler Hover as the head of Generation Identity Canada, we also included a screen shot that suggested that there would be a…
El Presidente Strangelove
In 2016 then candidate Donald Trump was given a briefing on the vexing issue of nuclear weapons. According to his then buddy and confidante, Joe Scarborough, three times Trump asked…
2018, the Year of America’s Congressional Khmer Rouge
This could be a transformative year for the Republicans. Their tax deal passed, many Congressional Repugs are hitting the silk, bailing out, just as Joy Reid foretold before Christmas. As…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats with companions.
An open letter about Site C
My computer has been idle during the holiday season, partly for an intended break but also because I’ve been laid low by a nasty bout of inflenza. After 2+ weeks,…
Jan. 09: Have you done your bit to starve a child in Yemen?
There are days when writing a blog makes me feel ill. This is one of them. https://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1142&bih=891&ei=BLtTWtHcLYeXmwH90qrQDA&q=yemen+starvation&oq=yemen+starvation&gs_l=img.1.0.0l3j0i24k1l3.6098.9580.0.16718.19.14.0.5.5.0.108.1117.3j8.11.0….0…1ac.1.64.img..3.16.1127.0..0i30k1j0i8i30k1.0.OX_KaIubJN0 Children in Yemen are dying at the rate of hundreds a day of…
Jordan Peterson in his own words
I’ve been spending the past couple years writing about – and fighting with – actual neo-Nazis, so I haven’t had much time for fringe cases like Jordan Peterson and Lindsay…
Bitcoins for Charity from The Pineapple Fund
The Bitcoin wallet shown above belongs to the Pineapple Fund, which will be emptied to fund a variety of charities. The charities aren’t chosen through a decentralized system (like Bitcoin…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Tom Parkin writes that job numbers inflated by part-time employment shouldn’t distract us from the consumer debt and wage stagnation which are…
Ten reasons why Oprah would be a great candidate
Besides the weather, it’s all anyone is talking about: her speech at that awards thing was a blockbuster. Personally, I think it’s a cool idea. Here’s ten reasons why. 1.…
Despite The Hysteria The Sky Will Not Fall
In an op-ed piece the other day, Dan Kelly, president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, wrote of the economic Armageddon awaiting Ontario businesses thanks to the recently-hiked Ontario…
The Slow Implosion and Appalling Cowardice of Andrew Scheer
For months Andrew Scheer has attacked Justin Trudeau like a bat out of hell.Accusing him of being incompetent, corrupt, a crook, even a terrorist sympathizer. The Con media let him…
As Flies To A Dung Heap
Sometimes, the best and the brightest — as David Halberstam proved in his seminal book on the Vietnam War — do not always turn out as advertised. But, Paul Krugman…
What so proudly we applesauce applesauce
Did the Mango Mussolini forget the words to the anthem of the United States? Sure looks like it! As labour leader Eugene V. Debs memorably said: “In every age it…
First-past-the-post vote still wins.
For all the arguments that people put up, you would suspect that first-past-the-post (FPTP) voting was on its last legs. It is not. It survives not because so many of…
‘Blockbuster’ job creation in Alberta leaves UCP in search of new talking points about ‘job killing’ carbon levy
PHOTOS: The Calgary skyline in 2016. After a bad patch, the city is now back in the BMO Capital Markets’ Top Ten performance list, thanks in part to falling unemployment…
Thank God! A horserace at last for the Alberta Party leadership … probably, anyway
PHOTOS: What a glorious opportunity to use this photo of Stephen Mandel again! Say what you will about the guy, he’s got style! Below: Rick Fraser, the other former Progressive…