Donald Trump and the Blue Wave That Just Kept Growing
I can only imagine what state Donald Trump must be in this weekend, after the way he reacted to the midterm election results.Going after and then banning CNN's Jim Acosta…
2018
Eating up the Hill: The days are numbered for the Parliamentary Reasturant buffet
Members and staff got a sneak peek at the newly renovated West Block on Wednesday, which will take over many of the functions of Centre Block in January when the…
Andrew Scheer and the Clement Sex Scandal
Ever since the Tony Clement sex scandal became public, questions have been asked about Andrew Scheer's role in that tawdry affair.How long did he know that Clement was bothering women?…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Owen Jones writes that a four-day work week being developed by UK Labour could represent an important step toward genuine personal freedom: (I)t…
Desperate
Tom Walkom writes that Donald Trump is desperate to leave his mark: He wants to be remembered as more than just a crude blowhard with funny hair. All presidents want…
Saturday Photo: One Hundred Years Later….
The end of the War to End All Wars will be remembered tomorrow, Nov. 11, 2018. One hundred years later we seem not to have learned much. The photo is…
Clement’s calamity?
It is so easy when you never liked someone to get a little lift from their downfall. It is always best to leave subjects such as this without comment, as…
Edmonton Conservative MP Kerry Diotte threatens defamation action against young people who criticized him on Twitter
Edmonton Griesbach MP Kerry Diotte has threatened a young writer and former constituent with a defamation lawsuit for tweeting critical comments about his appearance in photos with Faith Goldy, an…
Michael Harris’ Swan Song.
Pundit Michael Harris has told his readers he’s leaving iPolitics – but not before giving a well deserved shot to Tony Clement and his former boss, Andrew Scheer. Harris asks…
Musical interlude
Metric – Now or Never Now
Climate Change on a Rampage
Five dead so far, all found burned to death inside their cars as they failed to escape California’s killer wildfires. The 30,000 population city of Paradise, northeast of San Francisco…
New Jam In Verdun
There is currently a jam every Thursday night at 7 at Cafe le 5e on Wellington street in Verdun. Jazz is the point of departure but people are invited to…
Michael Cohen Pleaded Guilty to Campaign Finance Offences. He Had an Accomplice.
What’s sauce for the goose, that is to say former Trump fixer Michael Cohen, is probably sauce for the gander and, in this case, that’s Donald J. Trump. According to…
Preening Sandhill Crane
More of my old friend keeping up appearances. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary Inverted Preening
Trump Picks A Fellow Traveller: Matt Whitaker
The NYT reports the following: Matthew G. Whitaker, the acting attorney general, served on the advisory board of a Florida company that a federal judge shut down last year and…
So true
Warren is so hot. — Lisa Kinsella (@lisakinsella) November 9, 2018
When The Media Tries To Turn Planet Burners Into Heroes
I must admit that when I first saw the new Maclean's cover, I was stunned, and horrified. And then I almost fell out of my chair laughing.For how could anyone…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Roger Eatwell writes that the rise of anti-immigrant sentiment can be traced back largely to the sense that elite-dominated governments have failed to…
Tony’s Travails
Social Conservatives have a problem with the member from Parry Sound-Muskoka. They thought he was — sort of — on their side. Martin Patriquin writes: Never a diehard social conservative,…
11.11
11 anti-war books, parts 1 and 2. 11 anti-war songs. Robert Fisk: “…Heaven be thanked that the soldiers cannot return to discover how their sacrifice has been turned into fashion…