What Albertans Can Learn From Barack Obama
To paraphrase that old E.F. Hutton commercial, when Barack Obama talks, people listen. Last week Obama spoke at the University of Illinois. He broke with the tradition of ex-presidents stepping…
2018
In the Age of Bibi
“The weak crumble, are slaughtered and are erased from history while the strong, for good or for ill, survive. The strong are respected, and alliances are made with the strong,…
I made a friend
Or at least I thought I did, this little bird (a juvenile Brown-Headed Cowbird, I think) followed me around for at least 30 minutes at the Bird Sanctuary Saturday. He…
Canadian Combat Coalition’s Sham 9/11 Memorial in Toronto’s Greektown
Two far-right demonstrations in Toronto this weekend. PEGIDA on Saturday and the Canadian Combat Coalition on Sunday. Also, PQ candidate out of the running for anti-Islam post, Edmonton community stands…
Vollman’s Brutal Chronicle
This post concerns a book(s) that neither I nor you will probably ever read. It is William T. Vollman’s two-volume opus, Carbon Ideologies. Carbon Ideologies explores the climate-changed world we…
Andrew Scheer Plays The Racist Card. Again
When Mad Max Bernier stormed out of the Conservative Party to begin his racist crusade, the failing Andrew Scheer had a big choice to make.He could repudiate Bernier, and try…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Andrew Jackson comments on the need for a national anti-poverty strategy which can actually meet its intended purpose: responds to progressives and…
Truth In Parody
Last year, the Parody Project produced a stinging rebuke of Donald Trump and his acolytes through a song entitled Confounds the Science. If you haven’t yet seen it, please click…
A Snap Election?
For the last couple of months, pundits have been speculating about a snap Election. Robin Sears adds to that speculation. There are, he writes, several reasons why Justin Trudeau might…
That train is dead on the tracks.
We are talking about a serious problem. A train dead on the tracks is a hazard for following trains. And an idea promoted by the Wynne government is hardly going…
We get letters: that are an good speeech!
Since Pynchon’s Crying of Lot 49 is my favourite novel, I kind of know what “entropy” means. So I suggested the Prime Minister kind of didn’t. That elicited this response…
we head north
We’re going glamping! Allan, Diego, and I are hitting the road. Driving this: Going here: Killarney Provincial Park Lake Superior Provincial Park Sleeping Giant Provincial Park Kakabeka Falls Provincial Park…
About That Gravy Train…
Bob Reynolds was named as a new chair of the negotiating team, as the Ford government looks to smooth relations between the government and Ontario doctors. Reynolds takes over for…
NDP hides financial information and misleads the Legislature
Tax expenditures are subsidies delivered through the taxation system. These promote policy goals of government but are subject to far less scrutiny and disclosure than direct spending. The primary beneficiaries…
Saturday Photo: Tomato Time…
This is the best time of year for lovers of real, ripe tomatoes. What you get the rest of the year just does’t cut it!
Sept. 8: World war could be very, very close.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/income-gaps-grow-as-canada-s-have-nots-get-left-behind-1.764487 Gee! That’s odd. Our local newspaper tells us that making the rich even richer benefits all of us. If that’s true, New Brunswick must be a world leader in…
How Canada Got Screwed on NAFTA or Payback Is a Bitch
There’s a feeling in Canada that the Mexicans threw us under the bus on NAFTA. Apparently the real story isn’t that simple. Yes, there was some back-stabbing that led to…
Living in Interesting Times
World history is not the ground of happiness. The periods of happiness are empty pages in her. — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel We are living in interesting times. Interesting, to be…
PEGIDA Canada Members in Nathan Phillips Square Exploiting 9/11 Tragedy
I didn’t post much about it since I didn’t want to give them any oxygen, but right now PEGIDA Canada is holding a rally in Toronto’s Nathan Phillips Square, ostensibly…