Don’t send a boy…
Maybe if they draw pictures for us, we might understand why prime minister Justin Trudeau would ask U.S. president Donald Trump to help with Canada’s current problems in China. Talk…
January 2019
University of Calgary acted like ‘Big Oil U’ in 2015 controversy, paper by B.C. academic researchers concludes
It’s not every day you see terms like “corporate obstructionism” and “institutional corruption” used to describe the way things are done at one Canadian university in a peer-reviewed academic paper…
Update on White Nationalist Travis Parton’s Planned Toronto Event
Yesterday ARC published a story on Travis Patron’s plan to hold an event to promote the Canadian Nationalist Party: In the article I highlighted some of Patron’s and his supporters’…
My first 1010 Roundtable
I’m there to make the regulars look good. Here.
The Monstrous Cons and the Murderous Yellow Bellies
For more than two years I have been fighting the toxic Trudeau haters, and their murderous messages.They include the bigot Cons, the human scum at the Rebel, some dirty old…
Unbelievable. Excluding LGBTQ from Anti-Lynching Law
Some people go out of their way to be in-your-face ugly. One such group is the American evangelical non-profit, Liberty Counsel, a group fiercely opposed to gay rights. The U.S.…
Oh, That "National Emergency."
Apparently the Mango Mussolini today proclaimed that he has an “absolute right” to declare a national emergency. And, in the Great Bloat’s mind, the threshold for declaring an emergency is…
Book Review: Tone, Twang, and Taste: A Guitar Memoir, by Pete Kennedy
I first heard the term “Americana music” about four years ago, and it’s convenient, because it includes a lot of music I like: folk rock, folk, bluegrass, outlaw country, and…
Those Other Tipping Points That Go Unnoticed
It’s become customary in climate change reports to mention “tipping points.” Anyone who has learned to handle a canoe knows there is a point at which the vessel lists far…
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday January 9, 2019. Today we are talking about Family Law. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wise…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Roderick Benns points out the disruptive effect of the cancellation of Ontario’s basic income trial – signalling the importance of being able to…
Singing Singh a sad song.
It is understandable to hear that Canadian new democrat supporters are being told to “Singh or swim.” If they have not thought about it before now, time is running out…
Don’t Clean Your Plate
Many of us were raised with mentality of “cleaning” our plate at the end of the meal; basically, it means finishing all the food on your plate. Some researchers wondered…
Just as well, no province-wide gender-reveal party to be required for Baby Jean, a girl
There will be no province-wide social media gender reveal party for Brian Jean’s and Kimberly Michelutti’s expected baby. True, this would have given all Albertans the opportunity to continue to…
"White Nationalist" Travis Patron Trying To Book Room For Speech at University of Toronto
While ARC has been critical of the mainstream media in the past for not looking deeply enough at the ideology of the far right, it has been doing a better…
Five Unexpected Rewards of Becoming a Caregiver
This is a wonderful guest post by caregiver and writer George Shannon, full of truth and wisdom. George Shannon It’s true, the life of a caregiver can be demanding, difficult…
Pacification by pipeline
Tiny House Warriors, Facebook. “We are a nation of pipelines,” proclaims Chris Bloomer, president and CEO of the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association, in a 2017 newsletter. This notion is echoed…
My quick take on tonight’s captivating television
@realDonaldTrump address, live: https://t.co/xZefivSuZu #uspolitics #potus pic.twitter.com/oQiooKk9n7 — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) January 9, 2019 #USPolitics pic.twitter.com/2gnmHVMPFF — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) January 9, 2019 This is like Politics 101 on how…
Tuesday Evening Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Matt Bruenig discusses how Sweden’s 70% tax rate on its top income bracket fits into an economy with high incomes along with…
Jan. 08: A bad, bad day.
Naughty, naughty. When the war ended in 1945, the American decision was that the U.S. would rule the world. It had no need for a European Union. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/08/trump-administration-downgrades-european-union-status_________________________________________________________I include the…