Saturday Photo: Elections, Snow and Julia Sánchez
Snow days this week, ice day today (after a period of rain yesterday) but every day is campaign day this week and next. Here is Julia Sánchez, the NPD candidate…
February 2019
The ‘Evolving’ Story Of Justin And Jody
Evolving is one of those words I have never particularly cared for. It can, and should, of course, most be used when pertaining to the growth and change over time…
He’s Nuts
National Emergencies are supposed to be solemn affairs. But Donald Trump’s announcement of a national emergency was a stream of consciousness hodge podge from a dangerously deluded mind. Dana Milbank…
The Conservative News Media Circle Of Lie
I did not get into blogging, or commenting on politics to criticize the media. Some people say that criticizing the media means attacking the media, which undermines democracy itself. I…
The Pathetic Pretenders.
Gilets jaunes (yellow vests) protestors are a particularly French phenomenon, as French law requires all automobiles be equipped one of those fluorescent vests in case of emergency. It made for…
Janice MacDonald’s Eye of the Beholder spends another week atop Audreys Books’ Edmonton Bestseller List
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended Feb. 10, 2019. The lists are compiled by Audreys Books and…
Climate Change Wars: The Newest Generation Joins the Battle
It was amazing sight, thousands of children and teenagers protesting all over the U.K.After going on strike, and walking out of their classrooms, to demand action on climate change.The newest…
New blog affiliate from an old blogging alumnus.
Cam Holmstrom has started a new blog: some of you vets may remember his blog “Peterborough Politics”. He is back to blogging at his new blog “Magpie Brule” . He…
Musical interlude
The 1975 – Love It If We Made It
What That Fake Scandal Is Really All About
I knew that there was something truly evil lurking in the shadows of that fake scandal.Even if I couldn't see it, I could smell it.The Cons claimed they were just…
How Stupid Is Donald Trump?
Fresh from signing a national emergency declaration, the Mango Mussolini stepped behind a microphone in the Rose Garden and told reporters there’s really no emergency. He just wanted to build…
Lost in the Spin Cycle
A week in political life can be a funny thing. Some weeks seem to fly by and feel just free and easy, but others seem to be painfully long, never…
Conservatives 37, Liberals 32
#LavScam effect, in effect. Here. The Conservatives appear to be chipping away at the Liberals’ chances of securing another majority in October, with Andrew Scheer’s party leading with 37 per…
There’s a Reason They Called it MAD.
They were all the rage in my day. Tactical nuclear weapons, mini-nukes, or “those little bags of instant sunshine.” Somewhere around here I’ve got a then-“secret” field manual laying out…
The American Caesar and the State of Emergency
Donald Trump has always treated his country's democracy with contempt. And these days he's desperate to try to distract Americans from all his legal problems.So while we can't know whether…
Millennials’ Empty Whinging
Climate change has sparked a lot of inter-generational controversy. Millennials, in particular, are fond of blaming it all on the Boomer generation, disingenuously distancing themselves from the problem. In a…
Brexit – the Madness Ensues
What do Theresa May and Jaques Parizeau have in common? They both see/saw the electorate as lobsters in a pot. Parizeau made the clumsy remark in the 2006 Quebec sovereignty…
Canadian Healthcare at a Crossroads
Canadians generally like their heathcare system, and rightly so. It guarantees basic physician care and hospital care (insofar as such things can be practicably guaranteed, given our geography and diversity),…
Canadian Healthcare at a Crossroads
Canadians generally like their heathcare system, and rightly so. It guarantees basic physician care and hospital care (insofar as such things can be practicably guaranteed, given our geography and diversity),…
He’s Done It
Donald Trump has kept his threat. He has declared a “national emergency” for the US Mexico border. He will use it to siphon funds from the American military or disaster…