The Day The Con Clown Andrew Scheer Was Totally Humiliated
If the situation hadn't been so tragic it would have been hilarious. Although I'm sure Andrew Scheer wasn't laughing, just keeping a very low profile.For yesterday had to be one…
March 2019
Did they forget to tell Jagmeet?
It seems strange that the NDP apparatchiks around their leader Jagmeet Singh have forgotten to tell him something important. He certainly has enough French to understand that Québec Solidaire is…
More Reactions From Canadian Racists/Islamophobes to Christchurch Tragedy and The Dangers of Extremist Rhetoric
Yesterday I posted an article detailing a thread on the reactionary Yellow Vests Canada Facebook page which discussed the murder of 49 worshipers at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.…
This is serious now: the Mounties have entered the Kamikaze Campaign investigation
Some days Alberta politics are like that fine old Johnny Nash song: “I can see clearly now the rain is gone …” A lot has happened since 3 o’clock yesterday…
#CPCracists Leader
About the time that the odious racist Kellie Lietch was contending for the leadership of the CPC with Maxime Bernier and the guy who kept Syrian refugees out of Canada…
Climate Change: The Youth Rebellion Goes Global
I remember something Andrew Nikiforuk, the well known environmental writer, wrote shortly after Donald Trump was elected president.First he quoted Albert Camus:“A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed…
Musical interlude
Darude & Ashley Wallbridge feat. Foux – Surrender
How Fox News Fans Saw the Christchurch Massacre
Taken from the comments section at Fox News: – Nice to hear good news for a change – As a white man, I won’t lose any sleep over this tonight!…
Low water levels in the Cowichan River are causing concern for salmon eggs due to hatch very soon.
The Cowichan Valley snowpack is not large enough to provide the water that fish need to survive, conservationists fear. (Paul Vecsei/Engbretson Underwater Photography) Laura Sciarpelletti · CBC News Crisis for…
Front Page of Polish Paper – ‘How to Spot a Jew’
The right wing is alive and in charge in Poland today as that country joins Hungary and Italy in descending into illiberal democracy. It therefore should come as no great…
It Is Revealed in Glimpses But This Is the Unmistakable Face of Today’s Right Wing
Whether it’s Donald Trump’s absolution of white nationalists or Andrew Scheer and Dave Tkachuk embracing them on the lawns of the Parliament buildings, the abject evil of the right wing…
Globe: Trudeau, PMO staff hire outside lawyers in case RCMP probes #LavScam
Wow. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and senior officials in his office have retained outside legal counsel in case of an RCMP investigation into allegations of political interference in the criminal…
Don’t Eat That Stuff, Charlie. That’s Horseshit!
Several years ago I stumbled upon a US FDA report on imported shrimp (prawns). It listed, month by month, the number of shrimp imports from Asia that were discovered to…
Proposal for a Canadian-based GaiaHope Eco-Prize and Eco-Lottery
Do you think our city and other governments have climate change policies that really really really enthuse citizens? Do you think that our governments would be glad to have at…
A Call for Scientists to Rally Behind the Youth Climate Strike
Scientific American magazine is urging scientists everywhere to come out in support of the youth climate strike. We, the March for Science, an international community of scientists, science advocates, teachers,…
Using the Tools in the Toolbox
Back on Wednesday when the Liberal majority in the House of Commons Justice Committee shut down Opposition attempts to call Jody Wilson-Raybould back to testify for a second time, it…
What We Saw This Week in Westminster
It looks like utter chaos in Theresa May’s House of Commons. The Conservatives are fractured, Labour is fractured, whipped votes aren’t. The Scots want something, the Northern Irish want something…
Student-Led Climate Strikes Happening in 130+ Countries
Originally posted in Common Dreams Mar. 15, 2019 09:20 AM EST Austrian youth gather outside the Hofburg palace in Vienna for a climate protest as part of the…
Goin’ Tactical
If there’s one thing no society needs it’s “black guns.” There is a whole family of these things out there, “tactical” semi-automatic rifles that can be yours for just a…
New Zealand Attacks Show Scheer’s True Colour: Yellow
The tragic terrorist attack in New Zealand once again exposes Andrew Scheer’s true colour: yellow.