Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Yves Engler writes that the Libs’ SNC-Lavalin scandal represents a fully expected consequence of a foreign policy based on acquiescing in corruption: …Trudeau…
March 2019
“But I have promises to keep.”
Vermont senator Bernie Sanders knows where he is from. He went back to his roots in Brooklyn, New York last week to launch his campaign against the presidency of fellow…
It was a dark and #LavScam night
PMO GENIUS 1: Anyone talk to Gerry? Are we confident he’s going to change the channel when he starts at 10? PMO GENIUS 2: Um, er… PMO GENIUS 1: That’s…
#LavScam guess who
Riddle time. Guess who? ** Ego story. It’s the final days of the 2011 Ontario general election campaign. It’s been a tough, grinding race. At the Ontario Liberal Party central…
Horgan OK with SNC-Lavalin Bidding for $1.4-Billion Bridge in BC
Originally published by the Tyee By Andrew MacLeod – TheTyee.ca Andrew MacLeod is The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre,…
Housing crisis, homelessness, mental health, local economic effects, and environmental impacts.
Musings from the Cheap Seats Housing crisis, homelessness, mental health, local economic effects, and environmental impacts. We hear lots about these very relevant and timely issues. A lot of…
Bernier Continues To Make Bad Choices?
Or he is reaching out to his natural base? Time will tell. In any case, remember this? Yeah, this looked bad, especially considering it seems that Bernier (or at least…
March 05: No. Things are not getting better.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/antarctica-greenland-weather-1.5011904_________________________________________________________________ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-jane-philpot-resignation-1.5042920 Trudeau is in real trouble. He has now lost two very high profile members of his government – both highly respected for intelligence and honesty. And that means…
UCP video of MLA and NDP advisor is certainly creepy – but is it ethical or even legal?
There’s no question the thought of United Conservative Party operatives skulking around inside an important provincial government office building making videos of people coming and going is unsavoury, not to…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Café cats.
The Fake Scandal and the Con Media Disconnect
I'm having trouble trying to characterize the feverish dance of the Con media around the blazing bonfire of the fake scandal.Is it something out of Lord of the Flies where…
Earthgauge News – March 4, 2019
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/mixdown-2019-04-04.mp3 Environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online…
If It’s Intrigue You Want, Ottawa Is Still Small Potatoes.
Rumours abound of plots to topple Justin Trudeau and pluck some successor out of the ashes of an engulfed Liberal party in time to fight this fall’s general election. Relax,…
Cowichan Bay History – As I recollect
As I recollect…sometime before the first world war CNR started to build a railway line from Victoria to Youbou…primary usage was to be hauling logs and processed timber…mostly from the…
#LavScam sorry not sorry
Morons. They leak that they’re THINKING about apologizing – thereby ensuring it looks like a cynical comms tactic. Why not just DO it, and be genuine for once? “Trudeau considering…
The Day After the Latest Resignation
Yesterday was a much bigger day than most of us expected. The resignation of Jane Philpott was something that many people simply didn’t see coming and had a huge effect…
They Engineered the Fracture Because It Works.
It has long been my belief that the deeply divided societies that have become standard fare across the West were cultivated. We didn’t get into two camps inadvertently. We’ve been…
The #LavScam Twitterverse is not going well for Team Telford Op-ed™ today
…and this is just the past 12 hours, folks. Butts' lawyer should've never agreed to let him testify at committee – he is at considerable risk in doing so. Philpott's…
Here’s Something We Can Learn from Twitter
A team of researchers went to social media to assess how we’re responding to climate change. Their findings have just been published in the journal, Proceedings of the National Academy…
At least you get kissed
When my dad got into arguments and sometimes fist fights with passengers on his bus, the bosses at the TTC would try to suspend him. The union would back my…