Your Ward News update: James Sears fires his lawyer
Today was supposed to be a good day. James Sears was supposed to be sentenced, which would likely have meant handcuffs and jail for him this morning, May 31st, 2019.…
May 2019
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Now, Now – Set It Free
Jagmeet Channels Groucho
Groucho Marx once quipped, “Those are my principles and, if you don’t like them, well, I have others.” That came to mind as I read the NDP’s Environmental Election Epiphany…
GENOCIDE
The National Inquiry into Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women will report that the thousands of indigenous women murdered and vanished in recent decades is a “Canadian genocide.” The report, obtained…
"Just Another Scumbag"
That’s how former Trump right-hand man, Steve Bannon, says Donald Trump will be remembered – “just another scumbag.” The former White House adviser Steve Bannon has described the Trump Organization…
Just When You Thought They Couldn’t Sink any Lower
The Trump regime is rebranding American LNG as “Freedom Gas.” Mark W Menezes, the US undersecretary of energy, bestowed a peculiar honorific on our continent’s natural resources, dubbing it “freedom…
It’s Not Hard to See Where This is Heading
A really good soup usually has three or four key ingredients, stand outs that define the texture and flavour. The environment is like a soup and it is shaped by…
Can Socialism Save American Democracy?
Photo by Jeff Gauthier It was all but a formal declaration of his re-election strategy. “Here in the United States, we are alarmed by new calls to adopt socialism in…
Israeli intervention in US elections overwhelms anything Russia has done, claims Chomsky
Veteran activist Noam Chomsky has accused Israel of “brazenly” interfering in US electoral politics in a way that vastly outweighs any efforts that may have been carried out by Russia.…
Power to Change the Channel?
In the past month there has been a lot of ink spilled over the various parties plans for the environment and to tackle climate change. The New Democrats have, in…
It’s that Right Wing/Climate Change Thing
The city of Madrid has made impressive strides in establishing an urban low-emissions zone. The incoming, right wing government, wants to erase that progress to bring back the good old…
Scotland, An Early Victim of Climate Change?
The head of Scotland’s nature conservancy warns the country faces an apocalypse of flooded towns, dead forests and polluted rivers if the world doesn’t act quickly to slash greenhouse gas…
Unparliamentary Behaviour
The House of Commons is in the home stretch before the Fall election, as the final month of sitting is underway. We’ve heard time and time again that this election…
Doug’s Way
Since being elected, Doug Ford has plastered “Open For Business” signs throughout Ontario. But his actions in office undercut that slogan. Alan Freeman writes: Sure, companies love reduced corporate income…
Is A President Above the Law, or only beneath Contempt?
Some people in the US keep telling us that "no one is above the law, even the president." But then the in next sentence they tell us that (at least…
Is A President Above the Law, or only beneath Contempt?
Some people in the US keep telling us that “no one is above the law, even the president.” But then the in next sentence they tell us that (at least…
Me with Charles Adler on hate, Trudeau and Scheer
Around the 17-minute mark. My convo with @KinsellaWarren telling #Trudeau to lose the hate card and stop playing it against @AndrewScheer Conservatives. Former #Liberal War Room boss is calling the…
It’s Bullshit over Beer in Ontario.
The international owners of Labatt, Molson and Sleeman breweries have to be sleeping on the job. The Ontario government is seriously planning to expand their business for them and they…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Joseph Stiglitz points out the need to move beyond neoliberalism and offers a useful policy framework to do so – though framing an…
More beige than beige #nlpoli
The Premier had a carefully rehearsed message when reporters asked him on Thursday why he had appointed everyone in cabinet back to their old portfolios despite an election that had…