Motherhood
Tomorrow will be my first Mother’s Day without my Mom. I’ll probably wake up in the morning and think, “Oh, I must call Mom and ask if she liked her…
May 2019
May 11:I think we’re heading to the last chapter
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/cuba-food-shortage-rationing-1.5132297 The United States is the only country in the world, it seems, that has the right to tell other countries who they’re allowed to trade with – and if…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Lana Payne discusses why we can’t afford another Harper government – but also why we shouldn’t merely accept the Libs as the only…
As the United States Gears Up for Another Illegal War of Aggression
There was this giant war thingee, see. And we all said “this shit has to stop.” And so we created the United Nations. And then we prohibited wars of aggression.…
Saturday Photo: The Flowers that Come in May…
This long, wet season is finally improving, and I saw this glorious display this morning. The garden centres are full of plants, and the elementary school our kids went to…
They Wouldn’t Have It Any Other Way
Despite all the Liberal whining, don’t blame yourself if Justin Trudeau is unseated by Andrew Scheer in October. First thing. Don’t panic. Remember 2015. The NDP were charging ahead. Harper…
Democracy Is Dying
In Ontario, democracy is dying. The signs are everywhere. Martin Regg Cohn writes: Judge for yourself, based on this day in the life of our legislature: It begins with the…
A Most Worthy Initiative
Although it has almost become a cliche, knowledge is indeed power. It confers upon us the opportunity to think critically; it enables us to make informed choices, freeing us from…
Don’t get too excited Ms. May.
If you want an area of Canada where the Green party runs rampant, go to Vancouver Island. In fact, the entire area around the Strait of Georgia seems overrun with…
Lest we forget? Does Veterans Affairs’ video blooper signal something more seriously amiss in Canada?
On Thursday 13,000 soldiers of what used to be known as the Red Army marched through the heart of Moscow to military bands playing “The Sacred War” as Russia marked…
Richard Van Camp’s Moccasin Square Gardens 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 during the week ended May 5, 2019. The lists are compiled by Audreys Books and…
Musical interlude
Arcade Fire – Creature Comfort
The Day The Cons May Have Lost the Election
I can't imagine what the mood at Con headquarters must have been like today.Or how Andrew Scheer and his ex-Rebel campaign manager Hamish Marshall must be feeling after their ghastly…
THE GRAND WIZARD ELICTS A RESPONSE
Because they were sent a photo of you at a cross burning, again? https://t.co/IacaVOWLzs — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) May 10, 2019
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2019-05-10 17:49:00
Just in case anyone need to be reminded….Link
The people and the resources of BC have been fooled again.
Don Maroc The people and the resources of BC have been fooled again. BC was born with the most lush and extensive Temperate Rainforest in the world. Through our own…
"Revenge of the Coastal Elites"
An article in today’s New York Times offers inspiration to coastal British Columbians fed up with the federal government. It’s a story of how this thin band of territory along…
"A Globe-Spanning Murder-Suicide" I Guess That Sums It Up.
If you’re planning on being around for another two or three decades you’ll be witness to a world like you’ve never known it. What’s in store for you is a…