Episode 38: Students get a pay cut and big corporations get a tax cut
The cut to minimum wage for Alberta students under the age of 18 and cuts to corporate income taxes are the big topics discussed by Dave Cournoyer and guest co-host…
June 2019
Jack Harris: Good Bye and Good Night #nlpoli
From 2006 to early 2010, Simon Lono wrote Offal News, a commentary on local politics, debating, and whatever caught Simon’s eye. When Jack Harris quit as leader of the provincial…
Methinks the MP doth protest too much! Michael Cooper came to that Justice Committee meeting loaded for bear
Now that St. Albert-Edmonton MP Michael Cooper has been given a gentle tap on the wrist by Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer for his offensive performance at the House of…
Twitter takes action. Amazing.
This piece of shit called me a pedophile. People complained. Shock ending: Twitter actually did something. Bastard still has an account, however.
The UCP Addresses Conversion Therapy…”in due course”
By a strange coincidence Ru Paul’s Drag Race Season 11 came to town the same week that Premier Kenney and his Health Minister, Tyler Shandro, explained (sort of) the UCP…
What Climate Change Looks Like
Northern India is nearing all-time record heat. The city of Churu hit 50.6 degrees Celsius not far off the record of 51 degrees. The Indian people are also having to…
pupdate: first run on the beach, and puppies in love
We had been waiting to take Cookie for a run at the beach — waiting until she was more bonded with us, until she had a bit of training, until…
Stuff Still Happens IV, The Reckoning: Week 22: Welcome to the new normal, and it’s not nice
It’s summertime here in Alberta (well, actually it’s not, but we tend to call anytime without snow on the ground summer), a time when the sun shines for 18 hours…
How to Size Up Our Chances of a Viable Future
By now we’re pretty much clear on climate change. We’ve done a mountain of research, experimentation and analysis. There’s plenty of science at our fingertips. We even know, with remarkable…
WHICH HAT AM I WEARING?
Every day, I learn something new from another caregiver. Today, I was reading a conversation in a support group for spousal caregivers. “How can I cope with the resentment and…
No Roosevelts
In the First Gilded Age, Robert Reich writes, an oligarchy controlled the United States. Teddy Roosevelt went to war against it and ushered in The Progressive Era: Teddy Roosevelt called…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Stephen Maher writes that Michael Cooper’s choice to give voice to the Christchurch shooter’s manifesto represents a test of Andrew Scheer’s willingness…
How Justin Trudeau can win.
There is a summer of barbeque season to go before Canadians get into the cut and thrust of a federal election. And it is certainly to soon to say who…
Philippines ships 69 containers of dumped rubbish back to Canada (repost)
A cargo ship carrying tonnes of rubbish dumped in the Philippines by Canada more than five years ago, causing a festering diplomatic row, has left the Southeast Asian country, as…
June 1: Time is short
I really must ask you to forgive me for the blog of May 30. Before I was even half way through, it was splashing warnings on the screen – and…
The Fake Rebranding of Andrew Scheer and his Cons
As you may have noticed, Andrew Scheer has been trying to remake the image of him and his Cons.Trying to convince Canadians that he's really a nice guy.Not the man…
How Alberta’s Fires Are Making Jason Kenney Look like a Maniac
It had to be one of the most bizarre spectacles I've ever seen, one so depraved it could only be Jason Kenney.Flying off to Ontario to campaign for the Scheer…