"Dysfunctional …Unpredictable …Clumsy and Inept" – And Don’t Count on Improvement
A leaked British diplomatic cable from the UK ambassador to the US sums up the Trump White House as a dumpster fire that won’t be put out anytime soon. “We…
July 2019
Magpie Brûlé Podcast: The Quiet Season at Queen’s Park & The Importance of Candidate Vetting
Today I was happy to be able to record and post the newest episode of the Magpie Brûlé podcast. In this episode I talk about the “Quiet Season” at Queen’s…
A Good Idea
But, given our current peril, it is likely too little, too late, a mere drop in the vast but shallow sea of environmental ideals put into practice. However, the following…
pictures of our new house are one (extra) click away
Allan took some photos of our house while it was still empty. If you are so inclined, you can see the pics here: Our House. So go do that now,…
A Fool With A Purpose
In a recent interview in Truthout, Noam Chomsky declared that Donald Trump is history repeating itself as farce. Jacob Sugerman writes: Even for Donald Trump, the remarks were almost staggering…
Making millions on our eyes.
The Toronto Star is doing a tease on the billings of Ontario doctors. Like a dancer, they keep revealing more. After years of secrecy, they have finally broken the seal…
Eleanor Oliphant? Not So Fine
I rarely read fiction, so maybe just ignore this rant. I know little about this kind of thing, but it might get me writing again after a dry spell, and…
Stephen Harper’s proposed restrictions on bitumen exports caused no uproar – so why the fury at Justin Trudeau?
Late last week, Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer was once again accusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal Government of wanting to phase out the oilsands, as he put…
Metric for Americans
American exceptionalism often means things like calling football soccer while the rest of the world calls it football . Yes, us northern neighbours do the same thing but it’s still…
Zero waste recycling stations expanding at Vancouver beaches
June 27 2019 – The City, in partnership with the Vancouver Park Board, is expanding public area recycling by adding 20 new zero waste stations at park concessions throughout the…
The dictionary of delight
Mohocks, Samuel Johnson informed us in 1755, was the “name of a cruel nation of America given to ruffians who infested, or rather were imagined to infest, the streets of…
July 06: Sieg Heil!
The news media, for the most part have treated Trump’s hymn of praise for the military as a triumph. Our Heroes. It was no such thing. We’ve seen this appeal…
Suspected Active Military Member of Northern Guard
As a result of Yellow Vest Canada Exposed's efforts to bring attention to a far right concert hosted by one former and one (maybe) current member of the white nationalist…
How much crap should Iran be expected to take from the U.S.?
Iran under the Ayatollahs is hardly a model nation. Domestically, it is repressive and, due largely to sanctions imposed by the United States, impoverished. Its foreign policy is aggressive. It…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Lana Payne writes about the perilous future we’re leaving to future generations – as well as the hope we should draw from young…
First Time Ever – 90F in Anchorage
The people of Anchorage, Alaska got to spend their 4th of July celebrating in sweltering heat. The city recorded an all time record high of 90 degrees Fahrenheit. The city…
Musical interlude
Jai Wolf feat. Chelsea Jade – Lost
Apology rules
A reader asked me what to do about the MacLeod v. Melnyk controversy. Here’s my advice, gratis.
concentration camp resistance scrapbook
Resistance to the migrant concentration camps in the US seems to be growing. Or maybe I’m just seizing on anything that looks like hope. I wanted to collect all the…
Yell at the spouse, lose the house (updated)
That’s a headline that ran in the Sun, nearly a generation ago. It changed political history. Remember Lyn McLeod? I do. McLeod was the leader of the Ontario Liberal Party…