Ms. May has the bit in her teeth.
Elizabeth May must have promised her bathroom mirror that come hell or high water, she was going to improve her green party’s position in parliament. And she has the chance…
September 2019
More to the Trimper Affair #nlpoli
The most important implications of the Trimper Affair escaped notice. _____________________________________ In the midst of all the public commentary about the Trimper affair last week – strikingly racist as it…
And That’s Journalism For You
There was tragedy yesterday when a bus carrying U Vic students to a marine science centre in Bamfield on the western side of Vancouver Island somehow went down a ravine…
How the Green Party Came to Support Dumping Raw Sewage into the Ocean.
Doing Politics Differently? By Mark Christopher Warrior In 2012 the “Harper Government” announced it was prepared to fund one third of the cost of building Victoria’s first sewage plant and…
The CNP Eligible For Official Party Status Part I: This Article is the Teaser. ;)
If you'd like to see what ARC and YVCE are planning for the next blog post and you don't mind spoilers, feel free to scroll to the end of this…
Remembering
An old guy remembers the old days in British Columbia…
On Inequality, Democracy and Taxing the Rich – A Modest Proposal
No doubt many raised in our capitalist society, where inequality rules and excessive incomes and wealth are seen as a right (and where even the NDP only proposes a measly…
LA Times – Our Last, Best Chance
Today’s LA Times editorial is grim – “Climate change is already here. 2020 could be your last chance to stop an apocalypse.” The changing climate is no longer an abstract…
The American election is more than a year off. It’s still more interesting than what’s on offer here, now.
I’m not following the federal election. I do as much as I can to avoid it because, in a word, it’s a “shitshow.” Maybe that’s two words. Does it matter?…
Andrew Scheer and the Monstrous Bigot Party
Almost every day for more than two years Andrew Scheer has attacked Justin Trudeau in the vilest and most cowardly manner.But now that the Liberals are exposing the bigotry and…
He’s come undun
He’s come undun He twisted truth and all we got was lies Came the time to realize And it was too late
Will true love find you in the end?
Daniel Johnston died a few days ago. Here is his greatest song, True Love Will Find You In The End. Yes, I have something in my eye. https://youtu.be/k1Wij5UAAt4
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Kerri Breen reports on the public’s understandable frustration with Canada’s political system. Don Martin offers a prime example as to why that’s…
When Goliath Thinks He’s David
Ms Soapbox and her daughter were admiring the statues in the Borghese Gallery in Rome when Amnesty International published an open letter expressing its concern that Mr Kenney’s decision to…
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It Follows You Forever
Social media are taking down lots of candidates these days. There is one ugly fact that we all now live with: What you write or do on the Internet lives…
Andrew Scheer woos the 905.
Meet Andrew Scheer, leader of the conservatives and ambassador to the 905 ridings of Ontario from the more peaceful, less frantic reaches of Prairie conservatism. The 905 region is also…
The ABC Dilemma ….again
As ‘be counted’ day approaches each of us of voting age must decide which ‘party’ to vote for, yes I know we do not vote for the party but for…