The New Yorker, Oct. 7
Yep, nailed it.
September 2019
A Twitter thread for #CPC none of whom will listen to me
Dear #CPC folks who follow me on Twitter:1. With all of @JustinTrudeau’s many, many misdeeds and mistakes, @AndrewScheer should be way, way ahead. Not tied. #cdnpoli #elxn43 — Warren Kinsella…
Martin Brousseau – A History of Violence
For our Community Safety Alert on Martin Brousseau, including a printable flyer, click here. CW: Depictions of domestic violence Martin Brousseau came onto our radar for alarming and aggressive behaviour…
How Scheer’s Hate Mongers Are Poisoning Our Election
Ever since Andrew Scheer began driving his Con cult down the Far Right Road, I've always thought that his obsessive virulent hatred for Justin Trudeau would take this country to…
On private determinations
Paul Willcocks has previously pointed out why there’s reason for skepticism about Andrew Scheer’s attempt to play both sides as to whether or not the Cons will try to limit…
Saturday Morning Links
This and that for your weekend reading. – Keith Gerein writes that Alberta’s petro-state can’t mask the fact that climate denialism is leading to governance failing its own province’s children.…
"at your library" in the north island eagle: ahoy there, matey! you can learn how to talk like a pirate – plus lots of fun facts about real pirates – through free apps from your library
Can you talk like a pirate? September 19 is International Talk Like a Pirate Day, a bit of fun invented by two friends in 1995 and spread around the globe…
teaching civics with reflections on a small town council meeting
It is Saturday morning and I’m watching a video recording of a town council meeting that took place several provinces away. I’m taking notes to write the story up for…
Trudeau should keep Greta Thunberg’s name out of his mouth
Justin Trudeau held a press conference Tuesday morning in Burnaby, B.C., calling climate change “our great global challenge.” As he touted the Liberals’ commitment to a green energy transition, slammed…
september 28: international safe abortion day
Today is International Safe Abortion Day. Because without access to safe, legal abortion, women can never be free. In North America, you can help ensure that women are able to…
Saturday Photo: Asters, the Stars of Fall
Two sort of asters have sprung into bloom in the last couple of weeks. The first are the ones to the right which I’ve been encouraging in our little garden.…
Greta And Justin
H/t Graeme McKay Given the massive turnout for yesterday’s climate strike, one can perhaps be forgiven for questioning the motives of Justin Trudeau marching in the Montreal rally. While the…
When They’re Being Conned
The Conservatives are pitching Andrew Scheer as a Canadian Everyman. Alan Freeman writes: The Globe and Mail’s fawning profile of Andrew Scheer starts with a bit of a fib. It…
Woken Up
In the County, heading to the dump, coming up this hill, and the intro vocal bit on Arcade Fire’s ‘Wake Up’ comes on, and everything’s better than it’s been in…
In the Sorry State of Sorry.
You never think of Sorry as a place but the current election in Canada seems to be parked in a Sorry State. And why do I get the sad feeling…
The UCP takes a powder as 4,000, and maybe a lot more, Climate Action strikers gather at Alberta’s Legislature
I don’t know if the thousands of young Climate Action Strike protesters who gathered on the frigid doorstep of the Alberta Legislature yesterday frighten Premier Jason Kenney and his angry…
Martin Brousseau – Community Safety Alert
There is a brief, printable and shareable flyer available for communities here. This is a public advisory warning for residents of Ontario and throughout western Canada. Martin Brousseau, 43, a…
Musical interlude
CHVRCHES – Never Say Die
The numbers don’t lie…
The numbers don’t lie, but CPC-friendly newspapers, radio stations, television programs, and assorted CPC pundits do! Across NFLD = more than 5,000 Halifax = 10,000-20,000 Charlottetown, PEI = almost 1,000…