With no respect for the U.S.A.
Every once in a while, it seems necessary to mention Donald John Trump. He is a man who has taken on the presidency in the United States of America. It…
November 2019
What media mostly misses about the national rail strike by CN train crews and yard workers
Here in Alberta, what news coverage there has been about the strike for safer working conditions by Canadian National Railway train crews and rail yard workers has focused on the…
Great tweets of the day: All Trump edition
I really do enjoy twitter for all the wit that people share. And with Trump in the White House, there’s lots to be witty about: If there is a Trump…
Who’s training who?
My sister is training one of our dogs for rally obedience and things are going pretty well, I think. Our Molly is a bit of a handful, but my sister…
Nov. 23: Dangerous Days.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/471542-poll-finds-sharp-swing-in-opposition-to-impeachment-among-independents Yes. In fact, it begins to look as though Trump could win re-election. It’s hard to know what to think of this. Not that it really matters. The leader…
Anti-Globalization and its Discontents
Hundreds of feet in the air, four climbers from the Rainforest Action Network and the Ruckus Society hang a giant banner off of a construction crane on the eve of…
Protesting the Israel Defense Forces is not anti-Semitic
Student protesters gather in York University’s Vari Hall to denounce an event that brought members of the Israel Defence Forces to campus, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. Photo from Twitter. On…
From anti to alter-globalization
Participants at an exhibition of antiglobalization protest artwork and films curated by Vienna-based artist Oliver Ressler called A World Where Many Worlds Fit, 2008. Photo by Petra Gerschner. By the…
How the Trudeau government white-washes Saudi crimes
United States Defense Secretary James N. Mattis meets with Saudi Arabia’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Pentagon in Washington D.C.,…
Big Bump for PR (take note Mr. Trudeau)
Has this election awakened Canadians to the need for proportional representation? The results of a recent Angus Reid poll certainly suggest so. From the support of under half the electorate…
Kyiv on the Potomac
The New York Times’ right-of-center columnist, Bret Stephens, now argues that Trump must be impeached – and removed – before he transforms Washington into Kyiv on the Potomac. …if the…
Musical interlude
Texas King – Boomerang
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Dylan Matthews writes about the growing body of evidence showing that minimum wage increases boost pay for lower-income workers while having no effect…
Our Reach Clearly Exceeds Our Grasp
It is to state the obvious that our love of convenience, our addiction to a throwaway lifestyle, is very destructive, not only to us and our immediate environment, but also…
He Used To Be A Fed
Jason Kenney has been railing against the federal government’s equalization program. He claims that Alberta has been short changed and that Quebec is a provincial welfare bum. But he neglects…
Saturday Photo: Winter Biking, Bixis, and Snow
Montreal’s bike share program, Bixi, ended for the season Nov. 15, after what appeared to be a very good year. The non-profit reported a record breaking 320,000 individual users logging…
The Greatest Propaganda Machine in History
Sacha Baron Cohen (aka Ali G. and Borat, among others) won an award from the Anti-Defamation League. Here’s his 25 minute acceptance speech. It’s in writing, abridged a bit, below…
Comments are open, because I sure as Hell can’t explain it
People will say “he isn’t the guy he used to be,” and it’ll be a criticism. But not with @JustinTrudeau, these days. Colour me gobsmacked. #cdnpoli — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren)…
When you don’t trust your MPP.
To get this straight, you can be sure I never voted for this guy. Doug Downey MPP does not live in our Barrie riding. He has been the go-to guy…