Together, we can.
Prime minister Trudeau asked for party unity last week. He was at the Ontario liberal gathering in Mississauga. It was a friendly crowd. He told them that liberals fighting each…
2019
Restoring Power – Mitigating the Impacts of Muskrat Falls #nlpoli
Left untended, the Muskrat Falls project threatens the financial well-being of the government and people of Newfoundland and Labrador. The threat cannot be removed merely by directing money from one…
Miracle at Notre Dame cathedral
Miraculously, the Pieta statue in Notre Dame cathedral seems to have survived intact, even though debris from the burnt roof fell very close to it, as the photograph shows. The…
Notre Dame Cathedral tragedy
A tragedy unfolded in the heart of Paris, as the ancient Notre Dame cathedral burned fiercely. When researching my novel The Euros: Notre Dame Point Zero we visited the cathedral…
Reflecting on the Election
Now that the election is over and the dust is settling, Ms Soapbox has been reflecting on the results. What do we make of this? The thrust of Mr Kenney’s…
Stuff Happens IV, The Reckoning, week 16: The results, and Paris is burning
On Tuesday night, I was listening to Rachel Notley’s defiant concession speech. At one point, she said that child poverty in Alberta had been cut in half during her four-year…
Life After Warming
David Wallace-Wells’s book The Uninhabitable Earth starts out with a repetition of facts that won’t be news to anyone paying attention, but he has a lovely way with words. Four…
Imagine If We Had Politicians Who Shed The Talking Points And Broke Through For Us!
A MESSAGE FROM THE FUTURE WITH ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ Naomi Klein Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez video with a powerful message that we need to embrace. THEINTERCEPT.COM A Message From the Future With Alexandria…
How Robert Mueller De-Fanged His Own Report
There were plenty of long faces when special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on a 2-year investigation into the Trump campaign’s dealings with Russia reached no finding of criminal conduct on…
in which we discover kai is houdini
A new fence, eh? Not so fast! One minute the dogs are on their side of the fence, barking at a woman walking her dog past the house. The next…
Isn’t it Ironic?
By any measure, the victory of Jason Kenney and the United Conservative Party (UCP) over Rachel Notley and the NDP in the April 16 Alberta provincial election was impressive: 63…
Isn’t it Ironic?
By any measure, the victory of Jason Kenney and the United Conservative Party (UCP) over Rachel Notley and the NDP in the April 16 Alberta provincial election was impressive: 63…
Isn’t it Ironic?
By any measure, the victory of Jason Kenney and the United Conservative Party (UCP) over Rachel Notley and the NDP in the April 16 Alberta provincial election was impressive: 63…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Morris Pearl and Pramila Jayapal make the case for raising more revenue from the people with the most to contribute. And Jayati…
No Impeachment
Donald Trump has been repeating the same lie for almost two years — “No Collusion, No Obstruction.” The Mueller Report proves that both claims are lies. But, Robert Reich writes,…
#LavScam (and other scams) spot: it’s well done
Justin Trudeau has failed to be honest with Canadians and when he gets caught he tries to change the channel, shift blame, and spreads fear and division. This October Canadians…
Political Pipe-Dreams.
While the rest of North America were out on an Easter egg hunt this morning, Albertans were out beating the bushes looking for the pipeline that their politicians have been…
Lies & Spin (repost)
“In a political landscape where lies and spin is the norm we must thank and support those individuals who do not fall prey to this insidious trend, and condemn and…
On full considerations
Max Fawcett is right to a point in discussing the need to acknowledge the political problems with carbon taxes as matters stand now. But there’s a serious problem with the…