2019
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Edward Luce writes about the reckless greed of the U.S.’ billionaire class which includes far too many people willing to see Donald Trump…
The Hate — Original Song #38
As we approach the sad 30th anniversary of a brutal hate crime that left a stain on my beautiful city, I find to my surprise this song of mine, written…
The Hate — Original Song #38
As we approach the sad 30th anniversary of a brutal hate crime that left a stain on my beautiful city, I find to my surprise this song of mine, written…
Slaying The Minimum Wage Boogeyman (And Some News)
Before I jump in, a few housekeeping items. I have a new landing page for my blog at political-potshots.com. I will be looking add more functionality soon. I would also…
The Hate — Original Song #38
As we approach the sad 30th anniversary of a brutal hate crime that left a stain on my beautiful city, I find to my surprise this song of mine, written…
New Affiliate: Political Potshots joins us.
We’d like to welcome Political Potshots as a new affiliate to Progressive Bloggers. If you’re on Twitter, you might recognize the blog owner: “Neil Before Zod” – he can be…
God’s Man?
This week, Sarah Huckabee Sanders claimed that Donald Trump was God’s choice for president. Dana Milbank writes in The Washington Post: Sarah Sanders, asked by the Christian Broadcasting Network this…
"use it in good health"
When I was growing up, my grandparents and other older relatives used an expression, “Use it in good health,” or a variant, “Wear it in good health”. This was said…
Saturday Photo: Tommy Douglas in 1944
This photo was taken three years before Saskatchewan began its provincial hospitalization plan that started Canada on its road toward universal, single-payer health insurance. Tommy Douglas– son of a foundry…
I’m rather proud that Ellen Page is Canadian, actually
.@EllenPage is fed up with leaders who promote hatred and intolerance. #LSSC pic.twitter.com/apxXzye5SF — The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) February 1, 2019
The Senate of Canada sleeps on.
It was surprising. A regular reader who frequently agrees with Babel-on-the-Bay has changed his mind about the undemocratic anachronism of Canada’s Senate. Now he thinks he likes the elitist appointments.…
A Coal Port Dies
It is a fight that lasted several years but the proposal to build a coal port to ship thermal (dirty) coal from the Fraser Surrey Docks is dead. From Dogwood:…
Musical interlude
Now, Now – SGL
This is my favourite of 2019 to date
Kinsella is a die hard Communist – always has been, likes to call himself a socialist – thinks it’s classier – but, don’t worrry – he will send you to…
Andrew Scheer’s Most Outrageous and Biggest Lie Ever
In one of my last posts, I looked at how Andrew Scheer and his ugly Cons have been whipping up racism and xenophobia all over the country.Helping to pour fuel…
Ellen Page Takes On The Anti-Gay Bigots
It's hard to believe that it has been four years already, since the Canadian actress and producer Ellen Page came out at a gay right's conference in Las Vegas. And…
The Stamp of Oil
The opening sentence of the 2011 book, Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil by the historian Timothy Mitchell, reads “Fossil fuels helped create both the possibility of…
A Powerful, Impassioned Message From Ellen Page
One that needs no comment from me: Thank you Ellen Page. pic.twitter.com/Ykdn2z7J1W — Red T Raccoon (@RedTRaccoon) February 1, 2019 Recommend this Post