Jason Kenney and the Wacky Wexit Weiners
I have always believed that Jason Kenney's religious fanaticism, his inner demons, and his burning ambition, would eventually threaten the survival of this country.And sure enough, first he stoked the…
2019
Why Don Cherry Should Be Fired Immediately
Don Cherry has always been a crass, loud mouthed bully and buffoon, and a terrible example for young Canadians.He glorifies violence, he is a Trump groupie, he calls decent progressives…
Remembrance Day, 2019
We live in a culture which exalts in self promotion. Self sacrifice is not a popular meme. It’s never been popular. But sometimes it’s necessary. It’s that necessity which we…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of November 11, 2019
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of November 11, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: E. Jean Carroll, Who Accused Trump of Rape, Sues Him for Defamation…
The new Charlemagne: Emmanuel Macron?
Until the last four years, the view of Europe has been as an economic union. That is now changing and we can start to think of Europe as a political…
We get letters: a Bernier fan writes in
…it’s indecent how much I enjoy their total and complete humiliation in the election. Why don’t you crawl back to the dark hole you were spawned in. I should have…
11.11: there is no glory in war
Eleven people, on war. * * * * Imprisoned for opposing U.S. involvement in thewar in Europe, Debs ran for President from jail. He garnered 1,000,000 votes, at a time…
Remembering my Dad on Remembrance Day
Here he is, age 20, at officer cadet training in the Summer of 1952. Front row centre. He went on to join the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps but the war…
Will the UCP’s scheme to restrict reproductive rights play in Ponoka? Maybe not …
Bill 207, which if it was honestly titled would have been called an Act to Restrict Reproductive and Other Rights in Alberta, does not seem to be playing particularly well,…
Mr Kenney’s Fair Deal Panel
They just keep coming, fast and furious, like water gushing from a firehose. Yesterday Mr Kenney announced the formation of the Fair Deal Panel, the latest in a suite of…
Depression, anxiety and total honesty
Right here.
For The Stupid, This Is Just Another Attack On Their Idol
For the rest of us, the following is not only a summation of Trump’s duplicity over his efforts to extort the Ukrainians for personal political advantage, but also an indictment…
Lest we forget
Chief Petty Officer Margaret Louise Byam — my mother. I have often wondered now why she did it, but she died before I thought to ask her. A small-town Prairie…
What’s Going On In Our Waters? The Climate Crisis.
Until a couple of years ago coastal British Columbia had masses of purple starfish. Then something wiped them out. Sea star wasting disease hit hard and fast. The disease arrived…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Arwa Mahdawi writes that the outsized influence wielded by billionaires makes them something beyond merely wealthy people. Tom Whyman challenges the worship…
Enter Bloomberg
It looks like Michael Bloomberg will enter the presidential race. Whether or not that will be good for the Democratic Party is an open question But Maureen Dowd writes, things…
Canada’s elitist senate studies itself.
An argument in Canada’s senate recently was whether an independent member could spend public money to study the public attitude about the senate. While we are not entirely clear on…
Dead Souls
Listened to Joy Division on the way back into the city yesterday. It was the right soundtrack for a cold and bleak November landscape. Played Dead Souls three times. What…