Can you say President Trump?
Because, from 2020 onwards, that’s what we’re about to get more of.
2019
The Politics Of Projection
The Republican Party, Dana Milbank writes, is engaging in the politics of projection. Yesterday’s debate to formalize the rules for Trump’s public impeachment procedures offered several examples of this strange…
“5 Questions” Interview(s) With Ontario Liberal Party Candidates: Alvin Tedjo
Alvin Tedjo is the 2nd of the Ontario Liberal Leadership candidates to turn in his answers to my “5 Questions” series. You can find his website here. His answers are…
Lights out
No, not me. (You wish.) The power. The power’s out. Has been for hours. That image up above is a pretty good representation of the County, this November 1. Power…
This just in from washed-up Wildroser: Alberta separation if necessary, but not necessarily separation!
It looks as if Rob Anderson has found a new gig — Alberta separation if necessary, but not necessarily Alberta separation. For those of you scratching your heads and asking…
Oct. 31: Oh, a long, long day.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/greta-thunberg-nordic-prize-1.5340672 Oh, Greta, if only you were old enough to be prime minister….________________________________________________________________ http://rabble.ca/columnists/2019/10/canadas-conservatives-republicans-or-tories The Conservatives have long taken a position that the CBC news network (owned by all of…
Order of Canada mountaineer Pat Morrow offers conservation encouragement to Six Mountains debate
Originally Published by Six Mountains.ca One of the world’s great mountaineers, Pat Morrow, visited North Cowichan last weekend — and he had a few words to say about the grassroots…
To shear Scheer, or not shear Scheer
That is the question. REASONS NOT TO Trudeau will engineer his own defeat and a snap election during a leadership race The next guy or gal may be way worse…
Ten things to know about poverty measurement in Canada
I’ve written a blog post providing an overview of poverty measurement in Canada. Points raised in the post include the following: -One’s choice of poverty measure has a major impact…
Victoria Car Dealers Lawyer Threatens North Cowichan Municipality With 50 Million Dollar Lawsuit
The Mayor is scrambling. Why is that, whose side is he on? By Cindy E. Harnett / Times Colonist North Cowichan might revisit track rejection; mayor cites possible lawsuit North…
Huge NME interview with R.E.M.
Here. I fell out of love with them after the first four (maybe five) albums. But this interview is so, so good. Here’s the song that used to make me…
Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit Zombie Public Hearing-Part 2
Peter Rusland Dear Mayor and Council: I’m shocked, angry and disappointed with council’s continual inept mishandling of the Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit rezoning application. It’s outrageous that our mayor has…
In other news, Christmas is cancelled because of snow
I don’t think they’ve cancelled Hallowe’en around here. But I haven’t had a single kid knock on the door, either. Spooky.
Disclosure?
We’re all for it.
On humbled post-election Trudeau
In my ongoing quest to be New and Improved Warren™, I note, approvingly, that Justin Trudeau has kind of disappeared in recent days. No costumes, no sock modelling, no social…
Woke, schmoke
Two things, woke folks. One, I read this with extreme interest, because in recent days, quite a few folks have “canceled” Yours Truly for, you know, (a) doing opposition research…
Andrew Scheer’s Most Horrible Halloween
I wonder if Andrew Scheer will be dressing up for Halloween tonight, as he has done before.Although the way he looks these days is probably scary enough.AAAAARGH.But what I think…
Time for Evo to Go?
Evo Morales has done great things for Bolivia. Perhaps his most important contribution has been giving Brazil’s indigenous people their country back. For centuries after the conquest, as has been…