End the Madness…
Greta Thunberg tells world leaders to end fossil fuel ‘madness’, sadly few of the institutions or world leaders are listening and even fewer acting to change things. We demand that…
January 2020
The gang that can’t sell pot.
It pains us to consider the lengths some cartel bosses would go to if it happened them. Imagine an outfit that cannot even make a profit selling marijuana. We are…
S.O.S. for secession? Only about 150 make it to frigid Wexit rally at Alberta Legislature Building
Judging from the underwhelming turnout at its “S.O.S.” rally in Edmonton yesterday, Alberta’s minuscule Wexit faction might want to reconsider its demand for a separation referendum right now. Leastways, Wexit…
Jan. 11: We’ve Won the War! Now, we’ve got to win the peace…
I begin today’s blog with a long and possibly tedious criticism of the U.S. and its Canadian and British puppets. If it is boring, feel free to skip past this…
Saturday Photo: Oldness, Beauty and Keeping Busy
John McPhee, one of my favourite writers, has a lovely piece in The New Yorker this week. In it he writes about a meeting with the novelist Thornton Wilder when…
I am proud of the Prime Minister
Crises change leaders. Some for the good, some not. @JustinTrudeau has been changed by the Iran crisis. He’s shown exceptional restraint, judgment & empathy. He’s looked more Prime Ministerial than…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Ben Jenkins rightly calls out Australia’s right-wing government and media for caring not a whit for the people seeing their country go up…
Tell It Like It Is
I have written nothing about the Iranian missile that brought down the Ukrainian flight, frankly because I don’t know what to say beyond the fact that it is an immense…
The Ongoing Tragedy
Iran has admitted that the Ukrainian 737 airliner was unintentionally shot down. Tony Burman writes that the admission is just another in a series of violent acts and missed opportunities:…
Me on Adler: on Iran (who are liars), on Trudeau (who has done well)
…and on Daisy’s (and our total elections exoneration), and Rush, too. I’m on at the 17 minute mark or so.
Politics of Oligarchs.
In an interesting opinion piece, recently, the Toronto Star’s Susan Delacourt said that both Stephen Harper and Justin Trudeau had to reinvent their respective parties to win election. Neither liked…
Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, old but still good, tops independent booksellers’ Alberta fiction bestsellers list
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold by independent booksellers in Alberta during the week ended Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020. The lists are compiled…
January 2020
I still can’t believe it’s 2020. This is the future. What’s it like? Well, there are supercomputers in our pockets, there’s the high chance of war in the Middle East,…
Beam me up
Look who responded to one of my tweets. Look. I can now die. As per Star Fleet protocol, I request a space burial. My God, this is so awesome.
Musical interlude
Esthero feat. Miguel – Many Times
Interview with David Erb of Protect Our Winters Canada #POW
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/daviderb-pow.mp3 On the show this week, I spoke with David Erb, the Executive Director of Protect our Winters Canada. Dave has extensive management experience in the business and charitable sectors…
Could Pierre Poilievre Be The New Con Messiah?
Canada's SoCons have been unusually quiet since their leader Andrew Scheer was brought down by Justin Trudeau.And went to hell in a bucket, so to speak.But not any longer. Now…
Chub fan club meeting update
The Toronto President of the Chub Fan Club stopped in today. Sadly, Chub was unmoved. @kinsellawarren pic.twitter.com/xymvv0kZfp — Mike Sloan (@mikelondoncan) January 10, 2020
What You Need to Know – Canadian Tragedy in Tehran
“What You Need to Know” is back and the first episode of 2020 is now up. In this episode Alyson Fair, Geoff Turner, Neil Brodie and I talk about the…
Pompeo – Screw You, We’re Not Leaving
Trump secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, has served notice on the government of Iraq – ‘we don’t care what you say, we’re staying.’ The State Department on Friday rebuffed the…