Failures of Leadership
As someone who has long been a big believer in the role of our Parliament & the responsibilities that those who serve there have to everyone in this country, this…
February 2020
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The stock market is breaking records. The rich are celebrating. But Nouriel Roubini is not joining the party. There are alarms, he writes, going off in all kinds of places.…
Dem debate: damn!
I just don’t like Bernie Sanders. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) February 20, 2020 Bloomberg looks like he’s wondering where his caddy got to. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) February 20, 2020…
Reading compliments into comments.
It was not until about the third rereading of a complaint the other day that I recognized the compliments in it. And I am pleased to report that most of…
UCP doubles down on it’s disaster filled war room, invokes a "foreign activist attack" as cover – and the official C.T. take on F.N. protests
I’ve found over the years that to engage in good analysis you have to be open to all sorts of viewpoints. Some you may disagree with, some you may view…
Never mind the gong show! The War Room will war on, vows Energy Minister Sonya Savage
Political commentators and professional gag writers breathed a sigh of relief yesterday when they learned from Energy Minister and Canadian Energy Centre Ltd. Director Sonya Savage that Alberta’s “Energy War…
MAINTENANT – LES LIGNES FERROVIAIRES DU CN BLOQUÉES SUR LA RIVE SUD DE «MONTRÉAL» APPEL PUBLIC AUX RENFORCEMENTS// BREAKING – CN RAIL LINES BLOCKED ON SOUTH SHORE OF “MONTRÉAL” PUBLIC CALL FOR REINFORCEMENTS
MAINTENANT – LES LIGNES FERROVIAIRES DU CN BLOQUÉES SUR LA RIVE SUD DE «MONTRÉAL» APPEL PUBLIC AUX RENFORCEMENTS// BREAKING – CN RAIL LINES BLOCKED ON SOUTH SHORE OF “MONTRÉAL” PUBLIC…
Some thoughts on the US Presidential Race
The first thing that needs to be said about the US system of choosing presidents is that it is absolutely insane. Apart from the unfairness of advantaging some states and…
Some thoughts on the US Presidential Race
The first thing that needs to be said about the US system of choosing presidents is that it is absolutely insane. Apart from the unfairness of advantaging some states and…
Some thoughts on the US Presidential Race
The first thing that needs to be said about the US system of choosing presidents is that it is absolutely insane. Apart from the unfairness of advantaging some states and…
JWR offers a solution
But Trudeau won’t listen. He doesn’t like strong women who talk back. Story: Wilson-Raybould, now an independent MP, called for Trudeau to fly to B.C. to get personally involved in…
Trump Tried to Cut Deal With Assange
The Daily Beast reports that Trump made overtures to Julian Assange offering the WikiLeaks founder a pardon if he would cover up the Russian involvement in hacking Democratic Party emails…
Trudeau’s Folly – Opposition Wants It Scrapped.
Canada has a pipeline problem. The problem is we own one. It’s Kinder Morgan’s old Trans-Mountain pipeline that we bought from those Texas bandits at way over market value. The…
The Wet’suwet’en Take Ottawa to Court
Two Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs are suing the federal government for failing to adhere to its emissions targets under the Paris climate accords. Mr. Naziel, who goes by the hereditary name…
The Sustainable Development Goals and Me – Part One
With even the World Economic Forum embracing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) I thought it would be an appropriate time to check my own activity and see whether…
Speaking of Pipelines. Gas Leaks Under-Reported.
This is not what the fossil fuel industry wants to hear, especially in Canada where mounting opposition to gas and bitumen pipelines challenges producers and their political minions. A new…
The Dishonourable Senator from Northwestern Ontario: Municipal Leaders Push Back
With the way that things have been moving in Canadian politics in the past week, it feels like it’s been ages since I last wrote about the disgraceful Senator Lynn…
Guilty as Charged?
It is, by any measure, a scathing indictment of modern societies, very much including our own. The charge as dark as any faced by the worst societies in history. Only…
Thomas Jefferson, Ursula Le Guin, and Collective Rebirth
Reading a novel by Ursula Le Guin, I think, not only is she a joy to read, in so many ways, but she refused to give in to a…