How Justin Trudeau Is Uniting Our Country
In my last post I looked at how the Con media was still trying to find any reason to attack Justin Trudeau.Even when he said nothing, and even though they…
June 2020
The Politics of a Pandemic – Why governments can’t admit they overreacted
Let’s travel back in time, not far, just to early March 2020. It probably seems a lifetime ago however given all that’s happened in the interceding 3+ months. As information…
11 things on my mind about the anti-police-violence and anti-racism protests
1. Most violence is not being committed by protesters. What percentage of protesters are violent? Filter for police provocateurs, filter for white nationalists, filter for random thieves hiding under cover…
Justin Trudeau’s Silence and the Shame of Jagmeet Singh
It was the 21 seconds of silence that was heard around the world. Part of Justin Trudeau's reply to a question about Donald Trump.And it couldn't have been clearer or…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – David A. Green, J. Rhys Kesselman, Lindsay Tedds discuss some of the complications involved in designing a basic income system. And David…
A Blast From the Not Too Distant Past – James Mattis
Former Marine general and ex-Trump defense secretary, James Mattis, rocked a lot of Americans with his scathing statement yesterday, denouncing Donald Trump. We probably should have seen that coming. Here’s…
Why is Ontario spending billions on nuclear energy when cheap renewables are available?
Former United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Stephen Burns (right) stands with Brian Duncan, former Senior Vice President at the Darlington nuclear power plant in Ontario, examining the turbine…
This May Sound Illogical…
Many of us thought that, if Covid-19 had some silver lining, it would be in a sharp reduction of atmospheric CO2. Air travel all but defunct, fewer of us behind…
Saddam, Bashar, Qaddafi – Plus One
They worked for the CIA. It was their job to spot foreign nations unraveling. Now they’re seeing the signs at home, in Donald Trump’s Amerika. In interviews and posts on…
A More Apt Comparison
I’ms sure you have heard about White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany’s utterly shameless extolment of Donald Trump’s prop walk with The Bible the other day. McEnany claimed during a…
The Adults in the Room Speak
Remember 2019? Remember how that year felt like it couldn’t be over fast enough, with all the crap that kept happening? It may feel hard to remember somedays but that…
We should never forget Evander Kane’s role in changing the NHL discourse
Thursday June 4, 2020 Back in 2017, a few months after Colin Kaepernick played his final down as a professional football player, I sat down for a long interview with…
A Grand Reset
Klaus Schwab, the executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, writes that Capitalism needs a Grand Reset. The coronavirus has made the need for such a reset painfully obvious: There…
Feeling Lonely? Head to the Virus Cafe
Feeling lonely and not getting out due to the pandemic? Head over to the virtual virus cafe where you can connect with other nice people on the internet and chat…
O that we were young again
Here’s a #TBT! Here’s a grainy photo of the Hot Nasties at the Calgary Stampede, 1980, for our last-ever show with Tom and Wayne. There were 2,000 there for us…
Scorched earth for Beijing.
There is a very simple answer for the problem of Beijing coming down so hard on Hong Kong. It means that the leaders in Beijing are breaking their bond. Their…
Covid Journal, June 4, 2020
Donald Trump continues to stir the melting pot; couch sitters wait for the green light; World Economic Forum calls for a ‘great reset’.
No need to lose much sleep over yesterday’s firearms ownership announcement by the UCP
If you’re worried by the announcement Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is seeking ways of “respecting law-abiding Albertans’ long history of responsible firearms ownership,” there’s no need to lose much sleep…
kareem abdul-jabbar: you start to wonder if it should be all black people who wear body cams, not the cops
One of the best things I’ve read about the protests rocking in the US and elsewhere is an op-ed by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, in the Los Angeles Times. In case you…
The Mad Dog Goes for Trump’s Jugular
We are witnessing the consequence of three years without mature leadership. Trump’s original defence secretary, legendary Marine general, James Mattis, has excoriated Donald Trump over his handling of the George…