Simply Stupid
In 2015, Justin Trudeau promised to build a Canadian Infrastructure Bank. It was a good idea. But it has become a bad idea, thanks to a man named Larry Fink…
July 2020
Del Duca Dumbs Down.
It should have been obvious. Ontario liberal leader Steven Del Duca does not know how to run a political party. So, he copies Justin Trudeau, who has no idea either.…
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline returns to top of Alberta independent bookshops’ fiction bestseller 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, June 28, 2020. I missed the bestsellers…
Celebrate
Trudeau’s uplifting message on Canada Day: Canada is an amazing place to call home, and its people make it even better. We’re always there for each other – in good…
Wearing a cloth mask? Don’t be a Covidiot, do it right – Most do it wrong
I am seeing a lot of bad advice being given out by Covidiots of late, suggesting that all people need to do is simply put on a mask when entering…
Jagmeet Singh’s treatment in parliament a telling reminder of Canada’s entrenched denial of racism
On June 17, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh was ordered to leave the House of Commons by the Speaker for calling Bloc Québécois MP Alain Therrien a racist and for refusing…
July 4: The End of The News.
I’m preparing this in case I need to send something earlier than usual. My computer will be off for repairs sometime very soon. So this is being prepared now in…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Josh Eidelson writes about the fleecing of American labour in general over the past five decades, while E. Tammy Kim discusses the systematic…
Let’s Name Our Schools after Vancouver’s True Heroes
OPINION Politics Why are kids still learning in buildings honouring colonists and war generals? By Jennifer Reddy and Srinivas Murthy Today | TheTyee.caJennifer Reddy is a OneCity VSB trustee, associate…
An Eye for an Eye in Cancel Culture
Some finish that with “… leaves the whole world blind,” but that somewhat belies the meaning of the phrase. The idea is that we should never take a drop more…
How the pandemic defines who we are
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, wrote Charles Dickens in the opening of his novel, A Tale of Two Cities. Those words seem eerily…
And, They’re Away to the Racists. No, Not Racists. Races. They’re Away to the Races.
Beneath the granite gaze of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, Donald Trump last night declared war. Just as World War II was merely a continuation of…
Saturday Photo: The Up-side of Drought…
It must be the sun, and maybe the cool, wet spring, but even though it rained very little in May and June the roses here have been spectacular. The ones…
Genuinely Ignorant
It is surely ironic that today — July 4th — is the day Boris Johson has chosen to liberate Britons. The pub doors have swung open wide. And Britons have…
Covid Journal, July 4, 2020
Chris Hedges emerges to discuss Covid and its impact on American society. Covid exposes how pathetic some of our institutions really are, including public educaiton and the Ontario government process…
Why the US failed. And why Canada didn’t.
How Canada crushed the curve while the US struggles: https://t.co/8W9QuoDGbf — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) July 4, 2020
Why are they putting down our country?
We do not need to read this crap. The other day the Toronto Star ran an opinion piece headlined: As an Afro-Indigenous woman being Canadian means living in a nation…
Fourth of July Fever: Pay attention when your neighbour has a breakdown; it may be contagious
Happy Fourth of July. It’s Independence Day at the crazy neighbour’s place next door and the crowds are partying without masks. How the world sees Donald Trump, as a fire…
Musical interlude
Shay Lia – Good Together