Because it’s 2020. Or something.
The Trudeau government throws another minority woman under the bus. Again. 
July 2020
Morneau’s meandering memory.
Fool us once Mr. Morneau, shame on you. Fool us twice, shame on us. Finance minister Bill Morneau has the amazing ability to remember between breakfast and lunch more than…
Alberta NDP raises dramatically more in donations than the UCP during second quarter
Alberta’s United Conservative Party, it turns out, is almost as bad at governing as it is good at campaigning. That’s probably a better place to be from a political party’s…
Some Paintings
I got on a painting kick this week. I haven’t picked up a brush in years, but, seeing as I have nowhere else to go, I gave it a whirl.…
Gutless Bastard. Trump Cancels Covid Convention
He wants American kids back in school in September but Donald Trump doesn’t want to put Republican party faithful in harm’s way in August. Trump pulled the GOP nomination convention…
Covid Journal, July 23, 2020
Should Morneau resign over his ‘misplaced receipts’ and subsequent payment to the WE Charity?
July 23: A Terrible, Terrible Day in the News.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/23/donald-trump-portland-oregon-mayor-ted-wheeler-teargas-federal-agents So who are the good guys as the U.S. descends into chaos? Which party has a plan – any plan?_________________________________________________________________________________ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/23/covid-19-has-killed-least-health-workers-yemen-report-says But Saudi Arabia, with American help, will carry…
Portland Dads Now Backing Up Portland Moms
They’re the nemesis of Trump’s “little green men.” Portland’s Wall of Moms, decked out in yellow t-shirts stood between the Trump Thugs and BLM protesters thwarting violence. Finally Team Trump…
Another Iconic Picture
It’s freshly reprieved Roger Stone and fellow racists flashing the white power sign.
Another Pipeline Defection
It was barely two weeks ago that insurance giant, Munich Re, announced that it was no longer willing to provide coverage to the Justin Trudeau Memorial Pipeline, a.k.a. Trans Mountain.…
The Loons and Their Covid-19 Conspiracy Theories
Think of it as a marriage made in dementia – a pandemic and a group of people who have persuaded each other that anything and everything bad is the sinister…
North Cowichan enacts 60-day pause in consultations on forest reserve
Fears raised that process still won’t be transparent and accountable Originally published by the Cowichan CitizenBy Robert Barron North Cowichan has enacted 60-day pause in its pubic…
Judge Springs Cohen
Like Peas in a Pod Manafort is out. Stone is out before he ever went in. Trump is fighting claw and fang to see that Michael Flynn never has his…
"Near Normal"
Well Alberta Wars was fun eh? I quite enjoyed writing that. The series will continue again as we near the events I anticipate are coming and have mapped out for…
The Day Andrew Scheer Finally Lost His Marbles
I knew that Andrew Scheer was slowly but surely coming apart at the seams, and Iooking and acting weirder and weirder.I knew it was just a matter of time before…
A Carrot for the Bosses and the Stick for the Workers
Workers have been reluctant to return to work and risk exposing themselves and their families to infection because of the relative security that the Canada Emergency Relief Benefit (CERB) offered.…
Honing the Numbers – The Future, Not So Cool But Not So Hot Either.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has revised the range of global heating outcomes at both ends. The best outcome may be worse than we had been told but…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Edward Xie and Danyaal Raza make the case for a basic services model to ensure people’s needs are met as we recover…
The Benighted Among Us
If you read this blog with any regularity, you may know that I hold in absolute, unmitigated contempt those who refuse to wear a mask. When hearing and reading about…