A Hint of Irony?
When Deng Mabiour got his first chance to speak to the judge he said, “I’m sick. I need a doctor.” That’s a bit ironic given that Mabiour is charged with…
August 2020
Would He Dare? Would It Work? Nah.
Bloc leader, Yves-Francois Blanchet, wants Trudeau, Morneau and Telford gone and says, if they don’t go, he’ll try to bring down the Liberal government on a confidence motion this fall.…
A More Robust Solar Desalination Solution
You should drink more water. We all should drink more water, however in some places water wells are drying up and water is getting harder to get. Fortunately for us,…
America’s Death March
Chris Hedges: The terminal decline of the United States will not be solved by elections. Photo from Flickr. The terminal decline of the United States will not be solved by…
Empty Threats on a Wednesday Morning
Life in a minority Parliament is something that is precarious at the best of times. Depending on the distribution of seats and who holds the balance of power, working in…
I Hate That, Despite the Lofty Promises, Canada Remains a Climate Pariah
Liberal or Conservative, it doesn’t make a whit of difference which party governs. Canada remains in the grip of petro-pimps and, yes, that includes the current Liberal government. The National…
Talking the Future of Bill Morneau & Andrew Scheer’s Last Day with Rob Snow
Today I joined Rob Snow on 1310 News “The Rob Snow Show” along with Katlyn Harrison. We talked about questions about the future of Finance Minister Bill Morneau, what the…
Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Why I am not sending my kids back to school
(CNN) — One of the questions I am getting more than any other: Am I going to send my children back to school? As a father of three teen and…
Covid Journal, August 12, 2020
Back to School Based on Flawed Data Dr. Robert Bernstein writes in the Toronto Star that back to school plans for Ontario are based on flawed data. Ontario felt it…
WE Charity and the white saviour complex
Craig and Marc Kielburger at We Day Atlantic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2016. Photo by Glenn Euloth/Flickr. Lost in the palace intrigue of the Trudeau government’s WE scandal is a…
Kamala Harris
So it’s Kamala Harris — a graduate of Westmount High School — who is the Democratic vice presidential nominee. She’s the future, Frank Bruni writes. And, God knows, Donald Trump…
Ahem
I really, really want to name and shame those who mocked me when I said @JoeBiden would be the nominee and @KamalaHarris would be his VP pick, but it would…
My latest: when you become what you came to change
There’s even a name for it. It’s in the dictionary and everything. The Merriam-Webster people define it as “government by those who seek chiefly status and personal gain at the…
Stop Canadian Complicity in Torture 2020-08-12 02:45:00
The Orgasmatron: Strange tale of a pleasure implantthat is said to "TURN RAPE into ....pleasure" . BBC Future - a Report And" what a difference a single word makes!" Mainly…
Stop Canadian Complicity in Torture 2020-08-12 02:45:00
The Orgasmatron: Strange tale of a pleasure implantthat is said to "TURN RAPE into ....pleasure" . BBC Future - a Report And" what a difference a single word makes!" Mainly…
The Orgasmatron: Strange tale of a pleasure implant
You won’t be raped ! You might even like it! Do you realize the importance the meaning of a single word? The Orgasmatron: Strange tale of a pleasure implant
The economics of small nuclear reactors, touted by Jason Kenney as a ‘game changer,’ just don’t add up
When Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says small nuclear reactors “could be a game changer in providing safe, zero-emitting, baseload power in many areas of the province,” as he did Sunday…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Blissed cats.
Tuesday Evening Links
This and that for your Tuesday evening. – Crawford Kilian examines the UN’s advice on how to keep school safe from COVID-19, while the Saskatchewan Medical Association and Saskatchewan College…
Andrew Scheer’s Pathetic Last News Conference
When I put on the TV to check the weather forecast this morning, I got a nasty shock. For there was Andrew Scheer looking even more ugly than usual. He…