Hey, Edmonton. Put down that beer and grow up
Edmonton doesn’t have much to celebrate these days. The Oilers of the NHL exited the faux Stanley Cup playoffs in almost the fastest manner possible. There is no CFL team…
August 2020
Africa Free of Wild Polio
We can deal with diseases, viruses, and other health ills through collective efforts. This week it’s been announced that the entire continent of Africa is free of polio spreading in…
“A Special Place in Hell…”
As Canadians, the last four years have been difficult dealing with our neighbours in the United States, or at least with the administration in charge. Sure we’ve always had moments…
Missing The Boat
Our movers and shakers are panicked about population growth. George Monbiot writes that they don’t understand the real problem: When a major study was published last month, showing that the…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Lounging cats.
James Sears Distributing Flyers Claiming Covid-19 Pandemic is a Satanic Hoax
A year after being sentenced to a year in prison for distributing hate via the antisemitic and misogynistic Your Ward News in a Toronto court, James Sears is distributing flyers…
Has Anyone Seen The Fake WE Scandal?
Every day for months the Cons and their NDP and Bloc stooges went after Justin Trudeau over the fake WE scandal. With the revolting stooge media calling it the biggest…
Your Pre-Election Reading List
The next two months will see the release of a slew of “tell all” books on Donald Trump, Trump’s administration, a panoply of alleged crimes and grifting, and the Trump…
The Sloan Question
Now that the Conservative Leadership campaign is in the rear view, folks are looking ahead to things still to come in Canadian politics. We have a Throne Speech coming in…
Welcome Aboard, Ensign O’Toole
He may not be much but Canadians, 38 per cent of them at least, consider Justin Trudeau their choice to handle the pandemic and engineer some sort of economic recovery.…
It’s All About That Apple in the Garden of Eden
It’s the Forbidden Fruit parable for the 21st Century. Jerry Falwell Jr. brought low by an unfaithful wife who could not resist the devil’s apple, a hotel pool boy. It’s…
True Blue O’Toole and the Con Clown Convention
It was a horror show that began with a comedy show, when the clowns at the Con leadership convention couldn't even count the votes. So those watching had to wait…
Trump Unleashes Psy-Ops on America
We saw a hint of this in the runup to the 2016 presidential election when then candidate Trump hinted that he might not accept the election results – unless they…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Jeff Rubin writes that the hoarding of supplies over the course of the coronavirus pandemic has provided compelling evidence that globalization falls…
Why is the CBC denying Palestine’s existence?
Separation wall surrounding the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, Palestine. Photo by Michele Benericetti/Flickr. “I referred to the Palestinian territories as ‘Palestine,’ we apologize.” This surreal on-air apology was broadcast…
Simple and Crass
The Republicans have decided that they don’t need a platform. What they will run on, Dana Milbank writes, was on full display last night — fear: The Republican National Convention…
Dr.Judith Sayers appointed chancellor of Vancouver Island University
Judith Sayers appointed chancellor of Vancouver Island University Carla Wilson Vancouver Island University’s new chancellor Dr. Judith Sayers. Photograph By Vancouver Island University She noted Monday that VIU has worked…
Wexit Is a Shakedown And the Tories Are Blackmailing Canada
Erin O’Toole could hardly wait to get his ass in Andrew Scheer’s old chair before he was on the phone to Justin Trudeau to raise that gravest threat facing Canada,…
Teletubbies Falwell Likes To Watch
If you’re old enough, and into American odd news, you’ll remember Jerry Falwell saying he thought the purple Teletubbie was gay. His son carried on in the family tradition of…