Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Randy Robinson writes that Doug Ford’s gratuitous austerity will have severe costs in both jobs and lives. And James Downie comments on…
October 2020
On bigger pictures
There are still plenty of important results to be finalized in Saskatchewan’s election campaign, and I’ll have more to say about specific aspects of the campaign generally. But for starters…
My latest in The Spec: Will voters forget Trump’s sins?
Two years ago, in a limitless and sunny August when a global pandemic seemed like an impossibility, my daughter and I knocked on doors for the Democrats in Portland, Maine.…
Get Us Through The Pandemic
There were two byelections in Toronto yesterday. When you combine those results with the results in New Brunswick, B.C., and Saskatchewan, there is a consistent message: We don’t want to…
Make America America again
By-elections, provincial results, etc.: all suggest that incumbents have more of an edge during the pandemic – voters don’t want more disruption in their lives. Trump will be the exception:…
Wheelmap Helps People Find Accessible Locations
Navigating the world can be challenging for able-bodied people, those in wheelchairs have it even harder. It doesn’t have to be this way. New buildings have to meet certain accessibility…
Talking More Mixed Messaging on COVID-19 from Premier Ford with Kristy Cameron
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Kate Harrison. We talked about the latest example of mixed messaging from the Ford Government on their response to…
Watch this
One of those rare videos during an election cycle that leaves you quiet and still in the silence after it ends. pic.twitter.com/43THhRmj2W — The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) October 26, 2020
Will there be a Trump library?
We all know that Donald Trump has not been your traditional president for the United States. Despite his oddities, we should still mark his single-term presidency with more than the…
The importance of what we talk about #nlpoli
Nalcor will have to replace about 350 fibreglass beams used in the Labrador-Island Link because of a fault in their manufacture. Nalcor discovered the fault during two incidents at Soldier’s…
The importance of what we talk about #nlpoli
Nalcor will have to replace about 350 fibreglass beams used in the Labrador-Island Link because of a fault in their manufacture. Nalcor discovered the fault during two incidents at Soldier’s…
UCP plan to lay off 11,000 public sector health workers sparks wildcat walkouts at 45 Alberta health facilities
Infuriated at the Kenney Government’s determination to lay off 11,000 public sector health care workers and privatize their jobs, members of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees walked off the…
Oct.26: Don’t think; it ain’t good for you.
I know, I said I would stop bothering you with my blog. But I made an extremely unpleasant discovery. Go to Counterpunch in your blog titles for October 26. The…
Sacha Baron Cohen, on Facebook
A comedian says he speaks as his “least popular character, Sacha Baron Cohen.”
Covid Journal, October 26, 2020
Canada tries to take the high road with China’s genocide; lots of links of interest
After John Horgan’s smashing BC NDP victory, now is the time to be bold
John Horgan meets virtually with BC NDP northern candidates, October 6, 2020. Photo from Flickr. This past weekend John Horgan and the British Columbia NDP scored a massive majority victory…
Talking the NDP Majority Government win in BC & Political Stresses during COVID-19 on “The Arlene Bynon Show”
This morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Alise Mills. We discussed the NDP’s big majority government win in…
Actions Matter
I am fascinated by this short poem by Piet Hein: CONSOLATION GROOK Losing one gloveis certainly painful,but nothingcompared to the painof losing one,throwing away the other,and findingthe first one again.…
Donald Trump, corrupt CEO of America
What Trump says reveals so much about him. In the last presidential debate of 2020 Trump said that only those of low IQ would show up for their immigration hearings…
Stealing An Election
Robin Sears writes it’s hard to steal an election in Canada because we maintain a paper record of every ballot, plus the ballots themselves, electronically counted or not. We have…