Trump: Biden won
“He won.” HE WON. Trump concedes that Joe won the election. Not ideal, but the best we are going to get from the Mango Mussolini.
November 2020
Sanity has returned to the US (hopefully).
As of this writing, Donald Trump has not conceded the US Presidential race, but that doesn’t matter. Joe Biden is the President-elect and Trump’s court cases that have charged voter…
The perils of pandemics.
Pandemics kill. Pandemics are economic disasters. Pandemics can be the great equalizer. Pandemics can be a bonanza for the unscrupulous. Pandemics can trap the unwary. Pandemics can destroy plans in…
Just How To Choose Casino
Please utilize the Change Booth when exchanging staying chips for funds. Taking photographs in the casino can be prohibited to protect the privacy of other visitors. Taking photographs is limited…
Don’t be fooled – Christmas gathering will be canceled, the decision has already been made…
I said I wasn’t going to be pulling punches anymore. Well here goes. Canadians are undergoing what amounts to a Psychological Operation right now, or colloquially a “Psy-Op”. The decision…
Can America Be Saved
I am writing this as a citizen of a world that no matter where we live are strongly impacted by whatever America does and whatever happens in America America is…
My latest in the Sun: 3 > 2 < 10
Justin Trudeau is a three. The late, great Rafe Mair left us with one of the truest of truisms: in politics, if you are a three, it doesn’t matter —…
I miss my CFL
This Sunday would have been one of my favourite Sundays of the year. Edmonton head coach Ray Jauch, with QBs Tom Wilkinson (left) and Bruce Lemmermon It would have been…
Plague Update: Sociopathy Of Contemporary Conservativism
A certainly level of sociopathy has become endemic to the conservative movements throughout North America and I think it is based on a lot of pent up anger that their…
billy joe shaver, rest in peace, and in music
Many well-known rock and pop musicians have died lately, including Helen Reddy, Eddie Van Halen, and Jerry Jeff Walker. More names will be coming fast and furiously as the icons…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Nazaneei Ismail Ali discusses how public procurement can and should be a means of improving social and economic conditions, not merely a source…
Plague Update: Without Air Farce We Have To Make Our Own
SK Doctors: sign letter with 400 of their colleagues begging the government to do something to stop the spread of COVID-19 Sask. Party: Okay, we’re listening. No more hookah lounges.…
robert fisk, rest in power
I was very saddened to hear of the too-young death of Robert Fisk, veteran war journalist, author, and truth-teller. Fisk was often criticized for “politicizing” war reporting, or for not…
Warren Kinsella Biography
Warren Kinsella is the president of Daisy Group. Previously, he was a partner at the law firm of McMillan Binch, in its Public Policy Group, and has also worked as…
CLC breaks solidarity with labour movement by endorsing Bill Morneau for OECD’s top job
CLC President Hassan Yussuff speaks at the Ontario Federation of Labour Convention, November 21, 2017. Photo courtesy of the OFL Communications Department/Wikimedia Commons. On October 30, the Canadian Labour Congress…
Saturday Photo: Concrete and the End of the Road…
The Globe and Mail this weekend is featuring a number of articles about cities. Among them is one about the role that concrete has played in building them, and the…
Restaurants Have Clout
Restaurants have been lobbying hard to stay open during the pandemic. Alan Freeman writes: Could the inability to order pizza in an indoor restaurant be the most dire result of…
A Capital Idea.
It is fun to remember that, as a youngster, I was looking forward to a career as a writer. Writing an unedited blog can have serious consequences for those hopes.…
COVID-19 is out of control and Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government looks like a deer in the headlights
Faced with a real crisis — a deadly pandemic that won’t quit when you yell at it to knock it off — Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government apparently has no…
Lemmings, Cowards & Sheep Unite!
Covid-1984, which is the best way to describe the recent events, is certainly acting as a litmus test. It is separating clearly the men from the boys, the women from…