2020
Will The Ugly American Andrew Scheer Now Finally Resign?
He tried to hide it for many years. He didn't want anyone to know that he was also an American citizen.Especially since he had gone after Former Gov. General Michaëlle…
On Alberta’s Budget (or now that we know that $68 USD per barrel is unrealistic, we need to update the Budget)
So, I am stuck in the house, like so many of us and I am starting to see unprecedented events; and only one thing goes through my mind: what does…
When Jason Kenney Told Off China and It Backfired
Covid-19 upended everything. No one knows whether the world will snap back to “normal” like an elastic band or be gone forever. Economists, futurists, and historians are all over the…
We now resume our COVID coverage …
Well, I managed one full week without mentioning you-know-what. One week is about all one can accomplish. So let’s take a quick look at some COVIDicisms … This past week,…
Sparky grills the Mango Mussolini!
This week’s Sparky! Sparky joins the media and grills @realDonaldTrump! pic.twitter.com/wTLU0FkF5x — SparkyTheTalkingRat (@RatSparky) May 17, 2020
Demands for a Post-Pandemic Future
Graffiti adorns a boarded-up restaurant in New York City. Photo by Anthony Quintano/Flickr. One might have hoped that the very severity of the threat posed by the pandemic would compel…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Yves Engler discusses how Canadian corporations have shown a consistent pattern of pursuing profit with no consideration of the public good. –…
Why the NDP Has Become the Unofficial Opposition During the COVID-19 Pandemic
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh speaks with reporters on Parliament Hill as the House of Commons resumes following a five-week suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Screengrab taken from a YouTube…
what i’m reading: prairie fires: the american dreams of laura ingalls wilder
I read Little House on the Prairie when I was very young, and eventually went on to read the whole Little House series. I didn’t know any other girls named…
History Repeats: The Decline & Fall of the Western Corporate Empire
“The Goths remained on Roman land and would ally themselves with the Roman army. Later, however, one man, a Goth and former Roman commander, rose up against Rome – a…
The Folks We’ve Been Waiting For
In last night’s virtual graduation, Barack Obama took on Donald Trump and his administration. He did so directly and with polish, but without mentioning Trump’s name: “More than anything, this…
When our world is on hold.
Every morning when waking up to this pandemic, I challenge myself to remember what day it is. I never realized how confining a person to their home could be so…
Forget about the "N’ Word. It’s the "J" Word Now.
America’s racist whites, a.k.a.. Trump’s ‘base’, have a wonderful new code word, “Jogger.“ White supremacists have a new code for the n-word. It’s “jogger” — a direct reference to the…
#ObamaGreat
Here are Obama’s two addresses tonight to the HBCU and high school 2020 graduating classes. #ObamaGreat and #ObamaWasBetterAtEverything are now trending around the world. Congratulations to the HBCU Class of…
Mother Nature is Boss
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The far right is more wrong than they think. Less than 5% of Spain and France have Covid-19 antibodies.
Share this: Both France and Spain have been hit much harder than Canada during the Covid 19 pandemic. Two studies with preliminary findings have shown that less than 5% of…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Bryan Borzykowski recognizes that many Canadian families are weathering the COVID-19 crisis only by taking on more debt – though it’s worth questioning…
Saturday Photo: The Gift of Tulips
Last year about this time our neighbour, the horticulturalist, brought home several hundred tulip bulbs that he’d saved from being thrown out. They’d been used to decorate the hall for…