Vox Populi. Time to Ban Assault Rifles – Finally.
“Black Guns” gotta go. The Trudeau government is planning to ban AR-15 style rifles and four out of five Canadians think it’s about time. The Liberals first proposed such a…
2020
Eating in quarantine: Veggies and meat to my door with Freshii and TruLocal
Since the end of the before times when all this isolation and distancing began, my Facebook feed has been filled with ads for two things: veggies and meat delivered to…
Peter MacKay’s Smelly Avian Adoption
It’s the end of the week and the start of a new month, which you’d think might mark a good time for folks to do a few things a bit…
For The People?
Who do the Republicans stand with or for? Jennifer Rubin asks her readers to consider the following: Although hundreds of thousands of state and local employees — including hospital workers,…
Happy International Workers Day #MayDay
Billy Bragg We’ve been experiencing what we refer to as ‘Andy Warhol Weather’ here today: fifteen minutes of rain, fifteen minutes of sun, fifteen minutes of hail etc etc. As…
On this day in May.
Before we send out more distress signals, we need to take stock of our situation. We have been hiding in our homes for less than two months while essential workers…
Plague Update: Death For Dollars
The reckless and callous Sask Party prepares on Monday to start the calculated risk AKA killing process. Because golf is literally more important than some guy’s grandma, amirite? More than…
Hot take: your gut’s probably right, it’s too soon to declare COVID-19 vanquished
At least Alberta Premier Jason Kenney didn’t have a “Mission Accomplished” banner hanging behind him. But then, being landlocked and all that, Alberta doesn’t own an aircraft carrier even if…
A Glitch In The Machine
Watch the following, and you will understand. The Government™ has made an ad about the global response to the pandemic, and it's surprisingly honest and informative ?? ? We're on…
April 30: Yes. It’s worse.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/30/trump-executive-order-meat-processing-workers-coronavirus________________________________________________________________https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/30/brazil-manaus-coronavirus-mass-graves_________________________________________________________________ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/30/trump-claims-china-will-do-anything-to-stop-his-re-election-as-coronavirus-row-escalates Find people to blame and hate. That was Hitler’s strategy behind his holocaust of Jews. That is Trump’s strategy in dealing with Latin Americans and, almost certainly, with…
Far-Right Organizing in Vancouver Lockdown Protests with Police Complicity
A hotspot for anti-lockdown protests has been Vancouver. Our friend @nolifeneet has been tirelessly tracking and reporting on them on Twitter, and was kind enough to provide a guest article,…
The Conservative Dilemma… Continued in More Tweets
Life can be a crazy thing folks, if 2020 has taught us anything so far surely that must be one of the lessons. Just when you think some things couldn’t…
Apology by Kristin Raworth
Kristin Rayworth is a woman who works for the Alberta government and who used to follow me on Twitter. About two years ago, Rayworth publicly tweeted at me that she…
Will We Repeat the Mistakes of 1918?
One of the costliest lessons to emerge from the Spanish Flu of 1918 is that pandemics often come in waves over a span of 12 to 18 months and the…
Can Eco-Socialism Save the World?
In her latest book, Naomi Klein observes that any serious reaction to the climate threat “involves recovering an art that has been relentlessly vilified during these decades of market fundamentalism:…
The Case Against Bailouts
The Guardian’s George Monbiot doesn’t support government handout/bailouts to corporations, especially airlines and fossil energy giants. No surprise there. That said, he makes a good case. Before I get into…
Rubbing us the wrong way
…Rob Anders is still doing so. I am told this is legit. Any takers?
Cutting through the crap, with Matt Taibbi
Along with John Pilger, Abby Martin, & the handful of honest journalists left standing, I love Matt Tabbi. Here he sums up what’s wrong with politics & the media, in…
My latest: oppositional
Being in Opposition is never fun. Being in Opposition during a pandemic is even worse. Power and no power: in one job, you get to answer questions, and everyone listens…
The end of Bernie, the beginning of the Revolution
I was and am a supporter or Bernie Sanders, like Ron Paul before him, because he truly represents the interests of constitutional democracy, and the rule of the people, by…