Mike Bezzeg, RIP
He was a legend in Calgary’s music scene and beyond. Gave the Hot Nasties one of our first big breaks, and featured us on his hit TV show, FM Moving…
2020
COVID-19 aid being held hostage by the CPC and the NDP!
The CPC and the NDP are failing Canadians. The CPC and the NDP need to stop playing politics. At the time of this post, COVID-19 aid being held hostage by…
How Do You Lock Down India?
The Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, has imposed a three week lockdown on the nation of 1.3 billion people, telling them to “forget what going out means.” “From 12 midnight…
Why The Coronavirus Pandemic Could Destroy Donald Trump
Donald Trump has always been a lousy president, a corrupt vulgar man who has debased himself and his country over and over again.He has failed his country in its hour…
Conventional Wisdom!
Deathly serious? Or downright hilarious? It would be rude to suggest the Saskatchewan Party government should be able to appropriately classify a pandemic. Meanwhile, Scott Moe’s entire economic plan for…
To the barricades, Comrade Spears!
We have nothing to lose but our, um, knee socks! Britney Spears seemingly called for the redistribution of wealth and a general strike on Monday, “regramming” a post written by…
Global Health System Failure – It’s Not What You Think
Who do we turn to for reliable health information? That is one of the critical questions we need to ask now. (Another is, when is it justified to suspend all…
Eating off the Hill: Jerk Chicken Roti at Island Grill
I wrote last week about an Indian food outing that lacked some heat — well, a few days later I had some Jamaican food that more than made up for…
Bank of Canada to help GNL make payroll #nlpoli
Bank of Canada234 Wellington St, Ottawa The Bank of Canada announced today that it will purchase up to 40% of money market securities with terms to maturity of 12 months…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Kenan Malik discusses how the coronavirus pandemic has exposed the fragility of the UK’s social and economic structures: The economic burden imposed…
Economists Demand Trump Immediately Lift Iran, Cuba, and Venezuela Sanctions That Are ‘Feeding the COVID-19 Epidemic’
President Donald Trump attends a White House Listening Session on Nov. 22, 2019, in the Cabinet Room of the White House. Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian. A group of economists…
Cowichan Valley officials seek widespread government action to protect old growth
The Cowichan Watershed Board is urging the provincial government to legislate protection of old growth on privately managed forest lands in the Cowichan Valley. A joint submission by board co-chairs…
Media Failure, Again
Remember the Iraq War? Remember the lies that were passed off by the elite, and repeated by the media without question, without any fact-checking or investigation? Well, it’s happening…
A Show of Hands, Please
Everyone in favour of the federal government taking on a nine to twelve billion dollar pipeline expansion when bitumen is now plainly a “stranded asset,” please raise your hands. Nobody?…
Coronavirus: Key Facts
“Acting true to form as the US military-intelligence community propaganda agent it is, the Washington Post recently published an opinion piece asserting, “America Needs To Be on a War Footing.”…
This Will Be Weird to Watch
As provincial governments trying to avert the worst of the Covin-19 pandemic order stores to close for the duration, does that mean they might bring back prohibition? I don’t think…
Truths We Now Hold as More Clearly Self Evident
We’re learning so much from this virus, about the world and about ourselves. Here’s a list of things I hope we take away from it all. These are things we…
Essential Reading: A Very Short List
Here is a short letter (email) I just sent to a few friends. It has a very short list of a few of the books I would consider essential reading.…
Covid Journal, March 24, 2020 (New Rules Primer)
I could have made a killing on the market. A couple of weeks ago, I predicted that the first ‘bottom’ for the Dow Jones Industrial Average would be about 21,500…
My latest: defeating a silent, invisible foe
In June 2004, the young doctors in their sparkling white coats filed into my father’s hospital room, holding charts and papers. They were there to tell him how they were…