Judging from the underwhelming turnout at its “S.O.S.” rally in Edmonton yesterday, Alberta’s minuscule Wexit faction might want to reconsider its demand for a separation referendum right now. Leastways, Wexit…
I begin today’s blog with a long and possibly tedious criticism of the U.S. and its Canadian and British puppets. If it is boring, feel free to skip past this…
John McPhee, one of my favourite writers, has a lovely piece in The New Yorker this week. In it he writes about a meeting with the novelist Thornton Wilder when…
Crises change leaders. Some for the good, some not. @JustinTrudeau has been changed by the Iran crisis. He’s shown exceptional restraint, judgment & empathy. He’s looked more Prime Ministerial than…
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Ben Jenkins rightly calls out Australia’s right-wing government and media for caring not a whit for the people seeing their country go up…
I have written nothing about the Iranian missile that brought down the Ukrainian flight, frankly because I don’t know what to say beyond the fact that it is an immense…
Iran has admitted that the Ukrainian 737 airliner was unintentionally shot down. Tony Burman writes that the admission is just another in a series of violent acts and missed opportunities:…
…and on Daisy’s (and our total elections exoneration), and Rush, too. I’m on at the 17 minute mark or so.
In an interesting opinion piece, recently, the Toronto Star’s Susan Delacourt said that both Stephen Harper and Justin Trudeau had to reinvent their respective parties to win election. Neither liked…
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold by independent booksellers in Alberta during the week ended Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020. The lists are compiled…
I still can’t believe it’s 2020. This is the future. What’s it like? Well, there are supercomputers in our pockets, there’s the high chance of war in the Middle East,…
Look who responded to one of my tweets. Look. I can now die. As per Star Fleet protocol, I request a space burial. My God, this is so awesome.
Esthero feat. Miguel – Many Times
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/daviderb-pow.mp3 On the show this week, I spoke with David Erb, the Executive Director of Protect our Winters Canada. Dave has extensive management experience in the business and charitable sectors…
Canada's SoCons have been unusually quiet since their leader Andrew Scheer was brought down by Justin Trudeau.And went to hell in a bucket, so to speak.But not any longer. Now…
The Toronto President of the Chub Fan Club stopped in today. Sadly, Chub was unmoved. @kinsellawarren pic.twitter.com/xymvv0kZfp — Mike Sloan (@mikelondoncan) January 10, 2020
“What You Need to Know” is back and the first episode of 2020 is now up. In this episode Alyson Fair, Geoff Turner, Neil Brodie and I talk about the…
Trump secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, has served notice on the government of Iraq – ‘we don’t care what you say, we’re staying.’ The State Department on Friday rebuffed the…
Paul Krugman writes that the wildfires savaging Australia are terrifying but they can’t compare to Australia’s leadership. In a rational world, the burning of Australia would be a historical turning…
They’re not the first to call for it but the Greta Thunberg contingent at Davos is demanding that world leaders end the fossil fuel madness. “Anything less would be a…
