Nice Beard Though
As a Canadian, there are a number of things that cause me to feel ashamed: here in Ontario, it was the election of the dumb demagogue Doug Ford, while federally…
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Skipping into the Race
Yesterday we saw the first person announce that they were going to take the leap into the Conservative Leadership race, with little known Bryan Brulotte stepping forward. It was a…
A Long Twilight Struggle Ends In Twilight
Andrew Bacevich has written an excellent piece in The Guardian. It’s a coherent explanation of how we got here. The Cold War, he writes, gave Americans meaning, purpose and unity.…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Martin Lukacs writes that the Trudeau Libs’ attempts to put a glossier face on politics as usual may be running into a…
Closing Coal Plants Saves Lives
Everyone already knows that burning coal for energy is absolutely horrible for the planet and were still learning just how bad coal power plants really are. The positive news is…
Ontario offers the bland and the pit bull.
We are still a while from knowing the slate of candidates for the federal conservative party leadership, but there are two Ontario MPs lining up their teams. They are Erin…
I was featured in Hands on Photography!
Ant Pruitt featured some of my work in the Hands on Photography Podcast! Episode 10
NDP assails Alberta Energy War Room for ‘gross incompetence’ — but is that such a bad thing?
Having swallowed much of the United Conservative Party’s unlikely conspiracy theory about what supposedly ails the Alberta oilpatch during its term in office makes it harder for the NDP to…
This is the best email I have ever received. Nothing will ever top this. So grateful.
I REALLY LOVE YOUR BOOKS Dear Mr. Kinsella I’m sorry to waste your time on this, but your books (specifically the X Gang series) have helped me through so much.…
Learn To Code rational and the march towards the abyss
Well, the propaganda centre has had quite the month, hasn’t it? From two stolen logos to staffers calling themselves “journalists” to get interviews (now where do we often see this…
When You’re Hungry
When You’re Hungry Our antennae signal jammed low flow other channels may exist Power Outage on our Do you see what I see? In the blur we hang under water…
Remembering the Haiti earthquake, 10 years on
A woman prays amid the wreckage of Notre Dame de l’Assomption—the main cathedral in Port-au-Prince—on January 9, 2011. Image by Allison Shelley. Ten years ago Sunday an earthquake devastated Haiti.…
Is it permissible to challenge the official narrative on Syria?
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), shows Syrian army units and pro-government forces deploying at an undisclosed location in the Atshan village in central…
Hmmmm ……
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Talking the Middle East, Chrystia Freeland & Conservative Leadership Race on “The Arlene Bynon Show”
This morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Geoff Norquay. We talked about events of the past week in…
US-Led Coalition Announces "We’re Outta Here."
Reuters reports of a letter delivered by the US-led coalition to the Iraqi army confirming they will be leaving Iraq. No further details yet.
A Dust-Up, Sure. War? That’s Iffy.
Could the assassination of Iran’s general Suleiman trigger a war? Possibly but we’re not there yet. From America’s perspective, what would war with Iran look like? A Ghadaffi-style bombing campaign…
Holocaust in Australia—We Are All Guilty
Scott Morrison, Prime Minister of Australia, has been referred to as a blockhead, which is fair, and not because his large head is rather squarish. He was warned by his…
Don’t speak ill of the dead, Bruce Livesey
…that’s what I was taught, growing up. You evidently weren’t. Back story: sadly, Diane Ford died. I tweeted this about her passing. RIP and condolences to her family. “Diane Ford,…
What would war with Iran be like?
We were talking yesterday about the possibility of a US-Iran war and how we are experiencing misty, water-coloured memories of the awful build-up to the invasion of Iraq way back…