When a Beater Finally Becomes a Junker.
When I was young, a guy’s first car tended to be a real beater. As long as it was cheap and it ran, it was okay if it was on…
2020
American democracy and the twilight of the fools
Democratic nominee Joe Biden speaks during the first United States presidential debate, September 29, 2020. Photo from Joe Biden’s Instagram page. Last night’s American presidential debate was not a debate.…
The Morning After: The First Trump-Biden Debate
I am a political animal and I normally really geek out on events like last night. Normally Presidential Debates in the United States are much watch TV, dignified events and…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Chris Arnold reports on the many Americans facing the impossibility of paying for the necessities of life as supports run out in the…
Blowing Things Up
There wasn’t a debate last night. Donald Trump blew up it up. Trump proved definitively that he is absolutely unfit for the office he holds. He was unfit when he…
Globe and Mail Letter
Clifford Orwin argues in a Globe and Mail op-ed that both Republicans and Democrats are behaving hypocritically in their fight over filling the Supreme Court vacancy before the election. In…
Bike Lanes Save Lives in Toronto
Here in Toronto we’ve seen little to no changes in our urban space during the COVID-19 pandemic. Other cities have been closing streets and making more room for people while…
Globe and Mail Letter
Clifford Orwin argues in a Globe and Mail op-ed that both Republicans and Democrats are behaving hypocritically in their fight over filling the Supreme Court vacancy before the election. In…
The shaming of America.
The quality of entertainment in America has gone down hill. By no stretch of the term ‘debate’ does one refer to an opponent as ‘that clown.’ Despite this egregious error,…
Covid Journal, Sept 30, 2020
Some Boomers are flipping the (snow)bird to the public; Shouldn’t public bailouts be treated like investments instead?
Shitshow analysis, in tweets
Trump came to throw mud and heckle – be himself, in other words. He came to make Joe crack. Joe didn’t crack. He kept his cool. He won. FREE KINSELLIAN…
Forever chaste? Or just chased? Former Reform MP and Kenney comrade Rob Anders faces new challenges
Rob Anders’ recent trouble with the law reminds us of the former Reform Party and Conservative MP’s past thoughts about the laws of nature. Twenty-one years ago, Mr. Anders made…
Canadian Proud Boys Embrace "Fashy" Image, Message, and Ideology; POTUS Emboldens American Proud Boys During Debate
As the United States barrel towards an election which may very well decide the future of the democratic experiment in that country, extremists such as the Proud Boys (among others)…
Canadian Proud Boys Embrace "Fashy" Image, Message, and Ideology; POTUS Emboldens American Proud Boys During Debate
As the United States barrel towards an election which may very well decide the future of the democratic experiment in that country, extremists such as the Proud Boys (among others)…
Canadian Proud Boys Embrace "Fashy" Image, Message, and Ideology; POTUS Emboldens American Proud Boys During Debate
As the United States barrel towards an election which may very well decide the future of the democratic experiment in that country, extremists such as the Proud Boys (among others)…
The pecten transitions
All those years ago when I earned my keep in the oil patch, I was fortunate to toil for Shell Canada. I was paid well, enjoyed generous benefits and excellent…
With proven dangers to prolonged wearing of cloth masks, what is a parent to do?
I am well aware that for some people the science on masks is over, they’ve heard what they want to hear, that masks may provide some utility in mitigating viral…
A "Witch’s Brew" of an Election
US intelligence agencies are warning of the threat of extremist violence in the runup to the November 3 elections. From Reuters: U.S. security officials are warning that violent domestic extremists…
Erin O’Toole and the Brutal Verdict of Canadians
Ever since he posed for this picture, and helped trigger a Con COVID outbreak, Erin O'Toole has been relatively quiet. He has refrained from attacking Justin Trudeau like Andrew Scheer…