The World Ahead
Expect the next few months, the next few years, the next few decades to be – tumultuous. The fires that ravaged a migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos…
2020
Talking the Start of the O’Toole Leadership & Conservatives Courting the Union Vote with Rob Snow
Wednesday I joined Rob Snow on 1310 News’ “The Rob Snow Show” along with Andrew Brander. We talked about questions about the Erin O’Toole’s Leadership of the Conservatives, what we…
From the archives: September 11 and Sammy
On a beautiful Sunday afternoon just over a week ago, when the rural Ontario sky was clear and cloudless and seemed to go on forever, my wife and I pulled…
cpmvfsgu day 4: victoria
I slept more last night than I have since the hives started, and this morning felt halfway human for the first time in months. I took Cookie and Kai for…
.Sept.10: Evil
Pay no attention to the four entries at the bottom of this page. They are part of the confusion I am dealing with. These entries are part of a computer…
Judicial review of North Cowichan’s decision on Motorsport expansion underway Municipality denied Motorsport Circuit a development permit last year
Municipality denied Motorsport Circuit a development permit last year Robert Barron Judicial review is underway of North Cowichan’s decision to deny a development permit to the VIMC. (File photo)…
Why Is Big Oil Funding Police in Canada?
Image adapted from a photo by Jason Hargrove on Wikimedia THE TROUBLING FINANCIAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN BIG OIL AND POLICE Dylan Penner 2 weeks ago Big Oil is financing police foundations…
What Does This Tell You? Living Planet Report 2020
A substantial percentage of environmentalists claim that the question of overpopulation has no place in climate change policy. Au contraire, mes amis. Let’s go back to 1970, half a century…
Hedges – Getting Rid of Trump Won’t Fix America. The U.S. Is Too Broken.
To Chris Hedges, whether Trump loses or wins the election in November is a matter of bad or worse. If Trump wins, then I think you will see a very…
Herman Cain Drank the Kool-Aid
Herman Cain listened to Donald Trump. He was a fan. He supported the Mango Mussolini. Herman Cain was the co-chairman of Black Voices for Trump. But Herman has left the…
Sunset at Moraine Lake
Moraine lake, in Banff National Park We decided not to wake up before dawn to get a spot in the parking lot, but for some unknown reason most people who…
Eating off the Hill: KFC is cannon fodder in the chicken sandwich wars
It seems like all the cool stuff comes to Canada late. That’s certainly the case with the fast food chicken sandwich wars, which have already been fought and won in…
Erin O’Toole’s Shadow Cabinet From Hell
It's an absolute freak show. A real fascist circus, where Erin O'Toole tries to fool Canadians into believing that he's really a nice guy. While the Con clowns in the…
Ontario’s petulant premier.
After more than a year of silly stickers on our gas pumps, Ontario voters have got the message. And the Ontario Court System has finally got around to noting that…
This Is Getting Ugly
Part of my routine every morning is to check Environment Canada’s weather forecast. Now I first visit www.firesmoke.ca to see what I’ll be breathing today. Today is looking pretty grim.…
From Pity to Incredulity
The past 24 hours has been stark and shocking watching what just unfolded in the United States. For the all the things we’ve heard and seen from Donald Trump in…
A Fascist Project
Henry Giroux does not pull his punches. Donald Trump, he writes, is fanning white wing violence in an effort to establish a fascist state: Nobody should justify assaults that lead…
Lock Him Up, Lock Him Up – and Throw Away the Key.
Donald Trump defends his decision to mislead the American people about the Covid-19 virus for two months, claiming he didn’t want to ‘panic’ the public. There is much wrapped up…
I See a Wind Turbine and I Want it Paint it Black
Believe it or not there are people out there who don’t want renewable energy and actively campaign to keep our power grid based on world-destroying fossil fuels. These backward thinking…