January 2021
Have We Become Addicted to "Sordid"?
How much more mileage are we going to get out of the rise and fall of Donald Trump and his Merry Band of Grifters? Does part of you sort of…
Kenney kicks Lesser Slave Lake MLA Pat Rehn, often missing in action, out of UCP Caucus
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney moved quickly to kick Pat Rehn out of the United Conservative Party Caucus this morning, a day after an Edmonton researcher revealed the Lesser Slave Lake…
The coup comes home
Protesters gathering outside the United States Capitol before a riot and violent attack carried out by a mob of supporters of President Donald Trump, January 6, 2021. Photo by Tyler…
Rudy, You Meat Head!!
It’s the perfect final act of a nightmare presidency. Last Wednesday when he was riling up his Gullibillies to storm the Capitol, Donald Trump had high praise for his own…
Our Own Rudy Guiliani
I’m sure I am but one of millions who have followed the antics of Rudy Guiliani, deriving bittersweet amusement from his addled but staunch defence of his master, Donald Trump,…
Learning from the mistakes of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike
Main Street in Winnipeg during Bloody Saturday, the violent climax of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike. Photo courtesy the Eva Stewart Collection at the Archives of Manitoba. As was described…
His Final Days
Donald Trump has been impeached for the second time. It has been a speedy reckoning. Lawrence Martin writes: What a spectacular fall it has been, in the space of just…
Room Rater returns!
In my defence, I shot yesterday’s Sun Media video in its entirety and was sending it to video genius Nelson Branco when I spotted the errant crumpled paper towel in…
Black’s pal Trump.
If Bob Hepburn of the Toronto Star had not raised it, I never would have noticed. It has been about ten years since Conrad Black was released from prison in…
A Good City is Only 5 Minutes Away
Paris is showing the world the future (their present) of good urban design, and it’s all about 15 minutes. We’ve looked at this concept before, and every year Paris pushes…
Expense claims show MLA who rarely visits his own riding spent almost every day in Edmonton for four months last year
Lots of Pat Rehn’s constituents may think the Lesser Slave Lake MLA is about as helpful as a screen door on a submarine, but it turns out the fellow’s been…
How Long Can the GOP Live Within It’s Own Skin?
For some time, Old School Republicans have argued that their party has gone too far, it’s beyond redemption. Their solution – burn it to the ground and start over. It’s…
Prison Covid Newsletter (vol 2, no 2), Jan. 2021
The Prison Covid-19 Information Project provides COVID-19 news and resources for prisoners and their families and loved ones on the outside. Their latest newsletter is here. They have also added…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates Jan. 12, 2021
NOTE: If you regularly send the updates to Rattler or Joseph Dibee, please stop. Rattler has been released to a halfway house; Joseph has been released to home arrest while…
Der Speigel And Donald Trump
The following was sent to me by a friend: No American president has been more incendiary than Donald Trump. He has been the subject in recent years of 28 DER…
Musings of a B-Film Junkie
I put a DVD of the 1939 film, The Gorilla, into the player and sat back to watch. Bela Lugosi (above, centre) starred beside the Ritz Brothers (trio above), a…