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February 2021
Spring is on the way for the Island
I know it is a little early to be hailing the arrival of spring. The days are getting longer, the birds are starting to sing again, and the air just…
Is the Con Media Trying To Overthrow Justin Trudeau?
I must admit, I didn't think that anything our shabby and terribly mediocre Con media said or did, could still shock me. So I wasn't surprised to see the gassy…
Time to start paying Mother Nature back
I’ve long thought that the sensible approach to the global economy is obvious, if complex. We calculate what the Earth can sustainably provide in terms of natural resources, then we…
Disabled people must be prioritized in the vaccine rollout
Disabled people are disproportionately dying from COVID-19, yet they remain excluded from most policy responses to the virus. Photo from Shutterstock. At every stage of the pandemic, governments across Canada…
Pond Inlet Testimony
Andy Shadrack shared this important message from Professor Joyce Green at the University of Regina. I hope you will share it as well, as these Inuit voices need to be…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Andrew Nikiforuk takes a look at two proposals to get to COVID Zero – including one from Canada and one from Germany. –…
‘Never forget it’: Black History Month and police brutality
Black Lives Matter protest, Washington, DC, June 1, 2020. Photo by Koshu Kunii/Unsplash. In 2017, to “honour Black History Month,” Durham Regional Police unveiled a squad cruiser wrapped in “Pan-African…
Enough B.S. (Brian Saunderson)
Yet another week has gone by and our mayor, Brian Saunderson, stubbornly refuses to do the right thing for the people of the town of Collingwood, and resign. He continues…
The Damned Republican Party
Yesterday, two significant things happened in Washington: the Senate passed Joe Biden’s Covid rescue plan without any Republican votes. Kamala Harris passed the deciding vote. And Margorie Taylor Greene was…
Turkey Uighurs fear sellout to China in exchange for vaccine
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Talking COVAX and Wither Spring Break with Kristy Cameron
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Kate Harrison & Lindsay Maskell for a rare Thursdays mini-“Political Heat” panel. We talked about the news of Canada…
The failure of the Left
It pains me to agree, but I’m not alone. This report is by the New York Times. “Early in the pandemic, countries with populist, right-wing governments were suffering some of…
Don’t believe it can’t happen here.
There seems to be some arguments these days about whether Canadians have to suffer through the same political mistakes made by Americans. We hardly seem to have to wait long…
Time for your depressing weekly pandemic update: Got whiplash yet?
Watching the Kenney Government respond to COVID-19 could give you whiplash. Back on Jan. 26, Health Minister Tyler Shandro was warning us that the arrival of more infectious COVID-19 variants…
Trump to SAG – "You Can’t Fire Me, I Quit."
Don Trump, notorious golf cheat, serial sex offender, all-round degenerate and former president of the United States, fired off a blistering letter after the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation…
Marge is Furloughed
Georgia Republican Marge Greene has been given her pink slip. The House majority Dems, with a few Republicans in support, voted to cancel the conspiracy theorist/anti-Semite’s committee appointments without which…
Moore and Farber vs. Hategan
You don’t often see a legal win as complete as this one. It is a total and historic victory for Moore and Farber, here.
Feb. 3: And a very disabreeable blog.
The first part of this blog may not seem to have a place in my usual topic. Actually, it does. For an opener to stimulate thought, let’s try to forget…