The lost year
One year ago tonight, I was sitting on a couch at my house in Toronto, emailing back and forth with my staff at Daisy Group. And then it slipped onto…
March 2021
Bombshells! Bombshells! Bombshells!
So, did you hear the explosions going off on Sunday night? According to news reports, a number of ‘bombshells’ went off that night. I slept through them, but I sure…
The Increasing Desperation of the Con Loser Erin O’Toole
Lordy. I don't think I've ever seen Erin O'Toole looking so awful, so pale, and so diminished as he did yesterday. He seemed to have a cold, and a steady…
“It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.”
Two years. Pandemics notwithstanding, they’ve been the best yet. Get rid of the liars and grifters in your life: you’ll start having your best years, too. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren)…
Some Of Us
During the pandemic we have repeated the mantra, “We’re all in this together.” But the pandemic will leave some people better off — and millions of people worse off than…
Musings on Pizza No. 2
Pizza was one of those things I thought about when my hot flashes from my ongoing hormone treatment awoke me in the middle of the night this past week. Several…
Covid Journal, March 10, 2021
What’s The Plan? Vaccines are growing from a trickle to a flood (soon-ish), giving our various leaders across the country to implement a more rigorous plan for distribution and mass…
Bleeding Hearts and Women Candidates.
There seems to be nothing more tiring in politics than media people who say there have to be more women in politics. They seem to have a funny idea that…
UCP explains away Jason Kenney’s lost $1.3-billion KXL gamble by lumping it into ‘historic’ infrastructure budget
If you’ve been wondering how the United Conservative Party Government would explain that $1.3 billion gifted for nothing to TC Energy Corp. as a result of Premier Jason Kenney’s foolish…
Episode 70: Who was the most unpopular Premier in Alberta history?
We dive into our mailbag and answer some great questions sent in by Daveberta Podcast listeners. From the possibility of a United Conservative Party leadership review to Premier Jason Kenney’s…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Fluffy cats.
Tuesday Evening Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Stephanie Taylor reports on the Saskatchewan Health Authority’s warning that we can’t afford to loosen the province’s COVID-19 rules – which of…
North Cowichan Mayor regrets not crediting Indigenous Councillor in social-media “rant”
‘I should have attributed it,’ says Al Siebring North Cowichan Mayor Al Siebring “So good, in fact, that I jotted some of them down as notes when I saw…
Me versus Lilley – on the Royals!
…who I frankly couldn’t give a rat’s ass about.
Oprah’s Shame-Frances McDormand’s Triumph
Here is an interesting take on the latest theatre surrounding Prince Harry, Meghan and the Royal Family. Some of this is right on, others not so much. Oh, this will…
From Bankers Ruling The World, To The People Ruling The Bankers
(And Rebuilding And Healing The World In The Process) “I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.” – Thomas Jefferson “I pray we…