Erin O’Toole’s Fake and Fraudulent Attempted Makeover
As you may know Erin O'Toole has hired Boris Johnson's campaign team, the ones who made Johnson look like a nice guy, and won him a bloody majority. And O'Toole…
June 2021
Vaccines Should Be a Last Resort
After SARS, MERS, Ebola and HIV we really dropped the ball by failing to be prepared when Covid-19 hit. We, or at least the affluent parts of the world, got…
Why does Canada still support Colombia’s repressive right-wing government?
Demonstrators in Bogota, Colombia, protest against President Iván Duque’s tax reform bill. Photo from Flickr. On May 28, right wing Colombian President Iván Duque deployed the military to Cali. The…
The Unidentified Shall Remain Unidentified
In three weeks the US intelligence committee will deliver to Congress its report on what they really know about UFOs or what they call “unidentified aerial phenomenon.” Those in the…
CVRD Directors Reject Call For More Water Testing at Fisher Road Recycling- Deemed Unnecessary
Originally published by the Cowichan Citizen CVRD Director-Cobble Hill, Michael Wilson CVRD says no to funding continued Cobble Hill groundwater testing CVRD committee votes against more testing of nitrate…
Toxic Nation
Recent events here have served to amply remind all of us that, as Canadians, we do not walk on the side of the angels. However, events south of the border…
Canadian Media Guild local at CBC Toronto Has A Long History Of Celebrating Pride
CMG volunteers in 2014 World Pride parade Happy Pride Month to everyone! As some of you may know already, I have been volunteering for a few years as Treasurer on…
Legal Tweet of the Day: June 4, 2021
#LegalTweetOfTheDay:Famed trial lawyer F. Lee Bailey, whose clients included O.J. Simpson, dies at 87 via CNN Read more: http://bit.ly/WiseLawLegalTweet06042021 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates June 1, 2021
NOTE: If you currently send the updates to Carmen Trotta, Jaan Laaman, Martha Hennessy, or Skelly, please stop, as they were recently released. What an amazing couple of weeks. Welcome…
Belarus: Freedom and sanctions in a pipeline country
The petroleum sector is crucial to the Belarusian economy, but US sanctions are having the unintended consequence of pushing the Lukashenko regime closer to Russia, whose companies are eager to…
A Great Humanitarian?
Bill Gates has spent his later years helping the world’s poor. But Linda McQuaig writes that, when COVID hit, he didn’t focus on the poor: Hard to believe now, but…
Chief medical officer of health, left to fend for herself, refuses to criticize premier’s rule-breaking pandemic patio party
It’s time for Premier Jason Kenney to acknowledge his mistake at that Sky Palace patio party and move on, you say? Chief Medical Officer of Health Deena Hinshaw certainly seemed…
Pandemic projects
I should be working on this; But I’m working on this: I think I never established the proper discipline. And I miss the Comicjams terribly. Hey! It’s a pandemic lockdown!…
A Very Brave Young Lady
The following explains why: Lake Highlands High School valedictorian Paxton Smith is going viral for a commencement speech she gave to her graduating class. She ditched her initial, pre-approved speech…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Max Fawcett writes about Jason Kenney’s reckless wager of countless lives in the unlikely hope that a Stampede can save his political…
Hinting Towards #ELXN44
For months now media, pundits and many Canadians have been speculating about when the next Federal Election may come. Some thought it would have come already, pinning their bets on…
Is This the World We’re Bequeathing to our Grandkids?
Are we about to plunge out grandchildren into a climate that the Earth hasn’t known in 50 million years? A new report analyzing prehistoric levels of CO2 warns that may…
Democracy on the Ropes
I get the impression that there are now two types of Americans. There are Americans who believe they live in a democracy and those who couldn’t care less. Some, such…
Like an Avalanche, Unstoppable Change Can Start Off Slow
Is this your future? Probably not but it might be your grandkids’ future. This graph depicts the likely consequences of global warming destroying the polar ice caps, the end of…
Think We’re In the Clear? Think Again.
After what we’ve all been through these past 15 months who can blame us if we think we’ve finally gotten the upper hand on the Covid-19 virus. We’re starting to…