The Mystery Explained
From the beginning of Donald Trump’s rise, I have been mystified by his supporters. They struck me as rubes, easy marks for a con man. In an excerpt from his…
July 2021
Saturday Photo: The Rapids Where the Going Gets Tough, If Not Impossible
Spent a lovely few hours last Sunday at the Parc des rapides on the St. Lawrence. These rapids and the St. Mary’s rapid to the east effectively blocked sailing ships…
An Optimistic Jagmeet Singh?
Ottawa-based Toronto Star reporter Susan Delacourt tells us that new democratic party leader Jagmeet Singh is on a roll. She tells us that Singh has reasons to be optimistic about…
The Annals of Justice: Manitoba Justice Minister asks the province’s Law Society to investigate all 10 ‘Justice Centre’ lawyers
Responding to the revelation last week that the founder and president of the so-called Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms hired a private eye to follow the chief justice of the…
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LAUREL – Scream Drive Faster
July 16: It’s worse, much worse than any of us can imagine.
Germany has just suffered flooding that has left a hundred people dead. And the damage extends into Belgium and The Netherlands. Yes. Climate change is happening. It’s not just happening…
Fed Up. Is It Time for Both Americas to Each Go Their Own Way?
Chris Hedges believes America is in a pre-revolutionary state, coming apart at the seams. Hedges is no outlier either. A report in Newsweek suggests Americans, Blue State and Red State,…
Community Activist Anne Balding Has Died. She Will Be Long Remembered.
Originally published by the Cowichan Citizen Community activist Anne Balding has died. (Submitted photo) Balding was a founder of the Meals on the Ground program ROBERT BARRON One of the…
My latest: never again
The High Aryan Warrior Priest of Canada stirred. “Jesus wasn’t a Jew,” he said, without blinking. It’s a sunny, warm spring 1986. I’m a reporter for the Calgary Herald, now…
It’s Time To Blow Up The Party System
I have never been a political partisan. That isn't to say I don't have political beliefs, or positions. But I simply don't buy into the broad idea of being a…
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Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Claire Pomeroy and the Financial Times each highlight the likelihood that survivors of long COVID will be affected for the rest of their…
Criticism of Israel—or of Green Party leader Annamie Paul—is not anti-Semitism
Green Party leader Annamie Paul speaks during a news conference in Ottawa. Photo courtesy Green Party of Canada. The National Post declined to publish the following rebuttal by author Kim…
Legal Tweet of the Day: July 16, 2021
#LegalTweetOfTheDay: Today’s coronavirus news: Ontario reporting 159 new cases of COVID-19, 10 deaths; Province enters Step 3 of the province’s reopening plan via Toronto Star Read more: https://bit.ly/WiseLawLegalTweet07162021 – Garry…
Taking Charge of Your Own Health, Happiness & Well-Being
It is difficult to be peaceful or happy when you are not well. Health is important. We need to take responsibility for our own health and well-being, not live as…
Heartbreaking Testimony
Elder and knowledge-keeper Evelyn Camille attended the Kamloops Indian Residential School for 10 years. Here is an excerpt of her stirring testimony: Recommend this Post
More Lawyers, More Costs, More Secrecy
Monday night, council will once again scurry behind closed doors like cockroaches to avoid the light of public scrutiny to hear yet another virtual presentation from lawyers about the Saunderson…
Their Dark Future
We now know that, in January, General Mark Milley believed that the United States faced a “Reichstag moment.” Historian Timothy Snyder had been warning about that moment long before January.…
Who To Trust: The Short Answer
Who to trust? That is always a perennial question, and particularly now, when not only government, corporations, politicians and corporate and state media have repeatedly been shown to have lied,…