Lotus Land turned to La La land
John Horgan is involved in a political game that could be called, “Look at This, Not at That!” No one can argue with the need for energy users to use…
September 2021
My latest: no truth. No reconciliation.
Neither truthful nor reconciling. Justin Trudeau, that is. With Canada’s Indigenous peoples, he promised to be both. He hasn’t been either. Tomorrow, on one day of all days, the day…
Can Collingwood Pass the Strong Towns’ Test?
Back in 2014, the USA-based Strong Towns group posted a test to “measure a successful Strong Town.” The ten questions or conditions posed include: Take a photo of your main…
America’s Vanishing Ladder
Some Americans still boast of their country as the “land of opportunity.” The place where anyone with guts and a bit of willpower can make it, where prosperity can be…
The difficult journey upstream
One of the signature messages of Ryan Meili’s work in activism and politics has been the concept of upstream thinking – described in extremely brief form here: To imagine a…
national day for truth and reconciliation: bearing witness, finding meaning
On September 30, many Canadians will have the day off in honour of a new holiday: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The holiday was created in response to the…
The "Free Alberta Strategy"
I'll forgive people elsewhere in Canada who might be wondering what the hell is going on in Alberta. A little over a year ago, we were treated to the spectacle…
Legal Tweet of the Day: September 29, 2021
#LegalTweetoftheDay: TTC claims employee vaccines disclosure refusal an illegal strike via @TorontoStar – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Lara Herrero offers a quick guide to what we know about the Delta variant – and how it should change our previous perspective…
Well … Yesterday Was An Off-Price Day In Alberta Politics
The day started with a bunch of Kenney’s caucus showing up at yet another separatist policy dog-whistle being unveiled: … and it ended with a COVID update presser from Jason…
Making Faustian Bargains
Republicans are threatening to let the American government default on its debt. Paul Krugman writes: The crisis could be very severe. It’s not just that the federal government would run…
Berliners Vote to Evict MegaLandlords
Like many cities around the world Berlin’s housing crisis is only getting worse. Instead of sitting idly by and watching their city become a place only for the landed gentry,…
The three Ms are free. What now?
The saga of Meng Wanzhou and the two Michaels was an irritant at a time when the Biden-led US administration is looking to shore up support to isolate China and…
Ontario’s Ford Diet.
How is that for service from our Ontario premier? Being a bit overweight has followed me for many years but I found the solution last year. I went on the…
Today’s news: Soothing the savage b(r)east
What is it with these guys? Today we learned that White House staff were soothing Trump’s rages by playing show tunes he liked: Trump’s handlers designated a White House official…
As volcano spews lava from Spanish island into Atlantic, huge bozo eruption reported in Alberta city north of Calgary
Lava flowing from a volcanic eruption in Spain’s Canary Islands reached the Atlantic Ocean yesterday, raising fears among scientists who study geophysical and geochemical phenomena of dangerous explosions and toxic…
Cut What?
Bernie Sanders has spent the past several MONTHS asking publicly (and privately?) what other Senators want to cut Neither the media nor the Senators themselves have an answer, but the…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Interactive cats.
On second thought
I had a couple drinks and decided to change it. Tell me what you think in the morning. pic.twitter.com/FlClUlmNnZ — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) September 29, 2021 The post On second…
DJ on “I F-ing Need To Talk To You!” podcast
DJ recently appeared on the “I F-ing Need To Talk To…” podcast with hosts Russell Stratton and Ken Cameron. “I’m excited to share a conversation with Ward 4 candidate and…