Greenland Bans Oil Extraction
Greenland will no longer allow exploration for new oil fields in their territorial waters and newly exposed land. Climate change obviously impacts the country greatly with their ice fields melting…
October 2021
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of October 25, 2021
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of October 25, 2021 from Wise Law on Twitter: Two Ontario doctors ordered to stop issuing exemptions for COVID-19 vaccinations NHL…
Alerting Alberta.
It can a delight to read one of David Climenhaga’s reports on Alberta politics. He seems to be a knowledgeable and fearless reporter of things political in Calgary and Edmonton.…
Thanksgiving Sadness
My Mum passed away in the early morning of Thanksgiving this year. She’s being missed by all who cared for her, and nearly everyone who met her cared for her…
Sorting fact from fiction in Allan Inquiry commentary and coverage: That $1.3-billion fib explained
The United Conservative Party and its allies are not being truthful when they say, “The public inquiry into anti-Alberta energy campaigns has confirmed that foreign donors gave $1.3 billion to…
Wet Leg with Wet Dream
They are from the Isle of Wight, and they are presently my favorite pop band on Earth, on the basis of two (2) singles. The post Wet Leg with Wet…
Canada’s very uncertain future.
This is a triple duty blog. It’s to provide readers with some knowledge of where I find my sources. It’s also to define the possibility we may have moved in…
The problem of Councillor Chu
Sean Chu is the councillor for Calgary’s Ward 4. He was re-elected for his third term in the recent civic election. It now appears that Councillor Chu has a skeleton…
Perish the thought
Starting a new canvas, a huge one. If I fail, I will perish. The post Perish the thought first appeared on Warren Kinsella.
Introducing ‘Who Does That?’, a compendium of complaints large and small
The other day I was walking my son’s dog (actually, it was closer to being dragged by my son’s dog; he’s young and strong, and I am not) when I…
KINSELLACAST 182: Belanger, Mills, Mraz on vaccines and vacuousness – plus Wet Leg, Lucy Dacus and Big Thief
The post KINSELLACAST 182: Belanger, Mills, Mraz on vaccines and vacuousness – plus Wet Leg, Lucy Dacus and Big Thief first appeared on Warren Kinsella.
Saturday Photo: Resilience,, Times Two
This is the Bibliothèque Mordecai-Richler, lodged in what was formerly The Church of the Ascension, an Anglican church that closed its doors something like 30 years ago. Using the church…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Ed Yong discusses how the field of public health has been marginalized by the false assumption that the task of keeping people…
Horses, fish, elephants, dogs …
Next time, dogs own people. — God (@TheTweetOfGod) October 19, 2021 Some say vaccine mandates don't work. But…Health workers who don't believe in science are leaving healthcare…And…Police officers who don't…
Barrick, Falcondo, and Canadian imperialism in the Dominican Republic
Barrick Gold’s Pueblo Viejo mine in the Dominican Republic. Photo by Ben Depp. “The Dominican Republic is not a country which makes its own history. Others have always been making…
White Power, White Privilege, White Nationalism – What About White Christianity?
We’ve heard of white power, white privilege and white nationalism. What about “white Christianity.” I stumbled across a great website by Erna Kim Hackett, a Korean-American sometimes Christian pastor who…
Gullible White Male Trump Voters
Although I am not a big fan of his novels, Don Winslow has been releasing some really interesting videos on Twitter. This is one of them: Recommend this Post
Erin O’Toole and the Nightmare of Leslyn Lewis
Erin O'Toole is trying so hard to make us believe that he's no longer the monstrous leader who flip flops all the time like a fish out of water. But…
The New Crew
Justin Trudeau will introduce his new cabinet this week. Susan Delacourt writes it will answer a big question: Did the election change Justin’s perspective? Elizabeth May was one of those…
The Third Force…..
Garret Keizer, writing in Harper’s, theorizes that the problem (denial of any problem) goes deeper than the inevitable tension between liberals and conservatives. He argues that there is “a third…