Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
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2021
Be a critic
My Mom says it’s abstract. I think it isn’t. What say you, friends?
Max Boot – Republican Party Now Completely FUBAR’ed.
Conservative columnist, Max Boot, grew estranged from the Republican establishment during the Trump era. Now he’s gone from estranged to divorced. Boot says the Mark of Cain, Trumpism, is on…
Chauvin Guilty as Charged
Former cop, Derek Chauvin, has been found guilty of all three charges in the killing of George Floyd. Manslaughter 2, guilty. Murder 2, guilty. Murder 3, felony murder, guilty. Sentencing…
Verdict Reached in George Floyd Killing Case
The jury in the Derek Chauvin trial has reached a verdict. The decision will be read out this afternoon. It sounds like a clear conviction.
Where does the NDP really stand on NATO?
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a NATO Heads of State and Government summit in Warsaw, Poland, July 8, 2016. Photo courtesy the Prime Minister’s Office. Does the NDP want Canada…
The Excellent Humiliation of the Con Coward Doug Ford
He wasn't in the Ontario legislature today. The Con coward has gone into hiding. He knows what he has done, knows that he has mishandled the pandemic, and what that…
Standing In the Path of a Runaway Train
President Biden is holding a virtual summit this week to encourage world leaders to unite in the fight against runaway climate change. “Runaway.” There’s a word you don’t hear much…
On Magical Thinking And Misdirection
I don’t feel particularly inspired to write these days, but I am always on the lookout for aptly expressed sentiments by others. In the print edition of today’s Toronto Star,…
Another Robbery Reported
The post Another Robbery Reported first appeared on richardhughes.ca.
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Matt Gurney discusses the complete lack of leadership which has led to catastrophic public health results in Ontario, while Haley Steinberg talks…
Supporting Everyday Learning
This is an unedited transcript of my workshop. There we go, so now I’m recording. That would have been interesting so welcome to the session called supporting everyday learning you…
The Fox, The Hedgehog, and The Mayor
Brian Saunderson is a Hedgehog. Not literally: metaphorically. At least that’s how I read Isaiah Berlin’s 1953 essay that classified people into two categories; Hedgehogs or Foxes. Berlin wrote that…
Liberal budget fails to meet the crises facing Canadians
According to CD columnist Christo Aivalis, the 2021 federal budget contains some decent elements, but its flaws and omissions are too significant to be ignored. Photo from Twitter. Yesterday’s 2021…
A Budget or Aspirational Theatre?
In this era of grave uncertainty it can be nearly impossible to judge a budget beyond the “what’s in it for me?” test. Is this the hill the Liberals are…
My latest: the budget speech Freeland should have given
“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to table the 2021-22 budget of the Government of Canada. The real one. I rise to give the budget speech I should have given yesterday,…
Really Big
Kevin Page writes that the budget Chyrstia Freeland tabled yesterday is big — really big: Budget 2021 is big. It has many moving parts. It breaks records. It weighs in…
Talking the 2021 Federal Budget with Kristy Cameron
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Lindsay Maskell & Jason Lietaer for the “Political Heat” panel. We talked about the 2021 Federal Budget, the big…
A Meta-Analysis of Well Being Reveals how to Help Your Mental Health
Many people are feeling worn out, down, and stressed after living through a year of the COVID-19 pandemic. People in nations which reacted swiftly and took scientific approaches to containing…
Leave ‘em Laughing.
In writing about the leadership skills of our political leaders, we have borrowed the title of a 1927 Laurel and Hardy two-reel movie to explain federal conservative leader Erin O’Toole.…