2021
Trump Loots White House, Stealing Jokes
Seth’s team figured it would be a joke if they suggested Trump would brazenly take things out of the White House, but it appeared to happen the same day, which…
Jason Kenney Reverses Peter Lougheed’s Coal Policy
Remember 2017 when Jason Kenney continually invoked Peter Lougheed’s name in his quest for the UCP leadership? Well, it’s 2021 and Mr Kenney isn’t wrapping himself in Mr Lougheed’s mantle…
Jan. 17: Be Patient with us old farts….
Ah, the confusion of life. I have a whole blog that seems to have gone missing. And my confusion is not helped by a diet of sleeping pills that can…
The On-Again, Off-Again KXL Pipeline
CBC is reporting that Joe Biden intends to move quickly after his inauguration this Wednesday to cancel the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. U.S. president-elect Joe Biden has indicated…
On climate pollution
Martin Olzynski’s submission this week has called plenty of attention to the Kenney UCP’s funding of climate denialism through an inquiry attacking environmentalism. But let’s note that the response to…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Kate Aronoff writes about the need for a functional and representative democracy to ensure that public demand for climate action is actually…
How China is building a non-imperialist model of international development
China’s South-South model of international development suggests a new, anti-imperialist model of global governance may be taking shape. Photo from Pixabay. China presents its Belt and Road Initiative as a…
Oh, The Insensate Crowd
While we can take some comfort that the kind of madness that grips the United States is absent in Canada, we would be wrong to think there aren’t seeds of…
Jagmeet Singh was right to call for Trump’s impeachment
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh was right to take a stand in favour of Donald Trump’s impeachment, says Christo Aivalis. Image by Canadian Dimension, adapted from a photo by Tyler…
Creeping Illiteracy Across Canada
It seems literacy isn’t a top priority for hewers of wood and drawers of water. Literacy skills that a student develops in school can be lost in jobs where muscle…
The Party Hasn’t Changed
Erin O’Toole does not want the residents of Canada’s prisons to be the first Canadians vaccinated. It’s part of the old Stephen Harper playbook. Robin Sears writes: Canadian conservatives since…
The pandemic that killed small businesses.
It has always been obvious that while our politicians will say positive things about small and entrepreneurial businesses, the big box stores are all they can see. And nothing has…
‘Public’ inquiry into ‘anti-Alberta’ campaigns descends into fiasco with request for third extension, apparently posted in error
Having just been busted for commissioning three reports that an expert critic dismissed as “textbook examples of climate change denialism,” the commissioner of the so-called Public Inquiry into Anti-Alberta Energy…
Plague Update: Saskatchewan Takes Infection Lead With “Personal Responsibility”
If you hear someone talking about “personal responsibility” to get us out of the COVID-19 pandemic, they’re gaslighting you. There’s no reasonable expectation that individuals acting responsibly can end the…
Bill Maher Shows He’s Still a Pompous Bag of Hot Air
I caught a little of Bill Maher’s RealTime season opener last night. I used to be a regular follower until Maher’s ego got the best of him as he launched…
For Procreate Artmash
The prompts were terrarium, monster, cupcake.