My latest: an open letter to Canadian women
Dear Female Voters: Yes. This is a guy writing an open letter to you on the weekend before the big vote. I’m a man, with all of a man’s (many,…
2021
Irish author Sally Rooney tops Alberta independent booksellers’ fiction bestsellers list for week ended Sept. 12
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold by independent booksellers in Alberta during the week ended Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. The lists are compiled…
Musical interlude
Sigrid – Mirror
Bad, Bad News.
I hope this text does not get messed up as my last one did. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Long, long ago us humans appeared on earth. But we were very different from most…
A spendthrift public utility
There is much written here about BC Hydro and 17 years of flat demand for electricity by the utility’s residential, commercial and industrial customers. Despite that, in the first quarter…
How Jason Kenney Made Erin O’Toole Look Like A Loser
It must have seemed like a good idea to the Con porker Jason Kenney. He hasn't had many good ideas in his long and sordid career. So he must have…
Unnecessary risk to people and property in BC
The NDP government is blundering on with construction of the Site C hydro dam on unstable ground, despite availability of much lower-cost energy sources. It is the same government that…
Memorable tweetable
@erinotoole: likeable. @AnnamiePaul: admirable. @theJagmeetSingh: capable. @yfblanchet: excitable. @JustinTrudeau: contemptible. #cdnpoli — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) September 17, 2021 The post Memorable tweetable first appeared on Warren Kinsella.
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Wallis Snowdon reports on what critical-care triage caused by a combination of COVID-19 and mismanagement will mean in Alberta’s ICUs (at a time…
#Elxn44 Roundup
The latest from Canada’s federal election campaign. – D.T. Cochrane reviews the parties’ platforms and finds the NDP’s to be both the most progressive and the most fiscally responsible. And…
Why I’m sitting out this cynical, shameful election
The woman in the photo below looks like any suburban soccer mom, late 30s to early 40s. She has a little girl in front of her, presumably her daughter. ‘What…
And Now, A Word From Lisa Simpson
Oh, that little know-it-all. Recommend this Post
Gunter, You’ve Lost Gunter?
I guess Lorne Gunter simply can’t hold his tongue, even with an election just three days away. No doubt about it. O’Toole has lost The Grunter. Time and again, O’Toole…
The Artful Dodger
One thing you can say for Justin Trudeau – he’s a pretty good liar. Erin O’Toole, on the other hand, could learn a few things from his nemesis. Maybe it’s…
Legal Tweet of the Day: September 17, 2021
#LegalTweetoftheDay: ‘They kicked me to the curb:’ Laid-off Ontario workers fight employers claiming constructive dismissal over emergency leave program via @TorontoStar https://bit.ly/2Z91VdV – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up.
Good Grief! It’s nearing that time again when the community of nations gathers to figure out what in hell to do about climate change. Round 26, Glasgow, November 1-14, 2021.…
‘Securing the future’ requires a real plan to fix childcare. The Conservatives don’t have one
Conservative Party leader Erin O’Toole, in an undated image posted on his Twitter account, released his party’s costed election platform on September 8. Photo from Twitter. When the Conservative Party…
The world-famous Daisy election poll is out!
It's time! Daisy's team's predictions for #elxn2021 are here! pic.twitter.com/03XaXKeWtk — Daisy Group (@DaisyGrp) September 17, 2021 The post The world-famous Daisy election poll is out! first appeared on Warren…
Not All Milleys
General Mark Milley is being praised these days for his efforts to restrain a clearly deranged president. But, Max Boot writes, there is no guarantee that the Chairman of the…
What I’ll be watching for Election night (PPC – Rural ON/AB) #Elxn44
We’ve had a month of campaigning in the Federal Election 2021. I don’t need to recap everything that’s gone on, except to say it APPEARS (with large emphasis on that…