Paltry Offerings – Part 5
The same, of course, can be said of the other two major contenders in the June 2 election. H/t Moudakis Given the dearth of plausible ideas put forth during this…
May 2022
Response to missing miners proves real Canadian motives in Africa
Burkina Faso Prime Minister Albert Ouédraogo (centre, in blue hat) visits Perkoa Mine on May 1, where eight miners were trapped following a flood more than 520 metres beneath the…
Trump Of The North
In his quest for the leadership of the Conservative Party, Pierre Poilievre is following Donald Trump’s playbook. Susan Delacourt writes: Show him an institution and Poilievre will knock it down…
Kenney’s Comeuppance.
Jason Kenney is leaving the building. He is a political has been. I first noticed him in 2007 when he was a parliamentary secretary to prime minister Stephen Harper. Harper…
For Uvalde
‘ What a tragedy. Here are some of the lives lost at the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas today: These are the Lives that were taken today at Robb elementary…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Focused cats.
Power’s back on at the cabin.
And my security camera caught a pretty awesome moment.
Bradford on brainless Beach bastards
@BradMBradford speaks for a lot of us here. Enough is enough. #topoli #onpoli https://t.co/OweniJCxOA — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) May 25, 2022
We have new books for a frightening brightening 2022
There may yet be a few copies of It’s A LondOntLife #1 at Brown & Dickson. We are really negligent. We’ll have to check. But the last one we physically…
We have new books for a frightening brightening 2022
There may yet be a few copies of It’s A LondOntLife #1 at Brown & Dickson. We are really negligent. We’ll have to check. But the last one we physically…
We have new books for a frightening brightening 2022
There may yet be a few copies of It’s A LondOntLife #1 at Brown & Dickson. We are really negligent. We’ll have to check. But the last one we physically…
Jobs Minister Doug Schweitzer says he won’t seek UCP leadership, and he won’t run for re-election in Calgary-Elbow
In a statement published on social media yesterday, Jobs, Economy and Innovation Minister Doug Schweitzer said he’s not going to seek the leadership of the United Conservative Party, and, what’s…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Nicola Davis reports on new research showing that the effects of long COVID include sustained damage to organs including the heart, lungs…
No way out but war
“No Guts No Glory.” Illustration by Mr. Fish. The United States, as the near unanimous vote to provide nearly $40 billion in aid to Ukraine illustrates, is trapped in the…
My latest: character matters
When does a politician’s character get revealed? Because, as Ken Dryden once memorably said about hockey, character doesn’t get built by the political life. It gets revealed. Our history is…
Plague Update: Omicron Isn’t One-And-Done
Why is it important to avoid infection? Infection offers less protection from future infections than the average person supposes in their minds. Multiple people are dying daily in Saskatchewan from…
The ‘terrorist’ smear: a settler-colonial ploy
Palestinian youth advance towards Israeli soldiers during clashes outside Ofer Military Prison, West Bank, 2012. Photo courtesy ActiveStills Collective/LensCulture. The Israel-Palestine conflict is one of the longest lasting disputes in…
Me, Me, And Me
Here in Ontario, the 2022 June election will likely see another Doug Ford majority, in part achieved by cynically buying the electorate with cash gifts that I have written about…
Bigger Egos Than Brains
America’s technocrats are in in a snit. Paul Krugman writes: The sultans of Silicon Valley are in a political snit, with some billionaires suddenly turning against Democrats. It’s not just…
Greenhouse Gas Emissions of American Diet Almost Halved
A simple diet change reduced diet-related greenhouse gas emissions of American adults between 2003 and 2018. The carobon footprint of their diets fell from 4 kilograms of CO2 equivalent to…