Today’s News: Looking for their soul
First up, some comment about what has happened to the soul of the Conservative party in Canada: The leadership of the CPC is still theoretically up for grabs, but the…
July 2022
With Alberta enjoying an unexpected oil boom, Rachel Notley vows an NDP government won’t piss it all away
With Alberta enjoying another rather unexpected oil boom, Rachel Notley has promised that an NDP government won’t piss it all away. Soon-to-depart Alberta premier Jason Kenney was all dressed up…
Will Pierre Poilievre and his Zombies Take Down The Cons?
The Con leadership race was always going to be a horror show. Most of the candidates and their supporters were some of the worst political freaks this country has ever…
Why a planned frac sand mine spells trouble for Manitoba First Nations and the environment
An open-pit mine for silica sand, which is mixed with water and pumped underground during the hydraulic fracturing process, is proposed in Manitoba. Photo by Brennan Linsley. Canadian Premium Sand…
Colombia, once a pro-US conservative bastion, turns left
The left wing candidates of the Pacto Histórico coalition ticket celebrate their win in Bogotá. Photo from Twitter. For the first time ever, Colombia has chosen new leadership that is…
Legal Tweet of the Day: July 7, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Canadian abortion doctors cautioned over prospect of charges, lawsuits if helping U.S. patients #law #legal #lawtwitter via @TorontoStar https://bit.ly/3NL8NBH – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
BoJo Bids Adieu
Boris Johnson’s experiment in premiership is drawing to a close. It was a matter of one gaffe upon another until his cabinet finally took away the keys to No. 10.…
The Misogynist Bully Files for Deputy Mayor
Councillor Bob “Lapdog” Madigan — council’s most notable bully and misogynist — filed his papers for deputy mayor, a position for which he is supremely unqualified. Well, to be fair,…
The Bill Has Come Due
Boris Johnson has resigned. Jonathan Freedland writes that there is a symmetry to his rise and fall: Lies and a brazen contempt for the rules powered his rise; lies and…
In memoriam: John W. Warnock
Jack Warnock at home in Victoria, BC. Photo supplied by William Carroll. Last month we lost a brilliant activist-scholar. John W. Warnock passed away on May 27, after a long…
Golf Courses: Greens to Greens
Golf courses seem to be in competition with our need to save the planet and make better food choices. What are your thoughts on the issue? The post Golf Courses:…
Brown-Out for Brown.
From the first meeting with Patrick Brown some 15 years ago, I did not like him. He was a sallow-complexioned little man with a bad haircut. He wanted to shake…
Another day on the campaign trail: Travis Toews woos building trades unions and jumps on the anti-vaxx bandwagon
Probably more than a few politically alert Albertans choked on their post-prandial drinks last night when they noticed a tweet from the Building Trades of Alberta mentioning that Travis Toews…
Walking on the funny side
First, the latest from Jolly Old England: Imagine the Titanic refusing to admit that the iceberg won. — Kathleen Donohoe (@KathleenDonohoe) July 6, 2022 The commentary is heavily implying that…
Good choices – bad choices
Faced with energy market disruption, the European Union is proceeding with REPowerEU, a plan for conservation and production of clean energy. The EU knows that conservation is the cheapest, safest…
Review: The Twittering Machine
There is practically an entire industry devoted to churning out think-pieces, studies, books, and articles expressing concern about the impacts of social media and the broader spectrum of information technology…
Review: The Twittering Machine
There is practically an entire industry devoted to churning out think-pieces, studies, books, and articles expressing concern about the impacts of social media and the broader spectrum of information technology…
Is This the Final Showdown?
Sorry Developments on the climate crisis have not been encouraging. Greenhouse gas emissions that are supposed to be plunging are heading in the wrong direction. Chris Hedges put it this…
The CBC: Exit, Stage Right?
Can someone tell me what’s happened to the CBC? The post The CBC: Exit, Stage Right? first appeared on Excited Delirium.