Yesterday’s Laughs
It may be a small conceit to say I was brought up watching the Marx Brothers movies on TV, but there’s some truth in that claim. I remember seeing them…
August 2022
The Inflation Reduction Act and the four horsemen of the climate apocalypse
Mystic Generating Station, a gas and oil-fired power plant, located on the Mystic River in Everett, Massachusetts. Photo by Fletcher6/Wikimedia Commons. The announcement that US President’s Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act…
Singing Singh’s Song.
New democrat leader Jagmeet Singh is certainly not kidding. Justin Trudeau’s liberals will either carry out their end of the deal with Jagmeet’s party for their support or feel the…
Today’s News: Taking the Fifth
Tuesday the Mar-A-Lago raid story was all the news. Today Trump refused to answer questions about his businesses, property evaluations and loans 400 times, taking the Fifth for every one…
UCP leadership candidates’ cagey answers at forum sponsored by teachers’ union include promises to delay new curriculum
Hey! Never mind defunding the police. What about defunding public education? Complaining about a call by Public Interest Alberta to phase out funding for independent schools, Danielle Smith once asked:…
Whose elites? The people and the populists
We hear a lot about populists these days—politicians who appeal to ordinary folk on the grounds that their interests are ignored by the “elites.” Government, they insist, is in league…
Happiness is…
The first World Happiness Report was presented in 2012. This week the 2022 report was published. Perhaps surprisingly, in most nations, average life evaluations have remained “remarkably resilient during COVID-19.”…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Maggie Mills discusses how an antisocial public health policy in the midst of an ongoing pandemic is producing a disastrous human cost (particularly…
The government has plenty of money to address the healthcare crisis. They just won’t
The Ford government re-released its spring Budget this week with a new first quarter fiscal and economic update, providing a little bit more information, albeit from a government with a…
There’s No Vaccine for This
A Leger poll finds Canadians aren't warming to that cold fish, Pierre Poilievre. Another recent poll finds we're none too fond of the other guy either. Both results are easy…
There’s No Vaccine for This
A Leger poll finds Canadians aren't warming to that cold fish, Pierre Poilievre. Another recent poll finds we're none too fond of the other guy either. Both results are easy…
There’s No Vaccine for This
A Leger poll finds Canadians aren’t warming to that cold fish, Pierre Poilievre. Another recent poll finds we’re none to fond of the other guy either. Both results are easy…
Trump and His Muppets Play Possum
There was a time they wouldn't shut up. Now, except for when they're safely inside some Republican festung, they're a lot less talkative.Trump showed up to a scheduled deposition today,…
Trump and His Muppets Play Possum
There was a time they wouldn't shut up. Now, except for when they're safely inside some Republican festung, they're a lot less talkative.Trump showed up to a scheduled deposition today,…
Trump and His Muppets Play Possum
There was a time they wouldn’t shut up. Now, except for when they’re safely inside some Republican festung, they’re a lot less talkative. Trump showed up to a scheduled deposition…
Legal Tweet of the Day: August 10, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Nearly $1.5 million settlement approved for correctional officers of color who were barred from guarding Derek Chauvin #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CNN https://cnn.it/3BWse8G – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit…
Kenn Chaplin Oct 26, 1959 – Aug 8, 2022
Just writing to all of you to inform you of the passing of and to say goodbye to one of my past Progressive Blogger members, and political activist Kenn Chaplin;…
My latest: I love the smell of the rule of law in the morning
If there’s dust, it ain’t settling. The dust stirred up by the FBI’s visit to Donald Trump’s Florida compound, that is. The Right is apoplectic and the Left is ecstatic.…
A Timely Reminder
That division exists in our country is undeniable. That there are those amongst us who seek to exploit those divisions is also a fact. Two Star letter-writers remind us to…
Use This App to Avoid Shady Companies
Too many companies say they care about an important issue, sponsor events, and then turn around and fund organizations (or politicians) that actively fight the important issue. This behaviour by…