A Truly Horrible Week
Last week was truly a horrible week. Robin Sears writes: It feels like something broke in Canada this week. The nation that has always been a little too smug about…
2022
Plague Update: Stupidity With Brain, Not Of Brain
I went to the protest of Scott Moe’s government at the Legislature today. Simultaneously down the blocked-off street there was a #FluTruxKlan protest by the anti-waxxers, and over by the…
It Must Be Ottawa Humour.
There is something of a personal relationship that develops with organizations you have had a share in creating. I have always had that kind of a relationship with the Canadian…
The Truth.
You think we should go extremes to help the U.S. destroy China? Forget the extremes. We passed those a long time ago. And it's not China that's threatening the U.S.?…
The Truth.
You think we should go extremes to help the U.S. destroy China? Forget the extremes. We passed those a long time ago. And it’s China that’s threatening the U.S.? Get…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Mike Mariani writes about the difficulty people suffering from long COVID have experienced trying to have their condition recognized and treated under governments…
My latest: the Tories head for the ditch
Winning. Because, when you strip away all of the finery and the rhetoric, that is always the prime objective in democratic politics. Winning. Winning, so that you get power. And…
Saturday Photo: The Light Is Different These Days
The days are getting longer, and during the days themselves, the sun is riding higher in the sky. The result can be glorious, cold days like today after a little…
Plague Update: #FluTruxKlan rally loses $9M from GoFundMe, and sued for $10M more
GoFundMe has frozen further donations from going to the convoy organizers. This was at the request of the Mayor of Ottawa, among other authorities becoming desperate to end the blockade…
The Kidnapping Of The Capital
Some call it the freedom convoy. Others call it an occupation. I call it a kidnapping. What has happened and continues to happen in Ottawa is deeply disturbing. Not only…
It’s Over
There are many lessons to be taken from the truckers’ convoy. For Tom Walkom, the most important lesson is that the marriage of convenience between the Reform Party and the…
Plague Update: Moe’s Precedent For Spreading Misinformation
It’s extremely NOT unprecedented for the feckless Premier of Saskatchewan to spread anti-science mumbo jumbo. He’s called the fossil fuel industry “sustainable“. pic.twitter.com/WSmq2W3L2G — Jordan Mann (@JordDahMann) February 4, 2022…
‘Leave ‘Em Laughing.’
To borrow the title of an old Laurel and Hardy short film, you have to admit that reporter Tonda MacCharles of the Toronto Star’s Ottawa Bureau has a sense of…
$9.8M lawsuit targets Ottawa occupation leaders; GoFundMe cuts off $10M fund; Tamara Lich quits Maverick Party board
Ottawa lawyer Paul Champ filed a statement of claim in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice yesterday seeking $4.8 million damages for “private nuisance” and $5 million in punitive damages…
Avenue of Champions by Metis author Conor Kerr returns to top of Alberta independent bookshops’ fiction bestseller list
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold by independent booksellers in Alberta during the week ended Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. The lists are compiled…
Musical interlude
Elderbrook – Why Do We Shake In The Cold?
"Legitimate Political Discourse" – GOP
In a brazen affront to decency, the Republican Party has declared the January 6th attack on the Capitol as “legitimate political discourse.” The Republican National Committee’s voice vote to censure…
Nothing scares me more than dementia. Here’s why.
Everybody is afraid of cancer. I am, too. It’s not called ‘the emperor of all maladies’ for nothing. But there is a worse malady that terrifies me. It’s incurable, utterly…