Updating the Ukraine-Russia War: the F16s are coming
Over at Balloon Juice, national security expert Adam Silverman has written a piece about the war in Ukraine every single day since Russia started their unjust and illegal war. At…
May 2023
No means No: Smith and the Ethics Commissioner’s Report
Yes, I watched the debate. No, I’m not going to write about it except to say Danielle Smith’s closing comment illustrates how slick she is. Smith said, “My commitment to…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Karl Nerenberg writes about the Parkland Institute’s research showing how privatization has undermined Alberta’s health care system. And Mitchell Thompson warns that…
The Manufactured Taboo around Covid Protections
A twitter thread by spheniscus demersus (African penguin) explains the political/public health comms fiasco and our collective denialism so nicely that I want to save it here. (It’s tidied up…
P. Poilievre is No Lawyer.
We should not be overly impressed with federal conservative leader Pierre Poilievre’s ability to come up with poisonous slurs against political opponents. They are coming to the point where he…
Weekend funnies: From being cancelled, to being wrecked by an orca
There are too many people these days who get outraged when they say something awful in a national media and then get asked to defend their views or shut up…
Pensions don’t seem to be much of an issue in this election – pension governance expert says they should be
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said she didn’t want to talk about the idea of taking Alberta out of the Canada Pension Plan and creating an Alberta pension plan until after…
Climate disasters may be unstoppable
A disaster strikes. The news reaches every home for a few days, perhaps a week. A debate erupts over whether climate change is to blame. Victims are profiled. There’s a…
For Alberta, sovereignty; for Calgary and Edmonton, supplication
One might think that Alberta’s provincial government would have the greatest respect for its subordinate level of governing—the municipalities. One might expect that to be especially true for the two…
The continuing relevance of George Galloway
Over the years I’ve recorded many events that Peace Alliance Winnipeg (PAW) has organized and/or co-sponsored. I’ve begun to put copies of these on the Peace Alliance Winnipeg YouTube Channel,…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Nicolas Banholzer et al. study the dramatic impact of COVID-19 measures in schools – with a mandatory mask policy reducing transmission by nearly…
Saturday Photo: The Morning of Maximum Beauty
There are some springs when you hit it just right, and this is one of them. The many crabapples in Mount Royal Cemetery were at the peak of their glory…
1.5° in the Next Five Years
I’ve been to many marches and protests for the environment. Most recently, the call to action was around changing policies enough to cut GHGs in half by 2030 in order…
‘What Fools These Mortals Be.’
It hardly needs William Shakespeare to know how foolish we can be. All you have to do is follow the bouncing ball from Queen’s Park in Toronto. If you ever…
Notley tells throng of supporters of NDP plan to invest $1.8 billion in Edmonton over three years
Calgary may be the battleground in Alberta’s May 29 provincial election, but NDP Leader Rachel Notley stopped in Edmonton yesterday morning to tell a throng of supporters packed into the…
Musical interlude
Royksopp – Me&Youphoria
Today’s tonic: “The Leap: Alberta Conservative Lee Richardson on Why He’s Voting NDP”
Today’s tonic: “The Leap: Alberta Conservative Lee Richardson on Why He’s Voting NDP” “Policy: Why won’t you be voting for Danielle Smith? “Richardson: I am a Conservative, a Progressive Conservative…