2024, so long
2024. Ungood: first full year without a parent. Lost Roxy. Lost only campaign worked on. Lost friends and family member to the dark side. Anguished over antisemitism that was everywhere.…
December 2024
Suppression is the Goal: A Final Covid Plea for 2024
We've survived 2024, but excess mortality compared to pre-pandemic rates is quite high for young adults (18-44), and in school-aged kids, it continues to increase year over year, with 2024…
happy new year from wmtc
Wishing you all love and good health. Wishing the world justice, solidarity, and peace.
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Christy Clark could be the dark horse leadership candidate the Federal Liberals need!
My post yesterday got some decent response, including some push back against my kind words for Mark Carney. One acquaintance wrote: "Christy Clark..is an excellent retail politician one on one…
2024, meet 2025
As 2025 approaches, what's your plan for sticking to optimism? The post 2024, meet 2025 first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that to end your year.- Matthew Rosza examines how humanity as a whole is falling far short of its professed climate change commitments even though we have the…
Getting ready for 2025
View on Threads Actually, this probably applies to 2025 also:The eerie strip I published at the end of 2019, just before the pandemic. pic.twitter.com/uqbgCxQEpa— Stephan Pastis (@stephanpastis) December 29, 2024…
It’s a LondOntLife #8 is now
We just finished up the cartoon book collection for 2024 as a 36 page PDF digital download. Check it out at the Samupress Bookstore
Sixteen per cent
At moments like this, I think back to the days when Liberals told me I was wrong about Justin Trudeau and that I should join their movement. And I smile.
What An Insurance CEO’s Death Reveals About Canadian Healthcare
“Death by Bureaucracy Leads to a Society on the Brink” “A deliberate practice of denying a certain kind of care”, like not controlling infectious diseases in healthcare in Canada? That’s…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- The UN sets out Antonio Guterres' New Year's message calling for us to divert course from the road to climate ruin. Hannah Osborne examines…
Justin Trudeau needs to go now and the federal Liberal Party needs full renewal and change…
I spent the fall season trying to build up my YouTube channel by posting political commentaries. It was enjoyable to explore online / on-camera expression as well as practice my…
Pay-To-Pray: The Latest Trump Grift
Every evening before dinner, I watch an hour of television news: a half-hour of local and a half-hour of American national reportage. When I sit down for supper to give…
Despite the optimism of its spokespeople, big Trump tariffs would spell a bleak future for Alberta’s beef industry
Despite a few squawks about the potential impact of Donald Trump’s promised 25-per-cent tariff on All Things Canadian, at least in its public statements Alberta’s cattle industry has been surprisingly…
Crime-washing the Trump presidency: "We’re finally on our own…"
I've been calling Trump's presidency "Trump 2: The Revenge Tour" and that is exactly what it will be. There is nothing so trivial that Trump can't feel insulted about it.…
Saturday Photo: Happy Holidays
Best wishes for a great holiday season and a 2025 filled with good surprises. Here's the link to my Christmas blog, in case you'd like to see more about us.…