On The Edge
The world is on a knife's edge. Michael Harris writes:With the assassination of the political leader of Hamas in Tehran, Iran is vowing revenge against Israel. No one knows what…
2024
Today’s News: Poilievre’s "Bot-gate" scandal
Hundreds of very excited twitter posts today from people from around the world talking about a recent Pierre Poilievre rally in Kirkland Lake Ontario. But they're all just fake "bots".…
Simplistic solutions for complex problems — they seldom work
BC Conservatives left a flyer at my door promoting their candidate in a North Vancouver constituency. Were the BC Conservatives to form government, British Columbia would be far different. Not…
How badly did Maduro lose?
Last Monday, Venezuela’s National Electoral Council announced that the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, had comfortably... The post How badly did Maduro lose? first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Julia Simone-Rutgers highlights how extreme heat (which is only getting worse) already looms as a major cause of death and disruption in Canada.…
About Sex Testing and The Olympics
There's been a whole lot of fuss made over a couple of athletes in the Olympics who don't appear female enough to satisfy some people that they are in fact…
Trump and the Trojans
Donald Trump — aging, obese convicted felon with more criminal trials pending, serial liar, serial adulterer, business fraud, con man, tax cheat, rapist who boasted about his sexual assaults, misogynist…
Weekend funnies and animal crackers
Hope your mood is Quokka #7 at least. And enjoy some of the other good stuff I have collected over the past few weeks.First up, so to speak - the…
May I Make a Suggestion?
Where’s our news? I ask because I’ve noticed that the UCP is adept at flooding the media with good news stories about what they’re going to do to help Albertans…
Income tax and rising inequality
In the 1960's, tax expert Kenneth Carter headed a Royal Commission that examined Canada's income tax system. Among many other things, Carter's group was asked to report on "changes that…
Insurance will not solve the Canadian Health Care Problem
Everytime, that I read a conservative criticism of the Canadian Health Care System, I am brought back to one of a variety of economics classes. Those classes all described the…
My latest: the enemy within
In the video, the man is wearing an orange jumpsuit. It is the favoured uniform that ISIS uses for their prisoners. The man is dangling from a pole in a…
The end of progressive neoliberalism in Canada
Pierre Poilievre, leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, hosts an “Axe the Tax” rally in Alberta. Photo from X. Elections highlight differences. Justin Trudeau and Pierre Poilie...
No shock: UCP freeze on renewable electricity generation projects and resulting uncertainty lead to deep chill on investments
It should come as no shock on the first anniversary of the United Conservative Party Government’s seven-month freeze on the development of renewable electricity projects that the policy has resulted…
Musical interlude
Our Lady Peace - Starseed
Who Can We Blame for All of This??
I totally understand the feeling of being out for blood right now about the number of children who are likely to get sick in our public schools this fall, some…
Legal News Post of the Day: August 2, 2024
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: B.C. woman murdered by husband had feared for her safety after filing for divorce, court documents show #law #legal #LegalNews via @CBCNews https://t.co/6U5ONdY4YV - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit…