July 2025
A Reader asks…
Regarding Hydro boss Mr Clark’s odd and unsubstantiated assertions that geothermal is just “too expensive”? Says who? Where? In what scientific context? Enhanced geothermal systems: An underground tech surfaces as…
Today’s News: Carney lays it down, Tariffs bite Trump back, Epstein-Gate continues, a few Zing! Pow! posts, and some TrumpWatch
Carney lays it down! View on Threads Poilievre tries to make it into a big deal about Carney "breaking his word" but who could take that accusation seriously - we…
Opposition to AI is a key path to renewal for the NDP
Photo by Focal Foto/Flickr With the New Democratic Party in a desperately weak state following the 2025 election, the correct path to renewal will be hotly contested as the party…
Fact versus Fiction
People of this world have many problems. Not least among them is climate change. Environmental activist David Suzuki discussed his pessimism about the future. Dr. Suzuki thinks we have now…
A dream is a wish your heart makes
#ldnont #developer #sprawl #plans out the window
Prelude To Capitulation: Mr. Carney Blinks Again
It was not so long ago, during the election campaign, that I remember Mr. Carney's soaring rhetoric, his stout orders calling for "Elbows Up, Canada!" and all that it implied…
Conservatives Are What They Accuse
The Epstein saga has laid bare a core principle of the modern conservative movement.
Some good reads: Charlie Angus, Black Cloud Six, Dale Smith, Garrett Graff, Paul Krugman, plus a few good posts
Canadians are being asked to consider and discuss some very important, significant issues right now:Charlie Angus / The Resistance Trump's Tariffs Are Just the Beginning ...Did anyone really think we…
A plea for help – UPDATED July 17 and July 23
Carol Linnitt, co-founder of The Narwhal sent an email to people on the organization's mailing list. I hope everyone reading this will respond to her plea for financial assistance for…
The death of nuclear restraint?
The recent altercation between Israel and Iran culminating in the U.S bunker-bombing of Iran’s nuclear... The post The death of nuclear restraint? first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Here’s A Political Voice People Can Respect
Now that Naheed Nenshi has been sworn in as an Alberta MLA, it looks like he is bringing an intelligence to the job that many will respect and some will…
‘My husband’s an adviser to me, and that’s allowed because he’s married to me,’ Alberta Premier Danielle Smith insists
Last month, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith replied snippily to a reporter’s question at a news conference that it was quite proper for her husband to take part in discussions about…
China Leads Renewable Investments
China is clearly winning the global race to renewable energy, with a near trebling of investment into the sector over the last decade. China’s manufacturing industry is primed to produce…
When the curriculum is Jew hatred
The worst places for the explosion in antisemitic hate? The United States, and then Europe – unsurprising, given their relative populations. But the country that has had nearly as many…