Be the People…
Michael James is a widely published journalist who lives in New York. He posted the following on Facebook and I think it is worth repeating.
2025
My latest: over the boards – and fight back
“Flooding the zone” is a football term, but it’s been appropriated by political people. In football, flooding the zone happens when a team sends a lot of receivers to one…
This Flag Day is Certainly Different
This flag day is certainly different. The threats of economic coercion from Trump and his gang of oligarchs are meant to intimidate and divide Canadians and subjugate Canada to the…
Dither, Dally, and Doddle
If I were looking for a single word to succinctly describe Collingwood Council, it would not be ‘decisive.’ Nor would it be progressive, capable, innovative, or enterprising. I would not…
The Cult Of Victimhood
H/t MoudakisIt probably hasn't escaped your notice that extreme right-wingers are never happy. They see enemies everywhere; subversion abounds. The white race is under attack, trans people are on an…
Canada Responds To Trump’s Trashy Tariff Tantrums
Happy Flag Day everyone!! Every time Trump talks about how spongy we Canadians are, it just adds to the list of Canadians that would be more than happy with Canada…
A Call to Nationalize PostMedia?
More people are asking an important question: how should Canadians treat American-owned PostMedia? The post A Call to Nationalize PostMedia? first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Crack appears in UCP’s solid front as cabinet member calls for Adriana LaGrange to be sacked as health minister
For the first time since Danielle Smith became premier of Alberta in the fall of 2022, a rift in United Conservative Party cabinet ranks appeared in public view yesterday over…
Canada’s National Treasures: Elizabeth May – Craig Baird – Gurdeep Pandher – Wab Kineau, P.J. Akeeagok and R.J. Simpson – Canadian Hockey Fans. And Moose Art
Just a post to highlight some of our most impressive Canadians in these times. First, Elizabeth May is a national treasure: Elizabeth May: "This is what you get: free health…
Musical interlude
Ilan Bluestone & Jerome Isma-Ae - Tension
Carbon taxes examined
Reading comments on social media and listening to statements by certain politicians, it is apparent that carbon taxes are often misunderstood. These impositions are designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions…
Legal News Post of the Day: February 14, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Air Canada was ordered to pay a passenger $2,000 for delayed luggage. Instead, it's taking him to court #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/kxegRMy85r - Garry J. Wise, Toronto…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Anne Applebaum discusses how the actual regime change under Donald Trump involves the replacement of any public service with a system devoted exclusively to…
This week’s #FlashbackFridaypost is from May 17, 2010
This week’s #FlashbackFridaypost is from May 17, 2010 via Wise Law Blog: Alberta Tribunal Addresses the "Great Prima Facie Debate" on Family Status Workplace Accommodation https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2010/05/alberta-tribunal-addresses-great-prima.html...
The unChurchill
When a country is under attack, when the people want a leader to rally behind, the guy who sneers that the country is “broken” is not who you want leading…
Yes, Carney actually did save us in 2008
The Cons are trying to re-litigate and downplay Mark Carney's role in protecting Canada from the world financial melt-down in 2008, and Scrimshaw is having none of it:Mark Carney was…
Moe Problems
I noticed Moe removed the ridiculously stupid Sustainable SK link from his TwitterX bio in the past year. Now he’s saying that his futile and worthless trip to Washington to…
If the UCP hopes to turn the page on the Dodgy Contracts Scandal, someone’s going to have to fall on their sword
If Danielle Smith hopes to turn the page on the Dodgy Contracts Scandal that’s been dogging her since the former CEO of Alberta Health Services challenged the United Conservative Party…
The world regresses
Lord Peter Mandelson has not always been a fan of Donald Trump. The long-time member... The post The world regresses first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
What’s a billion?
If a Canadian were to put aside C$500 a week, it would take more than 38,331 years to accumulate a billion dollars, and more than 21 million years to accumulate…