This Is How It’s Done!
North American ‘leaders’, take heed. Thanks to Alex Himelfarb for retweeting this: Two inspiring minutes https://t.co/9JclWqc5Eu — alex himelfarb (@alexhimelfarb) November 4, 2019 Recommend this Post
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You’ve Been Warned
A Happy Halloween warning from Bringing Integrity To Christian Homemakers: pic.twitter.com/6dQ6hDEpQH — Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) October 31, 2019 Recommend this Post
Facebook Is Not Our Friend
I wrote a blog entry over four years ago about Facebook tolerating hate groups. I won’t repeat the post here, other than to say it became apparent after I lodged…
Look To The Skies
Only a simpleton would deny the reality of climate change. Whether we are reading almost daily about wildfires, tornadoes, floods or sea-level rise, we know in our hearts that the…
Time For Reflection
While the battle for climate-change mitigation will be won or lost by regulating the big polluters, it is all too easy for us to scrutinize them to the exclusion of…
Tis Devoutly To Be Wished
Now This News asks a question: What If Fox News Covered Trump the Way It Covered Obama? Recommend this Post
As The Dust Settles….
I will offer no analysis of our federal election; I will only say that from my perspective (my disappointment that the Greens did not do better notwithstanding), the fact of…
The Best Way To Effect Change
H/t Michael De Adder Should you need further encouragement, read the columns by Martin Regg Cohn and Susan Delacourt. Says Cohn: Decide for yourself who to vote for but whatever…
How To Dispose Of Trump
To paraphrase George Bernard Shaw, “By George, I think Bill Maher’s got it”: Recommend this Post
What About The Common Good?
One of the things that has most disturbed me about this election campaign is the emphasis both the Liberals and the Conservatives have put on so-called cheque-book issues. Whether it…
Give Me Your Frightened Masses
Run, children, run, to your polling stations!H/t Theo Moudakis Meanwhile, for those made of sterner stuff, there is an insightful analysis by Larry Kazdan of Vancouver of what should truly…
Ain’t It The Truth?
Having resisted the fear-mongering that passes as ‘strategic voting,’ and having already cast my ballot, I offer the following for those still to exercise their franchise next week: Recommend this…
Sometimes There Really Is A Conspiracy
Chevron, Exxon, BP and Shell: names that are familiar to almost all of us. What we might be less familiar with is both the role they and about 16 other…
This Is How To Do It
With our typical timidity, Canadians are notoriously reluctant to put our money where our mouth is when it comes to climate change. Sure, we recently had very loud and proud…
A Sign Of The Times
This, from Chris Cowley on Twitter, is timely. Perhaps an Amber Alert is also in order? Ontario schools are in turmoil and we can’t find premier @fordnation! Please help us.…
A Weapon Against Fake News
Living in an age when critical-thinking skills are increasingly hard to find, anything acting as a bulwark against the ignorance and stupidity that seems to inform public ‘debate’ is welcome.…
Donald Trump, Exposed
I generally like to operate my blog with a certain level of decorum and language. However, there are exceptions to that principle, which you will see in the following. I…
“If You’re A Liberal, You’ve Got To Be Very Nervous”
So says pollster Nik Nanos, after a poll showing young people’s support for Justin Trudeau dropping dramatically after his recent chat with Greta Thunberg during her visit to Canada. Polling…
"It Is Not Fair"
H/t Greg PerryI suspect the following letter by a young person expresses the angst of an entire generation: I had hoped my final years in high school would go smoothly.…
Greta And Justin
H/t Graeme McKay Given the massive turnout for yesterday’s climate strike, one can perhaps be forgiven for questioning the motives of Justin Trudeau marching in the Montreal rally. While the…