For The Stupid, This Is Just Another Attack On Their Idol
For the rest of us, the following is not only a summation of Trump’s duplicity over his efforts to extort the Ukrainians for personal political advantage, but also an indictment…
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My Gorge Rises – Part 2
Earlier in the week, I posted about Paula White, the evangelical minister who has risen to become Donald Trump’s chief fluffer spiritual adviser. Yet it is interesting, though hardly surprising,…
"The Right Side Of History"
That’s how New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern describes her government’s landmark climate legislation, which commits the country to zero carbon emissions by 2050. The bill passed 119 to one:…
If You Want Another Reason To Be Pessimistic ….
This is unspeakably depressing. Most Americans — 65 per cent, according to PRRI — may now find Trump’s behaviour undignified and damaging to the presidency, but not white evangelicals. They…
A Sophisticated Scam That Almost Ensnared Me
I think we are all familiar with the garden-variety scams that are endemic on today’s Internet. Sometimes it is a Nigerian prince or princess offering to send us millions to…
My Gorge Rises
May your constitution prove stronger than mine. If God is ever in the mood for smiting someone, I’ve got the perfect candidate: How totally not shocking that Paula White, Trump's…
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
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…