Today’s tonic: Andrew Coyne’s “Donald Trump’s rendezvous with reality may be fast approaching”
Today’s tonic: Andrew Coyne’s “Donald Trump’s rendezvous with reality may be fast approaching” #CDNPoli #uspolitics #TrumpCoupAttempt
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Today’s tonic: “How Jan. 6 Plan Emerged From Military Coup Plot | The Beat Exposes Trump’s Criminal Intent”
Today’s tonic: In light of today’s FBI raid on Trump’s Florida home, I thought I’d share MSNBC’s Ari Melber must-see report from a few days ago, ‘How Jan. 6 Plan…
Today’s tonic: “Ontario has a doctor shortage. So why isn’t the Ford government licensing more internationally trained physicians living here?”
Today’s tonic: “Ontario has a doctor shortage. So why isn’t the Ford government licensing more internationally trained physicians living here?” https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/08/07/ontario-has-a-doctor-shortage-so-why-isnt-the-ford-government-licensing-more-internationally-trained-physicians-living-here.html #onpoli #cdnpoli #doctors #todaystonic #foreigntraineddoctors
Today’s tonic: Conspiracy theories aren’t theories, they’re stories. Let’s treat them that way.
Starting a daily post I’ll call, “Today’s tonic”: articles that bring reason, intelligence, & common sense to counter to nonsense, lies, & bigotries currently on the rise in our society.…
What the Ontario Liberals did wrong and where we go from here to do better as a party…
TVO panel June 23 on the future of Ontario Liberals I have been busy as hell these last several months. I lost two close aunts in the late winter /…
If you want a new, progressive government at Queen’s Park, vote for the Ontario Liberals
It’s pretty simple. After four years of government at Queen’s Park that ranged from chaotic and crazy to barely adequate, I want Doug Ford’s Conservatives out. A little bit of…
Will Steven Del Duca stop Doug Ford’s mediocre, regressive government from winning a second majority?
Ontario Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca On the one hand, I can understand why Doug Ford’s PCs continue to have a decent lead among voters as we approach the June…
The great Joan Guerin: 1944 to 2022
My late aunt Joan Guerin This year has so far been a tough year for my family. Just weeks after we lost Janis Murray (the youngest sister of my mother…
My official list of Favourite Films of 2021
Spider Man hotties Holland, Garfield and Maguire The Oscars this Sunday will provide a bit of fun and distraction amid these otherwise trying times. I’m happy to finally share my…
The fabulous Janis Murray: 1955 to 2022
Jan and me at my 40th b-day party My aunt and dear friend Jan Murray passed away today after a long battle with cancer. I took the time a couple…
Far-right convoy extremists have shown us what they really are: selfish, entitled, grown children. It’s time to show them who we are.
Far-right grown babies demand ‘freedumbs’ in Ottawa yesterday I don’t always agree with everything Althea Raj writes, but good for her today to tell this truth: “(Un)vaccinated protesters on the…
My Favourite Films of 2021? Still thinking about it… ;-)
I’ve always enjoyed compiling my list of Favourite Films each year. Before COVID, it was easy for me to check out many new films long before the end of the…
Lazy Doug Ford will never learn on COVID-19, so let’s kick him out in 2022!
Ontario’s not so great premier As an Ontarian over the age of 18 whose second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine was now five months ago, today I’m eligible to get…
Toronto city councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam’s odd foray into COVID-19 misinformation and lessons learned…
Toronto councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam We have all been through such a tough couple of years dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. From the horrors of getting sick and dying or slowly…
Ontario Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca’s democratic reform proposals a nice counter to Doug Ford’s anti-democratic nonsense…
Ontario Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca One of the first actions taken by Premier Doug Ford after he won a majority government in 2018 with only 40% of the Ontario…
My film “The Big Snore” plays at Seattle Queer Film Festival this weekend…
Still from my short film ‘The Big Snore’ I am thrilled to announce here that my short film, The Big Snore, is programmed to screen at the wonderful Seattle Queer…
My take on “Unnecessary Election 2021”: Why Trudeau won, why O’Toole and Singh lost, and why Paul did so badly…
Justin Trudeau with family on election night Sept 20 20201 – Christinne Muschi/Reuters] I’m late to the game with this analysis of the recently completed Canadian federal election, so my…
YouTube removes award-winning gay short film ‘The Golden Pin’ for violating its ‘child safety policy’
I’ve often complained that it seems YouTube, especially in recent years, suppresses queer content, mistreating it to a lower standard than it does equivalent mainstream content. But this week, I’ve…
How Trump’s White Supremacist Supporters Took the U.S. Capitol on Jan 6th 2021 – New York Times’ Visual Investigations
This is required viewing for all who care about equality, justice, and the rule of law, and how all were undermined and attacked by the deeply immoral narcissist, would-be-dictator Donald…
It’s now confirmed: Doug Ford has a fetish about using the Notwithstanding Clause to override your rights…
The Notwithstanding Clause in Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms was supposed to be used sparingly such in cases where human safety could be endangered if governments didn’t act in…