Rittenhouse Walks
The jury into the Kyle Rittenhouse shooting of three protesters has aquitted him on all charges. One more straw on that old camel’s weary back.
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Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Guy Quenneville reports on Dr. Saqib Shahab’s warning that Saskatchewan needs to improve its vaccination rates and minimize social mixing to avoid a…
Does NAFTA II Have a Future?
The trilateral trade summit in Washington has the oracles speculating that free trade among Mexico, the US and Canada may be less than healthy. Trudeau’s failure to persuade Americans to…
Poor Old Erin
The Old Toole thought he’d put malcontent senator Denise Batters in her place when he turfed her from the Conservative’s national caucus. Only Ms. Batters senate colleagues aren’t like-minded. They’ve…
Do the Math
When you’ve got just four highways and two rail lines and they’re all washed out in a single storm event, severing access to millions of your citizens and your largest…
Next Week is Another Day
“I am not concerned about today’s rain. What I’m concerned about is next week, and what’s coming.” That’s what is on the mind of Henry Braun, mayor of the flooded…
On priorities
While I’ve pointed out the absurdity of yet another round of anti-coalition scaremongering, it does seem clear that any discussion between the NDP and the Libs will instead involve a…
Funny, Isn’t It? What Goes Through Your Mind When Your Parachute Malfunctions?
What do you do when the old “oh, they’ll think of something” line doesn’t work any more? Judging by what I’m reading online, especially what’s appearing on supposedly progressive blogs,…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Andrew Gregory reports on a new meta-study showing which options have been most effective in controlling the spread of COVID-19 – with…
Andrew Nikiforuk Sums Up
He is perhaps Western Canada’s greatest journalist and prolific author, an expert on such things as energy politics and climate change. Today he was invited to present this year’s Southam…
About Next Week
A reprieve. According to the Weather Network 7 day outlook, sodden southern BC will catch a break this week. A day, maybe two of light rain. Nothing that looks particularly…
Horgan, Trudeau – Get Yer Thumb Out.
Species migration – check. Pest migration and proliferation – check and double-check. Ocean acidification – check. Record wildfires – check. Record heat waves and heat domes – check and check.…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Ed Yong writes about the damage to people’s health as care workers flee their jobs in the wake of the COVID pandemic. Kenyon…
There Is No Such Thing As A "True Conservative"
In his column for yesterday’s National Post, John Robson opines that the problems that Jason Kenney and Erin O’Toole are having with the electorate are because they aren’t being “Real…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Attentive cats.
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Nora Loreto writes about the need for governments to make COVID management plans which take into account pockets of anti-vaxxers who will…
Prognostications On The War In The UCP
The UCP in Alberta is at war with itself, and the war has broken into the open just before their Annual General Meeting (AGM). What’s the fight over? No less…
Do You Think We Should Tell Him? Climate Change is Real. It’s Now.
Maybe it’s time the Dauphin stopped screwing around with pipelines the world doesn’t need and put that money to better use, such as getting Canada ready for climate change. This…
Canada’s "Winter of Political Discontent."
Even though the Trudeau Liberals eked out a win in the last general election, it was pretty thin gruel. Pollster Nik Nanos writes that, if anything, it was a vote…
The Last Progressive
Historian Andrew Bacevich sees Joe Biden as a progressive successor to Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and Lydon Johnson. He also sees Biden as the president who…