Preparing The Brownshirts For The Election
Since January 20th, 2025, when Trump pardoned the January 6th, 2021 coup participants, it has been clear that he was not doing it so much for what they had done,…
Tabarnak!!! Plus, Sunday Funday with funny-odd and funny-haha posts, Hating AI, Carney Hat Trick, TrumpWatch, and Animal Crackers
Oh, tabarnak! The Habs lose tonight - On to Monday! The video low-lights of Saturday's game are here. I'm not posting the clip because I don't really want to watch…
Despite political differences, Mark Carney and Danielle Smith have more objectives in common than they don’t
There’s no need to make the explanation of the carbon pricing, carbon capture and bitumen pipeline deal announced Friday in Calgary by the federal and Alberta governments too complicated. It’s…
The collapse—and return—of Toronto’s condo investor
Photo by Jim Crocker/Flickr A Montréal investment firm is betting big on Toronto’s lagging condo market. On May 12, developer and investment firm Jesta Group announced plans to spend half…
Musical interlude
Counterpoint - While The Universe Unfolds
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Simon Mundy examines the growing recognition that the combination of solar power and batteries - both of which are plummeting in price - makes…
The Carney and Smith announcement, plus a note on Trump’s crazy language
It was a big announcement today in Alberta:Canada and Alberta Strike Landmark Implementation Agreement on Energy, Emissions, and Export Diversification By Annie Koshy Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier…
A new reign of climate chaos
Photo by Dikaseva/Unsplash The following is an excerpt from Metabolic Rifts: Capitalism’s Assault on the Earth System by author and ecosocialist activist Ian Angus, released on Ma...
Sovereign slush fund?
I have nothing but the greatest faith in Mark Carney’s economic acumen. How could one... The post Sovereign slush fund? first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
25 Years of OLDaily
I was introduced to a thing called the 'internet' in a pub in Edmonton after a softball game in 1988 or so. We philosophy students had gathered there after losing…
Goodbye to an Old Friend
Some days there are moments that make you stop and ask yourself how you ever got to this time and place. You stare at the clouds, unfocused, remembering, the past…
Today’s News: Habs Rule (almost)! Plus a round-up of comments on the Alberta separatist referendum, and a smattering of Trump/China
Habs Rule (almost)! Montreal wins 6-3 over Buffalo, and will be going home with hopes to take it all on Saturday night's game 6 Montreal will be rocking! They stick…
The Palestinian Nakba: Is truth and reconciliation possible?
Palestinians from Tantura, a small Arab fishing village, are expelled to Jordan during the Nakba, June 1948. Photo by Benno Rothenberg/Meitar Collection/National Library of Israel/Wikimedia Commons. ...
Danielle Smith and the UCP can’t be very happy with Alberta’s chief electoral officer
Danielle Smith and her United Conservative Party can’t be too happy today with Elections Alberta and its boss, Chief Electoral Officer Gordon McClure. On Wednesday, Court of King’s Bench Justice…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Carl Meyer explains how the Carney Libs are looking to push resource extraction at the expense of social and environmental realities to an…
Why Do the Sask NDP Sound Like Grant Devine?
W5 showing a now 44 year old clip of Grant Devine, and he said, “The first order in council, the first thing we ever do, you just line up at…
All Manner Of Excuses
In the debased environment that now constitutes our politics, our 'leaders' can without a doubt justify just about anything they do as being in the national interest. For example, if…
Some good Venn diagrams, plus some good news updates
Starting with a few Venn diagrams:The Artemis II astronauts met with Carney on Thursday The group includes Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialists Christina Koch and Canadian Jeremy…
If Danielle Smith were smart, she’d treat court ruling quashing separatist petition as a political get-out-of-jail-free card
If Alberta Premier Danielle Smith were smart, she’d treat yesterday’s Court of King’s Bench ruling quashing Elections Alberta’s approval of the Stay Free Alberta/Alberta Prosperity Project petition for a separation…