It’s finally here! My predictions for 2026!
For 2025, I got some things right: Justin Trudeau would leave (Adrienne Batra and Brian Lilley still owe me lunch for that bet). The Liberals would have a leadership race…
2025: The Year Of The Grift
As a wild 2025 comes to a crashing halt, what have we learned?
What was the NDP Opposition doing in 2025? Where are the ‘good Conservatives’ of the UCP?
Happy New Year! Well, here we are, living through the final day of 2025, and most readers of this blog would agree that this has not been the most fabulous…
2025 roundup, Part Two
Hey gang, I threatened to post another 2025 round up if I found more posts... and here they are!For the life of me I can't comprehend the demand for so…
Unusual calls to 911
E-Comm releases its annual top ten list reminding the public to keep 9-1-1 lines free for emergencies only:
Watershed Watch Salmon Society
Watershed Watch Salmon Society is a small non-profit organization working hard to protect fish habitat in BC's rivers, lakes, wetlands, and the Pacific Ocean. This five-minute video explains their recent…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Aquatic cat.
Party control of municipal councils?
Ken Boon, a respected citizen of northeastern BC, is a regular contributor to the newspaper based in Fort St. John. He is concerned about provincial political parties dictating local government…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Yanis Varoufakis rightly argues that the EU (and the international community generally) should be treating the U.S.' draconian sanctions against ICC judges as…
2025 roundup: a dumpster fire of a year, really
I'm starting to see some of the "2025 in review" posts here and there, so I thought I would begin a round-up of the most interesting ones. If I find…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading.- Seva Gunitsky discusses how the U.S. is committing hegemonic suicide. Simon Tisdall is about as optimistic as one can be about the Trump regime…
Agency Without Control
Rethinking the Self in an Age of Distributed IntelligenceMost people I speak with...
Remembering Trump
I'm still on a break from this blog, but I came across something too good not to share.Gee, I hope I'm not accused of having TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome).Recommend this…
With a new year almost upon us, everyone paying attention now understands Danielle Smith is a separatist
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is a separatist. Well, not quite universally acknowledged, as we shall see. And only recently. But still, this recognition…
BC was deaf to cautionary tales
Many people are to blame for Site C, a facility that will produce electricity at a multiple of the cost of other clean power systems. No persons in positions of…
The liars jump the gun
Here’s an example of antisemitic propaganda, taken from the Chapters/Indigo website listing for my book The Hidden Hand. There has been NO advance copy released. It doesn’t mention Bondi Beach,…
Sunday Funday: Some good and funny posts, Paul Fairie’s headline contest, Trump Watch, and Animal Crackers
Funny posts - Carlita ShawRead on Substack View on Threads View on Threads — Albino Badguy (@albinobadguy.bsky.social) December 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM Funny Numbers xkcd.com/3184/— Randall Munroe (@xk...