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Tame Impala - My Old Ways
Danielle Smith declares herself vindicated by Wyant report on dodgy contracts scandal
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has declared herself, her political aides and her government vindicated by a former Manitoba judge’s limited investigation of contract jiggery-pokery at Alberta Health Services. In a…
Knee Replacement Recovery and Doomscrolling, 25
Are the grackles gone? We’ve hardly seen any these last few days. Around this time of year, they head south. When they are here, they flock around our bird feeder…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Ryan Cooper and David Dayen discuss how Donald Trump is managing to combine the worst abuses of every British monarch who helped contribute to…
One froggy evening….
I was going to save the Portland frog until my Saturday night post, but there's just too much of it, and its just too funny. It started with just a…
A new wolf in an old sheep’s clothing
Jewish Labor Committee members in the 1940s. Photo courtesy the Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, fonds 10, item 29. A new spectre has arisen on the pro-Israel Jewish...
UPDATED: A Pale Reflection, But Still A Reflection
I had a phone conversation the other day with a friend I rarely see. A Canadian by birth, Jon has worked for many years outside of the country, first in…
Today’s News: Poilievre is demonizing DEI
So now Poilievre has jumped on the anti-DEI bandwagon - he is promoting a petition and he thinks he can make headway with Canadians by demonizing DEI. The other word…
Who knew that the public would end up supporting striking teachers? Not Danielle Smith and the UCP!
Who knew the public would end up supporting 51,000 striking Alberta schoolteachers in spite of the United Conservative Party Government’s blithe gaslighting about the reasons for the labour dispute now…
Forget Cremation, Get Eaten When You Die
You will die. It’ll happen to everyone, yet too often people don’t think about the practical aspects in advance. One often overlooked question is what to do with your body…
Everyone
My Daisy Group email has been hacked. Please don’t open it. Apologies.
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates October 14, 2025
NOTE: If you regularly send packets to Jessica Reznicek, please stop–she hasbeen released to a halfway house and we do not currently have a mailingaddress. Click here for the latest…
The Nobel Peace Prize’s Big Miss
Prima facie, Maria Corina Machado is an excellent choice for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Comments on the passing scene: Carney the grown-up, ideas for the China tariffs, plus good stuff from Leni Spooner, Timothy Snyder, Hamilton Nolan, Paul Krugman, Jack Hopkins, JoJoFromJerz
I thought there was a lot of good sense in these articles: First, I printed a snippet from this one in my post last night, but I think it deserves…
Canada flying in lockstep with the United States
An F-35B Lightning II fighter jet prepares to take off from the flight deck of the USS America in the South China Sea. Photo courtesy the United States Pacific Fleet/Flickr.…
It is Israel that must be deradicalized, not Palestine
Photo by Thierry Ehrmann The recent recognitions of a Palestinian state and the October 10 ceasefire have been followed by a flurry of calls to “deradicalize” Palestinian society. The New…