It seems pretty clear now that Poilievre is so worried about the leadership vote in January that he's lost his marbles. View on Threads Poilievre's whole October 3 interview is…
Tame Impala - My Old Ways
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…
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…
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…
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…
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...
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…
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Katelyn Burns notes that U.S. Republicans have made clear that they're far more aligned with hard-right parties abroad than the balance of their…
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 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…
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…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- The Associated Press reports on the World Meteorological Organization's latest bulletin finding that atmospheric carbon dioxide has reached a concentration not seen in hundreds…
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…
Prima facie, Maria Corina Machado is an excellent choice for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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…
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.…
