Breaking Down Our Class Divisions
Why do so many jobs require an often irrelevant university degree?
Sunday Funday: Brittlestar, The Beaverton, I know you are but what am I, Amazing stuff, Comments on the passing scene, TrumpWatch, and Animal Crackers
Hey, I'm in a better mood tonight -- it was a beautiful sunny day here today, so that was great! Anyway, here's some funny stuff and interesting stuff I found…
The Frankenparty stitched together by Jason Kenney spawns a separatist monster in its ranks
The Frankenparty stitched together in 2017 by Jason Kenney from the Wildrose Party and the Progressive Conservatives has spawned a monster. Hard-line Alberta separatists who were tolerated by Mr. Kenney…
Howdy Folks! Been A While, Eh?
So I was sitting in front of the fire last night and I got to thinking about the blog. I hadn't logged on for at least two years (aside from…
The UCP Is Not A Reasonable Party
So, Danielle Smith was booed at the UCP annual convention last night. Why? Because she signed a deal with Ottawa. Nobody should be surprised by this - least of all…
Evil Abounds
In my long time on this planet, I have borne witness to a lot of evil. However, at least in my memory, the more egregious nefarious acts people perpetrate on…
Today’s News: Fed up with awful news
Maybe I just felt grumpy because it's snowing, but today I saw so many news stories that really pissed me off. First, an incredibly disrespectful and dismissive remark from Natural…
Musical interlude
London Grammar - Hey Now
FO PM MOU
It really is a failure. Liberal partisans are praising the concession to Premier Smith and the oil industry as a clever chess move, but I see it as a cynical…
The Carney-Smith energy & pipeline MOU – is Carney crazy like a fox?
From Victoria Times-Colonist newspaper Lots of opinions tonight, pro and con, about the Carney-Smith energy and pipeline MOU and the subsequent resignation from Cabinet of Carney's Quebec lieutenant and official…
Expect an Alberta election call shortly, before anyone realizes that pipeline to Prince Rupert is unlikely ever to be built
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith must have experienced a strong feeling of déjà vu yesterday as she announced her grand pipeline bargain with Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney – after all,…
Pandering to Putin
The recent proposal for a peace deal worked out between the U.S. and Russia has... The post Pandering to Putin first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Postscript AI
When I finished writing my last blog post I started to wonder what it would look like if I had asked an LLM-based AI to write it. I have little…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Robert Reich talks about the glaring gap between the wealthy elite who are being catered to by the U.S.' economy and the many…
Setting The Record Straight
I'm still in a bit of a writing slump, so I'll let others do the talking for me.H/t MoudakisA Globe and Mail letter-writer weighs in on the F-35 versus Gripen…
Today’s News: Cartoons on parade!
Today I'm seeing so many great political cartoons and comments about daily news I just want to share a few of them. First up, Carney and SmithI don't know enough…
Corporate pressure mounts on Chileans opposing Canadian copper mine
Rocín River basin, Chile. Photo by Arón Cádiz-Véliz. Vancouver-based Los Andes Copper, developer of the proposed Vizcachitas copper-molybdenum mine in Chile’s Valparaíso region, has laun...
Danielle Smith doesn’t need a pipeline to Prince Rupert – she just needs Mark Carney to promise she can have one
Danielle Smith doesn’t need a pipeline to Prince Rupert, she just needs Mark Carney to promise she can have one, with sketchy details to follow. Then, just like that, Alberta’s…