Project 2025 Invited To… Cabinet?
This week, we learned that Prime Minister Mark Carney’s team invited Heritage Foundation president and Project 2025 architect Kevin Roberts to speak to cabinet at a closed-door session for his…
Sunday Funday: Another crazy week for America, some #ETTD and TrumpWatch. Plus some other funny stuff that is NOT about politics, and of course, Animal Crackers
It's been another crazy week Day by day the United States is swirling down the drain. The US economy is going to collapse under the global retaliation for Trump's ridiculous…
On The Record
Having accepted the evidence, without reciting it all here, The Fifth Column is going On The Record as recognizing that, among other things, Israel is committing genocide in Palestine.
On The Record
Having accepted the evidence, without reciting it all here, The Fifth Column is going On The Record as recognizing that, among other things, Israel is committing genocide in Palestine.
No More ‘Good Guys’?
When we look at the world today, it is undeniable that the most powerful countries are led by evil men. Russia's Putin, Amerika's Trump and China's Xi JinPing readily come…
No More ‘Good Guys’?
When we look at the world today, it is undeniable that the most powerful countries are led by evil men. Russia's Putin, Amerika's Trump and China's Xi JinPing readily come…
Today’s News: Carney goes yard; hits it out of the park
After that needless stumble with the awful Kevin Roberts invite -- described as a "Christo-fascist" by Dale Smith in a blistering column Thursday -- Prime Minister Carney hit it out…
Musical interlude
Nine Inch Nails - As Alive As You Need Me To Be
Knee Surgery, 13
More milestones! Thursday, I enjoyed my first glass of red wine in almost three weeks, 15 days after surgery. Small, about 5-6 ounces (150-175 ml). It was delightful; a return…
Back to school
Share the road
Automating OLDaily for LinkedIn
LinkedIn can be a pain to work with. I have long wanted to publish OLDaily, my daily newsletter, on it but the API doesn't support this.This week I came up…
Automating OLDaily for LinkedIn
LinkedIn can be a pain to work with. I have long wanted to publish OLDaily, my daily newsletter, on it but the API doesn't support this.This week I came up…
Dear Skeptic Mag: Kindly Fuck Right Off
So, over at Skeptic, we find an article criticizing "experts" (read academics, researchers, etc) for being "too political". Put kindly, this is complete stupidity - from people who should be…
Dear Skeptic Mag: Kindly Fuck Right Off
So, over at Skeptic, we find an article criticizing "experts" (read academics, researchers, etc) for being "too political". Put kindly, this is complete stupidity - from people who should be…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Toby Buckle writes about the role of reactionary centrists in greasing the skids toward fascism, while Owen Jones discusses how that process is playing…
Today’s News: This time it’s the Liberals saying Never Mind; plus doomscrolling the US crazy
So Heritage Foundation fascist Kevin Roberts didn't come to Toronto after all Maybe Carney cancelled him after his Cabinet ministers told him what a poor decision it was. Or maybe…
Knee Surgery, 12
Well, the staples are removed and my leg no longer looks like, as per Young Frankenstein, a zipper. It was a quick, and quite painless process, and the incision looked…