Save Your Mind, Save Your Freedom, And Save The World – Slow Down
As Chogyam Trungpa said, “The first thing to do is cut the speed.” Slow down. Unplug from all media and electronics. Make time for stillness, silence and solitude. Reflect. Read,…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Amanda Marcotte examines the abusive father complex that somehow forms the basis for a large part of Donald Trump's support. Erica Green calls out…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Naomi Klein discusses how Canada is failing the basic test of resistance to a fascist regime. - Meanwhile, Linda McQuaig recognizes that Canadians…
UPDATED: A Craven Capitulation To Corporate Canada
To say I am beside myself with disgust and loathing for our 'new' Liberal government would be an understatement. That is not to say, however, that I am the least…
Rediscovering Canada
I owe a debt of gratitude to Donald Trump.
Sunday Funday: Poilievre’s last chance, let’s dance, some oddball sports, random funny stuff, NSFW cartoons, Elbows Up!, TrumpWatch (special Alaska edition), and Animal Crackers
Poilievre's last chance is the Battle River-Crowfoot byelection is Monday and I'm NOT looking forward to Tuesday. Poilievre promises Battle River-Crowfoot if elected they will never see him again— The…
Is PM Mark Carney liberal enough to take Conservatives up on a rare reasonable response to the short-lived Air Canada flight attendants’ strike?
The Conservative Party of Canada yesterday handed Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney an opportunity to do something bold that would be good for Canadian working people, improve the country’s labour…
Air Canada and the erosion of collective bargaining
Air Canada flight attendants during a demonstration at Toronto Pearson International Airport. Photo courtesy CUPE. On August 16, 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants walked off the job. Three day...
Dire Wolves, GMOs, And The Madness Of Modern “Civilization”
Dire wolves have now been “brought back from extinction”, through clever, or extremely reckless, genetic engineering. This is totally insane. The reason we have massive species loss, the sixth great…
Saturday Photo: Sunflowers on a Sunny Day
Nothing but hot weather and sunshine around here for the last little bit. So far the native plants are doing all right, but we need rain!
Saturday Photo: Sunflowers on a Sunny Day
Nothing but hot weather and sunshine around here for the last little bit. So far the native plants are doing all right, but we need rain!
Welcome to the artsy-fartsy reality-free zone
Have our cultural icons lost their collective minds? Across the cultural landscape – music, film, books – it certainly seems that way. Musicians, filmmakers, authors have apparently persuaded themselves that…
UPDATED: Will They Or Won’t They?
No doubt, the temptation is great. With a stroke of a pen, the Liberal government could curry massive favour from both powerful corporate forces and the flying public, ordering striking…
Another Trump embarrassment: "That summit could have been an email"
I couldn't stand to watch even a minute of the obsessive news coverage about the Trump-Putin "summit", so I missed what may well go down in US history as the…
The U.S. changes sides, whither Canada?
Donald Trump and his MAGA colleagues have decided to do more than abandon America’s fight... The post The U.S. changes sides, whither Canada? first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Musical interlude
Bob Moses - I Ain't Gonna Be The First To Cry
Will A CPC MP Respond To Clean Air Concern?
July 30, 2025 Dear Mr. Kram: As you may know, Regina’s air quality is now routinely worse than the air quality of Beijing, China. Our weather monitoring service by Environment…
Things that make me say hmmm……
View on Threads What made me say "hmmmm...." the most this week was, of course, Trump and his shenanigans. One of the most pathetic things about Trump is his obsession…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Andrew Phillips discusses how the Trump administration is looking to rewrite history in dealing with North American trade. And Thor Benson interviews David Roberts…