To begin with, I think anyone who expects Pierre Poilievre to lose the Battle River-Crowfoot byelection next Monday is living in a dream world. Its an understandable dream, of course,…
Hulk Hogan in 2011. Photo by Dave Moss/Wikimedia Commons. “Stone Cold” Steve Austin was a wifebeater. Bret “Hitman” Hart was a serial philanderer. Scott Steiner tried to gouge out th...
With its BookVaccine.Alberta.ca website, which is confusing and upsetting significant numbers of Albertans fearful they will lose access to lifesaving COVID-19 immunization, Alberta’s United Conservative Party has made a significant…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Nick Turse highlights how Donald Trump's use of military force to control domestic civilians is unprecedented, while Asawin Suebsaeng and Ryan Bort warn that…
I'm not a white nationalist; I'm not a fascist; I'm not a racist; I'm not a misogynist.- Doug Wilson, senior pastor of Christ Church in IdahoNone of what follows should…
It's time for the government to issue a travel advisory warnings Canadians to avoid the United States for their own safety, not only as a means of economic protest.
I don't know if Maple MAGA will ever accept that climate change is real, but apparently trying to deal with its implications - like dry forests with pine beetles --…
An aerial view showing destruction in Rafah, Gaza. Photo by Ashraf Amra/UNWRA. Cometh the hour, cometh the politicians Back in February, Canadian-American novelist and journalist Omar A...
Ukrainian national flags flying over the Yatsevo Cemetery in Chernihiv. Photo by Stas Yurchenko. Two weeks ago, on July 28, American political scientist William Zartman passed away. Famous for i...
It must have nearly killed Danielle Smith yesterday to come out and advocate for Canada to drop its 100-per-cent tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicles. Admittedly, Alberta’s premier did so half-heartedly.…
Curled-up cat.
In my last post on meditation, I suggested that there's not a lot of harm that comes from meditation and mindfulness training, so maybe it doesn't need the kind of…
In my last post on meditation, I suggested that there's not a lot of harm that comes from meditation and mindfulness training, so maybe it doesn't need the kind of…
I was reviewing my Portugal Bike tour photos for PC wallpaper suitable photos and noticed this industrial shot that I thought might look better in black and white. So I…
I was reviewing my Portugal Bike tour photos for PC wallpaper suitable photos and noticed this industrial shot that I thought might look better in black and white. So I…
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Chance Phillips is rightly outraged that the corporate media is letting the Trump regime hand immense power to white supremacists without even calling…
I’m reposting this from something I found on Facebook. It’s shocking. It’s alarming. It’s all true. The US is in the middle of Civil War, 2.0. (PS Another update is…
