Not Strategy but Symptoms
So, things are a mess. But here's an interesting take on Trump from Andrew Wortman: "Trump's 2 a.m. meltdowns and dictator cosplay aren't part of a predetermined strategy--they're collapse. A…
Today’s News: Poilievre is just an embarrassment, isn’t he
What a goof!First the Crowfoot boy Poilievre is complaining about how Carney makes "big promises without any action" and he picks the Port of Churchill development as an example:Asked about…
Homelessness and extreme poverty
MPs, MLAs and council members seem to prioritize salaries, expense accounts, and pensions. If only they would have the same concern for action on homelessness. If they did, this would…
Knee Surgery: 8
On this blog, I’ve been counting the days since surgery from the day of the operation. That makes surgery day Day 1 in my count. And the first day I…
It’s back to spending time!
So, parents… have you done your back-to-school spending spree yet? Did you get little Axl that spiffy new backpack? Did you get your darling Olivia that new T-shirt that she…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. - Freddy Brewster reports on a new study finding that the corporate media has refused to mention the business class' greed and profit-taking as…
Fire
With record-breaking forest fires burning across the country as we experience a prolonged drought in the Maritimes, it is time to post a short story I wrote a few years…
Today’s news: Standing athwart dictatorship, yelling "stop!"
Today's topic is finding leaders who will try to stop dictatorship - I think we are doing it now.Carney, for one -- he is rocketing around Europe now, lining up…
Alberta Affordability Minister Nathan Neudorf is jetting off to the U.K. today to ‘explore nuclear energy in London’
Alberta Affordability Minister Nathan Neudorf is jetting off today for a nice 10-day holiday in the United Kingdom … mostly at his own expense. Not entirely at his own expense,…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Beached cat.
Exploring the Landscapes of Possibility
Writing my second novel, The Ascension of Mont Royal, has given me the opportunity to explore a much different way to write a novel.I would say my first novel was…
Exploring the Landscapes of Possibility
Writing my second novel, The Ascension of Mont Royal, has given me the opportunity to explore a much different way to write a novel.I would say my first novel was…
We still need the NDP
In recent years I have developed the practice of voting NDP provincially and Liberal federally.... The post We still need the NDP first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Knee Surgery, Day 7
Yesterday, after taking off the tensor bandage, my knee was a cheerful gnome of pain, likely released, I suspect, by the flesh expanding rather suddenly after all that compression. Sort…
The oppressed become oppressors
What happens when the oppressed become the oppressor? Because – make no mistake – that’s what has happened since October 7, 2023. At the start, the pro-Palestine contingent protested the…
Today’s News: Poilievre’s humble pie, Carney’s strategic approach to tariffs, plus some apt comments about America
Now that Pierre Poilievre has his job back, for the next several months at least, he is desperately trying return to his usual schtick of slamming the Liberals about everything…
AXE THE VAX TAX!
According to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, the $100 her government intends to charge most Albertans who want to be vaccinated against COVID-19 is just an “administration fee” to cover the…
Knee Surgery, Day 6
Aficionados of slow food, mindfulness, and slow thinking should add knee surgery to their list of life-focusing activities. It certainly makes everything move more slowly and deliberately. One does not…