NDP Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: Rob Ashton
Source: candidate website The third leadership candidate has now gotten back to me. Rob Ashton represents the labour wing of the NDP. I was particularly interested in hearing from Ashton…
The stupid, it burns!
I try not to pay attention all the time to the crazy stuff happening in the US, but some days..... Well, you missed that the US tried to invade Mexico…
Bill 9 and Smith’s Justification For Invoking S33
Over at the Government of Alberta website, we have the government's propaganda piece trying to justify using S33 to stomp all over the rights of transgender Albertans, their parents, and…
The Extended Modern Synthesis
On Cognitive Bandwidth, Evolution, and the One-World World The other day, I experienced what it feels like to think with extended cog...
Pick a chair
In shadows a figure sits, sulks, in the corner.
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- G. Elliott Morris examines what voters want out of a political party independent of the platforms being presented to them - and finds…
A Major Mistake?
Does anyone remember the last time a minority government decided to act as if it had a majority? Well, it was in 1979, when the Progressive Conservative government, led by…
Today’s commentary: the F-35 v Gripen decision, and Carney’s role in the world now
First up tonight, the fighter jet decision - F-35 v. Gripen - has become a Canadian loyalty test and rightfully so. The idea of spending our millions on American jets…
Mark Carney’s new housing agency is built to protect the bubble
Construction site in Vancouver. Photo by Ted McGrath/Flickr. Housing advocacy groups have expressed varying degrees of optimism about the $13 billion the federal government allocated to Build Ca...
Danielle Smith dared Eastern Slopes coal mine opponents to start a citizen initiative petition – so Corb Lund did
Albertan country music icon Corb Lund showed up in Edmonton yesterday to drop off a citizen initiative application at the offices of Elections Alberta for a referendum petition seeking permanent…
Canadians Vacationing in the USA Are Collaborators
The US dictator Donald Trump has consistently threatened Canada’s economy and our sovereignty since his inauguration. His threats to make us the “51st state” have so offended Canadians that it…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Marisa Kabas discusses the moral rot in corporate, access-based media - which in turn looks to be a contributor to the decline of human…
Just a flag? So’s a swastika.
What’s a flag? A bit of fabric. A warning, a welcoming. A symbol of something, fluttering atop a pole. In the United States, Donald Trump has signed one of his…
Epstein’s Legacy: Trump to Vance, Poilievre to Jivani?
Donald Trump may reach his untimely political end over some of the emasculating relevations still to come in the Epstein files, but the dictatorship he has created is not about…
Today on "Christ, what an asshole!": Danielle Smith, Poilievre, Trump, Epstein, and the ICE gestapo guys
I haven't done a "Christ what an asshole!" roundup for a while. So I thought I would do one tonight, just to keep up with all the assholes we've been…
Nick Kakeeway: a story of Indigenous survival
Nick Kakeeway with his cat, Maverick. Photo courtesy Emily Spanton/X. After a hard fight against deteriorating health, Nick Kakeeway died on October 16, in St. Catharines, Ontario. Whatever may ...
Danielle Smith has a plan: Alberta will destroy health care in order to save it!
Apparently, Danielle Smith and the United Conservative Party have decided they’re going to have to destroy health care in order to save it. That’s about the most positive spin that…
An Open Letter To Premier Smith
Dear Premier Smith, It wasn't that long ago that you were standing at the podium telling us that Bills 26, 27, and 29 were so well crafted that you were…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Insider cat.
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Moira Doneghan writes that the Jeffrey Epstein e-mails released over the past week provide a window into the anti-morality of the wealthy and…