On that Sexual Assault Case
I listened to a CBC call-in show about the London sexual assault trial of five former Hockey Canada players. All the callers were either on one side or another. I…
On that Sexual Assault Case
I listened to a CBC call-in show about the London sexual assault trial of five former Hockey Canada players. All the callers were either on one side or another. I…
Very Depressing; Very Strange: American Pedocon Theory
To people who aren’t in the MAGA cult, it’s been very worrying that tens of millions of Americans are willing to overlook the Orange Menance’s convictions for fraud, and his…
Trump Gets Fact-Checked
I'm not sure about the prospects of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell keeping his head attached to the rest of his body after this brutal fact check of Trump.President Donald…
Decoding the MAGA Universe – "Now it looks like he’s not their criminal. He’s just a criminal, same as the rest."
It seems like an innocent age, in retrospect. Back in 2016 we all laughed about Pizza-gate - that crazy story about how Comet pizza restaurant was the global headquarters of…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Isabella Kaminski reports on the International Court of Justice's advisory ruling that climate destruction can be a source of state liability for reparations,…
Today is Earth Overshoot Day
The Global Footprint Network performs the public service of calculating how rapidly we are drawing... The post Today is Earth Overshoot Day first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Today’s News: A round-up with some good news videos; an update on inter-provincial trade deals; Poilievre is playing stupid about the Convoy; and finally a few comments about fascism
Today, just a roundup of interesting news: Good news videos from YouTube: Piston Pundit: the new Canada-Mexico trade corridor MeidasTouch: Ben Meiselas reports Top 10list: Top 10 American Companies Quietly…
Looks like those MLAs who want to reboot the PC Party think they can use the Alberta Party to make it happen
Uh-oh! Looks like those two Independent MLAs who want to reboot Alberta’s Progressive Conservative Party think they can use the moribund Alberta Party as the vector of their political resurrection…
Winnipeg’s hidden role in the global arms trade
CRV7 (Canadian Rocket Vehicle 7) ground attack rockets, produced by Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Photo courtesy Magellan Aerospace. The Canadian arms industry is ofte...
Wednesday Night Cat Blogging
Blanketed cat.
Environment Canada Bad Air
I sent this to their feedback form: I’ve noticed an ongoing problem with the AQHI calculated for Regina the past week. 2 nights ago it was reported as moderate, while…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Blayne Haggart and Eric Duchesne point out that Mark Carney's idea of nation-building reflects little more than barely warmed-over 1980s neoliberalism - making for…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates July 22, 2025
Click here for the latest compilation of every other week updates. NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners…
Look Over There! – Nothing To See Here
With all the troubles in the world, and all of the evil things that Trump and his henchmen have done, it almost beggars belief that the only thing the MAGATS…
The Longest Ballot Vulnerability
The Longest Ballot Committee has struck again, this time in the unnecessary Battle River-Crowfoot by-election prompted by Pierre Poilievre’s defeat in Carleton.
Canadians? Nasty? You ain’t seen nothing yet…
So the American ambassador Pete Hoekstra described Canadians as "nasty" on Monday, at the annual Pacific NorthWest Economic Region Foundation summit in Bellevue Washington: The ambassador made the remarks in…