Exploring electoral ennui in America.
The one overriding perception of the 2016 American presidential election was that people were angry. Their disgust with Democrat and Republican party politics was visceral. A wise host and hostess…
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The Day We Burned Ole DC Down? It was today, actually … 204 years ago
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Day We Burned Ole DC Down? It was today, actually. But if this was big news 204 years ago, when the fire was actually lit by…
Is Trump really the king of Twits?
No, we do not shun social media. I have tried a few of them and I simply find them wanting. It came as a surprise that when I decided they…
Time Magazine And The Many Covers of Donald Trump
Over the last two years Time Magazine has had many good covers of Donald Trump.Covers that reflect the different chapters of his depraved reign.With some real.Read more »
Conservatives defend racist heckler who tried to sandbag the prime minister … so how’s that working out for them?
Hmmmmmmm … Andrew Scheer’s Conservatives appear to have picked defending a racist heckler who tried to sandbag Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with a string of tendentious questions about immigration as…
Could This Be Donald Trump’s Worst Day Ever?
Donald Trump is holding a rally in coal country West Virginia, and I think I can imagine what he's going to say."Pray for me bubbas, I'm having a really bad…
The troubled trials of Trudeau and Trump.
It’s embarrassing. Our prime minister cannot handle Donald Trump. We might as well admit it. It is doing less and less good to keep hoping Justin Trudeau will grow into…
U.S. and Canadian right-wing politicians march in lockstep as they dismiss facts as conspiracy, disagreement as criminality
Apparently infected by the decline of political discourse in the United States, the Canadian right is increasingly moving toward defining the use of facts that run counter to its narrative…
The Day The Media Struck Back At Donald Trump
As we all know Donald Trump is growing more unhinged with every passing day. And has been stepping up his deranged attacks on the media.Like this one he tweeted or…
Will Mother Nature Be The One To Destroy Donald Trump?
Ever since he came to power, Donald Trump has waged an all out war on the planet.He has called climate change a "con job" and a "hoax," ripped up regulations,…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Ainslie Cruickshank reports on Grand Chief Stewart Phillip’s call to prevent catastrophic climate change rather than devoting public money toward fossil fuel subsidies.…
Friday Evening Links
Assorted content to end your week. – David Moscrop makes the case for a long-overdue inheritance tax in Canada: Over time, if left unchecked, capitalism facilitates the pooling of wealth…
Is Donald Trump Encouraging The Saudis To Attack Canada?
It's now been four days since the clown prince of Saudi Arabia launched a deranged assault against Canada. Trying to damage our economy, our schools, and our hospitals.But still the…
Trump trumpets truth?
Every time you see president Trump at one of his campaign rallies, the people around him are all too busy with their cell phones to pay any attention to him.…
Will Saudi Arabia’s diplomatic tantrum provoke a moment of cognitive dissonance for Canada’s ‘ethical oil’ crowd?
Saudi Arabia has given the Canadian ambassador 24 hours to pack his bags and go home because, the Saudi Foreign Ministry complains, Canada is meddling in the internal affairs of…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Lana Payne writes that there’s no reason to turn Donald Trump’s giveaway to the rich into an excuse for similarly destructive policies…
Donald Trump and the QAnon Conspiracy Cult
He's on his Great MAGA tour of America, holding one large rally after the other. He lives for those moments.But even the screams of his fanatical followers can't mask the…
Trump rides the Tiger.
When you choose to ride the tiger, there is no option but to stay aboard. This situation with Donald Trump is increasingly serious. It was emphasized and underlined the other…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – David MacDonald studies the increasing concentration of wealth in Canada, while noting the need for wealth-based taxes (and particularly an inheritance tax)…
Surely it’s time for us in the reality based community to act on our convictions as decisively as conservatives do
Surely it’s time for the reality based community – that’s us, my progressive friends – to start making some new democratic realities! In 2015, as you will recall, many of…