Has Donald Trump Really Fired Dr Evil?
As we all know Donald Trump is becoming more and more unstable.As the voices in his head get louder and louder.I dare anyone to read this story and not conclude…
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Forget Postmedia’s paranoid propaganda: Becoming an environmental pariah won’t restore the ‘Alberta Advantage’
PHOTOS: An Alberta oilsands operation (Photo: Kris Krug, Creative Commons). Below: Calgary Herald political columnist Don Braid, Calgary Sun political columnist Rick Bell, and United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney.…
Donald Trump, Justin Trudeau, and the Con Media Parrots
As we all know Donald Trump likes to rant and rave about the so-called "fake news," even though he produces ninety per cent of it himself.And it seems the right-wing…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Amy Remeikis reports on new research showing how educational inequality translates into an even wider economic gap. – Hannah Johnston and Chris…
Ceding civility.
It is the same in every country. It is obvious that simple civility is missing in our politics. Whether elected or self-appointed, our politicos are turning nasty. We are even…
Hog Trump and the Corruption That Could Destroy Him
As I'm sure you know, I've been portraying Donald Trump as a hog as long as I can remember.I realize that there are other names one could call that misogynist,…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Lee Drutman points out that Donald Trump’s presidency represents an entirely foreseeable result of a two-party, first-past-the-post electoral system: (C)ontrary to claims that…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Benjamin Austin, Edward Glaeser and Lawrence Summers make the case for economic policy focused on reducing regional disparities. And Chad Shearer and Isha…
Message to Alberta’s chattering classes: Quit misinterpreting ‘the rule of law,’ already!
PHOTOS: Protesters opposed to the Kinder Morgan Inc. Pipeline expansion megaproject in Burnaby, B.C., in May 2016 (Photo: Marlin Olynyk, Survival Media Agency, Creative Commons). They pose no threat to…
Trump should not bully China.
U.S. President Donald Trump is a bully. That is how he negotiates his way through life. He bullies women for sex. As a developer, he bullied politicians for building rights.…
The Excellent But Dangerous Humiliation Of Donald Trump
Well it finally happened. Donald Trump has been humiliated beyond recognition. And they are laughing at him all over the world. The porn star Stormy Daniels has told her story…
Donald Trump and the Mad Bomber
Well so much for the theory that Donald Trump could be controlled by saner men than him.First he had his faithful minion, John Kelly, fire his Secretary of State Rex…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Owen Jones discusses the need for wealth taxes as part of any plan to meaningfully reduce economic inequality: Much is made of income…
Donald Trump Goes After Robert Mueller
There is no man Donald Trump fears more than Robert Mueller, the special counsel who could have him evicted from the White House, and even sent to the Big House.He's…
Donald Trump and the Madness in the White House
It's a scary sight, but the Trump White House is starting to look a lot like the last days in the Fuhrer bunker.With the Orange Fuhrer raging like a madman,…
Hate and extremism in the Trump era – today at U of C’s Faculty of Law, live
This afternoon, I will be doing the Merv Leitch Memorial Lecture at my alma mater, the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Law. The topic, as the poster says, is the…
The Day Justin Trudeau Made Donald Trump Look Like A Loser
For months our ratty Con media has tried to damage Justin Trudeau, and diminish his status abroad.And of course some like the miserable Andrew Scheer have gone even further… But…
President Chicken and the Gun Control Kids
He talked up a storm after the Stoneman Douglas high school massacre. He talked about raising the age you can buy certain weapons. He said he wasn't afraid of the…