Donald Trump’s Sad and Scary Thanksgiving
As you probably know, yesterday Americans celebrated their Thanksgiving or Turkey Day. And sadly, there was at first glance, very little to give thanks for this year.Although the biggest turkey…
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Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Larry Elliott interviews Joseph Stiglitz about the rise of Donald Trump and other demagogues in the wake of public anger over inequality and…
Writing Off NAFTA.
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is still on the operating table. While it appears that the gurus at Canada’s banks are giving poor odds, that seems to be…
Is ‘compassionate belt tightening’ in Alberta just another sign of our worldwide neoliberal derangement?
PHOTOS: The hopeful, celebratory crowd in front of the Alberta Legislature on May 24, 2015, as Premier Rachel Notley and her NDP Government were sworn in. Below: UBC geographer Dr.…
Donald Trump’s Deeply Disturbing Twitter Weekend
Even by Donald Trump's insanely low standards, his behaviour on Twitter in the last 48 hours couldn't be more deranged and deeply disturbing.Firing out tweets in every direction as if…
Is Donald Trump Losing His Marbles Again?
It's really good to know that the U.S. nuclear commander says he would resist an illegal order from Donald Trump.The US armed forces could refuse an order from the President…
The Great War on Christmas Is With Us Again
Uh oh, don't look now, but it seems that the Great War on Christmas has begun.And not in the United States where Donald Trump has vowed to save Christmas from…
Samantha Bee on the Homophobic Pervert Roy Moore
As I'm sure you know, Roy Moore is a disgusting creature, more hog than human, for many reasons. He's a dirty old man who had to be banned from a…
Trudeau tries to tip-toe through the tulips.
Canada’s prime minister always looks good. With or without his shirt on, he can always draw an admiring crowd. In Manilla the other day, he even looked good in that…
The Pee Tape Story Comes Back To Haunt Donald Trump
It's been almost a year since Donald Trump was presented with a top secret dossier, that included an unsubstantiated report that he was being blackmailed by the Russians. The chiefs…
A travesty of travellers.
The dynamic duo of Trump and Trudeau are meeting in south-east Asia this weekend. Neither has the other on their agenda. And neither has a similar agenda. They have different…
Which way will the wedge slice? Alberta NDP and UCP adopt opposite strategies on gay-straight alliances
PHOTOS: Jason Kenney may be the UCP’s leader now, but he’s still doing his best to appeal to his red-meat social conservative base. (Photo: Dave Cournoyer, Daveberta.ca.) Below: NDP Education…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Andrew Jackson writes that widespread precarity in work is keeping wages down even as unemployment stays relatively low: (W)age pressures and inflation might…
The President who would be King.
If U. S. President Donald Trump could just live up to his tweets, he would be more interesting—and maybe deadly. Since winning the American presidency, he has been creating a…
Donald Trump and the Turning of the Tide
It's hard to believe that today marks one year since Donald Trump was elected as the 45th President of the United States.It seems like so much longer.But at least he's…
One year has passed since Donald Trump’s election and, here we all are, still in Crazytown!
PHOTOS: Donald J. Trump. (Photo: Gage Skidmore, Wikimedia Commons.) He’s President of the United States, you know! Below: Hillary Clinton (Wikimedia Commons), who won the vote but lost the 2016…
The Day Donald Trump’s Twitter Feed Disappeared
As Robert Mueller closes in on Donald Trump, the Orange Oaf has been tweeting up a storm, hoping to distract Americans from his crime family's problems. And while many of…
Does Donald Trump even like America?
If President Donald Trump takes any pride in the United States of America, he has a funny way of showing it. Did he run for the presidency as a joke…
Is Donald Trump Preparing To Fire Robert Mueller?
His terrified White House aides say they have never seen Donald Trump looking and sounding so crazy.The terrorist tragedy in New York has temporarily distracted him, but according to reports…