Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Cory Booker rightly questions why corporations are hoarding the wealth created by the work of their employees. And Richard Reeves wonders why so…
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Is It Too Late For The Facts?
Where is Sgt Joe Friday when you need him? Sgt Friday is the detective from Dragnet known for saying, “Just the facts, ma’am” when he’s investigating a crime. Why are…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Lana Payne highlights how the fight over carbon taxes fits into a broader framework of class warfare – and how the right’s climate…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Friday reading. – Paul Krugman offers a reminder that the gap between the 1% and the rest of us is far larger than most people are…
A Guide to UCP “Conservatives”
The Peter Lougheed Progressive Conservatives parted company with the Kenney “conservatives” when Kenney created the free enterprise unity party. Those three little words signaled the transformation of the conservative party…
Piracy is Good for Companies
Copyright holders of multi-million dollar franchises decry piracy and proclaim it to be a threat to their business. The reality is different. Piracy can spur competition and keep prices lower…
Loblaws Corruption Rewarded By Liberals, Conservatives Demand Their Chance
That $12 million in public funds that went to Canada’s second-richest family could have funded some needed and highly desired Indigenous-run renewable energy projects in the North: https://t.co/lpkdzCgMLt — Billy…
The Mike Harris Sequel No One Wanted
“We will be there to support you one 1000%. What I can tell you one thing… I promise you… you won’t have to be protesting on the front of Queen’s…
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish!
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish! The only thing better than Jody Wilson-Raybould and Dr. Jane Philpott being turfed from Caucus this week? Jody Wilson-Raybould and Dr. Jane…
The Only Thing Middle Class About Andrew Scheer Are His Flowbee Haircuts And Ill-Fitting Suits.
If the 2019 Election is going to be based on pocketbook issues, and affordability – lets look into the pocket book of Andrew Scheer, and how we cannot afford him…
“Andrew Scheer here”
Billy Mays here with your latest As Seen On TV fad/junk: Andrew Scheer here.Trudeau's carbon tax will raise gas prices 4.6 cents on Monday, so fill your tank! Storm the…
I Just Read The Entire 2019 Budget So You Don’t Have To
Holy hell, my eyeballs are burning, and my brain feels overextended – and not in the smart way, but in a leaky way. Let me get this out of the…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Katrina vanden Heuvel discusses the importance of pushing toward universal child care in order to relieve avoidable stress on families. – Allison Jones…
The Nothingburger Scandal And The Amazing Technicolor Dream World Of The Canadian Conservative
First, here are a few thoughts from Jody Wilson-Raybould’s committee testimony and the aftermath. What Jody Wilson-Raybould and Justin Trudeau are both saying could likely be true. They do not…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Suresh Naidu, Dani Rodrik and Gabrien Zucman write about the developing movement toward an economic discipline which recognizes the importance of human well-being,…
Guest Post By The Girl Who Waited: I Am Not Mad As Hell, I Am Just Tired Of Your Bullshit (Redux)
I am finished. I am done. I try to stay rational, but cannot stay quiet any longer. I know some will try to dismiss me as yet another angry leftist…
#SaveSTC: Does Saskatchewan Have a Developed Economy Still?
In the days around the time @SKGov shut down STC, I was on the phone with Greyhound Canada (PR people in Texas), trying to get an answer for why they…
Slaying The Minimum Wage Boogeyman (And Some News)
Before I jump in, a few housekeeping items. I have a new landing page for my blog at political-potshots.com. I will be looking add more functionality soon. I would also…
Beware the Carbon Tax A-Tax!
You have heard the old joke? “Five guys walk into a bar…it was being swung by Catherine McKenna.” “Who knew that the defenders of the environmental status quo would all…
Conservative Memory Lane Is A Nightmare On Elm Street
The best part of being a conservative it seems is not remembering the recent past. Why is that conservative rhetoric never seems to pass the historical smell test, and the…