Do Liberals Know What They’re Doing?
And if they don’t know, does that give them any excuse for the harm they’re unleashing? I get it Liberal partisans, you want a united Canada. I do as well.…
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Whose Strategy is The End of the World? Conservatives
I’ve been writing clearly for over a dozen years about how governments, are failing to address the pollution causing the climate crisis. Usually the biggest culprits are Conservative/Republican governments, but…
Smith-Farkas fracas: Calgary mayor spells out the B.S. in stinging riposte to Alberta premier’s pressure campaign
Many have tried to pierce Danielle Smith’s political armour but few have succeeded; Jeromy Farkas may have just put a dent in it Late Monday night, Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas…
82 years on, a reminder that on this historic date the hammer of D-Day crushed Hitler on the anvil of Russia
REGINA – It’s now been 82 years since our magnificent Canadian soldiers stormed ashore at Juno Beach in Normandy to play their part the grim and deadly task of sweeping…
How to Fight Fascism
When I first become politically aware during the 1960s it was not that long since World War II and The Holocaust and Fascism was seen as repugnant by almost everyone…
Danger Zone
A little extreme format shifting. From Vinyl, to VHS via a camcorder and mono auxiliary cable and jack size adapter, and then a VCR-TV combo to screener from an Android…
Colbert’s Late Show Is Ending On Thursday
Three interesting and funny Colbert videos in the wind-up week. Colbert describes how he met Jon Stewart, and it’s funny. Such a shame that this TV studio may not go…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Carl Meyer explains how the Carney Libs are looking to push resource extraction at the expense of social and environmental realities to an…
Why Do the Sask NDP Sound Like Grant Devine?
W5 showing a now 44 year old clip of Grant Devine, and he said, “The first order in council, the first thing we ever do, you just line up at…
Carrie Tait named ‘Journalist of the Year’ by National Newspaper Award judges for scoops about UCP corruption scandal
On Friday, Globe and Mail journalist Carrie Tait and four of her colleagues received a National Newspaper Award for their work exposing dodgy health-care contracts tied to Alberta’s United Conservative…
Yup, that UCP gerrymandering scheme is just a plan to cheat … and, thanks, Naheed Nenshi, for the shout-out!
Many thanks to Naheed Nenshi for his shout out in the Alberta Legislature Tuesday. Mind you, the NDP Opposition Leader was kind of complaining about me, but as Oscar Wilde…
Carney Cuts Canada Post
Nora explains how little Canada Post actually costs us, and what’s at stake when Carney Conservatives take it away from us: ” Dismantling Canada Post for parts Nora Loreto Apr…
#ndpldr – Notes from the Aftermath
Assorted links and materials on Avi Lewis' leadership victory and what it means for the NDP.- Steven High discusses how Lewis is offering big ideas to meet the scope and…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Zohra Ahmed warns that the Trump regime is now looking to impose guilt by solidarity on anybody with the slightest connection to social justice…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Adam King discusses several new studies showing that wealth inequality is only continuing to balloon in Canada. And Jared Walker and Silas Xuereb rightly…
Air Quality Reports Remain Wrong in Saskatchewan
Last year I asked what I thought was a rhetorical question, but it turns out that MP Kram’s office has responded to my concern. The problem remains a year later,…
Leadership 2026 Candidate Profile – Avi Lewis
What We KnewWhile Lewis’ campaign narrative has normally been framed in terms of his family history in the NDP, the aspect of his track record that strikes me as more…
129 Year Old Lost Film Found
The earliest example of a film featuring a robot was found in a library. It’s a bit degraded at the very end, but it’s a short film, and appears to…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Ana Marie Cox discusses how Jeffrey Epstein was able to amass influence and commit atrocities by sharing the discriminatory and dehumanizing values with…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Victor Pickard writes about the multiple layers of media capture which have collectively undermined access to accurate information across U.S. sources. - Ajit Niranian…