Justin’s gong show
I’ll let Charlie Angus, MP for Timmins-James Bay, say it: “What the fuck? How does... The post Justin’s gong show first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
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Liberal Finance Minister and also Fraser are Out of Cabinet!
Big news, Freeland and Fraser are out of cabinet! Will Canada have postal mail again? All this and more in Doel’s latest video.
Wading Through the Fetid Swamp
Charlie Angus is on a role. The NDP MP has a book excerpt in The Walrus explaining the rise of neoliberalism starting from Reaganomics. The rules of the neoliberal game…
Normalizing Fascism: The Paradox of Tolerance
The Brexit campaign succeeded on a platform that cultivated anger, fear, conspiracies, and racism based on lies and disinformation. Donald Trump’s campaigns have succeeded twice on platforms that increasingly cultivated…
Electric Car Interest Is NOT Going Down
New ZEV registrations are up in every reporting province from 2023 2nd quarter to this year’s second quarter. People who say that “interest in EVs is decreasing”, are simply lying…
Trump’s Tariffs
Yesterday Trump threatened, "'On January 20th, as one of my many first Executive Orders, I will sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% Tariff on ALL…
Put the Question
Debate meeeeee!
Poilievre’s my way or the highway on housing
When proportional representation (PR) is presented as an alternative to our badly flawed first-past-the-post (FPTP)... The post Poilievre’s my way or the highway on housing first appeared on Views from…
On Trust and Justified Disgust
Pete Buttigieg gave a great interview last week. He believes that "in moments like this, salvation really will come from the local and state levels. . . that aren't captive…
A Harsh Reality
The election of Donald Trump on Nov 5 left me feeling numb. Why? Because it confirmed my worst fears about the majority of Americans. Over the coming weeks we’ll see…
Was the 2024 US Presidential election irrelevant? Yes and no.
Was the 2024 US Presidential election irrelevant? Yes and no. If Trump and Kennedy do end the war in Ukraine, as promised, that will be a giant victory, because it…
Fascist States of America
How did more than 66 million Americans choose a convicted fraudster, a rapist, a man who admires Hitler and his generals, to be the 47th president? Even as he’s potentially…
America, what have you done?
America, what have you done? You chose fascism over democracy. You chose hate over hope, oligarchs over experts, patriarchy over equality. You chose repression, theocracy, violence. You chose anger, lies,…
Democracy or Fascism?
We are, today, watching the most momentous decision that Americans have had to make in the entirety of their — and my own — lifetimes. Compared to the choice between…
How could Trump win? Just ask the guys
In a famous Saturday Night Live sketch from 1988, George Bush (played by Dana Carvey) faced Michael Dukakis (Jon Lovitz) in a debate. When Carvey (who is now killing it…
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The Day Donald Trump Told My Husband A Secret
The US election is like a train wreck, it’s impossible to tear your eyes away. But we made a conscious effort not to get sucked into the maelstrom. There’s nothing…
Imagine There’s No Heaven…
The title above is how Imagine, the iconic 1971 song by John Lennon, begins. It is still being played and sung, more than 50 years later. Wikipedia tells us it…
Town and Country—two solitudes
When Alberta Premier Danielle Smith rails against the federal Liberals as she is inclined to... The post Town and Country—two solitudes first appeared on Views from the Beltline.