Respect From School Kids?
Schoolkids are famously respectful. Not! Here’s one person replying to #StateRadio CJME’s question about how schools are doing. Lorraine Scott:“I believe the first step for children to learn is to…
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UCP Smith Remains a Traitor to Canada
The country’s latest separatist Premier, Smith, is more willing to cut BC off than the American President she’s friends with. “Former Alberta premier Alison Redford, speaking earlier on CBC News…
Pro-Robot Government Survey to be Graded by Robot
I sent the government an email, because their survey is skewed anyway. AIConsultations-ConsultationsIA@ised-isde.gc.ca Dear Government of Canada: The threat from Generative AI and LLMs (Large Language Models) that have violated…
A Lot of EV Misinformation on the Radio and Facebook
Rant to Stacie and Joel of Play 92 for spreading misinformation about electric vehicles on their show today. It can’t be easy to rant professionally on the radio every day,…
Dig Coal? Catch Up.
Addressing Mike Dunn (who digs coal), as he rants on Carla Beck‘s NDP page: Mike Dunn (in quotations) “However the data centers pretty much ensure that coal will be in…
Carney’s betrayal
In 2015 I voted for Justin Trudeau’s Liberals primarily to end the dreary decade of... The post Carney’s betrayal first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Red Scare Number Three
The USA is going through yet another Red Scare — its third in barely a century — according to the paranoid, hyperbolic statements made by the Deranged Dictator Donald Trump…
SaskPower Needs Changing
Chris Gingras Q: “estimate to provide 1,500 MW of battery storage” as a quarter of what Saskatchewan needs. A: We can buy 25,000, 60kWh battery cars, for half a billion…
What political type are you?
We tend to like things simple. Right or Wrong. Black or white. Mother Nature tends... The post What political type are you? first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
GenAI Sucks Power and Water
Most people would not be surprised to learn that computer data centres need a lot of electricity and water for cooling. “The federal government, and some provinces, have been actively…
Clumsy Carney Comment Confounding
Was the bombing of the girls’ school in Iran worth it Carney? Was a blockade of the world’s oil worth it? What was the gain other than high gas prices?…
But what about me?
Plans and money to move fast on revitalization. Five hours of debate on why it’s all wrong.
Yes or no? The referendum and the queen of confusion
If I were to rank democratic instruments, I would put referendums at the bottom of... The post Yes or no? The referendum and the queen of confusion first appeared on…
Every election’s the same
Old man shakes his fist at the future
Sovereign slush fund?
I have nothing but the greatest faith in Mark Carney’s economic acumen. How could one... The post Sovereign slush fund? first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
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…
Saskatchewan Planning To Fail
The Sask Party and NDP have presented similar and disastrous plans for the electrical grid. There are details about what the Sask Party would have Sask Power do, in this…
Let’s get building!
Doug Ford introduces a bonfire of burning money as THERME.
Saskatchewan NDP Turmoil
On Tuesday, the Sask NDP lost one of their MLAs. She’s sitting as an independent MLA, after leader Carla Beck cracked the whip. Jennifer Bowes spoke out on Facebook with…
Does Hungary hold a lesson for the Alberta NDP?
Thirty-four years ago an ex-mayor of Calgary ran for the leadership of a provincial political... The post Does Hungary hold a lesson for the Alberta NDP? first appeared on Views…