The Crow and the Pond
One day, the crafty old crow was sitting in his nest while his pack of pet doves brought him breakfast and plucked out their own chest feathers to make sure…
politics
Violence at Trump Rally Disqualifying? Let’s Remember the Shawinigan Handshake.
Listening to the Sunday shows again as the "experts" expound on Donald Trump. This time, they are horrified that Donnie did not self-flagellate because of some violence at his rallies.…
Why So Confused About Trump and Sanders? They Make Sense.
If you are a regular watcher of cable news and reader of the major papers, by now you will know that Trump is the newest incarnation of Adolf Hitler and…
Politicians shouldn’t be cowed into keeping mum on Saanich LNG project, says eminent lawyer
Should elected regional directors be allowed to voice their opinion on an LNG project before the company formally applies? That's the question at the centre of a bizarre, heated legal…
#FeelTheBern Yahoo Katie
The media has been searching for a way to explain (away) Sanders’ popularity. Apply cool water to Bern’ed area. Full video from last year:
Rafe: By backing LNG, the Horgan NDP lost election before it began
In backing the Liberals' LNG vision, John Horgan and the BCNDP made a fatal mistake, argues Rafe Mair. Had they done their job in opposition, they would now be poised…
How Trump Can Save the GOP
Today voters in four states vote in their respective Presidential contests. If polls are right Republican front runner Donald Trump is expected to win Michigan, the largest state in play…
Saskatchewan Democracy’s Unsolved Problem Didn’t Fix Itself
Please show you support democracy in Saskatchewan. Last Saskatchewan election, this happened instead thanks to our lackluster media ignoring the Greens who fielded a full slate of 58 candidates. A…
Time for Closure
Thirty-six months ago a small group of disgruntled, angry residents, some with burning ambition to take a seat on council themselves, allegedly complained to the OPP about decisions made by…
Type Crimes and Taxes
Type crime is the term author Ellen Lupton uses in her book, Thinking With Type, to describe egregiously bad typography. That description came to mind as I perused the latest…
Canada 100% Renewable Electricity by 2030?
Read this, and think of Energy East pipeline Brad Wall is pushing hard for. Most of the globe’s coal, natural gas and oil investments will ultimately be affected by the…
Boundary Dam 3 CCS Could have Cost Less and Been Solar
POW! This huge new #solar farm near LasVegas provides power day & night https://t.co/Aip0F3Fg2m #climate #GLOBE2016 pic.twitter.com/Iff4rvjQtn — Mike Hudema (@MikeHudema) March 3, 2016 SaskPower writes about its comparably sized…
Justin Trudeau and the Continuing Saga of Canadian Apathy
A recent poll shows strong support for the Trudeau government in Canada, and I have to think, once again, that it is surprising to see that Canadians can be so…
The Sask Party is just not listening
Visit: www.notlistening.ca
The Sask Party is just not listening
Visit: www.notlistening.ca
The Sask Party is just not listening
Visit: www.notlistening.ca
The Sask Party is just not listening
Visit: www.notlistening.ca
Stuff Still Happens, week 8: Deficits, drugs and death
The big issue of the week in Canada, where we worry about these things for some reason, was deficits. The new Liberal government, which promised to run a $10 billion…
US Intervention In Syria: The Next Iraq
Here is a very brief synopsis of the US role in Syria. We will, for the sake of brevity, leave aside for the moment the obvious and documented facts of…