Plague Update: From The Past
It’s January 27th, 2022, but you’re reading this in the future. I’m writing this after my intended bed time, having just helped a friend learn how to purchase an NFT.…
Radio
Jason Kenney’s talk radio debut might have generated some excitement in 1927 – but 2022? Not so much …
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney took to the airwaves yesterday with the first episode of his weekly Corus Entertainment call-in radio program, Your Province, Your Premier. If you have a hankering…
Weather Alert Dismantling
Write your MP and the weather office now please. you’re not going to like this but Environment Canada has decided to break the Weather Alert feature for the entire Toronto…
Minister of SaskPower, Duncan, Should Resign
I don’t think I’ve ever called for a Minister to resign before, while on the radio, but Duncan should definitely quit screwing up Saskatchewan, SaskPower, and our environment. You and…
Gone John Himpe
John Himpe was a radio and blogging wizard. Now he’s gone, at a young 38 years of age. Here’s his account of first getting on the Internet: Because there were…
Cross Country Checkup Climate Change
A show once hosted by climate change denier Rex Murphy, was asking some okay questions of callers, while other questionable questions were called out by callers. The last caller said…
Room with a View
I’ll be appearing on The View Up Here in about 20 minutes to discuss and expand on the column linked here. For those interested in a bit of light reading…
Why Is CBC Opinions So Bad?
I’m kinda surprised they haven’t asked me to write for them. We need CBC, but we don’t need CBC to promote the status-quo, we need it to tell stories from…
CBC Interviewed a Gunman?
This is a wee bit outrageous. On March 21, 1977, Robert McLagan held 11 employees at Toronto’s Banque Canadienne Nationale hostage for nearly 12 hours. Frum and her producers were…
On Time and On Budget
There’s a cliche around the City of Regina the last while. Politicians will say a project is “on time and on budget”, but fail to point out that the initial…
Take Your Mind Off Things
Sometimes The Beaverton really understands me. This morning on CBC Morning Edition, Sheila Coles had Mark Jacobson as a guest. He’s a Stanford professor who I mentioned in my letter…
Double Standards
Eeeevil Lefties: ‘This is a disaster. We should aim to prevent future disasters. What went so wrong?’ Rawlco: “it will be positive and it will go a long way to…
CBC Censoring More Of My Comments
The following is blog navel gazing that you probably won’t be interested in, but I’m keeping a record of it for my amusement. A change (probably in personnel) about 2…
Suzuki’s No Slave To The Economy
I hope we see meaningful changes in our economy, in time. There’s not a great understanding in our society that the economy is a system of resource distribution. We’ve enshrined…
Creating a Mob May Be Easy
…But controlling a mob isn’t something you can really predict. What’s the Saskatchewan Premier doing releasing an open letter to the Prime Minister calling for a “pause” and “delay” to…
Canada’s Oily Media
There are opportunities to support journalism in Canada that doesn’t take millions from the oil industry and the oil-soaked Conservative government. Had you heard that the Conservative Party communicated with…
To think, he was once the King of Spain
I think #JianGhomeshi learned the one way to trend at the top of Twitter that's as bad, or worse, than dying. — Saskboy K. (@saskboy) October 27, 2014 “Someone also…
Where Saskatchewan Comes To Count
Saskatchewan’s lovable radio host asks: “What are you thinking and feeling about 1) our Canada today b) yesterday on the “Hill” and c) the cowardice and evil in our midst.…