Alexis Tsipras, the escapologist – POLITICO
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Stuff Still Happens, week 35:Why politicians shouldn’t make ‘jokes’
Oh, my. Will politicians never learn? Of course not. This week’s political miscue was by Brian Jean, leader of the Wildrose Party. Speaking at a town hall meeting in Fort…
Trump, Erdoğan, Farage: The attractions of populism for politicians, the dangers for democracy | Books | The Guardian
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Portugal’s PM: The idea of a bailout is nonsensical – POLITICO
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Rafe: How it became offensive for women to wear too much clothing
Photo: Flickr CC Licence / Flood G Yes, yes, yes, I know, Mr. Editor, we’re in the last stretch before the last stretch just before a big, real last stretch…
Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics (with apologies and an acknowledgement to Mark Twain..)
ttps://www.facebook.com/BCLiberalCaucus/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED&fref=nf http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2016/08/23/Critical-Services-Suffering-in-BC/?utm_source=weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=290816 In their latest propaganda piece the BC Libs are attempting, lamely, to counter research that shows that BC has one of the…
Greece Was the Prologue | Jacobin
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Trump and the Nukes
We’re so focused on Donald Trump’s race-baiting rhetoric that we’ve almost forgotten that if elected this man will have the nuclear codes at the tips of his stubby little fingers.…
Stuff Still Happens, week 34: More Donald Trump (sigh)
Sigh. I really didn’t want to write one more word about Donald Trump, but the guy just continues to astound. Consider the past week. He told African-Americans – or “the…
Buying Coal Time, Burns Ours
2. Because if coal's "demise" is anything like Big Tobacco's, the industry didn't shut down after lawmakers' cracked down some. — Saskboy (@saskboy) August 26, 2016 Man bites dog:#Coal industry…
Premier Phonying It In, With Respect to SaskTel
“Will be changed with respect to ? No.” – Wall (March 2016) “There’s something we signed on to called the Crown Corporation Protection Act, or to that effect. Basically, it…
Murder for $10,000
“How does a person charged with murder get bail for $10,000?” There are some people in Saskatchewan who think* like this: ““In my mind his only mistake was leaving witnesses,”…
The K-Bro Linen Flap
Would someone snap a wet towel at the Opposition please? The Opposition is upset because Sarah Hoffman, the Health Minister, wants to see a business case on alternatives before she…
Stuff Still Happens, week 33: Evan Dunfee, Olympic hero
Well, that was fun. The Rio Olympics are over (or close to it, depending on when you read this), and for Canada, they’ve been a smashing success. In the pool,…
Colin Powell’s Lesson For Republicans
This column ran in The National Post on August 11, 2016. Sixteen days before the 2008 presidential election, George W. Bush’s former secretary of state, Gen. Colin Powell (Ret.), appeared…
Ontario Libs Have Tax Policy All Wrong
Wynne's tax plan for rural ridings is a kick in the junk for those who don't live in Toronto. The only real solution to Ontario's tax problems is to focus…
PPAs and the Master Narrative in Alberta
The American Press Institute (API) describes pack journalism,” now known as “the master narrative,” as a story line the press corps en masse is telling or repeating. The API warns…
Stuff Still Happens, week 32: The value of a Penny has soared
What’s a penny worth? In this country, nothing, because we don’t make pennies any more. But as of this week, a Canadian Penny is priceless. At age sixteen — sixteen!…
Alberta
I spent the last week touring around Alberta. Gull Lake Campground, Dinosaur Provincial Park then Drumheller. Stettler, Camrose, Wetaskawin’s Reynolds Museum, and WEM.
Bye Toronto Star, it’s been good to know you.
The writer has no inside knowledge about what is happening there but it was when reading the Toronto Star a few mornings ago that we got the feeling that there…