The MSM Semantics of anti-Semitism…
ANALYSIS Has the activist left decided anti-Semitism doesn’t exist?: Neil Macdonald History, detail and nuance often ignored in modern political discourse By Neil Macdonald, CBC News Posted: Jun 14, 2016…
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After Orlando: Divest!
I am sickened by what happened in Orlando and by what continues to happen every day around us with gun violence. Is an investment boycott part of the answer?
Anarchy!
Does smashing a rock through windows to save a puppy prove anything other than that we're spending too much money on police, security and enforcement of the wrong things?
End the Monopolies, End the Theft
Bell, Rogers and others want to ban Android TV boxes. It's time we banned Bell, Rogers and other monopolies in Canada.
Greece has its problems with the EU, but we would never leave
George Kyris Those who support Brexit often see Greece as an example of the problems within the EU. Nigel Farage has encouraged Greeks to leave the union in order to…
Rachel Notley and the Wonder Women
Anyone who thinks women are too emotional and unpredictable for a life in politics hasn’t met Rachel Notley and the Wonder Women. Ms Soapbox had the pleasure of meeting some…
Our Progress
The LGBT community is a community of fighters. We may never make sense of the tragedy in Orlando, but look at the reaction; look at the outpouring of love, compassion,…
Stuff Still Happens, week 23: The year of the fallen icons
The Oxford English Dictionary defines icon as ‘a symbol or graphic representation on a screen of a program, option, or window’, which doesn’t work until you look at the second…
O, Can We Not Just Do This?
ANALYSIS Changing O Canada: Is God next?: Terry Milewski Christians warn that changing O Canada is a slippery slope to removing God and the Holy Cross By Terry Milewski, CBC…
O, Can We Not Just Do This?
ANALYSIS Changing O Canada: Is God next?: Terry Milewski Christians warn that changing O Canada is a slippery slope to removing God and the Holy Cross By Terry Milewski, CBC…
Lockheed Martin: A Bad Business Partner
Lockheed Martin has threatened to pull jobs if we don't proceed with the F-35 contract. I suggest we deal with bad business partners by pulling all of our business with…
Oil’s Four Letter Word Defender
Brad Wall seems to only ever be speaking to oil executives about oil and gas. Does he understand anything else? Are there any examples of our Premier meeting recently with…
Ontario’s Bait & Switch Climate Action Plan, Part II
When you pull apart the Ontario Climate Change plan, there's very little to it except for new taxes, bigger costs and massive transfers to companies that don't them. I really…
Ontario ‘Bait and Switch’ Climate Plan
Ontario has finally set into action a plan to do its bit to reduce climate change. But wait … what they’re doing is creating more electricity consumers instead of gas…
SaskPower’s Power To Grow A Nose
SaskPower’s latest consultant on renewable energy might be Pinocchio. 8. In "researching how to incorporate more" #solar power, I wonder how publishing deceptive info-graphics was found to help #PowerToGrow? —…
Something Bold, Something Shrewd..And Tomorrow, Something New?
Cheri DiNovo an ‘unofficial’ candidate for federal NDP leadership ‘I’m running for principles, not for a position,’ DiNovo says, rejecting party’s $30K entry fee By Susana Mas, CBC News Posted:…
Wood Mountain: Population 21
When I was ten, my family picked up an exchange student from the Regina airport. It was Winter. As the South American boy rode with me on the van bench,…
Greek Leaks Expose IMF Chief Overruling Pro-Debt Relief IMF Negotiator
Filed under: Eurozone crisis, Southern Europe, Uncategorized Tagged: Austerity, Eurozone Crisis, Greece, IMF
Stranded Assets, Saskatchewan Style
A report by a little known government entity says what I have been saying about pipelines stranding assets: Its overall conclusion, however, urges caution when it comes to long-term investments…
The Wildrose and PCs Weigh In On Medically Assisted Dying
We’ve seen a lot of fireworks in the Alberta Legislature but nothing can match the rhetoric and misinformation that characterized the response of the Wildrose (and to a lesser extent…