Things Trudeau Must Do
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has to do several things this year: legalize pot reform elections MMIW inquiry get renewable energy products into the hands of people you know If he…
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A Fine Bigger Than Most Crimes – #PanamaPapers
Canada’s rich and powerful do not fear the media, and they do not have their names in the newspapers (some owned by foreign investment funds) when fined more than a…
Wealthy Implicated in #PanamaPapers will not #FeelTheBern
What is #PanamaPapers? Over 2TB of leaked bank communications exposing shell companies and tax avoidance and money laundering by HSBC, UBS, and others. CBC and Toronto Star have the names…
It’s Saskatchewan’s Election Day
I basically stopped writing about the Saskatchewan election on my blog following the hair pulling, anti-democratic decision by CBC and its consortium of TV broadcasters to block most party leaders…
It’s Time for the Soapy Awards!
Ms Soapbox was trolling through Hansard searching for signs of intelligent life under the Dome when she discovered (sandwiched between the Wildrose Opposition’s accusation that the Premier appointed a Soviet-era…
Stuff Still Happens, week 13: Horror in Lahore; more Trumpism
Remember the horrible attack last week in Belgium? Of course you do; it’s still in the news. But on Easter Sunday, there was another terrorist attack that was worse by…
BC Voters: Clean Up Your Act..
B.C. Energy Minister says clean power projects aren’t the priority JUSTINE HUNTERVICTORIA — The Globe and Mail Published Monday, Feb. 29, 2016 10:21PM EST Premiers’ exclusive fundraisers violate conflict of…
Changing Face of Heritage Neighbourhood in Regina
Malty National opens tomorrow. It’s a couple blocks east of the General Hospital on 15th Ave. One day there may even be a bike lane on that street.
The Apotheosis, Canonization, and Hagiography of Rob Ford
I feel sympathy for former Toronto mayor Rob Ford and his family, but watching a few minutes of the CBC news coverage of his funeral (it was on in the…
Plan B: Here is what Bernie Sanders needs to do if he does not win the primaries — which I certainly hope he does
These are the facts. Trump is an orangutan, obsessed with his sausage fingers, and filled with an infantile grandiosity, narcissism and egomania. He is a petty right-wing thug, very much…
The Ghomeshi Verdict: We Deserve Better
“Violence against women is not about the behavior of the women.”–Gillian Hnatiw, lawyer for Lucy DeCoutere By his own admission Jian Ghomeshi likes rough sex. The legal question is whether…
Celebrating Easter … With a Rant Against Easter
What better way to celebrate easter Sunday than with a rant against Christianity’s most holy weekend, Easter. Easter is the mythological period during which the star performer for Christians –…
Stuff Still Happens, week 12: Bombings, and bodies, keep piling up
Another week, another atrocity. This time, it’s Brussels, Belgium (a city described in January by Donald Trump as a “hellhole”) that came under sophisticated and yet cowardly attack by ISIS…
Craik Fire
A Saskatchewan landmark went up in flames the other day. Last time I saw the Ecocentre, it had erosion behind it from a spillway, that seemed significant.
On Terrorism and Imperialism: The “War On Terrorism” Is The War OF Terrorism
Exactly. This sums it up completely. This is exactly what Chomsky and other intelligent and honest observers have been saying. If we want to end terrorism, then we will…
Mulcairying the Load For a Failed Election…
Why the NDP needs to keep Mulcair’s hand on the tiller CHARLES TAYLOR Contributed to The Globe and Mail Published Wednesday, Mar. 23, 2016 6:00AM EDT Last updated Wednesday, Mar.…
Our hospitals are bleeding
It sounded like a good thing. Last month’s Ontario Budget included a $160 million increase for hospital budgets for 2016. It was the first increase in five years. Unfortunately, it’s…
#OldNews about Alcohol and Planes
A warning against drunk driving. 6 Sept. 1949. Netherlands.@trouw #OldNews pic.twitter.com/yIFzzXo516 — John Klein (@JohnKleinRegina) March 23, 2016 Roughly, it says: “Alcohol makes lumps. Whoever is not satisfied, can see…
The Healing Power of Sleep – And How It Can Be Had
What a difference good sleep makes. I‘ve had an ongoing battle with insomnia for over thirty years, and when stress is high, it’s at its worst. Last night was the…
Un-Friendly Persuasion..Voter Fraud and the CBC’s Lazy, Hazy Reportage
Donald Trump persuading Republicans, but would lose to Hillary Clinton, polls suggest Republican front-runner could lose big to a Democrat, with Bernie Sanders even stronger than Clinton By Éric Grenier,…