Magpie Brûlé is Dead! Long Live Magpie Brûlé!
Time for a New Start It’s been a while folks and it’s been quite the year here in 2022. While it’s still not done, there have been a lot of…
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Plague Update: Can’t Handle The Truth
One of the best doctors in the country, not only for the health services he provides, but for his outreach regarding the climate crisis, is Dr. Joe Vipond. Here he…
Ontario’s Bolsonaro Acts on Bill 23, aka the ‘Bulldozer Bill’
Corruption, criminal disregard for the environment, tyrannical blocking of local councils. These are just a few issues with Bill 23 from Ontario’s Bolsonaro. The post Ontario’s Bolsonaro Acts on Bill…
The World Cup is over. For me, anyway
There is a silver lining to Canada’s abrupt and rather humbling dismissal from the FIFA World Cup … I won’t have to watch any more soccer. Oh, I might tune…
Bad days for billionaires
Next time you’re paying $5 for a head of lettuce, consider this – things could be so much worse. You could be a billionaire. I mean, c’mon. These poor schlubs…
Why Drive A Gas Car When There Are EVs?
The following was given as a presentation to the Unitarian Fellowship of Regina. I enjoyed my time this morning after being invited to speak about Electric Vehicles. == Most adults…
A Short Break
Dear Readers: I’m working on a project so there will be no blog this week. However if you’d like to share your thoughts about the UCP’s latest missteps (there certainly…
November
There are things going on. From absurd numbers of kids home sick from school, to the Grey Cup going on today in Regina. The most vocal civilian critic of the…
How TSN is hurting the Grey Cup, and the CFL
Once upon a time, most of Canada would gather around the ol’ RCA (or Philco, or Dumont, or Electrohome) to watch the Grey Cup game, the championship of the good…
Plague Update: Upon Reflection, Let Me Off This Ride
Here’s a frank account of what the last 3 years have held for hopes, dreams, and ultimately failures. I can’t disagree with his points. Here’s my summary. We went into…
On the Hon. Premier Smith, the Hon. Adrianna LaGrange and on the responsibility of MUSH Institutions: Did the Education Minister tell the Premier that Calgary Board of Education (CBE) could make changes?
I would love to be a fly on the wall when Alberta’s Minister of Education tells the Premier of Alberta that Alberta School Boards should be allowed to deal with…
Grounded: one man’s airline hell
My son Scott recently experienced a truly dreadful experience trying to fly out of Ottawa. Here’s his blog … When I was a young man, I visited a friend of…
Methane EMIT
There’s a European satellite watching for methane pollution. It spotted a big leak in Alberta. ISS has a camera called EMIT attached and it can see methane plumes on Earth.…
The U.S. is on the edge of madness. Can it happen here?
As a political junkie, I find elections fascinating. Unfortunately, we tend to have them only once every four years or so here (depending on the state of the bromance of…
Hammer Fox News
Fox News would like its viewers to think that political assassination is an everyday occurrence, and the perps walk the next day. i like how they're trying to call it…
Boo! Now that I have your attention, here are some scary movie suggestions.
The month of October – where we in Alberta begin the gloomy wait for the first cold snap (which might last five months) – has over the past few years…
With Friends Like These …
Canada and the rest of the west needs to address the very large oil-producing elephant in the room. The post With Friends Like These … first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Is Danielle Smith too much, even for Alberta?
She’s ba-a-a-a-ck! When Danielle Smith accepted the leadership of the “United” Conservative Party last week, with an underwhelming 54 percent of the vote after six ballots, she took to the…
Plague Update: Not Much Better, Possibly Worse
My blog lately doesn’t have enough good content, and I can’t claim this is either, but it’s how I feel and apparently someone else does too: “Nobody who is trying…
Four future Danielle Smith scandals
I don’t think anyone will disagree that Premier-for-now Danielle Smith has gotten off to a rocky start. If I may mix my metaphors, you might even say she blew up…