A tale of two magazines
Last month one of Alberta’s conservative icons passed away. Ted Byfield was 93. Byfield, a propagandist for social conservative causes and a promoter of conservative parties and politicians (including Premier…
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A Happy New Year for the American military
Santa was good to the U.S. armed forces. On December 27th President Biden signed a defence bill for nearly $770-billion. This was $24-billion more than he had asked for, but…
Almost every famous and infamous person who died in 2021
Did you hear who died today? How many times have you heard someone say that? The death of a famous (or infamous) person is the kind of somewhat morbid news…
Covid Journal, Dec 30, 2021
What will be Ghislane Maxwell’s fate now that she’s been found guilty of helping Jeffrey Epstein run his sex trade for the elite? The post Covid Journal, Dec 30, 2021…
Bentley is aiming to produce a carbon neutral by 2030
“Our ultimate aim is to create a net climate positive manufacturing footprint by 2030. ‘Business-wide we have a clear environmental mission and the latest figures – showing an 81% absolute…
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
A choir is singing something vaguely classical on the radio. Rudy the rescue dog is chilling in front of the Christmas tree. And the Soapbox family is almost ready for…
Plague Update: Sports Canary
CBC reported this morning there are 5 fewer NHL teams, yet the league is trying to soldier on instead of responding to the writing on the wall. What's up with…
Canada will be back … eventually
Way back in 2015, flush with election victory, newly minted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced “Many of you have worried that Canada has lost its compassionate and constructive voice in…
Covid Journal, Day 623-ish (or Dec 16, 2021 edition)
Encouraging us all to spread joy and not Covid this holiday season. Here are just seven easy suggestions for our ‘powers that be’ about how to help us average folks…
Joe Biden’s Summit for Democracy—a timely effort
As a passionate believer in democracy, I feel compelled to comment on the recent democracy summit called to order by President Biden. Cynicism about the summit is thick on the…
Plague Update: The Omicron Wave – No Lessons Learned
Remember in the late 1980s when more of the world learned that carbon pollution was causing Global Warming and we had short decades left to make a difference that would…
The rise and rise of petrofascism
Saskatchewan is more than a Petrostate, it’s governed by Petrofascists. Surviving C21 By Julian Cribb* A new world superpower is arising. One that is unelected, borderless, controls most governments and,…
A few thoughts from Timothy Caulfield – but I’m still going to floss
I’ve recently read a book by Timothy Caulfield, the University of Alberta professor, author and Gweneth Paltrow’s least favourite person. I say that because Caulfield wrote a book titled Is…
Does Kenney understand Alberta?
A recent survey, conducted by Maru Public Opinion and Janet Brown Opinion Research, took a reading of Canadians’ views of Alberta. The poll measured the reaction to a number of…
Covid Journal, Dec 6, 2021
I’ve been swept up with a range of family issues of late so I haven’t been anywhere near as active as I’d like to have been over the past two…
Could it be that these are the future good old days?
This week, I propose to answer the age-old question: Were things better in the old days than they are today? First, let us discuss the term ‘old days’. For someone…
Facts are not futile
At a time when rabid anti-vaxxers make noise beyond their numbers and conspiracy theorists roam the Web, this may appear to be a low point for trust in science. No-nothings…
American jurisprudence—a puzzle
Two recent criminal trials in the U.S. caught international attention. I refer to the Kyle Rittenhouse case in Wisconsin and the Ahmaud Arbery case in Georgia, the first known best…
Suzuki apologizes, Kenney rants
David Suzuki recently made some rash comments about oil pipelines, specifically “There are going to be pipelines blown up if our leaders don’t pay attention to what’s going on.” Being…