An Exhausting Week In Alberta Politics
This week has been a whirlwind in politics, especially in Alberta. On Thursday, the Premier of Alberta announced what I can only call a farce of a referendum on separating…
“Attention-deficit-disorder Thunderdome”
As I decide whether to keep up this blog, I would like to hear from regular readers. What kind of content do you like to see on this website? What…
Alberta’s Russo-american Brexit Fraud
10 years ago next month, Britain committed a spectacular act of national masochism through their Brexit referendum, and to celebrate the anniversary, Alberta’s premier wants her province to face the…
Hey, Habs – please do that voodoo that you do so well! Plus its Sunday Funday: Riders win, Knicks win, good posts, funny posts, Getting Old(er), Carney hat-trick, TrumpWatch, Animal Crackers
But damn! The Habs voodoo wasn't quite strong enough on Saturday night. #Habs 2 - 3 #Hurricanes (F/OT) MTL stats 🚨Goals: Anderson (4,5) 🏒PP: 0-for-2 🏒Guhle: 3-game point streak (3A)…
Average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or no independent influence on governments
Economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on government policy, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or no independent influence.
2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs
Nirvana, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam only made it big because of the path forged by Hüsker Dü, the Replacements, the Pixies and Montreal bands like the Nils, the Asexuals and…
Saturday Photo: Lilacs, of course
Just came in from a short walk at sunset, trailing the scent of lilacs after me. After a cool and wet early spring, the lilacs are now out in force,…
Saturday Afternoon Links
This and that for your weekend reading.- Genevieve Guenther and Michael Mann offer a reminder that climate denial - from Donald Trump or anybody else - won't avert the consequences…
The Two Places I Couldn’t Be
Hello fellow caregivers! Occasionally I receive a request for a guest post that stops me in my tracks and this is one. It's from a caregiver who is also an…
Each Of Us Is The Resistance
One of the most diabolical efforts of both the corporate and American political world is to convince us that we, as individuals, have no power, and that resistance is futile.…
Test post
With multiple categories. MIGAWD it works… But the
Referendum Lite Roundup: The more we see it, the more we hate it
The more Canada is learning today about Danielle Smith's Alberta Referendum Lite, the more we hate it. Not only will it screw up the international and national investments Canada needs…
Danielle Smith vows to do everything humanly possible to keep Alberta in Canada – over and over and over again
The lady doth protest too much, methinks. In addition to blaming everyone but herself for the national unity crisis she’s been trying for months to foment, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith…
Musical interlude
Chromantis - Cold Like The Silence
Solar energy and distributed generation
Clean electricity generated close to where you live — and increasingly owned by the people, businesses, and communities that use it. Solar experts and researchers from University of British Columbia…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Paul Krugman discusses how some of the wealthiest men on the planet have supplicated themselves before Donald Trump in the hope of stifling both…
A great beginning for the Habs! Plus Smith’s goofy Referendum Lite – does Alberta actually WANT to delay new resource investments until 2027? And a farewell to Stephen Colbert
Habs win!At least there was one good news story today -- after the Canes scored at 30 seconds, Montreal came back and scored at a minute. Then they put the…
Danielle Smith promotes delusional history of U.S. and Canadian constitutions to promote separation referendum
In Danielle Smith’s Alberta, if the facts don’t support your argument, you can make up new facts. Alberta’s premier demonstrated this capacity yesterday evening in her delusional 15-minute televised address…
Saturday Photo: My Friend Doris
On Saturday Doris Ingerman's friends and family had a party for her. She died in December, just weeks short of her 97th birthday, but for various reasons the celebration of…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates May 12, 2025
Click here for the latest compilation of every other week updates. NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners…