Alberta Politics commentator David Climenhaga blamed religious “parents’ rights” groups for driving the UCP’s no-sex and anti-2SLGBTQ+ book ban policies. But Margaret Atwood may have had the best response. in-sights.ca/2025/09/02/j...

"It is utterly ridiculous to talk of the rapacity and despotism of the employer. The tyranny of the employed over his master would be an infinitely truer version of the case. Proprietors have suffered for years from intolerable and increasing oppression." in-sights.ca/2025/09/01/l...

Other nations are dealing more successfully with homelessness and extreme poverty. The Netherlands and Finland are two examples. So what are they doing? in-sights.ca/2025/08/27/h...

A Western Canadian company had to go to Bavaria to launch its first commercial clean energy project. I said that was because European policies are not dictated by oil and hydropower interests. That led to a response by Glen Clark, Chair of BC Hydro… in-sights.ca/2025/07/11/t...

The 2025 Global Peace Index ranks Canada 14th, ahead of 149 other nations. The USA ranked 128th, down 34 positions from when Donald Trump was a private citizen, in-sights.ca/2025/08/24/g...

An American colleague told me about an elbows up experience he had in Canada. He asked the bartender what kind of bourbon she had. The woman replied, "Honey, as long as that orange asshole is in power, you will never get a drink of bourbon here." #boycott ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/kentuck...

Australia election has striking parallels to what just happened in Canada--Labour coalition returned, Trumpist conservative leader who was poised to win a few months ago loses his seat of 24 years. www.bbc.com/news/article...

American company Quaise Energy intends to use beams of energy to vaporize bore holes through rocks and access deep geothermal heat. By going deep, we can tap into the Earth’s heat from anywhere on the globe and use that energy for heating and electricity generation. in-sights.ca/2025/07/22/t...

Always articulate and thoughtful reader Lew Edwardson joins Norm Farrell to comment on management at all official levels responsible for generating electricity in British Columbia. The losses that ratepayers will absorb measure in the tens of billions of dollars. in-sights.ca/2025/07/13/l...

The existing american agricultural labor system is hellish and coercive enough, and somehow the gentry want to make it even worse.

NPR had a quick, upbeat mention about how farmwork could function as healthcare with people "prescribed" to do it and it feels maddening that a significant swath of elite opinion seems to be trying to soft relaunch serfdom.

It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it. in-sights.ca/2025/01/30/n...

So true. Powerful piece of art by @laloalcaraz.bsky.social.

A Western Canadian company had to go to Bavaria to launch its first commercial clean energy project. I said that was because European policies are not dictated by oil and hydropower interests. That led to a response by Glen Clark, Chair of BC Hydro… in-sights.ca/2025/07/11/t...

He's back. Work has resumed at IN-SIGHTS. Today, it is an update on a Canadian company's work on geothermal energy. But it's not happening here because European policies are not dictated by oil and hydro interests. in-sights.ca/2025/07/07/g...

Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses. Real buttons are sooooooo back baby!

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.

I’m not catholic but I find this wildly offensive

Best sign from yesterday.

#BankruptCasino #BidensFault #BankRuptTrumpUnivesity #BidensFault #BankRuptTrumpSteaks #BidensFault #BankRuptTrumpWine #BidensFault #34Felonies #BidensFault Biden's been busy!! 😂🤣😅 #JoeBidensFault 😂🤣 #NOTsoSLEEPY 😊

The acting U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., has sent letters to several leading medical journals asking for information about their editorial practices.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will direct federal health agencies to explore potential new treatments for measles as the U.S. faces its largest outbreak in 25 years. Experts fear the decision could have grave consequences, as studies show the existing vaccine is 97% effective in preventing infection.

Auchincloss on Fox News: "What I'm seeing is a president who is more interested in the valuation of his memecoin than he is about people's 401ks. What I'm seeing is a president who along with Howard Lutnick is self-dealing on crypto instead of worrying about the strength of the US dollar."

What is the right-wing working for? Something they already have. But they want even more concentration of wealth. Enough is never enough.

Indoctrination.

Puppets…

But, but… Conservatives said Canadian streets were dangerous and our neighborhoods were threatened with constant violence. Is it possible they were being untruthful?

I ... got nuthin'.

Ah, the judge is "alarmed" ... is this better or worse than being "troubled" or "concerned?"

Under Trump, they’re allowed to start resegregating schools in Louisiana. This must be stopped.

And this is why "leftists" continue to get their asses handed to them over and over and over ... because they insist on playing nice with assholes who would never return the favour. scrimshawunscripted.substack.com/p/stornoway-...

Freedom Flotilla Coalition demands Israel answer to violations of international law, including blockade and ‘bombing of our civilian vessel’. Providing aid to starving and abused people is opposed by perpetrators of genocide. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/...

Facebook removed my post about autocratic control of mass media. It was labelled spam. With no advertising, it linked to Trump’s White House, The Atlantic magazine, a prestigious Swedish research institute, and a legal resource centre. in-sights.ca/2025/05/02/f...

“President Donald Trump wants to cut at least $5.1 billion from America’s parks, forests, and waters, as well as from Native American Tribes.”https://yubanet.com/usa/white-house-proposes-disposing-of-national-park-sites-national-forests-and-giving-doge-control-over-fighting-wildfires/

I am fascinated by Poilievre's position that Kurek is stepping aside "temporarily" ... what sort of shenanigans are being played here? And are they even legal?

So it begins! 🤷‍♀️

According to a democracy research project based at Sweden’s University of Gothenburg, nations controlled by strongmen now outnumber those where citizens exercise control through elected representatives. Democracy is disappearing in the USA and is threatened in Canada… in-sights.ca/2025/05/02/r...

‘Kennedy told reporters that there were "many, many good ways to treat measles and doctors need to know that and to know those methods.’ One problem; there is no treatment for measles. Signed, a doctor who’s been forced to deal with measles because of this stupid fraud.

Lie number one billion. He hated you for ruining his lead in the polls. He loves your policies, especially your rascism. Your reverse psychology attempt is weak. Mark Carney is laughing. #resist #canadaunited #tarrifs

Look at the people who make Poilievre comfortable: Jordan Peterson and Danielle Smith are two of them. in-sights.ca/2025/04/21/c...

It is easy and it really matters. Make the best choice you can. Remind others. Help them get to their poll station if they need it. #cdnpoli

Bloomberg News: S&P 500 Index is down about 8% since Trump’s inauguration and on track for its worst run during a president’s first 100 days since 1974, following Richard Nixon’s resignation.

Exactly! youtu.be/wtYgWjx4CJ4?...

*80%* of Democratic primary voters below the age of 45 think the US should restrict aid to Israel

Saturday | 10:10 PT Journalist Jen St. Denis joins us to talk about the chaotic events at the English-language Federal Leaders Debate that led to the cancellation of the post-debate media scrum. @jenstden.bsky.social @thetyee.ca