Tag Archives: history

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – (January 2015)

January 30 marks 10 years since the SFL brought you the constitutional right to strike! We brought together 5 insiders from the legal challenge to reflect on what it all means.? https://t.co/y3e5sLpSMF@LHubich @ljohb @SameOldKent #canlab #skpoli — Sask Fed of Labour (@SKFedLabour) January 24, 2025  

Trump vs. Hitler

“Just undeniable.” Joy Reid makes stunning two and a half minute long direct comparison of Trump to Hitler. (Video: MSNBC) pic.twitter.com/hL52xlw3Hw — Mike Sington (@MikeSington) January 28, 2025  

Charlie Angus Doesn’t Hold Back His Feelings About Trump

I think my vote for Jagmeet Singh as NDP Leader in 2017 was the right one for that  moment. But this is a new moment, nearly a decade later, and I often wonder what a world where Charlie Angus was currently the NDP leader would look like… Canadian MP Charlie Angus deliverers a direct message […]

Bugs on Parade?

using the bugs life speech over this luigi mangione edit was so fucking REAL actually pic.twitter.com/53Q65wuLb3 — jorts!? (@BBC0RPSE) December 23, 2024  

Secular Sunday – You’re Not Special But You Are Fucking Lucky

It’s been a tough year in a lot of ways – maybe the toughest of my life – but it’s ending on multiple up notes and either way, still better than none at all as my dad always says!

Turmoil in Liberal Party

Why do politicians (and other powerful people – I’m looking at you Ruth Bader-Ginsburg) always hold on too long? Trudeau should’ve read the tea leaves a long time ago and stepped down when going through his separation which would’ve been the perfect “out” for him that wasn’t embarrassing or tarnishing his legacy.

Wisdom Wednesday – Very Good Media Communications From Union Leader During Postal Strike

Has strong command of the facts Knows the history of long-ago negotiations that influence this round of bargaining Clarifies that everything that Canada Postal workers have which others without might see as “too generous” or “too much” is because all of these things were ultimately agreed to by management and/or changes in labour legislation. And […]

Wisdom Wednesday – The Killing of United Healthcare’s MBA CEO

I’ve been reading a lot about the early Wednesday morning murder of the CEO of United Healthcare who was killed while walking into a shareholder’s meeting at a New York City hotel. Although things are still fresh, details aren’t fully known and, as I type this, the killer is still at large, it would appear […]

Secular Sunday – Buy A Bible…

Secular Sunday – Hiding Anne Frank in Trump’s America?