best of 2023

 Buffy Sainte-Marie is Italian.  jfc

best of 2021 and 2022

 Nothing but wildfires, floods, a pandemic and a new war.

best of 2020

Where to begin

• zoonotic diseases
• lethal foreign policy - Qasem Soleimani (Jan), Mohsen Fakhrizadeh (Nov)
• UIA Flight PS752 - see above
  
• Wortman massacre - Portapique & Colchester County Nova Scotia (Apr)
• morale-crushing Snowbirds crash - Kamloops BC (May)
• Canadian military report - dire conditions in Ontario seniors homes (May)
• wildfires - Australia, California/Oregon/Washington
  
• Beirut economic collapse & explosion (Aug)

It's Only August - albawawa.com

• US embassy, Jerusalem - Trump "moved the capital of Israel to Jerusalem" for "the evangelicals," lagging 4yrs behind John Baird (Oct)
• Israeli government collapse, again (Dec)
• new strain covid-19
• Alberta government's shoddy "reports" for health, curriculum, post-secondary, municipal spending, Allan inquiry,...)
  

virulent minister

In what world does a health minister stalk doctors? In Tyler Shandro's fortis et liber wexit world. Because the wisest, most prudent thing to do during a pandemic is to bilk and antagonize the good folks who look after us in our public health system and just be a weirdo.

Ministerial rating: 0/5

Alberta environment minister suspends environment

Minister of Environment, Jason Nixon (Mar 31 order), waives environmental reporting amid covid-19 pandemic. He says complying would be a "hardship" for companies, even though billions and billions of dollars and perks have flowed to O&G of late.

Full article: National Observer

This is the minister who promised no public or Crown land would be sold. This is the minister who helped ram a 2020-21 budget **with a $58/barrel oil price and no sudden-onset global pandemic** which a) unrevised is bad budgeting and b) propels nursing job and health care cuts. 

This is the person who in 2011 signed a one-year (threatening? let's kill the bitch? poaching? trespassing?) peace bond.

 

Ministerial rating: 0/5

best of 2019: Alberta forbidden words

UCP provincial government orders public schools to remove the word "public" from their names. Education minister: Adriana LaGrange, Aug15 by ministerial order. 

Lagrange is the Kenney leadership Red Deer pro-life stacker (special guest: hapner). See also Jason Kenney's 2016 interview with Ezra Levant.

Lagrange only was "simplifying naming conventions," along the lines of other "simple" things like UCP firing Elections Commissioner (Bill 22, "only merging" with Elections Alberta).

 

Ministerial rating: 0/5

best of 2018: USA forbidden words

The Trump admin's 7 deadly sins banned words at the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) are:
vulnerable
diversity
entitlement
transgender
fetus
evidence-based

science-based

HONOURABLE MENTION: A Republican dead pimp is elected in Nevada! Roger Stone called Dennis Hof the Trump of Pahrump. Trump's grandfather made a family nest egg peddling booze, food and women in Bennett BC. Very inspirational!

Dennis Hof in 2013

In other news, a Snopes report on the dentist (that shot Cecil a rare black-maned lion in 2015) and  Trump's newly-formed wildlife conservation council. In 2017, Cecil's son Xanda also was killed by a trophy hunter in Zimbabwe.

best of 2017 - Bonus!

Saskatchewan MP Gerry Ritz resigned in 2017. A highlight was his tweet about polls. He served Battlefords—Lloydminster from 1997 as Reform, then Alliance and CPC post-merger (2004) member.

Fascinating! The world tilts every 40-50 years and polls freeze.

In other science news, Stephen Hawking passed (1942-2018). His ashes will be interred in Westminster Abbey near Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin.

Unicorns in London

After the DC trip, former Rebel Media corporate director and Conservative Party campaign manager, Hamish Marshall, is guiding his new little unicorn to London, England on a trade mission. Marshall's wife used to be Rob Anders' roommate (comments).

Who else has gone to London? Just Murray Edwards in 2016. In addition to business interests in NHL's Calgary Flames, local resorts, being WestJet's 4th largest shareholder, yachting vacations with Rona Ambrose, Imperial Metals (Mt Polley BC disaster), Magellan Aerospace Corp., Canadian Natural Resources, director of Ensign Energy Services during stock option backdating suit in 2004 ($4M settlement), ... wait, where was I? ... 

Oh right, Rob Anders.

Oklahoma City 1994: Republican Jim Inhofe campaign. At a news conference in Oklahoma City, McCurdy called a worker who wore a Pinocchio nose at a debate Wednesday "a paid political thug" who had broken campaign laws. He said the Inhofe campaign was resorting to Watergate-style dirty tricks. 

Oct 2017: Rumour was that Rob Anders wore a tuxedo to the UCP leadership victory party. Former snack pack members include Ezra Levant and Jason Kenney.

White History Month

PREVIOUSLY, I thought July should be White History Month in Canada. After some consideration I'm leaning toward December. Its appellation: Settler Month, Colonist Month, British Month (Dec 11 is the Anniversary of the Statute of Westminster), Pepe Month, Scots Month, Ubermensch Month, White Nationalist Month, White Supremist Month, EU White Nationalist Month, Kill a Socialist Month, Jesus Month, White Jesus Month, not-Arab Month, Crusades Month, Gentile Month, Not-Black History Month, Neo-Nazi Month, Pioneer Month, White South Africa Month, White Identity Month, Not-Muslim Month, Ethnic Nationalist Month.

These are just some ideas. The drawback for Jesus Month in December is that Orthodox celebrations are in January. Maybe Jerusalem could have 2 months instead.

In any case, these are the availabilities:

JAN
FEB Black History Month
MAR
APR
MAY Asian Heritage Month
JUN National Aboriginal History Month
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC