In Brief
Jan 18th, 2021 |
By L. Frank Bunting |
Category: In Brief
SPECIAL FROM L. FRANK BUNTING, PANCAKE BAY, ON. JANUARY 18, 2021, 2 AM, 2 PM ET : Some worried that yesterday would be a kind of state-Capitol reprise of what transpired at the national Capitol in Washington on January 6, 2021. According to CNN, however : “Weekend protests at state capitols stayed small amid heavy […]
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Jan 7th, 2021 |
By Counterweights Editors |
Category: In Brief
FROM THE DESKTOPS OF THE COUNTERWEIGHTS EDITORS, TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA. JAN 7, 2021. 4:15 AM ET. We just want to make clear that, like so many others in so many parts of the world today, we are altogether appalled by the happenings at the US Capitol (and various state capitols as well) on Wednesday, January […]
Tags: 6 Jan 2021, 6 Jan putsch attempt, pro-Trump mob storms US Capitol, Trump coup 2021? Posted in In Brief |
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Jan 1st, 2021 |
By Counterweights Editors |
Category: In Brief
COUNTERWEIGHTS EDITORS’ VIRTUAL NEW YEAR’S PARTY 2021 (UPDATED 9 AM ET, MONDAY JANUARY 4, 2021), FERNWOOD PARK, ON. To start with, we’ve moved our January 4, 2021 update on US politics right up front here instead of at the end of our original comments as usual, for what we think should be obvious reasons! We […]
Tags: Alberta news, Community organizing, David Corn, Edmonton, Indigenous ward names in Edmonton, Jeff Gold, Josh Hawley commits voter fraud?, Rod Phillips, Ron Brownstein, Saul Alinsky, Sean Wilentz on New York jazz, Vijay Phulwani, Vote for Crook, W. Darcy McKeough, William Davis Posted in In Brief |
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Dec 15th, 2020 |
By Citizen X |
Category: In Brief
FROM THE DESKTOP OF CITIZEN X, BUCKHORN, ON., DECEMBER 15, 2020, 2AM ET : Over the past few years the counterweights editors have commemorated the end of another year on what remains a Western (if also African) Christian calendar (even when it’s called “Common Era”) by posting links to this political blogazine’s most popular articles […]
Tags: American Civil War, Amy Davidson Sorkin, Anita Anand, B. Janine Morison, Chrystia Freeland, Claude Taylor, Ontario Budget 2020, Rod Phillips, Texas 2020 election appeal to Supreme Court, US electoral college 2020 Posted in In Brief |
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Dec 2nd, 2020 |
By Counterweights Editors |
Category: In Brief
FROM THE COUNTERWEIGHTS EDITORS, GANATSEKWYAGON, ON. WED 2 DEC 2020 : The main focus of our November 30 gathering was federal finance minister Chrystia Freeland’s economic and fiscal update for the Government of Canada — on cable news TV at or about 4 PM, direct from the Canadian House of Commons in Ottawa. The Government […]
Tags: Abacus Data, Althia Raj, Chrystia Freeland, democracy in America, Don Martin, Eric Grenier, Fall Economic Statement 2020 in Canada, Fraud allegations in US elections, National Review on Trump Endgame, Research Co., spring 2021 election in Canada, US election 2020 Posted in In Brief |
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Nov 18th, 2020 |
By Randall White |
Category: In Brief
FROM RANDALL WHITE, FERNWOOD PARK, TORONTO, WED 18 NOV 2020 : Sophia A. Nelson (who might qualify as one seasoned guide to the new political middle ground many Americans apparently now yearn for) published an interesting piece on the Daily Beast site this past Sunday. Her article is called “The Authoritarian Threat in This Country […]
Tags: BC NDP, Brad Bannon, Canadian socialism, CCF, George Orwell, Jack Schwartz, Jagmeet Singh, John Horgan, NDP, Public health care in Canada, Regina Manifesto, Socialism in USA, Sophia A. Nelson, Tommy Douglas Posted in In Brief |
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Nov 8th, 2020 |
By Counterweights Editors |
Category: In Brief
COUNTERWEIGHTS EDITORS, TORONTO, NOV 8, 2020, 2 AM ET : As with so many others our first reaction was just relief. At least some big enough part of what you wanted to happen was probably going to happen. But until it was confirmed … Most of our fellow workers, friends, and neighbours, in this North […]
Tags: American democracy, Biden wins, Georgia and Old South in 2020, Kamala Harris, US election 1960, US election 2020 Posted in In Brief |
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Nov 4th, 2020 |
By Counterweights Editors |
Category: In Brief
UPDATED NOV 4, 10:30 AM ET ; NOV 6, 3 AM, 12 NOON : COUNTERWEIGHTS EDITORS’ NOTES : 3 NOV 20, 11:40 PM ET : Just under an hour ago David Coletto at Abacus Data tweeted : “We won’t know what the outcome is tonight. Feels like it’s best to go to bed, try to […]
Tags: Barb McQuade, Cheri DiNovo, David Coletto, US election 2020 Posted in In Brief |
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Nov 1st, 2020 |
By Citizen X |
Category: In Brief
FROM THE DESKTOP OF CITIZEN X, GANATSEKWYAGON, ON. NOVEMBER 1, 2020. One thing Canadians never quite understand about their friendly-giant neighbours in the USA is how they ever manage to remember even the bare political geography of their federal system. Memorizing the 10 provinces of Canada and their capital cities at school or otherwise takes […]
Tags: Canadian public finance fall 2020, Chrystia Freeland, democracy in America, Electoral College in US, Mar-a-Lago, Modern Monetary Theory, Obamacare, US election 2020 Posted in In Brief |
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Oct 25th, 2020 |
By Counterweights Editors |
Category: In Brief
UPDATED OCT 26. FROM THE COUNTERWEIGHTS EDITORS. TORONTO, OCT 25, 12:15 AM ET ; OCT 24, 9:15 PM PT : Surprise, surprise (not, of course). Despite the large volume of mail-in votes that will only be counted “a couple of weeks later,” both CBC and CTV have now projected an NDP majority government in today’s […]
Tags: Australia and BC politics, BC as new left-wing heartland in Canada, BC election 2020, Canada election 2020?, Liberals as conservatives, Liberals as progressives, mail-in voting in BC 2020, P.J. Fournier Posted in In Brief |
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