It is great to be back after my summer break. I had a wonderful vacation, and I hope you did as well. One individual who did not have such a great summer is Kevin Falcon. On August 28, 2024, he did what I predicted in my July 2nd blog . He effectively resigned as leader…
Author: timlouislaw
ABC Lacks Vision (and Common Sense)
On July 10, 2024, Vancouver City Council’s majority party, ABC (Anything But Common Sense) gutted the city’s long standing view cone policy. The new 2024 Public Views Guidelines entirely eliminate 14 public view cones (was 38, now 24), amend a further 11 public views, and reduce origin points by two. The view cones policy was…
BC United About To Get The Hook?
In my July 2, 2024 blog, I predicted that it will be only a matter of time before BC United leader Kevin Falcon resigns. Since then, things have become even bleaker for Falcon and his party. When I made my prediction that Falcon would resign, I was not yet predicting the demise of BC United….
Depressing and Terrifying
For progressives all around the world, President Joe Biden’s performance at the June 27, 2024 presidential candidate debate with expected Republican candidate Donald Trump was much more than disappointing. DEPRESSING and TERRIFYING are two words that immediately come to mind. DEPRESSING, as one always feels empathy for an individual who is losing their cognitive abilities….
Falcon’s Shelf Life has Expired
It is no longer if, but when Kevin Falcon will resign as leader of the moribund BC United party. It is very unlikely he will resign prior to the fast-approaching Oct. 19, 2024 provincial election, as there is no longer enough time to hold a leadership race and convention. If he does not resign prior…
“Finish Them”
On May 29, 2024, while Israel was in the process of attacking Rafah, failed U.S. Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley wrote “Finish them” on an Israeli artillery shell. Criticism rightly followed from around the world. The excuse was given that Israel intended to fire the shell in question at the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. Both…
A Long-Awaited Proposal from Biden
It has taken far far too long but we may be witnessing the final days of power of the Middle East’s most notorious war criminal, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. On May 31, 2024, American President Joe Biden announced a bold and thoughtful road map that, if accepted by both combatants — Israel and Hamas…