Since I did this on Twitter. I owe it to those of you privileging me with your time on this Podcast. If you are happy about the Trudeaus separation, please unfollow me now. I want to be respectful of my followers. It’s impossible for me to have a grain of respect for anyone who is euphoric over the break up of a marriage. Bye.

Two weeks ago in Belleville, Ontario, Justin Trudeau was called a traitor and a criminal and a pedophile. And don’t tell me that doesn’t strain a marriage. Don’t tell me that it’s something that’s easy to discuss for the mother of his children with his children. Much more on Parental Anguish and separation and D I V O R C E in my Free Press column. And I do hope no mother is ever asked by a 9-year-old. Why are they calling Pop a pedophile?

From the New York Times, columnist Maureen Dowd reminds us that there is a reason many Republicans don’t take Trump’s court cases seriously. Many Republicans see Joe Biden as an illegitimate president? How many? CNN says 69% of Republicans and those who lean in that direction believe the election was stolen by the Democrats. More than half say there is evidence of that. I can tell you there isn’t because I can tell if there was, there are billions of dollars in dark money available to any sleuth who could provide the truth of something that is palpably untrue.

A provocative title in the Calgary Herald for a Don Braid column. UCP declares a moratorium for Alberta’s reputation. This is about the Danielle Smith government putting on hold all new projects in the alternative energy space, specifically solar and wind. Hard to believe the government would try to put a roadblock in front of the billions of dollars companies want to invest in Alberta developing new energy. But old voters in those old rural ridings don’t like the word new energy – feel threatened by them. And Danielle Smith feels politically vulnerable when her base, Rural Albertans raise their pitchforks. There is reputational damage to Alberta. How can there not be, when Alberta always sells itself as a place where opportunity is never met with hostility.

Character Actor Mark Margolis has died. You may say the name doesn’t ring bell. So I will ring two bells. Hector Salamanca in Breaking Bad – Bell number one and Better Call Saul. Bell number two. He played the role of a Cartel leader, felled by a stroke, who needed a wheelchair. Margolis also had roles in Oz and Ace Ventura. It was a short illness ending in a New York City hospital, said his family. The person will always think of as Hector Salamanca, was 83. I’m Charles Adler with 3 minutes that matter.