This from Professor Michael E. Mann: Sagan rightly feared the “celebration of ignorance”. He didn’t quite anticipate, however, the *weaponization* of ignorance that we are now seeing. Carl Sagan predicted QAnon more than two decades ago: If you have never read the book, The Demon-Haunted World is well-worth your time.
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Politics and its Discontents: Hard To Swallow
While there are many topics of pressing concern to write about these days, I can’t resist a lesser story that in my view underscores corporate greed, writ large. Some may have heard about the recent
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Signs Of The Times
I’ve been really busy this week and haven’t had time to post. The following reflects just a few of the things I haven’t written about, as seen through the eyes of Moudakis: Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Catholic Love
I offer the following without comment, except to say that it is incredible that in the 21st Century, we still have so many benighted people amongst us. Read only until you feel your gag reflex starting to kick in: Police were called in to deal with angry parents after
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Value Of Self-Censorship
I am one who firmly believes that far too many people are far too easily offended today, whether it is reflected in demands to tear down statues because of historical transgressions, as in the case of Sir John A., or tossing out all of Winston Churchill’s accomplishments because of
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Responding To The Corporate Siren Call
The other day, I posted about our successive governments’ inability to resist the siren call of the corporate imperative, wedded as they are both socially and ideologically to their summons. In my previous post, I explored how postal banking fell victim to that imperative. Today I explore another example of
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: About The Company You Are Keeping
If you haven’t read it yet, check out Owen’s post today about the uproar over Conservative MPs feting Christine Anderson, the far-right politician from Germany. Now embroiled in damage control. Con leader PP insists there is no place for such extreme views in Canada, claiming that his MPs knew nothing
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Genuflecting At The Altar Of Corporate Giants
For the longest time, I have been pondering the timidity of successive governments to be on anything but the good side of the corporate titans who walk among us. Certainly, we sometimes hear brave words that are scripted from the world of political theatre, but when the metal hits the
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Real Snowflakes
The extreme right seems to take pleasure in calling progressive people snowflakes, implying that they are such sensitive souls that any criticism or views that don’t accord with theirs hurt their feelings. Of course, the real snowflakes are the rabid right, who profess outrage whenever someone calls them what they
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Hidden History
Ideally, history teaches us about the past so that we can gain perspective on what came before and learn some lessons so that we don’t make the same mistakes made over and over again, ad infinitum. While recent history underscores the fact that we are not apt students, even the
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Shameless And Incorrigible
I was going to post about Doug Ford today on another topic today, but then I came across this video, yet another testament to his shameless lack of ethics and morality. It pertains to the recent announcement that Magna International will be the recipient of a $23 million Ford government grant for
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: About The Company We (Or At Least Some Of Us) Keep
Normally, I would say that the following consists simply of unsupported assertions. However, since it is about Doug Ford, and with the stench of corruption so overpowering, it is in my view justified, the Premier’s stout denials of impropriety notwithstanding. If we are indeed judged by the company we keep
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The American Taliban
One of the main joys of this part of my life is helping to look after our granddaughter, who is now 18 months old and very, very bright and engaged in the world around her. Sometimes, in order to ‘coax’ her to eat, we play some children’s programming available on
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Such Blatant Hypocrisy
Being on the right side of history is a popular desire these days, and many opportunities are afforded by Black History Month. It offers progressives and companies the chance to stand with the Black community in expressing pride in their multitude of achievements that many people are unaware of.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: It’s Not Going Away
In my post about homelessness the other day, I wrote, In Toronto, a motion that would have kept warming centres open from November to April was defeated, despite shelter space being at a premium. Homelessness is not going away, and many citizens are acutely aware of that fact and the immorality of Toronto’s decision.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: My Man Snoop Dogg
Can’t beat him for colour commentary, as you will see: Given contemporary events, I thought a change of pace was called for. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Face of Homelessness
I have been thinking a lot about the homeless for quite awhile now. It is a problem difficult to ignore given the proliferation of people ‘living rough,’ attested to by the increasing common tent encampments that are frequently rather gleefully taken down with alacrity by city officials. Are there alternatives? In Toronto,
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Food For Thought
I found this on Twitter. Thanks to Michael Warburton for this clip on Mohammed Ali musing about language. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Wasted Opportunities
While I have posted now a few times on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s campaign to keep people in abysmal ignorance. there always seems to be something more to say on the topic. My friend Gary alerted me to a new article in The Guardian about the fervent Floridian’s campaign
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Veil Of Ignorance
Lay not that flattering unction to your soul…. It will but skin and film the ulcerous place, Whilst rank corruption, mining all within, Infects unseen. – Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4 The above attests to the destructive, corrosive effects of not confronting one’s wrongdoing. The wrongdoing does not go away,
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