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Politics, Re-Spun: How to Spot an Ecology Troll
Start with an oil spill apologist/minimizer. Work with the twisted logic that since all ships and oil tankers don’t crash all the time, any concern over one that might [and our government’s pathetic incompetence in prevention and disaster-aversion] is eco-hysteria. Pay any attention to and RT anything Ayn Rand. Then
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Transit Should Be Free; Until Then…
$1/day is a good start to get there. It’s good for the environment. It reduces commuter stress. It forces governments to increase progressive taxation to cover infrastructure costs. It uses BC’s cheap hydro electricity. It combats rampant zombie consumerism. The post-secondary UPass system has improved commuting incredibly. So $1/day is
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: People Should Stop Attacking The Margaret Wente
It doesn’t matter that she hasn’t read Naomi Klein’s new book about climate change. It doesn’t matter because the internet of things. It doesn’t matter because most of what’s important in the world is in the comment section of news stories, not the stories themselves. We all know journalists are
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Simushir and BC’s Energy Future
[I was finishing my presentation to the BC government Finance Committee for their 2015 budget the other day. Now Simushir has begun to threaten ecological disaster. That puts a new context in here as I submit my ideas today. I’m very concerned about the next few hours, weeks and decades.]
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: People Want BC Corporations to Pay More Tax
…or do they? Every year the BC government consults with citizens on what should go into their budget. Last year over 25% of the online survey respondents said new revenue should come from increased corporate taxes, triple the rate of people who thought personal income taxes should go up. But
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: The People Who Want to Shoot the Women
Do you stand with @femfreq? If not, you’re welcome to not come back to this website. You aren’t welcome. [View the story “The People Who Want to Shoot the Women” on Storify] August 27, 2010 Terrorism + Child Abuse Joke = National Post (1) August 12, 2010 A Basic Primer
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: What I Am Thankful For
This weekend, I am thankful for folks in Seattle who know how to transform the imperialist Columbus Day into Indigenous Peoples’ Day. May we all learn this for next year! “We are all citizens in a democracy, we are all here to work with each other, and by making this
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Socialist, AND Nobel Peace Prize Winner
…And after reading that, do you have an urge to say, “yeah, but” – she’s young – she’s a woman – she’s uneducated – whatever other condescending, dismissive thing you can imagine? As a post-partisan eco-socialist, I affirm her words. And if you follow the link below, you’ll see that
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: White Privilege and Entitlements, On Acid, Sans Irony
I’m white, so I’m qualified to explain that white privilege and entitlements don’t exist? So shut up? Enjoy the stupid, ignorant, red herring cultivating and watch the white host infantilize and berate the non-white guy. So Sun TV recently decided to convene a panel to debate whether or not “white
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Harper, Militarism and the New Toonie
Harper continues to ignore, demean and disrespect soldiers while once again sending them into one of his neo-conservative “wars,” which is good for a PM heading into an election, needing to solidifying his base that loves him to kill the evildoers. But his long-term plan to militarize Canadian culture [Winnipeg
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: How @Dicks Sporting Goods Can Advance Feminism, So Easily
Dick’s Sporting Goods, in the all-too testosterone world of sports, released a catalogue with virtually no women in it. Except for cheerleaders and a girl watching men play sports. A 12-year-old calls them out on this because even 12-year-olds get equality. Dick’s sent a FOAD brush off letter back [see
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: How to Not Commit a Sex Crime
You participate in a sex crime if you search for or look at revenge porn. It is really that simple. A Richmond, B.C., woman hopes her story of having nude photos leaked online will foster laws to protect women against cyberbullying. Anisa Salmi was working at her desk when she
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Clean Energy is Actually the $Trillion Sector, Not LNG
According to Analytica Advisors, the global demand for clean energy technology was estimated at $1.1 trillion in 2012 and projected to grow to $2.5 trillion by 2022. It also estimates that the cleantech industry in Canada grew nine per cent in 2012. In the same period, the mining, oil and
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Perma-War is Soft Fascism; Reject It!
When the government terrorizes the citizens, they are the enemy. Not all allies have decided that international cachet means flying combat jets. Many are contributing humanitarian aid, an option often derided by Harper’s Conservatives as sending over some blankets. Germany’s Angela Merkel is one who has chosen blankets over bombs
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Stop Persecuting The Rich, You Stinkers!
Rich folks, corporations and capitalists are feeling persecuted AGAIN! George Monbiot explains that we [citizens in pseudo-democracies] are attacking them and their right to a free market as well as their right to be free from disloyal politicians pursuing policy goals that serve voting human people instead of businesses. Here
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Wadena Derailment Crisis: Early Lesson
http://t.co/rSh4hfhlbN Let’s move to the post-carbon energy infrastructure NOW! Publicly-owned wind, solar, tidal, geothermal, hydro is our future. No tarsands. No pipelines. No tankers. No coal. No LNG. No fracking. No climate change by rail either. http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/canada/saskatchewan/major-train-derailment-and-fire-near-wadena-sask-1.2791337 June 16, 2014 Hey, BC: Want More Jobs? Dump the LNG and Pipelines!
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: The Trouble with Old Men: Coal
Most know that coal contributes to climate change and coal dust is an environmental problem. But old men skew far higher in supporting a coal terminal anyway. Are old men just stupid, or are economic benefits just more important to them? via Your Insights on Coal Exports in Metro Vancouver
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: While Canada’s Free Press Gets Beheaded…
When one corporation owns most of the English language newspapers in Canada, the free press is essentially dead, not that it’s been much of anything but comatose for a while. Switch to non-corporate media: Worried that the PostMedia buy out of Sun News means you won’t have any options for
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Against Collective Forgetting
Workers must do our part to Stop Harper! Happy Labour Day! 🙂 In Stephen Harper’s Canada, we keep enumerating the things we’re losing: meaningful legislative debate, evidence-based policy, public science, a free and open society, among other things. But what happens if we go too long with a slow erosion
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