My Covid diary continues. Will Trump instigate a trade war with Canada over masks?
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: The World Rediscovers Cuban Medical Internationalism
A brigade of more than 50 Cuban doctors and nurses arrived in Lombardy, one of the worst-affected regions in Italy, in response to a plea for international help. Just weeks ago, in late February 2020, US Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders was vilified by the US establishment for acknowledging education and
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: With Allies Like These: The Next Outrage
It was just yesterday at this blog that I wrote about the questions that many allies are having to ask right now about our relationships with the United States and their response to Covid-19. I pointed to two stories where the Trump Administration had seemingly snaked NATO and G-7 allies
Continue readingwmtc: what i’m reading: political graphic nonfiction: emma goldman, muhammad ali, eugene v. debs
I have been collecting graphic nonfiction with leftist political themes. I just love these books and am indulging myself in buying them. I was planning to review them, but I’ve decided to simply post images of the covers, the names of the books and the creators, and a quote from
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: A Courageous Proposal
We’re in unprecedented times and everyone is trying to figure out how to operate properly during them. For some that’s much easier than others, and certain groups positions are easier to adjust than others. One group in the political sphere that finds themselves in an interesting position are opposition parties
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Post From the Past: Tesla vs. Ford GM
https://twitter.com/mims/status/848971911975636992 https://www.wsj.com/articles/tesla-overtakes-gm-to-become-most-valuable-u-s-auto-maker-1491832043 These tweets brought to you by April 3rd, 2017, the past when I wrote this blog post, and probably have since forgotten about it. UPDATE Nov. 20, 2018, Mims deleted his tweet, sadly, so I don’t see the prediction he made any longer. ADDED: I think it must
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: The Weakness In Globolization
The pandemic has exposed the weak link in the theory of globalization. The theory states that those nations which can easily produce certain products should produce them, while those countries which find it difficult to produce products should produce other things. Tom Walkom writes: The theory behind globalization (or the
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Look on the bright side of all this
Three weeks into the pandemic, here are the three groups we never need to hear from again: • anti-vaxxers• Trump fanatics• anti-government types They’re done. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) April 3, 2020
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: When your time’s up, your time’s up
Some of you were upset that I said – and so stipulated in my living will – that I didn’t want to be put on a ventilator, if I got sick enough. Some questioned how I got to that point. Here’s how. Most coronavirus patients who end up on ventilators
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Kenney dives into pipeline financing.
In a time when the rest of the world is expending all energy and funds into the war against the novel coronavirus, Alberta premier Jason Kenney is following his own drummer. In a time when you cannot get $5 a barrel for the bitumen from the tar sands, Kenney is
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Smoke and mirrors aren’t cutting it — Alberta’s health minister still needs to go
Despite a lot of smoke and mirrors, Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government has never dispelled the queasy feeling many Albertans have that Tyler Shandro’s personal business dealings render him unsuitable to serve as minister of health. It was Mr. Shandro’s personal conduct, publicly berating a neighbour who posted a critical
Continue readingcartoon life: Zazie dans le metro
That was focking insane. It must have made some sense at the time.
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Joe Biden: An Unremarkable Man
Yesterday’s Man: The Case Against Joe Biden Branko Marcetic Verso, 2020 Joe Biden had been a United States Senator for more than three-and-a-half decades until his selection as Barack Obama’s vice-presidential running mate in 2008. According to Jacobin writer Branko Marcetic, in his timely new biography Yesterday’s Man: The Case
Continue readingThe Decarie Report: April 2: Writing a blog is hell……
…that’s why this one will be brief. I had spent many hours writing it, and was into the home stretch. And then it all disappeared. This has heppened before though, blessedly, at long intervals. On the three occasions, it seems to have happened when my fingers accidentally touched a key
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Justin Trudeau and the Covid Cons
The other day, Cathie from the excellent blog Cathie From Canada, left this comment on my blog:I have never been more proud to be Canadian than I have been since this crisis began. Even Ford is rising to the occasion. Someday I hope to read the story of how Trudeau did
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: I’m Becoming an Oil Baron
For those who complain there’s nothing in the news but COVID these days, try the Alberta section. Lots going on. For example, our government just laid off 26,000 school support staff while shelling out $1.5 billion, plus a $6-billion loan guarantee, to buy us a piece of the Keystone XL
Continue readingKersplebedeb: April 2 COVID News
The following COVID-19 resources may be useful to many of you; if you know of similar resources not on this list, send me an email and let me know. i will be sending out regular newsletters updating this list and containing links to new information and perspectives that i find
Continue readingA BCer in Ottawa: Eating in Quarantine: Maverick’s Donut Company
So, I won’t be going out for a meal I can review in the near future. But I still gotta ear, and now I have more time to write too. So I shall turn my culinary scribblings to delivery/carry out from local purveyors of fine food, as well as the
Continue readingKersplebedeb: COVID 19: 5 Demands for Federal Prisons
COVID 19: Measures for Federal Prisons IMMEDIATELY RELEASE ALL VULNERABLE PRISONERS: Anyone over 50 years old, immunocompromised, pregnant, sick, or who has a preexisting condition that makes them at high risk of dying from COVID-19. RELEASE ALL PRISONERS, STARTING WITH THOSE IN MINIMUM SECURITY PRISONS AND HALFWAY HOUSES: According to
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