Today I joined Rob Snow on 1310 News’ “The Rob Snow Show” along with Kate Harrison for the “Political Fix” panel. We talked about if we should be speculating about a potential federal election after Mondays fiscal update, why Canadians won’t be going to the polls over the holidays, the
Continue readingIn This Corner: Look in the mirror, Alberta
Once upon a time, there was a comic strip called Pogo, which was famous for its detailed comic strip art and its sly commentary on contemporary life. From Pogo came a semi-familiar phrase that I think applies to our current Coronacrazy conundrum: “We have met the enemy, and he is
Continue readingThings Are Good: Good News From Web Summit Lisbon Day 1
Web Summit is a conference run in Lisbon about the future of the planet, technology,and business at large. I’m attending it remotely as best I can. The first day isn’t even done and there are two nifty good things already worth sharing: Ridley Scott launches campaign with The Global Enabling
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: The price of negligence
In case there was any doubt that COVID testing serves as the ultimate microcosm of the Saskatchewan Party’s mismanagement of health care, we’ve seen the endgame released today. Remember that it was just a few months ago that Scott Moe was trumpeting a plan to massively increase public capacity, while
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Steven Lewis writes about the Sask Party government’s catastrophic refusal to act on the evidence that Saskatchewan needs to sharply curb the spread of COVID-19. Julia Peterson reports on the Saskatchewan doctors making it clear that we can’t afford to let up over
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Three Big Ones
COVID has proved the durability of three big ideas from three different men. John Boyko writes: 19th-century German political philosopher Karl Marx argued that we either own the means through which stuff and services are produced, or work for those who do. Our relationship to our society and each
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Keira Bell Court Decision- Pushing Back the Tide of Anti-Science and Anti-Materialist Trans Ideology.
Keira Bell: The High Court hands down a historic judgment to protect vulnerable children Post author:Transgender Trend Post published:December 1, 2020 Post category:Health Professionals and Organisations / Legislation & Court Rulings Post comments:0 Comments In a landmark judgment that will have repercussions around the world the High Court today ruled
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Looking mean and meaning it.
That was dumb. Watching finance minister Chrystia Freeland deliver her financial update was more of a tribute to my interest in politics than any immediate need to hear her deliver it. What left me annoyed though was the rank stupidity of our opposition parties’ responses. While the speech itself was
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: My latest in the Sun: the pandemic “process”
A process. That’s what the Deputy Prime Minister calls you getting the vaccine that will keep you from getting sick, or maybe even dying. “A process.” Chrystia Freeland, who is usually much more precise with words than her boss, actually said that this week. Here’s what she also said to
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Latest leak shows AHS modelling forecasts Intensive Care Units packed with COVID-19 patients by mid-December
In the first unauthorized information leak of December, Alberta’s NDP Opposition revealed yesterday Alberta Health Services case modelling projects about 775 Albertans will be in hospital with COVID-19 in just two weeks. More than 160 of them will be in intensive care units, further straining the overstressed provincial health system’s
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Neoliberalism is killing Manitobans
Illustration by Canadian Dimension From schools to hospitals, up and down the province, Manitobans are sitting in confined death traps. As of December 1, 312 people have died from COVID-19. Judging by the leisurely response of Premier Brian Pallister, it appears the sick and dead act as nothing more than
Continue readingKersplebedeb: End of Year Sale at Leftwingbooks.Net!
What can we say about 2020, that has not already been said? Whether you need some distraction or are looking for ways to understand the meltdown which is contemporary reality, interested in finding self-care or a weapon to bring to the fight, or just hoping to learn from history in
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Anti-Mask Protests in Calgary:Tomfoolery at its Finest
Some of the people in Calgary, Alberta feel that their fundamental rights and freedoms are being taken away from them. (Excerpts from cbc.ca) “Hundreds marched through downtown Calgary on Saturday to protest against mandated masks and other public health measures intended to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the same day
Continue readingKersplebedeb: ‘The Principal Contradiction’ by Torkil Lauesen reviewed by Joshua Moufawad-Paul
available from leftwingbooks.net One of my frustrations with contemporary Marxist philosophy is the way in which the word ‘dialectical’ is often employed like a magical wand to sanctify various relational phenomena. Such vague employment is reflected in radical theory adjacent to Marxism as well where theorists pepper their work with
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Money Cannot Buy Happiness But …
They say money cannot buy happiness but it certainly can buy food and shelter and education that can make the difference between misery and happiness, not to mention that health is directly related to economic status. Yet people still claim people are poor because they are lazy and all we
Continue readingScripturient: No Enemies; No Accomplishments
Have you ever read this poem? I hadn’t, until recently. But now it makes sense. Take a moment… No Enemies You have no enemies, you say? Alas! my friend, the boast is poor; He who has mingled in the fray Of duty, that the brave endure, Must have made foes!
Continue readingcartoon life: Can Art Survive the Internet? | TVO.org
Can art survive the internet? Can artists make it in the world of free that’s enabled by it? Author William Deresiewicz explains why those are urgent questions, before, during and after the COVID-19 era. — Read on www.tvo.org/video/can-art-survive-the-internet
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – David MacDonald, Lindsay McLaren, Katherine Scott and Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood each examine the Libs’ fiscal update and find that headlines about progressive priorities mask the lack of much that’s specific or new. – Shamshad Ahktar, Kevin Gallagher and Ulrich Volz discuss the G20’s
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Covid Journal, December 1, 2020
Is your holiday shopping helping to expand economic disparity or support local businesses? it’s a tough call for all, but we need to try to do our thing to keep our economic base as diverse and wide as possible.
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