I have been thinking about what a non-political from of representative government might look like and whether it could be considered democratic or not. One model came to mind, a Council One Hundred that would set policy, provide Cabinet Ministers and oversee the government administration. With 50 peoples representatives chosen
Continue readingIN-SIGHTS: Organized hate groups on our streets
Gonzaga University is often recognized for basketball, but the 135-year-old Spokane institution is also known for academic initiatives. One is the Journal of Hate Studies, an annual peer-reviewed publication by Gonzaga’s Center for the Study of Hate. Fomenting prejudice or hostility against others is worth attention today after organized hate groups
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of September 25, 2023
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Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Dancing To A Madman’s Tune
Donald Trump just skipped the second Republican debate. He figures the nomination is in the bag. E.J. Dionne explains what is happening: Trump wants his foes to stay weak. By not showing up, he reduces them to squabbling bit players trying to bring each other down while the major contenders
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of September 25, 2023
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of September 25, 2023 from Wise Law on Twitter: Recent violence on Toronto transit ‘indicative of something larger’: TTC Ontario court dismisses sex workers’ Charter challenge Calgary pastor gets 60-day sentence for role in Coutts border blockade, but judge gives credit for
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Quote of the Day – Eva Kurilova on “Queering Children”
Commonsense at its finest.
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay : Reforming Voting II.
The following item was missed by a large number of our readers who access BabelontheBay.com through Progressive Bloggers. It is a subject on which I would really appreciate some comments. Please have at it. It seems that too often we are looking at voting methods instead of examining the entire
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: Known Knowns and Known Unknowns
On May 27, 2022 , we heard the simplest possible explanation of what Covid does to our bodies and how to prevent the spread, but we gave a finger to that information in favour of business as usual. Change is hard. Between the time the CDC told people to unmask
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay : Looney Tunes Is Alberta.
Is it ever thus? Premier Danielle Smith is off on her tangent to save Alberta from the rapacious government in Ottawa. It must be that they cannot teach Canadian history or mathematics in that province. It is also very important in mathematics that you count the oranges as oranges and
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Plague Update: It’s Still (Not) Over
BC isn’t helping old people with COVID-19. Seems like eugenics. Can you imagine the scandal if this happened 2 years ago? We do “this” because we will NOT go gentle into that good night. We will not participate in social abandonment. We will not hurt other people for our own
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: "Save the Children East Meets West" on the move… so long as (a) their cars don’t break down, (b) they don’t run out of gas, or (c) someone can pick them up on the way.
First a quick update. It appears that there what have been described as convoys from Quebec today that began today. Norman Blanchfield, who began his drive in Alberta, is currently broken down on the roadside 17 hours away. Gordon Berry also seems to be struggling with car problems: Blanchfield also
Continue readingwmtc: real heroes for real reasons: female athletes moving the world forward
These days I can’t blog about events or issues that are meaningful to me until they’re old news — which of course in today’s world can mean only days or weeks past. The upside of my delayed response is an opportunity to use a wider lens and see more connections
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: On the Ground at the Million Child March.
Trans activism is anti-reality, anti-female activism. It always has been. People just see it now. #NoSpaceForHate Except for Women
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Saturday Photo: More Housing…
And then there’s this highrise model.
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: Staying Healthy Takes Work
If social media is any barometer of this, anti-mask abuse appears to be skyrocketing. Fixed it for ya! There are tons of comments by the Covid cautious about about being accosted at stores and in the street, followed by others suggesting that’s just not happening. I wrote about being harassed
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay : Criticizing Bonnie Crombie.
Having missed the liberal leadership debate at the old Ryerson campus last week, it seemed, according to the news articles, I did not miss much. The mayor of Mississauga is handling her four opponents as an older woman would handle adolescent boys. They have foolishly declared her the one to
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: On Helping Professions
Should mental health professionals be more concerned about the spread of a brain-invasive virus that affects mental health by doing a number on the brain?? Amanda Hu wrote “I feel like therapists and counselors as an entire profession (save a few individuals) not understanding how serious Covid is, thinking it’s
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