Seriously. At what precise point did rationally planning for the future on the assumption that the next generation isn’t always better off become the province of greedy tax-and-spend socialists, and gleefully burning through our remaining resources out of the belief that the future will always save us become religious doctrine
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The Sixth Estate: When Law Meets Scientific Illiteracy
As I said last week, BC’s new Animal Health Act is crystal clear — unusually clear, which is nice for laypeople like Cabinet ministers and bloggers. Section 1 defines animals — as any member of the animal kingdom, including humans. Section 16 states that “any person,” including any member of
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: Let’s All Feel Sorry for the Tarsands Industry
On behalf of Westerners with an IQ above 85, let me just say that Tom Mulcair does not owe me an apology for stating the obvious truth that the currency adjustments caused by our massive oil exports have consequences for other sectors of the economy. And let me also say
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: Foreign Money Laundered through Lobbyists to Influence the Canadian Government
Well, maybe it is. Maybe it isn’t. Actually I’m not even sure what that title is supposed to mean, which exactly duplicates my feelings upon reading Environment Minister Peter Kent’s recent attempt to up the government’s ante against the environmental sector by accusing environmentalist organizations — all of them, in
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: BC Confidential Report on Elimination of Forest Conservation Laws Available as PDF
Residents of British Columbia may have seen in the news today that the provincial government inadvertently placed a confidential draft report on the future of the forest industry on a publicly accessible website. That report is available as a PDF here, and I will keep a copy in case that
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: Fraser Institute: “You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby”
Suppose you’re a three-pack-a-day smoker. Over the last couple of years, with a lot of hard work and sheer will power, you’ve cut back to half a pack a day. One doctor says you’ve done really good, and if you can now push to quit entirely, you’ll cut your risk
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: Cutting Off Our Heads to Spite Our Faces
I offer this parody of a post, which is no way intended to be taken seriously (kids, arson is illegal) in the spirit of the inane juvenile babbling now being offered up by overpaid buffoons like Lorne Gunter, among many, many others, who are no doubt absolutely 100% correct that
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: Drinking the Durban Kool-Aid: 2015 and Beyond
Five days have now passed since the dishon. Peter MacKay threatened to sue his critics for libel, and Sixth Estate has not yet received a formal request to take down posts “attacking his credibility.” You can imagine, perhaps, my surprise at finding myself nodding along with the National Post‘s commentary
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: Terence Corcoran: Disappointed that Climate Change Might Not be Happening Fast Enough?
No sooner was the metaphorical ink drying on my attack on National Post faux-environmentalist Lawrence Solomon’s paranoid conspiracy theory that climate change is being perpetrated by insurance companies as an excuse to jack up their premiums, that I realized I would have to return to the same deposit of BS
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: Lawrence Solomon Has New Conspiracy Theory to Explain Climate Change
Lawrence Solomon, the anti-democratic oaf employed by the National Post to make spurious claims about the falsehoods of climate change, has a new and even more bizarre conspiracy theory about climate change. In the past, I have grown familiar with Solomon and his ilk claiming that climate change isn’t real,
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: Ayahuasca and Climate Change
It’s interesting the sort of blind spots you come across when writing for the public. 90% of the time, all I’m doing is preaching to the converted. As a decidedly left-wing atheist I don’t get called a racist “European missionary” very often. Quite the opposite; a few months ago, one
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: Is Humanity Intelligent Enough to Survive?
The primary reason that I’ve found it hard to return to blogging since moving during the summer is that I’ve been struggling to find something meaningful to say on a topic which is, inarguably, more important than any other subject being talked about in politics today: whether advanced human civilization will still be around in […]
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: New National Post Climate Change Denialist Says: Don’t Worry, God Will Fix It
The latest gambit in the National Post‘s campaign against science education in Canada (specifically, against an informed understanding of climate change in Canada) is the printing of a piece by noted denialist David Legates, a bizarre attack on David Suzuki which not only claims that human-caused climate change is a myth but that our greatest […]
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: Canadian Environment Ministers Agree: Oil is an Infinite Resource
The breathtaking inanity of Canadian energy policy can be summed up no better than the statement expressing the shared beliefs of natural resources minister Joe Oliver and all of his provincial counterparts, except Ontario minister Brad Duguid: Alberta’s oil sands are a responsible and sustainable major supplier of energy to the world. Logically, a sustainable […]
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: Government Press Releases Now Being Written by 13 Year Olds
Or so I’m forced to conclude: New Facility to Produce Wonder Material From Forests and Farms It’s super strong, it’s green and it’s providing new opportunities for business in Alberta. It’s called nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) and Alberta is about to become a leader in its production and study. Oh my god! Yay! The only possibly […]
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: National Post-Endorsed Journal Recognizes Threat of Climate Change and Sea Level Rise
Last week, the National Post said that the journal Climatic Change was an important and valid source for information on the climate change “scare.” They said this because of literally 10% of the articles in that journal — specifically, an article suggesting Venice would suffer less from sea level rise than first thought. It’s worth […]
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: National Post’s “Junk Science” Week Disgraceful
Normally, I’m all for Junk Science critiques. I even do them myself from time to time — when the Government of Canada sees fit to promote homeopathy, for instance. But the National Post‘s Junk Science week, sadly, is precisely the opposite. What they’re doing is promoting Junk Science this week, not criticizing it. Sadly, I […]
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