We have a strong survival instinct that has us focus on immediate dangers at the expense of potential long term dangers. So we’ve been immersed in trying to solve Covid19 issues and BLM issues to stop people from dying right in front of us, and I’ve been rambling on about
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Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Is The Sask Party A Cult?
It’s hard to deny that the Sask Party could be a cult. I'm trying to think of a scenario where your Conservative supporters would not vote for your candidates. You could probably kill someone, go bankrupt, and increase air pollution and they'd still vote for you.Oh, wait, they will because
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Woke Utopia – Jonathon Pie
Or maybe dystopia…
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: On Policing: Time for Change
In 1982, Milton Friedman advised, “Keep options open until circumstances make change necessary. There is enormous inertia–a tyranny of the status quo–in private and especially governmental arrangements. Only a crisis–actual or perceived–produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that are lying
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: On Policing: Maintaining Institutions
Victoria’s Secret I’m just kicking around the idea of defunding the police and trying to picture how it all works and how we get from here to there to explore if it’s necessarily the best route. Police take up a huge part of municipal budgets, and seeing cops in riot
Continue readingNorthern Currents: Two Conservative candidates have transphobic policies. Why is no-one talking about this?
Share this: In the wake of JK Rowling’s most recent twitter debacle in which she (again) spread transphobic slander, it is clear that transphobia is still a pervasive force in our society, and yes, in Canada too. While facing backlash from many in the LGBTQ+ community and their allies, Rowling
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: What Is Fascism?
Disturbingly, many people don’t know what fascism is. Many more think they know, but do not. Here is a brief definition. It is critical that we understand this, and right now. Mussolini said fascism should properly be called corporatism, since it is the merger of business and the state. Roosevelt
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: What’s Going On?
YouTuber David Doel was saying all the cops had to do to win mass public support was to come out and do nothing. They couldn’t even do nothing. They threatened charities, faked being poisoned, all while slashing tires, shooting eyes, gassing people, clubbing them, breaking old men’s heads, and playing
Continue readingcartoon life: On not drawing BLM cartoons @LondOntLife
# Jun 14, 2020 — Jun 14, 2020 [youtu.be/RZgkjEdMbSw](https://youtu.be/RZgkjEdMbSw) We drew no cartoons about BLM nor anything about our local protests and marches. We could find no humour over them, nothing to belittle, ridicule, nor punch up at. We also avoided the crowds over Covid fears. I’m pretty much in
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Defund The Police is catching on
Cops DO have time to:– Check your ID if you're Black or Indigenous – pursue drug users despite cannabis being mostly decriminalized – kill people during welfare checks– break down your door in error while doing a raid in the suite downstairs– shoot journalists in the face — Saskboy from
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Muhammad Ali Gives His Stance On The Vietnam War
As we face the immense changes and challenges of today a look back to this 60’s interview with Muhammad Ali and Dick Cavett seems worthwhile.
Continue readingScripturient: The new normal
“Oh, the humanity,” cried Herbert Morrison, as he watched in horror as the giant airship, the Hindenburg, burst into flames at its mooring. The year was 1937, and Morrison’s words still echo down the decades. As the disaster unfolded in front of him, Morrison exclaimed, “…it’s falling, it’s crashing! Watch
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Power Out
First power outage in weeks, and it’s lasted at least 10 minutes as of writing this. There was heavy rain this morning, but it let up quickly. Getting word that the power outage is due to damage from a fire and won’t be fixed until after 5pm. Yesterday, friends noted
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Criticizing ‘Critical Race Theory’
This excerpt is from James Lindsey writing on his blog New Discourses. Lindsey is very critical of one of the methods used to analyze our culture. Apparently correctly identifying systemic racism, and how it flows through society is a bad thing. Rather, we just need to do better and try
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: University of Alberta – Firing Kathleen Lowrey Whose Views Align With Material Reality.
How not to run an academic institution. My Alma mater is demonstrating some worrisome (read batshit fucking stupid) decisions regarding firing female staff for having the absolute gall of teaching the ‘unorthodox’ view that biological sex is important to women and their struggle against patriarchy. Her feminist views are apparently
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: American Riots Continue
I KNEW there was something wrong there. I just didn't think it was the *Hitler* pic that had been photoshopped XD https://t.co/lp22xJVfO6 — GRRRR, Rant-o-matic Shark (@grrrr_shark) June 3, 2020 The United States has been led by a war criminal, and by a now open fascist since I’ve been 20.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Americans Riot For Equality
ICE T sums it up for people who don’t understand the looting: People are saying.. They should protest like this or demonstrate like that… We tried Taking a Knee… A RIOT is a RIOT.. It happens when the people can no longer take the BS.. — ICE T (@FINALLEVEL) May
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Authoritarianism & Medical Martial Law
No to medical martial law. Fascism is never in the true interests of public health or safety, nor is it ever justifiable. Must we be reminded of this? Authoritarianism always erodes and destroys good judgement, because conformity, obedience and power are valued above honest and open discussion and debate, among
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: Opening Schools in September
The province is asking for our advice – the public‘s – in how to open schools in September. As much as I value democracy, getting advice on a public health issue from random people with the time and energy to respond makes me very nervous. Consulting the public might be a
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Joe Biden:Strike n+1 Against the Keystone XL Pipeline
Our dear government’s stalwart obsession with fossil fuel is again jeopardizing the economic well-being of the Province of Alberta. Kenny is investing heavily in a project that may evaporate with the stroke of the Presidential pen. The company said Alberta has agreed to invest approximately $1.1 billion US as equity
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